Hector Berlioz: Le damnation de Faust, op.24: Rákóczi march (1846)

Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Wilhelm Furtwängler cond (wire rec. 1950-08-26, Eklipse EKR 60)

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for violoncello and piano in F major, op. 99 (1886)

Jacqueline DuPre vc / Daniel Barenboim pf (EMI CDM 7 63298 2, rec. 1968)

Witold Lutosławski: Muzyka żałobna / Funeral music for string orchestra (1954–1958)

Hamburg Symphony / Arthur Gruber cond (Vox Candide CE 31035)

Franz Schubert: Der leiermann, from Winterreise, D911

Hans Hotter bass / Gerald Moore pf (EMI Classics 0724356700024)

Johannes Brahms: Piano quintet in f minor, op. 34

Quintetto Fauré di Roma (Maureen Jones pf / Pina Carmirelli vn / Federico Agostini vn / Massimo Paris, va / Francesco Strano vc) (Claves 50-8702)

Franz Schubert: Gute nacht, from Winterreise, D911

Hans Hotter bass / Gerald Moore pf (EMI Classics 0724356700024)

Antonín Dvořák: Trio for piano, violin & cello, op. 65, B. 130 (1883)

Emanuel Ax pf / Young Uck Kim vn / Yo-Yo Ma vc (CBS MK44527)

Ned Rorem:Book of hours for flute and harp (1975)

Fenwick Smith hp / Ann Jobson Pilot hp (ETCETERA 1184)

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano sonata no. 5 in C major, op. 135

György Sandor pf (VOXC 3500)

Béla Bartók: Piano concerto no. 1, Sz 83 (1926)

György Sandor pf / Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra / Rolf Reinhardt cond (VOXC 25506)

Gustav Holst: A Somerset rhapsody, op. 21b / H 87 (1906)

North Texas University Wind Ensemble / Eugene Corporon cond (Gia 655)

With a huge backlog of playlists accumulated while the posting mechanism was broken (several months now), it may be a while before we’re current. We may go ahead and install a completely new site in the hope of preventing a recurrence (or, as 99% of the populace now apparently believe is the word, “reoccurrence”). Don’t let it throw you! For now, though, we’re in catch-up mode.

Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 (1976), Symphony of sorrowful songs

Dawn Upshaw sop / London Sinfonietta / David Zinman cond (Elektra Nonesuch D100110)

Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (excerpts) (1612)

New London Consort / Philip Pickett cond (L’Oiseau Lyre 153566)

John Adams: Phrygian Gates (1977)

John Novacek pf (Nonesuch 79699)

John Adams: Road Movies (1995)

Leila Josefowicz vn / John Novacek pf (Nonesuch 79699)

Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (excerpts) (1612)

New London Consort / Philip Pickett cond (L’Oiseau Lyre 153566)

Gustav Charpentier: Depuis le jour, from Louise (1899)

Leontyne Price sop / RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli cond (Aria, RCA 6587-2-RC)

Aaron Copland: Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra, with harp and piano (1947-1948)

Stanley Drucker cl / New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein cond (Deutsche Grammophon 183588)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and fugue no. 1 in C major BWV 870, from The Well-tempered clavier, book 2 (1738)

Keith Jarrett hp (ECM 1433/3 847 936-2)

Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder: “Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht” (1900/1911)

Chor des NDR Hamburg / Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Operachor der Stültischen Bühnen Frankfurt a.M. / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal cond (PCM/Denon 81757 9066 2)

Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and allegro in the style of Pugnani (1910)

William Primrose va / Franz Rupp pf (Pearl GEMM 9253)

Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 4, F sharp minor, op. 30 (1903)

Robert Taub pf (Harmonia Mundi 90011)

John Field: Nocturne no. 2 in C minor (1812)

John O’Conor pf (Telarc CD-80199)

John Harbison: Oboe concerto (1990-91)

William Bennett ob / San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt cond (London 443 346-2)

Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber symphony no. 2 (1906/1939)

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / John/dt>

Craig Randal Johnson pf (Tonttu)

Toru Takemitsu: From me flows what you call time (1990)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis cond (BBC Music Magazine v. 2, no. 11)

Igor Stravinsky: Suite from l’histoire du soldat (1920)

Strata (James Stern vn / Nathan Williams cl / Audrey Andrist pf (Arizona University Recordings 3097)

Einojuhani Rautavaara:Pelimannit (Fiddlers), op. 1 (1953)

Craig Randal Johnson (Tonttu)

Christian Lindberg: Of blood so red (Av blod sa rott)

Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Christian Lindberg cond (BIS-CD-1658)

Johannes Brahms: Violin sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg vn / Cecile Licad pf (EMI 7-49410- 2)

Bill Evans: Re: person I knew and time remembered

Kronos Quartet (David Harrington vn / John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc) (Landmark 1510-2)

John Field: Nocturne no. 2 in C minor (1812)

John O’Conor pf (Telarc CD-80199)

John Harbison: Oboe concerto (1990-91)

William Bennett ob / San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt cond (London 443 346-2)

Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber symphony no. 2 (1906/1939)

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / John Mauceri cond (London 448 619-2)

John Field: Nocturne no. 1 in E-flat major (1812)

John O’Conor pf (Telarc CD-80199)

Henry Wolff: Ascension of the subtle body

Henry Wolff tin’sha bells / Nancy Hennings singing bowl, thilbu (Celestial Harmonies 13027-2)

Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, op. 70

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Gerard Korsten cond (Deutsche Grammophon D 110467)

Jake Heggie: Winter Roses: Three Songs

Frederica von Stade ms / Jake Heggie pf (Flesh and Stone, Songs of Jake Heggie) (Classical Action)

John Cage: Ryoanji

Jeffrey Krieger elec vc (CRI 750)

Ursula Mamlock: From my garden (1983)

Roger Zahab vn (Truemedia D93317)

Aram Khachaturian: Trio (1932)

Strata (James Stern va / Nathan Williams cl / Audrey Andrist pf) (Arizona University Recordings 3097)

Henry Cowell: Three works for piano: Aeolian Harp (1923) / The Banshee 1925) / The Lilt of the Reel (1925)

Henry Cowell pf (CRI 750)

Harry Partch: Ulysses at the edge of the world (1960)

The Gate Five Ensemble of the University of Illinois (CRI 750)

Egon Wellesz: Symphony no. 7, op. 102 (1968)

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien / Gottfried Rabi cond (cpo/ORF 999 808-2)

Michael Torke: Monday (1992)

London Sinfonietta / Lothar Zagrosek cond (Ecstatic 092204)

Nikolai Medtner: Forgotten melodies, op. 38 (1922)

Evgeny Svetlanov pf (Russian Disc 10 045)

Aaron Copland: Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson (1950)

Phillis Curtin sop / Aaron Copland pf (VAI 1194)

Karen Tanaka: Crystalline II (1996)

Xak Bjerken pf (CRI 855)

Igor Stravinsky: Apollo (1947)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle cond (EMI D 163864)

Samuel Barber: String quartet op. 11 (1936)

Emerson String Quartet (Philip Setzer vn / Eugene Drucker vn / Lawrence Dutton va / David Finckel vc) (Deutche Grammophon 101392)

Johannes Brahms: He, zigeuner, from Zigeunerlieder op. 103 (1888)

Anne Sofie von Otter mz / Bengt Forsberg pf (Deutche Grammophone 429 727-2)

George Gershwin: Three preludes for piano (1926)

Michael Tilson Thomas pf (CBS Masterworks 42516)

Michael Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli (1953)

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Hogwood cond (London D102952)

Antonín Dvořák: Mĕsíčku na nebi hlubokém (O moon high up in the deep sky) from Rusalka (1900)

Frederica von Stade mz / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa cond (Sony 46687)

Johannes Brahms: Intermezzi op. 117 (1892)

Ivo Pogorelich pf (Deutche Grammophon 437460-2)

Antonín Dvořák: Humoresque in E-flat minor, op. 101, no. 1 (1894)

Rudolf Firkušný pf (Sony 46687)

John Charlillo: Self-similarity (1992)

Roger Zahab vn / John Charlillo etronics (Truemedia D93317)

Terry Riley: The cusp of magic (2004)

Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, vn; b dm; peyote rattle; toys / John Sherba vn; perc / Hank Dutt va; toys / Jeffrey Zeigler vc; toys) / Wu Man pipa; toys (Nonesuch 360508)

Ram Narayan, arr. Kronos Quartet: Alap from Raga mishra bhairavi (1989)

Kronos Quartet (David Harrington shruti box / John Sherba tambura / Hank Dutt va / Jeffrey Zeigler vc) Terry Riley tambura / Wu Man electric sitar (Nonesuch 360508)

Hugo Wolf: Abschied (Farewell) (1888)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Bar / Svjatoslaw Richter pf (Deutsche Grammophon 2530 584)

Lou Harrison: Concerto for pipa with string orchestra (1997)

Wu Man pipa / The New Professionals Orchestra / Rebecca Miller cond (Mode 140)

Joaquin Nin-Culmell: Tonadas, volume 1, nos. 1-8 (1956)

Maria Luisa Cantos pf (Marco Polo 8.223534)

Joaquin Nin-Culmell: Tonadas, volume 2, nos. 22, 24 (1956)

Alicia de Larrocha pf (London CS 6677)

Somei Satoh: From the depth of silence (2001)

Janácek Philharmonic / Petr Kotik cond (Mode 135)

Somei Satoh: Burning meditation (1993)

Janácek Philharmonic / Thomas Buckner Bar / Petr Kotik cond (Mode 135)

John Adams: Gnarly buttons (1996)

Michael Collins cl / London Sinfonietta / John Adams cond (Nonesuch 79465)

Benjamin Britten: Young Apollo, Op. 16 (1939)

I Musici de Montréal / Yuri Turovsky cond (Chandos 241-2)

Henryk Górecki: Harpsichord concerto, Op. 40 (1980)

I Musici de Montréal / Yuri Turovsky cond (Chandos 9590)

Benjamin Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 (1937)

English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten cond (London 417 509-2)

Samuel Barber: Ballade, Op. 46 (1977)

John Browning pf (MHS 513597L)

Vincent Persichetti: The hollow men (1944)

Anthony Plog tpt / Hans-Ola Ericsson org (BIS-CD-565)

Elie Siegmeister: On this ground (1972)

Kenneth Boulton pf (Naxos 8.559020)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli (1555)

Pro Cantione Antique / Bruno Turner cond (MHS 416608T)

Laurie Anderson: Walking and falling (1982)

Laurie Anderson voc and etronics (WB3674-2, Big science)

Laurie Anderson: Born, never asked (1982)

Laurie Anderson voc and etronics (WB3674-2, Big science)

Béla Bartók: Nos. 124, 146 from Mikrokosmos (1926-1939)

Béla Bartók pf (Pearl GEMM CD 9166)

Franz Liszt: Sursum corda, from Années de perlerinage, vol. 3, no. 7 (1877)

Béla Bartók, pf (Pearl GEMM CD 9166)

George Crumb: Lux aeterna (1971)

Jan DeGaetani Mz / The Penn Contemporary Players / Richard Wernick cond (Bridge 9127)

Maurice Ravel: Concerto for the left hand (1930)

Michel Béroff pf / London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado cond (Deutsche Grammophon 423 665-2)

John Dowland: Come again (1597)

Sting (Gordon Sumner) voc / Edin Karamazov lu (Deutsche Grammophon (B0007220-02, Songs from the labyrinth)

Brian Eno: 2/1 (1978)

Brian Eno etronics (Polydor AMB 001, Ambient 1: music for airports)

Jennifer Higdon: Impressions (2003)

Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward vn / Tom Stone vn / Ethan Filner va / Jennifer Kloetzel vc) (Naxos 8.559298)

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata no. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 (From old notebooks, 1907-1917)

Sergei Prokofiev pf (Naxos 8.554270)

Kent Kennan: Night soliloquy (1930)

Immanuel Davis fl / Stephen Gosling pf (Overdressed Late Guy Productions OLGD-245CD)

Roger Waters: Eclipse (1973)

Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright) (Capitol SHVL 804, Dark side of the moon)

Osvaldo Golijov: Oración lucimí

Matt Haimovitz vc / John McLaughlin gtr (Oxingale 800658200728, Goulash!)

Ned Rorem: Cello concerto (2002)

Wen-Sinn Yang vc / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / José Serebrier cond (Naxos 8.559315)

Zoltán Kodály: Cello sonata, op. 4 (1910)

Elemér Lavotha vc / Kerstin Aberg pf (BIS-CD-172)

Bob Dylan: All along the watchtower (1967)

Tom Landa and the Paperboys (Red House Records 154, A nod to Bob)

an account by KEN QUANDT

Like the Grail, this is an opera that only feeds the watcher who delights in the good. As such it should be less popular than it is, but the music is so beautiful it will never disappear from the repertoire. Thus, it presents a challenge to music lovers and opera lovers: Find the good.
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Arthur Honegger: Danse de la chevre (Dance of the goat) (1921)

Laurel Zucker fl (Cantilena Records, Inflorescence – music for solo flute)

Arthur Honegger: Horace victorieux – symphonie mimeé pour orchestre (1921)

Michel Plasson cond / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulose (Deutsche Grammophone D135384)

Alfred Schnittke: String quartet no. 3 (1983)

Kronos Quartet (David Harrington vn, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc) (Nonesuch 79500-2)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and fugue no. 5 in D major BWV 874, from The well-tempered clavier, book 2 (1722)

Angela Hewitt pf (Hyperion CDS4429/4)

Laurel Zucker: Homage to Jimi Hendrix (2002)

Laurel Zucker fl (Cantilena Records, Inflorescence – music for solo flute

Maurice Ravel: À la manière de Borodine / In the style of Borodine

Soyeon Lee pf (Concert Artists Guild)

Maurice Ravel: À la manière de Chabrier / In the style of Chabrier

Soyeon Lee pf (Concert Artists Guild)

David Diamond: Elegy in memory of Maurice Ravel

Orchestra of St. Luke’s / John Adams cond (Nonesuch 979249-2)

Somei Satoh: Homa

String Ensemble Endless / Kyoko Sato sop / Toshiyuki Uzuka cond (New Albion 056)

John Zorn: Spillane: (excerpt)

John Zorn asx cl / Albert Collins voc egtr / John Lurie, Ohta Hiromi voc / David Hofstra tba db / Wayne Horvitz pf kbds / Bill Frisell, Robert Quine egtr / Bobby Previte dms perc / Ronald Shannon Jackson dms / Christian Marclay ttbls / The Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt vla / Joan Jeanrenaud vc) (Elektra/Nonesuch
79172)

Somei Satoh: Toward the Night

String Ensemble Endless / Toshiyuki Uzuka cond (New Albion 056)

Claudio Monteverdi: Si dolce è l’tormento / The sweetness and the torment (1624)

Janet Baker sop / Raymond Leppard hpd / Joy Hall vc (BBC Music Magazine Vol. IV, No. 7 – 38D)

Maurice Ravel: Piano trio (1914)

Trio Fontenay (Wolf Harden pf / Michael Mücke vn / Niklas Schmidt vc) (Teldec D 134411)

Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no. 2 for piano and orchestra, Op. 36 #1 (1924)

Sviatoslav Richter pf / Moscow Conservatory Orchestra / Yuri Nikolayevski cond (Yedang Classical Treasures 10040)

Charles Gounod: Sérénade (1857)

Janet Baker sop / Raymond Leppard pf (BBC Music Magazine V. IV, No. 7 – 38D)

Bèla Bartòk: Piano concerto no. 2

Sviatoslav Richter pf / USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Evgeny Svetlanov cond (Yedang Classical Treasures CT-10040)

Elvis Costello: Il sogno / The dream (excerpt)

London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas cond (Deutsche Grammophon B0003284-02)

Elvis Costello: High fidelity (1979)

Elvis Costello and the Attractions (Columbia C2K46897, Girls, girls, girls: the songs of Elvis Costello)

Claude Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano, L. 135 (1915)

Mstislav Rostropovich vc / Benjamin Britten pf (Polygram 460974)

Benjamin Britten: Sonata in C, op. 65 (1961)

David Starkweather vc / Evgeny Rivkin pf (Oasis 574127)

Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes: Four sea interludes

Boston Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein cond (Deutsche Grammophon 431768-2)

Henryk Górecki: Symphony no. 3, op. 36 (1976)

Dawn Upshaw S / London Sinfonietta / David Zinman cond (Elektra Nonesuch 9 79282-2)

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Edgard Varèse: Offrandes / Offerings: Chanson de là-haut / Song from on high; La croix du sud / The southern cross (1921)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)

Modest Musorgski: Картинки с выставки / Pictures from an exhibition: №4, Bydło / Cattle; №5, Балет невылупившихся птенцов / Ballet of the unhatched chicks (1874)

Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6591, rec. 1923 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)

Sergei Prokofiev: Токката / Toccata, op. 11 (1912)

Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6391, rec. 1921 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)

Aleksandr Skriabin: Prelude, op. 45 no. 3 (1905); Winged poem, op. 51 no. 3 (1906)

Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6512, rec. 1922 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)

Sergei Prokofiev: Легенда / Legend, op. 12, no. 6 (ca. 1913)

Sviatoslav Richter pf (Philips 438 627-2)

Sergei Prokofiev: Четыре пьесы для фортепиано: №1, Танец; №4, Вальс / Four pieces for piano, Op. 32: no. 1, Dance; no. 4, Waltz (1918)

Sviatoslav Richter pf (Philips 438 627-2)

Sergei Prokofiev: Fantasia improvised on themes from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Шехерезада / Scheherezade, op. 35 (1888 / 1926)

Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 7001, rec. 1926 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)

Anon.: Robaidh dona gòrach / Silly naughty Robbie (18th c.)

Laura Risk fiddle / Jacqueline Schwab pf (Dorian DOR-90264)

Franz Schubert: Der Wanderer / The wanderer, D. 489 (1816)

Hans Hotter BBar / Michael Raucheisen pf (Grammofono 2000 AB 78690)

Franz Schubert: Geheimes / Secret, D. 719 (1821)

Hans Hotter BBar / Michael Raucheisen pf (Grammofono 2000 AB 78690)

George Antheil: Symphony no. 5, “Joyous” (1947-48)

Vienna Philharmonia / Herbert Haefner cond (Other Minds 1003-2)

Henryk Górecki: Szeroka woda / Broad waters, op. 39: “Polne róże rwała” / “She plucked wild roses” (1981)

Lira Chamber Chorus / Lucy Ding cond (Elektra Nonesuch 79348, Miserere)

Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir / In white and black, L. 134 (1915)

Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten pf (M&A CD 709, rec. live, 1967 Aldeburgh Festival)

David Byrne: The Catherine wheel: “What a day that was” (1981)

David Byrne egtrs eb syns / John Cooksey dms / Steve Scales congas (Sire 3645-2)

Aulis Sallinen, arr. Kronos Quartet: Vinter var hård / Winter was hard (1989)

San Francisco Girls Chorus / Elizabeth Appling dir / Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)

Samuel Barber: Quartet for strings in B minor, op. 11: II, Adagio (1936)

Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)

Krzystof Penderecki: Ofiarom Hiroszimy — tren / Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima (1959-61)

Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Krzystof Penderecki cond (EMI C 065-02 484)

Edgard Varèse: Amériques (1920-21)

Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)

Edgard Varèse: Offrandes / Offerings: “La croix du sud” / “The southern cross” (1921)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)

Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in C major, op. 119 no. 3 (1893)

Richard Goode pf (Elektra Nonesuch 79154-2)

Henry Bishop: “Foresters, sound the cheerful horn”

Thomas Arne: “Sigh no more, ladies”

Thomas Arne: “Elegy on the death of Mr Shenstone”

The Hilliard Ensemble: David James Ct / Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Paul Elliott T / Paul Hillier, Michael George, Michael Pearce B (Harmonia Mundi 901153)

Zoltán Kodály: Duo for violin and violoncello, op. 7 (1914)

Nils-Erik Sparf vn / Elemér Lavotha vc (BIS CD-172)

Krzystof Penderecki: Jutrznia / Utrenja, I, Złożenie Chrystusa do grobu / The entombment of Christ (1969-71)

Boris Carmeli Bprof / Chór Harcerski / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Andrzej Markowski cond (Muza PNCD 018)

John McLaughlin: Wings of karma (1974)

Mahavishnu Orchestra: John McLaughlin egtr / Jean-Luc Ponty vn / Gayle Moran kbd & voc / Marsha Westbrook va / Carol Shive vn & voc / Philip Hirschi vc & voc / Narada Michael Walden dms / Ralphe Armstrong eb & voc / London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas cond & pf (Sony CK 46111)

Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928)

BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)

Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht / Transfigured night (1899, original version for string sextet)

J. Parennin, M. Charpentier vn / D. Marton, S. Collot va / P. Penassou, M. Tournus vc / Pierre Boulez cond (Everest 3170, rec. 1967)

Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut” / “Two playmates were walking” ; “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928)

BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)

Arnold Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter / Jacob’s ladder: Großes symphonisches Zwischenspiel / Big symphonic interlude (1907)

Mady Mesplé S / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony SMK 48462)

Max Reger: Sonata for viola and piano in B♭ major, op. 107 (1908-09)

Nobuko Imai va / Ronald Brautigam pf (BIS CD-1211, Reger, music for viola)

Robert Muczynski: Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, op. 29

Alex Mitchell asx / Jeremy Limb pf (Naxos 8.559241, American saxophone music)

John Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem, excerpts (2002)

Angharad Gruffydd Jones S / Peter Crawford Ct / Choir of London / Choir of London Orchestra / Jeremy Summerly cond (Naxos 8.557826)

Henry Cowell: Elegie (ca. 1941); The banshee (1925)

Cheryl Seltzer pf (MHS 7370Y)

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa, Concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977)

Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham vn / Erik Risberg pr pf / Göteberg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi cond (DG 289 457 647-2)

Franz Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D 915 (1827-04-26)

Paul Badura-Skoda pf (Astrée AS 53)

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung (excerpt) (1968)

Singcircle / Gregory Rose dir (Hyperion CDA 66115)

Leavenworth: Untitled: trks 29 — 31 (2002)

Leavenworth: Cactus egtr / Elvis dms (Red Net Records)

E. Floyd, M. Rice, R. Thomas: The breakdown (part 1) (1970)

Rufus Thomas voc / Stax Studio Band (Stax 0098)

Heitor Villa-Lobos’s 120th . . .

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras no. 9, II: Fuga (1945)

Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Française / Heitor Villa-Lobos cond (EMI CDH 7 61015 2)

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Gênesis (1954)

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava / Roberto Duarte cond (Marco Polo 8.223357)

György Ligeti: Sonata for violoncello solo (1948/1953)

Matt Haimovitz vc (Oxingale Records Goulash!)

Somei Satoh: The heavenly spheres are illuminated by lights (1979)

Margaret Leng Tan pf / Lise Messier S / Michael Pugliese perc (New Albion NA008)

Erik Satie: Caresse (~1897)

Michel LeGrand pf (Erato 4509-92857-2)

Jimi Hendrix / Beautiful People: Stone crazy (1994)

Beautiful People (Continuum 19315, If 60’s were 90’s)

Guest DJ Maria Bachmann
Many thanks to Maria Bachmann, whose hectic touring schedule finally matched up with our own — a couple of years after we first talked about her coming in as guest DJ. It was a real treat having her with us at last; her introductions & selections couldn’t have articulated the guiding principles of classics without walls any better if we had planned it together — but the set was all hers. Thanks again, Maria, and come back soon.

Paul Moravec: Ariel Fantasy (2001)

Maria Bachmann vn / Jon Klibonoff pf (Endeavour 1020, The red violin)

Béla Bartók: Concerto for orchestra, Sz. 116: mvt II, Giuoco delle coppie / Game of pairs (1943)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner cond (RCA Victor 09026-61504-2, rec. 1955)

Johannes Brahms: Concerto in A minor for violin, violoncello, and orchestra, op. 102: mvt II, Andante (1887)

David Oistrakh vn / Mstislav Rostropovich vc / Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell cond (EMI CDM 7 64744 2, rec. 1970)

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata no. 7 for piano, op. 83 (1939-42)

Vladimir Horowitz pf (RCA Victor 09026-60526-2, rec. 1953)

trad. csardas: A pacsirta / The skylark

Sándor Déki Lakatos (vn) and his Gypsy Band (Harmonia Mundi HMP 3903027, rec. 1993)

Jerry Livingston, Al. J Neiburg, Marty Symes: Under a blanket of blue

Louis Armstrong tpt, voc / Ella Fitzgerald voc / Oscar Peterson pf / Herb Ellis gtr / Ray Brown b / Buddy Rich dms (Verve MGV 4003)

The Gipsy Kings: Viento del arena (1989)

The Gipsy Kings (Nicolas, Pablo, Canut, Patchai, & Andre Reyes; Diego, Paco, & Tonino Baliardo; and Chico Bouchikhi) (Elektra Nonesuch 60892-2, Mosaïque)

Alas, our aircheck CD burner failed at the halfway point. Sigh. This means two things: first, we’ll get a truncated podcast up first, then try to recreate as much of the broadcast as possible; and second (as usual, and as longtime listeners know all too well), little KUSF needs your money!

Radiohead (T. Yorke / J. Greenwood / E. O’Brien / C. Greenwood / P. Selway): Everything in its right place (2000)

Christopher O’Riley pf (Odyssey SK 87321, True love waits: Christopher O’Riley plays Radiohead)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 (“Pathétique”) (1798)

Enid Katahn pf / Edward Foote pf-technical (Gaspard GSCD 332, Beethoven in the temperaments)

Carl Vine: Sonata for flute and piano (1992)

Immanuel Davis fl / Stephen Gosling pf (Overdressed Late Guy Productions OLGP-245CD)

Gustave Charpentier: Louise: “Depuis le jour” (1887-1900)

Leontyne Price S / RCA Italiana Orchestra / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli cond (RCA 6587-2-RC, Aria)

Gian-Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the night visitors: “Thank you, good friends” (1951)

Chet Allen S / Andrew McKinley T / Leon Lishner Bar / NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Thomas Schippers cond (RCA 6485-2-RG)

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Friday 2-16 is the centennial of Alec Wilder, a remarkable figure in American music. The great historian of American popular song in the first half of the 20th century, he was also a brilliant composer of songs himself, with complete disregard for walls between “art” song, jazz, and pop. Tonight’s show started with a barely-scratching-surface tour of his songwriting, with soprano Valerie Errante.

Alec Wilder:
“In the morning” (a)
“Moon and sand” (b)
“Margaret” (a)
“The plowman” (c)
“Moon and sand” (d)
“The rose on the wind” (a)
“Blackberry winter” / “The echoes of my life” (b)

a — Valerie Errante S / Robert Wason pf

b — Valerie Errante S / Robert Wason pf / Aleck Brinkman b

c — Valerie Errante S / Ken Meyer gtr

d — David Liebman tsx / Marius Beets b / Eric Ineke dms
(a, b, c — Albany Records TROY 404, Eastman American Music Series, vol. 10: Songs of Alec Wilder; d — Daybreak DB CHR 75214)

Arvo Pärt: Fratres (1977/1992)

Gil Shaham vn / Roger Carlsson perc / Göteborgs Symfoniker / Neeme Järvi cond (DG 289 457 647-2)

Aaron Copland: Nocturne

Maria Bachmann vn / Jon Klibonoff pf (Endeavour 1020, The red violin)

George Gershwin: My one and only / Rialto ripples rag

Maria Bachmann vn / Jon Klibonoff pf (Endeavour 1020, The red violin)

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Arnold Schönberg: Kammersymphonie / Chamber symphony, op. 9 (1906)

Schönberg-Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw cond (Koch CD 311009 H1)

Steel Pole Bath Tub: Unlistenable: “What I need” (1996)

Mike Morasky egtr / Dale Flattum eb / Darren Mor-X (Darren Morey) dms (0 to 1 003)

anon. Maronite chant: Innanni’ uchachidu khidraka / I contemplate thy bridal chamber (Byzantine liturgy for Holy Week, Exapostilarion for Tuesday): Arabic version, Greek version, Arabic version 2

Sr Marie Keyrouz SBC / St-Julien-le-pauvre Byzantine Choir (Harmonia Mundi 901315)

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri: Sonatine (1947)

Immanuel Davis fl / Stephen Gosling pf (Overdressed Late Guy Productions OLGP-245CD)

William Susman: Floating falling (1987)

Andre Emelianoff vc / Jonathan Haas timp (www.susmanmusic.com)

Georg Philip Telemann: Overture in C major, “Hamburger Ebb’ und Fluth / Hamburg tides” (1723)

Musica Antiqua Köln / Reinhard Goebel cond (Archiv Produktion 413 788-2)

György Ligeti: Sonata for violoncello solo, I: Dialogo (1948)

Matt Haimovitz vc (SFCO 2005-2006 highlights)

George Crumb: Sonata for solo violoncello (1955)

Robert Sylvester vc (Desto DC-7169)

Franz Schubert: An die Musik / To music, D. 547 (1817, Schober)

Hans Hotter BBar / Gerald Moore pf (Columbia 33CX-1626, rec. 1957 / Testament SBT 1198)

Johannes Brahms: Heimkehr / Homecoming, op. 7, no. 6 (1851, Uhland)

Hans Hotter BBar / Gerald Moore pf (Columbia 33CX-1448, rec. 1956 / Testament SBT 1198)

Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen / Death and the maiden, D. 531 (Claudius)

Marian Anderson / Kosti Vehanen pf (Pearl GEMM CD 9318)

Bernard Herrmann: North by northwest: Overture (1959)

M-G-M Studio Orchestra / Bernard Herrmann cond (Rhino R2 72101)

Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen / Visions of the Amen: Amen de la Consommation / Amen of the Consummation (1943)

Alexandre Rabinovitch pf 1 / Martha Argerich pf 2 (EMI CDC 7 54050 2)

Robert Schumann: In der Nacht / In the night, op. 74, no. 4 (1849)

Jan DeGaetani Mz / Leslie Guinn Bar / Gilbert Kalish pf (Elektra Nonesuch 9 71364-2)

Richard Strauss: Elektra: opening fanfare (1909)

WDRS Chorus and Orchestra / Richard Kraus cond. (Gala GL 100.512, rec. 1953) ()

Franz Schubert: Du bist die Ruh, D. 776 (1823, Rückert)
Der Wanderer an den Mond, D. 870 (1826, Seidl)
Des Fischers Liebesglück, D. 933 (1827, Leitner)
* Winterreise: Das Wirthshaus, D. 911, no. 21 (1827, Müller)
Greisengesang, D. 778 (1823, Rückert)
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D. 583 (1817, Schiller)
* Winterreise: Der Leiermann, D. 911, no. 24 (1827, Müller)

all: Hans Hotter BBar / Hans Altmann pf (Preiser 93145, rec. 1952), exc. * Michael Raucheisen pf (DG 437 351-2, rec. 1942)

Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in C major, op. 119, no. 3 (1893)

Richard Goode pf (Elektra Nonesuch 9 79154-2)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gaude gloriosa

Chanticleer (Teldec D 106302)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony no. 7, 1949-52)

Linda Hohenfeld S / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus / Leonard Slatkin cond (RCA 09026-61195-2)

Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Suite in D minor (1707)

Traud Kloft hpd (Bayer 100056)

Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps / Quartet for the end of time: Intermède / Intermezzo (1940-41)

Eduard Brunner cl / Trio Fontenay (Teldec 9031-73239-2)

Giacinto Scelsi: String quartet no. 4 (1964)

Streichquartett des Klangforum Wien (Kairos 0012162KAI)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F# minor, op. 78 (1809)

Alfred Brendel pf (Murray Hill S-3456)

Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro pezzi su una nota sola / Four pieces each on a single note (1959)

Saarbrücken Rundfunk Symphonie-Orchester / Hans Zender cond (cpo 999 485-2)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F# minor, op. 78 (1809)

Richard Goode pf (Elektra Nonesuch 9 79328-2)

Rufus Thomas: Walking the dog (1963)

Rufus Thomas et al. (Stax 140)

György Ligeti: Sonata for violoncello solo, I: Dialogo (1948)

Matt Haimovitz vc (SFCO 2005-2006 highlights)

Richard Aldag: Elegy for cello and orchestra (2005)

Matt Haimovitz vc / San Francisco Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Simon cond (SFCO 2005-2006 highlights)

Joan Tower: Snow dreams (1983)

Alexandra Hawley fl / Jeffrey McFadden gtr (Naxos 8.559146)

Joonas Kokkonen: Viisi bagatellia / Five bagatelles (1968-69)

Craig Randal Johnson pf (Tonttu Productions Piano music of Finland)

Unquestionably the most significant loss of 2006. Incidentally, the B side of the brilliant “I got ants in my pants, pt. 1,” was entitled “I got ants in my pants, pts. 15 & 16.” I don’t know if that “says it all,” but it comes close. Thank you, JB.

A. M. Brunner: The old landmark

James Brown / The Rev. James Cleveland Choir / The Blues Brothers Show Band and Revue (Atlantic SD 16017, rec. 1980)

James Brown et al.: The Apollo Theater presents, in person! the James Brown Show recorded live at the Apollo Theater, New York City, October 24, 1962 (1962)

James Brown and the Famous Flames (King 826, incl.:
– Introduction by Lucas “Fats” Gonder
– “I’ll Go Crazy”
– “Try Me”
– “Think”
– “I Don’t Mind”
– “Lost Someone”
– Medley, “Please, Please, Please” / “You’ve Got The Power” / “I Found Someone” / “Why Do You Do Me” / “I Want You So Bad” / “I Love You, Yes I Do” / “Strange Things Happen” / “Bewildered” / “Please, Please, Please”
– “Night Train”)

Arnold Schönberg: Five orchestral pieces, op.16, no. 3: Farben / Colors (1909)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle cond (EMI CDC 7 49857 2)

D. Hartman / C. Midnight: Living in America (1985)

James Brown et al. (Scotti Brothers ZS4 05682)

James Brown: I got ants in my pants, pt. 1 (1971)

James Brown with the JBs (Polydor 14162)

James Brown and Arthur “Pee Wee” Ellis: Say it loud — I’m Black and I’m proud, pt. 1 (1968)

James Brown with the James Brown Orchestra (King 6187)

Dessie Rozier: (Do the) Mashed potatoes, pt. 1 (1959)

“Nat Kendrick and the Swans,” incl. Carlton “King” Coleman dubbed over JB’s lead vocal; JB piano & yelps (Dade 1804)

Johannes Brahms: Chorale prelude on Michael Praetorius’s Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, op. 122, no. 8

Chris Hughes org (Griffin CSACD3052)

Jeffrey Reid Baker: Liszt’s Twelve days of Christmas Hungarian rhapsody (1996)

Jeffrey Reid Baker pf (JRB-CD-2001)

Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral (2000)

Atlanta Symphony / Robert Spano cond (Telarc CD 80596)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano sonata no. 21 in C major, op. 53, “Waldstein”

Daniel Barenboim pf (DGG 423-577-2)

Maurice Ravel: Deux mélodies hébraïques (1914)

Bernard Kruysen bar / Noel Lee pf (Auvidis Valois 4700)

Jeffrey Reid Baker: Satie’s The first Noël gymnopédie (1996)

Jeffrey Reid Baker pf (JRB-CD-2001)

Open City: Dusty sweets, bit parts (excerpts) (2006)

Open City (California Noise Ten-LP Set)

Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d’été: La spectre de la rose (1834/1856)

Victoria de los Angeles S / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch cond (Victor LM-1907)

Open City: Dusty sweets, bit parts (excerpts) (2006)

Open City (California Noise Ten-LP Set)

Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d’été: Absence (1834/1856)

Victoria de los Angeles S / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch cond (Victor LM-1907)

Elliott Carter: Enchanted preludes (1988)

Harvey Sollberger fl / Fred Sherry vc (Bridge BCD 9044)

Elliott Carter: Con leggerezza pensosa (1990)

Charles Neidich cl / Rolf Schulte vn / Fred Sherry vc (Bridge BCD 9044)

Elliott Carter: Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984)

Rolf Schulte vn (Bridge BCD 9044)

Egon Wellesz: Sonata for violoncello solo, op. 31 (1920)

Robert Sylvester vc (Desto DC-7169)

Arthur Honegger: Prélude, arioso, et fuguette sur le nom de Bach / Prelude, arioso, and fughetta on the name of Bach (1932)

Jürg von Vintschger pf (Turnabout Vox TV-S 34377)

Arthur Honegger: Souvenir de Chopin / Memento of Chopin (1947)

Jürg von Vintschger pf (Turnabout Vox TV-S 34377)

Leoš Janáček: V mlhách / In the mists (1912)

Rudolf Firkušný pf (DGG 2721251)

Vally Pick Weigl: Songs of Remembrance (Emily Dickinson)

Blanche Abram Mz / Naomi Drucker cl / Deirdre Kingsbury pf (Leonarda LE 329)

John Zorn: Forbidden Fruit

Kronos Quartet / Christian Marclay turntables / Ohta Hiromi voice (Elektra/Nonesuch 79181)

Karol Szymanowski: String quartet no. 2, op. 56 (1927)

Silesian Quartet (CD Accord ACD 037)

Karol Szymanowski: String quartet no. 1, op. 37 (1917)

Silesian Quartet (CD Accord ACD 037)

George Crumb: Sonata for solo violoncello (1955)

Robert Sylvester vc (Desto DC-7169)

Charles Koechlin: Les Bandar-Log, op. 176, conclusion (1939)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati cond (Angel S 36295)

Michael Torke: Monday (1992)

London Sinfonietta / Lothar Zagrosek cond (Ecstatic Records ERO 92204)

Dmitri Shostakovich: String quartet no. 15, op. 144 (1974)

Gidon Kremer, Daniel Phillips vn / Kim Kashkashian vla / Yo-Yo Ma vc (CBS MK 44924)

Judith Lang Zaimont: A calendar set: November (1978)

Joanne Polk pf (“Zones,” Arabesque Z6683)

Broadcast #761 — a prime number, by the way — marks the return of one of our prime anti-warhorses from the earliest years of classics without walls, the Wellesz cello sonata. This magnificent piece alone — which in the course of 13 minutes encompasses the depth of spiritual crisis and its resolution in ecstatic dance — should be enough to prove that the obscurity of Wellesz has been a scandal of the first order. Fortunately, after several decades during which this out-of-print LP by Robert Sylvester was the only recording of his music available, a flood of releases in recent years have made much more of his work accessible. Many thanks to Bill & Judy Cartmel of Memories Inc. in Lewiston, Maine, for ending a 15-year search for this LP.

Somei Satoh: Birds in warped time II

Margaret Leng Tan pf / Frank Almond vn (New Albion NA008)

Egon Wellesz: Sonata for violoncello solo, op. 31 (1920)

Robert Sylvester vc (Desto DC-7169)

Maurice Delage: Quatre poèmes hindous / Four Hindu poems (1912-13)

Dawn Upshaw S / Lynn Chang, Nai-Yuan Hu vn / Nardo Poy va / Bruce Coppock vc / Marcia Butler ob / Fenwick Smith, Laura Gilbert fl / Thomas Hill, Mitchell Weiss cl / Barbara Allen hp (Elektra Nonesuch 9 79262-2)

Sofia Gubaidulina: Rejoice! sonata: “Your joy no one will take away from you” and “Rejoice with joy”

Gidon Kremer vn / Yo-Yo Ma vc (CBS MK44924)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 5: IV, Das himmlische Leben (1901)

Gustav Mahler pf, Welte-Mignon roll, rec. 1905 (Telefunken HT18, Berühmte Komponisten spielen eigene Werke)

Ned Rorem: Snake (Theodore Roethke)

Gianna d’Angelo S / Ned Rorem pf (New World 229, rec. 1962-63)

Ned Rorem: My Papa’s waltz (Theodore Roethke)

Donald Gramm bar / Ned Rorem pf (id.)

Ned Rorem: I am Rose (Gertrude Stein)

Regina Sarfaty Mz / Ned Rorem pf (id.)

Ned Rorem: To you (Walt Whitman)

Donald Gramm bar / Ned Rorem pf (id.)

Ned Rorem: Early in the morning (Robert Hillyer)

Donald Gramm bar / Ned Rorem pf (id.)

Ned Rorem:
I am Rose (Gertrude Stein)
Now sleeps the crimson petal (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Opus 101 (Witter Bynner)
Sonnet (Witter Bynner)
The wintry mind (Witter Bynner)
The sowers (Witter Bynner)
I strolled across an open field (Theodore Roethke)
Ferry me across the water (Christina Rossetti)
That shadow, my likeness (Walt Whitman)

Susan Graham Mz / Malcolm Martineau pf (Erato 8573-80222-2)

Arnold Schönberg: Erwartung / Expectation (Richard Dehmel) (1899)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Ursula Oppens pf (Music & Arts CD-650)

Arnold Schönberg: Jesus bettelt / Jesus begs (Richard Dehmel) (1899)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Ursula Oppens pf (Music & Arts CD-650)

Gustav Mahler: Um Mitternacht / At midnight (Friedrich Rückert) (1901)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau bar / Berlin Philharmonic / Karl Böm cond (DG 138 879)

Beth Custer: Bernal Heights suite: Scary monster string trio (2006)

Beth Custer voice / Left Coast Chamber Ensemble: Anna Pressler vn / Kurt Rohde va / Leighton Fong vc (BC Records BC-9)

Judith Lang Zaimont: A calendar set: October

Joanne Polk pf (“Zones,” Arabesque Z6683)

George Tsontakis: Ghost Variations (1991)

Stephen Hough pf (Hyperion CDA 67005, New York Variations)

Steve Reich: Drumming, part one (1971)

James Preiss, Gary Schall, Richard Schwartz, & David Van Tieghem tuned drums (Orange Mountain Music 0015, From the Kitchen Archives: New Music, New York 1979)

Philip Glass: Dance no. 4 (1978)

Philip Glass eorg (Orange Mountain Music 0015, From the Kitchen Archives: New Music, New York 1979)

John Schott: In these great times: Preface (1996)

John Schott egtr (Tzadik TZ7115)

Thelonious Monk: Brake’s sake (1955)

T J Kirk: Will Bernard egtr / John Schott egtr / Charlie Hunter 8-string egtr / Scott Amendola drms (Warner Bros. 9 46262-2, If four was one: T J Kirk plays the music of Thelonious Monk, James Brown, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, rec. 1996)

Ned Rorem: Piano sonata no. 2 (ca. 1952)

Julius Katchen pf (Philips 456 856-2 Great pianists of the 20th century: Julius Katchen I)

Ned Rorem: Early in the morning (1945)

Donald Gramm bar / Ned Rorem pf (New World 229, rec. 1962/63)

Miriam Gideon: Ayelet hashakhar / Morning star: songs of childhood on Hebrew texts (1980)

Lucille Field S / Harriet Wingreen pf (Cambria CD-1037, Lucille Field sings songs by American women composers, rec. 1987)

John Cage: Sonatas and interludes for prepared piano: Sonatas I, II, III, IV, First Interlude (1946 – 48)

Boris Berman pf (Naxos 8 559042)

Joaquin Turina: Album de viaje (1916)

Pierre Huybregts pf (Centaur 2026)

James Booker: Black minute waltz

James Booker pf (Rounder CD 2118)

Sir Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for piano duet and strings, op. 32

David Nettle & Richard Markham pf / London Musici / Mark Stephenson cond (Conifer Classics CDCF 228)

Sir Malcolm Arnold: Recorder sonatina, op. 41

Judith Pearce fl / Ian Brown pf / The Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA66172)

Sir Malcolm Arnold: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness: Orchestral suite

London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox cond (Chandos 9100)

Sir Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish dances, op. 59

Grimethorpe Colliery Band / Elgar Howarth, Sir Malcolm Arnold cond (Conifer Classics 74321-16848-2)

Paul Creston: Cantilena, op. 117a (1980)

Terry King vc / John Jensen pf (Music & Arts CD-685)

Franz Schreker: Der Schatzgräber: Zwischenspiel / The treasure seeker: Interlude (1915-18)

BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaiski cond (Chandos CHAN-9797)

Franz Schreker: Phantastische Ouverture / Fantastic overture, op. 15 (1904)

BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaiski cond (Chandos CHAN-9797)

Paul Creston: Cantilena (as above)

Hugo Wolf: Der Feuerreiter / The fire rider (1888-10-10)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau bar / Sviatoslav Richter pf (DG 2530 584 — live, Innsbruck, October 1973)

Hugo Wolf: Der Feuerreiter / The fire rider (1892)

Württembergischer Kammerchor chor / Chor der staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Stuttgart chor / Ensemble Stuttgart / Dieter Kurz cond (Claves CD 50-9622, live, 1996-02-18)

Claude Joseph Johnson: You better run to the city of refuge

The Rev. Dr. C.J. Johnson and family (Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40073, Wade in the water vol. II — African American congregational singing: nineteenth-century roots, rec. 1989)

Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen / Visions of the Amen: Amen de la consommation / Amen of the consummation (1943)

Martha Argerich pf / Alexandre Rabinovitch pf (EMI CDC 7 54050 2)

Alban Berg: Kammerkonzert / Chamber concerto (1923)

Isaac Stern vn / Peter Serkin pf / Members of the London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado cond (CBS MK 42139)

Yo la tengo: I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass: “The story of Yo la tango [sic]” (2006)

Ira Kaplan egtr / James McNew eb / Georgia Hubley dms (Matador OLE-692)

J.S. Bach: Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: Allemande

Glenn Gould pf (Sony SK87764)

Roberto Gerhard: Symphony no. 2 (1959)

BBC Symphony / Matthias Bamert cond (Chandos 9694)

Glenn Gould: Stokowski: A portrait for radio, excerpt (1971)

Glenn Gould producer (CBC PSCD 2025-2)

Johannes Brahms: Piano concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 15: 3rd movement (excerpt)

Glenn Gould pf / New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein cond (Sony SK60675, rec. 1962-04-06)

Judith Lang Zaimont: A Calendar Set: September

Joanne Polk pf (“Zones,” Arabesque Z6683)

Franz Schubert:
An Die Musik, D. 547
An Silvia, D. 891
Auf dem Wasser zu Singen, D. 774
Das Lied im Grünen, D. 917
Der Musensohn, D. 764
Die junge Nonne, D. 828

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf S; Edwin Fischer pf (“Références,” Angel 7243 5 67494 2 9.ECL))

Samuel Barber: String quartet, op. 11

Emerson String Quartet (“American Originals,” Deutsche Grammophon 101392)

Federico Mompou: Cants magiques

Pierre Huybregts pf (“Spanish Piano Music,” Centaur 2026)

Francis Poulenc: Gloria (1959)

Rosanna Carteri S / Orchestre Nationale de l’O.R.T.F. / Chœurs de la R.T.F. / Georges Prêtres cond (EMI CDC 7 47723 2)

Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence / Four penitential motets: “Timor et tremor” (1938-39)

Chœurs René Duclos / Georges Prêtres cond (EMI CDC 7 47723 2)

Christobál de Morales: Parce mihi domine

Jan Garbarek ssx / Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1525)

Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence / Four penitential motets: “Vinea mea electa” (1938-39)

Chœurs René Duclos / Georges Prêtres cond (EMI CDC 7 47723 2)

Guillaume Dufay: Ave maris stella

Jan Garbarek ssx / Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1525)

Gabriel Fauré: Messe de Requiem, op. 48: Pie Jesu (1888/1893)

Judith Blegen S / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Robert Shaw cond (Telarc 80135)

Schoenberg riot
Arnold Schoenberg’s 130th birthday.
All selections by Arnold Schoenberg except where noted.

1. Theme & variations, Op. 43b (1934) – opening
   Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / John Mauceri cond
2. Fantasy for violin & piano, Op. 47 (1949)- opening
   Yehudi Menuhin vn / Glenn Gould pf
3. Brettllieder / Cabaret songs (1901) – “Einfältiges Lied / Simple song”
   Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Ursula Oppens pf
4. Suite for string orchestra in G (1944), Ouverture – opening
   German Symphony Orchestra Berlin / John Mauceri cond
5. Songs, Op. 2 (1899) – “Erhebung / Exaltation”
   Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Ursula Oppens pf
6. Friede auf Erden / Peace on earth, Op. 13 (1907)
   BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond
7. Five piano pieces, Op. 23 (1923) – Walzer / Waltz
   Paul Jacobs pf
8. Gurre-Lieder / Songs of Gurre (1900/1911)- “Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht / The cock lifts his head to crow”
   Chorus of Danish Radio / Danish State Radio Symphony & Concert Orchestras / János Ferencsik cond
( — station break — )
9. Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene / Music to accompany a moving-picture scene
   BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez cond
10. Erwartung / Expectation, Monodrama in one act, Op. 17 (1909) – conclusion
    Anja Silja S / Vienna Philharmonic / Christoph von Dohnányi cond
11. Chamber symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (1906) – conclusion
    Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain / Pierre Boulez cond
12. Das Buch der hängenden Garten / The book o fthe hanging gardens, Op. 15 (1908) – #14 (“Sprich nicht immer… / Speak not always…”)
    Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Ursula Oppens pf
13. String quartet no. 2, Op. 10 () – 4th movement, “Entrückung/ Ecstasy” – opening
    LaSalle String Quartet / Margaret Price S
14. Franz Schubert: Ständchen / Serenade (“Horch, horch, die Lerch / Hark, hark, the lark”), D.889 (1826; arrangement for small ensemble by Arnold Schönberg,1921)
    Wendela Bronsgeest S / Schönberg Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw cond
15. Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, Op. 41b – opening
    Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez cond
16. Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 (1912) – “Galgenlied / Gallows song”
    Jan de Gaetani voice / The Contemporary Chamber ensemble ( Thomas Nyfenger pic / Jeanne Benjamin va / Michael Rudiakov vc ) / Arthur Weisberg cond
17. Verklärte Nacht / Transfigured night -conclusion
    String sextet of the Domaine Musical Ensemble / Pierre Boulez cond
18. Ferruccio Busoni: Berçeuse élégiaque/ Elegiac lullaby, Op. 42 (transcription for small ensemble by Arnold Schönberg) – conclusion
    Arditti Quartet / Michel Moraguès fl / Paul Meyer cl / Marc Marder b / Louise Bessette pf / HakonAustbö hmn / Michel Béroff cond
19. Johnny Noble, after Prince Leileohako: Hawaiian War Chant (1860/1929)
    The Shut-Ins (John Poultney gtr & voice / Mike Roper uke & voice / Joe Kyle, Jrb)