Max Reger Is a-Ragin'

I knew Max Reger wrote some intriguing, sometimes fractured-sounding modern music, but I didn't know about his variations on other guy's stuff.

01. VARIATIONS AND FUGUE ON A THEME BY MOZART, OP. 132 - 1.Theme: Andante grazioso (2:28)

02. Var.1 - L'istesso tempo (2:20)
03. Var.2 - Poco agitato (1:40)
04. Var.3 - Con moto (1:23)
05. Var.4 - Vivace (0:42)
06. Var.5 - Quasi presto (1:33)
07. Var.6 - Sostenuto (quasi adagietto) (2:07)
08. Var.7 - Andante grazioso (2:37)
09. Var.8 - Molto sostenuto (5:55)
10. Fugue - Allegretto grazioso (10:05)

11. VARIATIONS AND FUGUE ON A THEME BY HILLER, OP. 100 - Theme: Andante grazioso (0:29)

12. Var.1 - Piu andante (1:11)
13. Var.2 - Allegretto con grazia (3:26)
14. Var.3 - Vivace (2:19)
15. Var.4 - Poco vivace (2:07)
16. Var.5 - Andante sostenuto (3:44)
17. Var.6 - Tempo di menuetto (2:41)
18. Var.7 - Presto (3:11)
19. Var.8 - Andante con moto (2:51)
20. Var.9 - Allegro con spirito (1:45)
21. Var.10 - Allegro appassionato (2:17)
22. Var.11 - Andante con moto (5:54)
23. Fugue - Allegro moderato (ma non spirito) (9:40)

So you may take a listen.

See you on Monday, February 3rd, with a special Valentine!

It's a Forest Rain!

It's a 1993 cassette of New Age music interspersed with nature-type sounds, all wrapped up in clever track titles.

01. Thunder Intro (0:26)

02. Thunder Streams (6:21)
03. Clearing in the Air (5:20)
04. To Tree or Not to Tree (5:23)
05. Deep Forest (10:20)
06. Mossing Around (3:00)
07. Heart of the Forest (6:34)
08. Future Stock (4:25)
09. Branching Out (3:29)
10. Joy, Rain, Tree (2:52)
11. Eagle, Salmon, Swirl (4:39)
12. Leaf Well Enough Alone (5:19)
13. Prayer for the Ancient Trees (3:48)

Forest Rain

The original tracks are all run together.  I faded each one out and then faded the following one in so as to keep them separate.

See you on Thursday!

Scotty Howard - Oklahoma Sweetheart

https://www.music-savers.com/hall-of-fame

... reports that Scotty Howard inducted into 2008 class of America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame.  “Scotty Howard (long time regional bluegrass music performer, promoter, preservationist from Oklahoma)”

01. Long Journey Home (3:01)
02. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:29)
03. Oklahoma Sweetheart (2:59)
04. Never Ending Love (2:43)
05. It May Be Silly, But Ain't It Fun (2:11)
06. Fallen Angel (2:43)
07. Smokey Mountain Smoke (2:34)
08. The Angel Song (4:02)
09. I Over Looked an Orchid (3:31)
10. Long Black Veil (4:02)
11. I'll Fly Away (3:22)
12. Heaven Bound Train (2:08)
13. I'm Free (2:51)

Scotty Howard - Oklahoma Sweetheart

See you on Monday, friends!
 

Star Wars (& Other Space Themes)

… Or, as another part of the label says, "Other Space Disco Themes"!

It's a 1978 album which you may or may not find rousing.

01. Main Theme from "Star Wars" (3:18)

02. UFO (2:38)
03. Theme from "Star Trek" (2:54)
04. Barbarella (2:47)
05. Space 1999 (2:32)
06. Also Sprach Zarathustra (4:35)
07. March from "Things To Come" (3:56)
08. Thunderbirds (3:15)
09. Princess Leia's Theme from "Star Wars" (4:26)
10. Dr Who (2:20)
11. Mars, the Bringer of War from "The Planets" (7:37)
12. Theme from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (4:16)
13. Theme from "Logan's Run" (5:00)
14. Princess Leia's Theme from "Star Wars'" (4:28)
15. Flight Fantastic (4:52)
16. Theme from "The Time Machine" (4:32)
17. Main Title and Cantina Band from "Star Wars" (5:10)
18. Theme from "Blake's Seven" (4:08)
19. Theme from "The Omega Man" (3:53)

(Note the clever way the cover illustration genre-alizes things like the starship Enterprise.)

(& Other Space Themes)

See (or listen) for yourself!  And drop back by on Thursday, won't you?
 

Polish Song Favorites

"All Polish Vocals!"  Oh boy!

This is a cassette release of a 1953 album by a lady whose last name predates Star Trek: The Next Generation, so no android jokes, please.  She died in 1972.  She was selected for the International Polka Association's Hall of Fame in 1974.

01 - Grajcie Mi Skrzypeckzki Polka  (2:53)

02 - Glęboka Studzienka Walc  (3:04)
03 - Deszczyk Leje Walc  (2:39)
04 - Kukala Kukulka Polka  (3:09)
05 - Mamusiu Ktoś Puka Polka  (2:49)
06 - Nie Chciala Jasieńka Polka  (2:31)
07 - Zakwitla Lilia Walc  (2:56)
08 - Wy Moje Dzieweczki Walc  (2:44)
09 - Albo Mi Ptaszkowie Polka  (3:17)
10 - Padaly Listeczki Walc  (3:06)
11 - Stojala Wiśnia Walc  (2:38)
12 - Dobra Noc Walc  (2:29)
Polish Song Favorites

See you on Monday!

They're Super! They're Duper! They're Hits ... Somewhere

You decide how "chiller" this music is.  The "presenter" of this music was a bigtime mojo in India until he crossed the mob and they bumped him off.
01. Yaro Main Pagal Ho Gaya - Remo Fernendes (6:57)
02. Na Na Na Na Re - Daler Mehndi, Sudesh Bhosle & Chorus (4:58)
03. Shahar Ki Ladki - Abhijeet & Chandra Dixit (5:57)
04. Ho Nahin Sakta - Udit Narayan (8:11)
05. Enn Meen Sade Teen - Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik (4:49)
06. Ye Ishq Bada Bedardi Hai - Anuradha Paudwal & K Pappu (6:07)
07. Main Ladki Ka Diwana - Abhijeet & Chorus (6:39)
08. Koyta Koyta - Jojo (5:01)
09. Aankh Mare - Kumar Sanu & Kavita Krishnamurthy (5:13)
10. Kya Ada Kya Jalwe - Udit Narayan (5:01)
Super-de-Duper!

See you on Thursday … Maybe that selection will be in English, but no promises!

Allemande Left -- But Don't Step on Bernie's Toes

Exactly what is a "Glad Rag band," anyway?  Perhaps you can tell me after listening to these whoop-dingers ...

01. Daisy Mae Round (4:53)
02. Red River Valley (3:31)
03. Spanish Cavalier (4:38)
04. My Little Girl (4:42)
05. Hurry Hurry (3:41)
06. Good Old Country Music (Billy Boy) (4:29)
07. Virginia Blues (Figure 8) (4:10)
08. Wabash Theme (Square Dance Tonight!) (3:17)
09. Golden Slippers (5:01)
10. Soldiers' Joy (3:32)

 

Square Dance Tonight

See you on Monday, sashay-ers and rounders!

  

Some Fine Dulcimer-izing

From 1988,

01. Holy, Holy, Holy / Redeemed (4:53)

02. Morning Has Broken (3:49)
03. Shall We Gather at the River / I'm Bound for the Promised Land (3:10)
04. I Will Arise (2:01)
05. I'll Fly Away (1:50)
06. Softly and Tenderly (3:05)
07. How Great Thou Art (2:57)
08. Almost Persuaded / Amazing Grace / Sweet Hour of Prayer (5:09)
09. Old Time Religion / Where the Soul Never Dies / Will the Circle Be Unbroken / The Unclouded Day  / Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus (4:29)
10. Whispering Hope (3:45)
11. It Is Well with My Soul (2:46)

Cook - Morning Has Broken
See you on Thursday!