Sunday Morning Hymns of Worship

I found this CD at a pawn shop before 2005.  These are choral arrangements with orchestral backing.  Very inoffensive and almost tame in some ways, but I still enjoy it.  Your granny or dad wouldn't be threatened by these versions, put it that way.

01 Worship The King       03:10

02 All Creatures Of Our God And King       03:42

03 I Sing The Mighty Power Of God       02:44

04 I Am His And He Is Mine       03:13

05 This Is My Father's World       02:16

06 The Lord's My Shepherd       03:41

07 Guidance Medley       03:14

    O God, Our Help In Ages Past       

    Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah       

08 Of The Father's Love Begotten       02:18

09 Jesus Shall Reign       02:56

10 My Faith Has Found A Resting Place       03:13

11 All Glory, Laud, And Honor       03:19

12 Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee - A Meditation       02:52

    Sun Of My Soul       

    Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee       

    Fairest Lord Jesus       

13 And Can It Be       04:57

14 When I Survey       04:00

15 The Solid Rock       03:03

16 Come, Everyone That Is Thirsty       03:11

17 Crown Him! Medley       04:29

    Crown Him With Many Crowns       

    Lead Me To Calvary       

    Look, Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glorious       

18 Jesus Paid It All       02:58

19 O For A Thousand Tongues       02:00

20 Give Me Jesus       02:29

21 Our Great Savior       03:37

22 Fill Thou My Life, O Lord My God       02:55

23 Ye Servants Of God       02:58

Sunday Morning Hymns of Worship
See you on Thursday!
 

A Monster Concert!

This is a fun 1972 album of stupendous import.  The subtitle tells it all:  10 pianos, 16 pianists!

01 - Stars and Stripes Forever

02 - William Tell Overture

03 - Thunder and Lightning Polka

04 - Maple Leaf Rag

05 - Blue Danube Waltzes

06 - Semiramide Overture

07 - La Gallina (The Hen)

08 - Ojos Criollos (Creole Eyes)

Ze Mon-STARE Con-SERT!
(zat is a whacky French Accent)

See you on Monday the 30th!
 

The Performing Piano - Amazing Live Performances by Legendary Masters of the Keyboard Realized on the Knabe Ampico B Reproducing Piano

On the amazing contraption, the following pieces are played by "legendary masters":

The Performing Piano (55:20)
01 - Minuet in G - Paderewski - performed by  Ignace Paderewski  (3:50)
02 - The Beautiful Blue Danube - Strauss   (arr Schulz-Evler) - performed by  Josef Lhévinne  (8:41)
03 - La Campanella (The Bells) - Paganini   (arr Liszt) -performed by  Josef Lhévinne  (5:08)
04 - Scherzo, Op 39, No 3 - Chopin -performed by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (10:03)
05 - Invitation to the Dance - von Weber -performed by  Artur Schnabel  (7:25)
06 - Hungarian Rhapsody 2 - Liszt -performed by  Alfred Cortot  (7:58)
07 - Mazeppa - Liszt - performed by  Erwin Nyiregyházi  (8:04)
08 - Prelude in C Sharp Minor - Rachmaninoff - performed by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (4:12)

I'm surprised that I couldn't find a Discogs page for this cassette.  But it's pretty boss.  You can read all about it in the included scans of the liner notes.

The Performing Piano

Now get out there and imaginarily tickle some ivories!

See you on Thursday

  

Piccolodeon: Works for Piccolo, Harp, and Percussion

The subtitle says it all!  But you have to figure out for yourself, what a "piccolodeon" might be.

01. The Irish Folk Fest (7:21)

Banish Misfortune - The Humors of Glyn - All in the Early Morning - Farewell to Music - Repeal of the Union

Béla Bartók - Sonatina

02. 01 - Bagpipers (1:45)

03. 02 - Bear Dance (1:17)

04. 03 - Finale (1:58)

Claude Debussy - Children’s Corner

05. 01 - Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (2:33)

06. 02 - Jimbo's Lullaby (2:58)

07. 03 - Serenade for the Doll (2:19)

08. 04 - The Snow Is Dancing (2:27)

09. 05 - The Little Shepherd (2:34)

10. 06 - Golliwogg's Cake-walk (3:02)

11. Appalachian Suite (7:06)

Wayfaring Stranger - Harvest Home - Boys of Blue Hill - Five Step Waltz - Midnight on the Water - The Growling Old Man and Old Woman

12. Preston Stahly - Kestrel (12:23)

Peruvian Suite

13. 01 - Baile (1:40)

14. 02 - Harawi (1:15)

15. 03 - Zas! (1:48)

16. 04 - Baile de los danzantes (0:36)

17. 05 - Ripusakme (1:46)

18. 06 - Pasnapitaci (1:04)

Piccolodeon

Another thrift-store cassette!

See you on Monday.

Salli Terri - I Know My Love

This radiant, enchanting 1961 album will ravish you.

Salli Terri - I Know My Love (38:26)

01. I Must and I Will Get Married       (1:36)

02. He's Gone Away (4:52)

03. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (3:14)

04. The Turtle Dove (2:39)

05. Paper of Pins (2:02)

06. When Adam Was Created (3:40)

07. The Old Maid Song (2:46)

08. I'm Sad and I'm Lonely (3:25)

09. I Know My Love (2:50)

10. The Cuckoo (2:46)

11. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (1:43)

12. O Waly, Waly (2:47)

13. The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies, O! (2:42)

14. I Know Where I'm Goin' (1:26)

I Know My Love

See you on Thursday!

Stephen Foster's Social Orchestra

Here's a really fun 'n' festive 1974 LP.  These selections are based on arrangements of Foster songs that were made for home playing by amateur groups.

01. “Old Folks” Quadrilles: a: Old Folks at Home; b: Oh, Boys, Carry Me 'Long    ; c: Nelly Bly; d: Farewell My Lilly Dear; e: Plantation Jig     (3:38)

02. The Hour for Me and Thee (1:04)

03. Where Are the Friends of My Youth (2:00)

04. Waltzes: a; Byerly's Waltz  ; b: Waltz by Lanner; c: Waltz by Strauss (4:20)

05. Irene (1:33)

06. Maria Redowa (1:08)

07. Eulalie (1:41)

08. Village Festival Quadrilles (4:36)

09. My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (2:25)

10. Old Dog Tray (1:26)

11. Schottisches: a: Jennie's Own; b: Rainbow; c: Coral (7:09)

12. Anadolia (2:39)

13. O Summer Night! (2:28)

14. Katy Darling (0:50)

15. Gems from Lucia, 2 & 3 (2:12)

16. Old Folks at Home - with Variations; Old Folks Quadrille (3:55)

Of course, these performances are A-Number-One!  I think you'll like it too.

Stephen Foster's Social Orchestra

See you on Monday!  Sorry to be a day late (Friday not Thursday).

Music from the Pleiades

Here's a fine and very representative New Age cassette from 1989.  Another thrift store bonus!

01. The Pleiades (3:06)

02. Stars on a Clear Night (4:06)

03. Extraterrestrial Encounter (4:28)

04. Pleiadian Harp (2:25)

05. Journey Through the Stars (2:57)

06. Awakening (5:01)

07. A New Vision of Time (2:32)

08. In the Temple of Initiation (3:08)

09. Sacred Ceremony in the Cave of Windchimes (6:05)

10. Prayer for Earth (2:23)

11. Journey Home (3:48)

12. The Pleiades (Reprise) (3:15)

Music from the Pleiades

See you on Thursday!

  

Re-Post: Sing-a-Long Gilbert & Sullivan

I grew up listening to this fine, fun kids record.

It was my friend at nap time.  Along with MAD magazine, it taught me that subversive humor is most effective when presented well.

Of course, this album's versions of the songs are pared down and rearranged from the originals.  But isn't that true about many of the things we first encounter as children?

01 - The Mikado Overture-We Are Gentlemen of Japan

02 - A Wand’ring Minstrel I
03 - My Object All Sublime
04 - The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
05 - For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum
06 - We Sail the Ocean Blue
07 - I'm Called Little Buttercup
08 - I Am the Captain of the Pinafore
09 - When I Was a Lad
10 - Never Mind the Why and Wherefore
11 - I Am a Pirate King
12 - I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
13 - When the Foeman Bares His Steel
14 - A Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One

Thanks to my Mom's purchase of this record, I was familiar enough with Gilbert & Sullivan songs to parody them in my own Star Trek parody, STAR TRACK.  

Hope you too can have fun!

Sing-a-Long Gilbert & Sullivan

See you on Monday!

John Morris: Silent Movie OST

This stupendous soundtrack to the hilarious 1976 film is stupendous.

1)  Silent Movie March

2) Sidewalk Oddities; Custom Suit and Acupuncture

3) Burt Reynolds' House

4) Engulf & Devour

5) The Wrong Dog Rag

6) Liza Minnelli and Knights in Armor

7) Coat Routine; Men's Room

8) Anne Bancroft; Rio Bomba Bossa Nova

9) New Flamencos; Jalousie

10) Marcel Marceau

11) Wheelchair Chase

12) Marty Feldman Two Step

13) Babalu

14) Hotel Sleez; Lord of Winos

15) Sneak Preview

16) Film Chase; Coke Machine War

17) Silent Movie March

Silent Movie OST


 See you on Thursday!