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on December 27, 2011 @ 1:36 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Johann Sebastian Bach/Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Eugen Jochum: B-minor Mass, Kyrie Eleison [excerpt]; Mass in B Minor – Mass in F (Philips)
1. Johann Sebastian Bach/Akademie fur Alte Musik/René Jacobs: Christmas Oratorio: Part II Orchestral Prelude; Christmas Oratorio (Harmonia Mundi)
2 – 6. Johann Sebastian Bach/La Chapelle Royale/Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herrweghe: Quia Respexit, Et Misericordia, Esurientes Implevit, Gloria; Bach – Magnficat (Harmonia Mundi)
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/ Maria Stader/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Choir of St. Hedwig’s Cathedral/Ferenc Fricsay: Kyrie – Christe- Kyrie: Great Mass in C Minor; Great Mass, Haydn Te Deum (DGG)
8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Christiane Oelze/La Chapelle Royale/Philippe Herrweghe: Et Incarnatus Est; Messe en ut mineur (Harmonia Mundi)
9. Miles Davis/Gil Evans/George Gershwin: Oh Doctor Jesus; Porgy and Bess (Columbia)
10. Johann Sebastian Bach/Leon Fleischer: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring; The Essential Leon Fleischer (Columbia)
11. Johann Sebastian Bach/Lynne Dawson/Carol Hall/English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner: Christe Eleison; Mass in B Minor (Archiv)
12. Johann Sebastian Bach/Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Eugen Jochum: B-minor Mass, Kyrie II; Mass in B Minor – Mass in F (Philips)
13. Ludwig von Beethoven/BBC Symphony Orchestra/BBC Chorus/Teresa Stich-Randal/Norma Proctor/Richard Lewis/Kim Borg/Jascha Horenstein: Missa Solemnis – Gloria; Missa Solemnis – Schubert – Wagner – Horenstein (BBC Legends)
14. Lili Boulanger/Oralia Dominguez/Orchestre Lamoureux/Igor Markevitch: Pie Jesu; Boulanger – Du fond de l’abime, etc (Everest/EMI)
15. Olivier Messiaen/Peter Serkin: Regard du Père; Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus (RCA)
16. Ornette Coleman/Jennifer Koh: Trinity; Jennifer Koh – Violin Fantasies (Cedille)
17. Ludwig von Beethoven/Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam/Edda Moser/Hanna Schwarz/René Kollo/Kurt Moll/Herman Krebbers/Leonard Bernstein: Sanctus – Benedictus; Beethoven - Missa Solemnis (DGG)
18 – 19. Johann Sebastian Bach/Michael Chance/English Baroque Soloists/Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner: Agnus Dei, Dona Nobis Pacem; Mass in B Minor (Archiv)
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on December 17, 2011 @ 3:43 pm | 3 Comments
Opening theme: The Ninth Room: Art Ensemble of Chicago; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Franco & Serdar Erbaşı: Segah Taksim; Ney İle Solo Taksimler (Columbia)
2. Kanı Karaca/Akagunduz Kutbay(?): Mevlana Naatı – Ney Taksim; Mevlana – Dede Efendi [Saba Ayini] (Kalan Ses)
3. The Beatles: Rain; Past Masters – Volume Two (Apple/Capitol)
4. Kim Kashkashian/Komitas: Garuna; Hayren – Music of Komitas and Tigran Mansurian (ECM)
5. Aram Khatchaturian/Unknown Orchestra: Gayane Ballet Suite. Andante; 2001 – A Space Odyssey (Rhino)
6. Akagunduz Kutbay (?): Ney Taksim; Mevlana Naatı – Ney Taksim; Mevlana – Dede Efendi [Saba Ayini] (Kalan Ses)
7. Bernard Herrmann/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Elmer Bernstein: Vertigo – Thème d’Amour; Bernard Herrmann Film Music (Milan)
8. Alan Hovhaness: To Hiroshige’s Cat; Shalimar (Fortuna)
9. Alan Hovhanesss/Kenneth Radnofsky/Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose: Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings; Exile Symphony, etc. (BMOP)
10. Alan Hovhaness: Shalimar [title tune] (Fortuna)
11. Ahmed Adnan Saygun/Danel Quartet: String Quartet No. 4; Saygun – Complete String Quartets (PSP Germany GmbH)
12. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff/Thomas DeHartmann: Assyrian Women Mourners; The Music of Gurdjieff (G – H/Triangle)
13. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff/Thomas DeHartmann/Gurdjieff Folk Instrument Ensemble/Levon Eskenian: Assyrian Women Mourners; Music of George I. Gurdjieff (ECM)
14. John Coltrane: Acknowledgment; A Love Supreme (Impulse)
Out theme: Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble: Ife L’ayo (There is Happiness in Love); The African Beat (Blue Note)
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on December 14, 2011 @ 4:03 pm | 2 Comments
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Jean Sibelius/Royal London Philharmonic/Sir Thomas Beecham: Symphony No. 2; Beecham Conducts Sibelius (Biddulph)
2. Nellie McKay: Old Folks; Note of Hope – A Celebration of Woody Guthrie (429)
3. Bombino: Tebsakh Dalet (A Green Acacia): Agadez (Cumbancha)
4. Oscar Peterson/Clark Terry: Blues for Smedley; Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One (Verve)
5. Jean Sibelius/Royal London Philharmonic/Sir Thomas Beecham: The Oceanides; Symphony No. 7, etc. (EMI)
6. Art Blakey: Mosaic; Three Blind Mice Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
7. Leif Segerstam/Bergen Philharmonic: Symphony No. 162 “Doubling the Number”; Segerstam - Symphonies Nos. 81, 162, 181 (BIS)
Out theme: Tyondai Braxton/Wordless Orchestra of New York: Platinum Rows; Central Market (Warp)
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on December 12, 2011 @ 2:45 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Keith Jarrett: Rio VII – XII; Rio (ECM)
2. Paul Motian: Tennessee Waltz; The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter)
3– 5. Bill Evans: Peri’s Scope, Come Rain or Come Shine, Blue in Green; Portrait in Jazz (Riverside)
6. Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band: Milestones; Flight of the Bluebird (Winter & Winter)
7. Keith Jarrett: You and the Night and the Music; Live at the Deer Head Inn (ECM)
8. Marilyn Crispell: Conception Vessel/Circle Dance; Amyrillis (ECM)
9. Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band: Work; Flight of the Bluebird (Winter & Winter)
10. Keith Jarrett: Angles (Without Edges); Treasure Island (Impulse)
11. Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two: Morrock; On Broadway (Winter & Winter)
12. Paul Motian: Trieste; The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter)
13: Johannes Brahms/Janet Baker/Philharmonia Orchestra/John Alldis Choir/Adrian Boult: Alto Rhapsody; Janet Baker – Icon (EMI)
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on December 2, 2011 @ 4:35 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: Nice Guys [title tune] (ECM)
1. Warren Wolf: Sweet Bread; Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue)
2. Billy Taylor: Different Bells; Billy Taylor with Candido (Original Jazz Classics)
3. Warren Wolf: Emily; Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue)
4. Eric Dolphy: Straight Up and Down; Out to Lunch (Blue Note)
5. Keith Jarrett: Rio III – V; Rio (ECM)
6. Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver; Charles Lloyd/Maria Farantouri – Athens Concert (ECM)
7. Leif Segerstam/Hannele Segerstam/Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra: Violin Concerto Serioso; Segerstam – Patria, Sketches from Pandora, etc. (BIS)
8. Tyondai Braxton: Uffe’s Woodshop; Central Market (Warp)
9. Burnt Sugar/Greg Tate: Whut Rough Beast; All Ya Needs That Negrosity (Avantgroidd Musica)
10. Mieceslaw (Moïses) Weinberg/Urban Claesson/Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra/Thord Svedlund: Clarinet Concerto; Weinberg – Concertos (Chandos)
Out theme: Gurdjieff Folk Instrument Ensemble/Levon Eskenian: Armenian Song; The Music of G.I. Gurdjieff (ECM)
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on November 22, 2011 @ 2:39 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Jean Sibelius/City of Birmingham Orchestra/Sakari Oramo: Symphony No. 6; Sibelius – Symphonies 6 & 7, Tapiola (Warner Classics UK)
2. Kamal Hors: Safar; The Dance of the Oud (Smoked)
3. Sevara Nazarkhan: Aygalach; Tortadur (CDBY)
4. Georgi Ivanovich Gurdjieff/Armenian Folk Instrument Ensemble/Levon Eskenian: The Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff (ECM)
5. Sevara Nazarkhan: Yoyvoi Tanovar; Tortadur (CDBY)
6. David Murray & the Gwo Ka Masters: La Jwa; Gwotet (Justin Time)
7. Colin Matthews/London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen: Fourth Sonata for Orchestra; Broken Symmetry – 4th Sonata – Suns Dance (DGG)
8. Benjamin Britten/English Chamber Orchestra: Variations on the Theme by Frank Bridge; Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, etc. (Decca)
Out theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: Strawberry Mango; Coming Home Jamaica (WB/Atlantic)
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on November 15, 2011 @ 2:25 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Archie Shepp: You’re What This Day is All About; The Magic of Ju-Ju (Impulse)
1. Roy Haynes: All the Bars Are Open: Roy-alty (Dreyfus)
2. Sarah Vaughan: Shulie-a-Bop; The Ultimate Sarah Vaughan (Verve)
3. Roy Haynes: Equipoise: Roy-alty (Dreyfus)
4. Pat Metheny: All the Things You Are; Question and Answer (Nonesuch)
5. Roy Haynes: Moon Ray; Out of the Afternoon (Impulse)
6. Roy Haynes: Passion Dance: Roy-alty (Dreyfus)
7. Roy Haynes: Raoul; Out of the Afternoon (Impulse)
8. Clifford Brown: Laura; Clifford Brown With Strings (Emarcy/Verve)
9. Clifford Brown/Max Roach: Delilah; The Emarcy Master Takes (Hip-o-Select)
10. Clifford Brown: Stardust; Clifford Brown With Strings (Emarcy/Verve)
11. Clifford Brown/Max Roach: Joy Spring; The Emarcy Master Takes (Hip-o-Select)
12. Elliott Carter/Ole Böhn/London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen:Violin Concerto; American Classics (EMI)
13. Kronos Quartet/Alim & Fargana Qasimov/Homayum Sakhi: Kohlen Atım; Rainbow – Music of Central Asia Vol, 8 (Smithsonian Folkways)
14. Olivier Messiaen/Peter Serkin: Je dors, mais mon coeur veille; Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant Jésus (RCA)
Out theme; Art Ensemble of Chicago: Strawberry Mango; Coming Home Jamaica (WB)
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on November 8, 2011 @ 1:54 pm | 4 Comments
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1.Miles Davis: Karlsruhe. Germany – November 7, 1967 (Agitation, Footprints, I Fall in Love Too Easily, Walkin’, Gingerbread Boy, The Theme); Live in Europe ’67 (Columbia DVD)
2– 3. Miles Davis: Tadd Dameron Quintet: Rifftide, Good Bait; Paris Festival International de Jazz – May, 1949 (Columbia)
4 – 5. Miles Davis: The Serpent’s Tooth, Veird Blues; Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige)
6. Miles Davis: First Set (Directions, Spanish Key, Masqualero, It’s About That Time/The Theme); Live at the Fillmore East March 7 1970 (Columbia)
7. Charlie Parker: K.C. Blues; The Essential Charlie Parker (Verve)
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on November 1, 2011 @ 12:26 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: Nice Guys [title tune] (ECM)
1. Don Cherry: Complete Communion, And Now, Golden Heart, Remembrance; Complete Communion (Blue Note)
2. Mieceslaw (Moises) Weinberg/Sergey Ostrovsky/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Sanderling: Violin Concertino Op. 42; Russian Violin Concertos (Naxos)
3. Witold Lutoslawski/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen: Symphony No. 4; Lutoslawski - Symphonies 3&4, etc. (Columbia)
4. Don Cherry: Elephantasy, Our Feelings, Bismillah, Wind Sand and Stars ; Complete Communion (Blue Note)
5. Ahmed Adnan Saygun/Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Ari Rasilainen: Symphony No. 2; Saygun - Symphonies Nos. 1&2 (CPO)
6. Franco Serdar Erbaşı: Hıcaz Taksim; Ney İle Solo Taksimler (Columbia)
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on October 26, 2011 @ 12:33 pm | 2 Comments
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: Nice Guys [title tune] (ECM)
1. Ben Webster: Midnight Blue; See You at the Fair (Impulse)
2. Gabriel Kahane: Great Lakes; Where Are the Arms (2nd Story Sound)
3. Amira: Jano Mori; Amulette (World Village UK)
4. Shmon Arslan: Diarbakır Divan; To What Strange Place – The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916-1929 (Tompkins Square)
5. Spottiswoode and his Enemies: I’d Even Follow You to Philadelphia; Wild Goosechase Expedition (Old Soul)
6. Dexter Gordon: Lady Iris B; Clubhouse (Blue Note)
7. Luca Marenzio/La Venexiana: Solo E Pensoso; Il Nono Libro De Madrigali (Glassa)
8. Ben Webster: Where Are You?; Soulville (Verve)
9. Josquin Des Prez/Hilliard Ensemble: Absalon, fili mi; Josquin (Virgin)
10. Franco Serdar Erbaşı: Saba Taksim; Ney İle Solo Taksimler (Columbia)
11. Ben Webster: Soulville [title tune] (Verve)
12. Heinrich Schütz/Concerto Palatino/John Potter: Absalon, fili mi; Symphoniae Sacrae 1629 (Accent)
13. Dexter Gordon: Soy Califa; A Swingin’ Affair (Blue Note)
14. George Ivanovich Gurdjieff/Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble/Levon Eskenian: Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 10; Music of G.I. Gurdjieff (ECM)
15. Ben Webster: Stardust; Ben Webster Plays Ballads (Storyville)
16. Sergei Prokofiev/Pavel Haas Quartet: String Quartet No. 2; Prokofiev -String Quartets, Sonata for 2 Violins (Supraphon)
Out theme: Gabriel Fauré: Pavane; Fauré Requiem, Pavane; Duruflé Requiem (EMI)