Synergy: 12 Electrifying Hits

Well, there are 12 sections, and they were performed electronically, that's as far as I want to go.

01. Infinity (3:57)

02. Theme from "Rainman" (3:28)

03. Theme from "Battlestar Galactica" (1:32)

04. Dune (Desert Theme) (5:09)

05. Magnetic Fields (Part 2) (3:40)

06. Equinoxe (Part 5) (3:39)

07. Chariots of Fire (3:25)

08. Theme from "Miami Vice" (2:27)

09. Aurora (3:50)

10. Pazuzo (from "The Exorcist II") (2:40)

11. The Omen (2:51)

12. Theme from "Tubular Bells" (7:03)

Synergy: 12 Electrifying Hits

Now you too can be electrified!

See you on Thursday, July 2nd, for a musical celebration of America, July Spockebration!

Another Enjoyable MHS Cassette

Yep, the Musical Heritage Society put together another fun, interesting hotch-potch of olde-tyme music with this 1981 release.

The only thing better would be an instantaneous knowledge of these antique tongues so as to appreciate the high and low intents of their composers.

01 - Pavane Mille regretz - Anonymous  (1:58)
02 - O liebes Herz - Heinrich Isaac  (1:17)
03 - Vostre bruit - Guillaume Dufay  (1:34)
04 - Brunete - Johannes Stockem  (1:20)
05 - Schein uns, du liebe Sonne - Antonio Scandelli  (3:39)
06 - Untitled Chanson - Anonymous  (1:36)
07 - Vray dieu d'amours - Antoine Brumel  (1:36)
08 - Adieu madame - Anonymous  (1:39)
09 - Wann ich gedenk - Jacob Regnart  (5:24)
10 - Ich sag ade - Clemens non Papa  (1:42)
11 - Pavan 17 - Anonymous  (1:17)
12 - Galliard 4 - Anonymous  (1:31)
13 - Bransle 2 - Anonymous  (0:57)
14 - All mein Gedanken - Jacob Regnart  (2:50)
15 - Pavane 13 - Anonymous  (1:08)
16 - Galliard 14 - Anonymous  (0:53)
17 - Lieblich hat sich gesellet - Anonymous  (3:08)
18 - Für all ich krön 2-part / 4-part - Hans Voit / Anonymous  (3:53)
19 - Propter bonos geschwenkos - Anonymous  (1:04)
20 - Mein G'müt ist mir verwirret - Hans Leo Hassler  (4:19)

Songs and Dances of the Renaissance

See you on Monday for some Americanesque music from all facets of the glorious messterpiece which is the USA!

Fisk Springs Eternal!

Mr Fisk does his own arranging and he plays pretty good.

01. Balletto - Girolamo Frescobaldi (8:17)

02. Ciaccona (from Partita for Solo Violin #2 in D Minor) - Johann Sebatian Bach (12:54)

03. Sonata in E, K380 - Domenico Scarlatti (5:09)

04. Sonata in E, K351 - Domenico Scarlatti (3:56)

05. Sonata in A, K322 - Domenico Scarlatti (3:18)

06. Sonata in A, K323 - Domenico Scarlatti (2:05)

07. Sonata in D Minor, K213 - Domenico Scarlatti (8:20)

08. Sonata in C, K159 - Domenico Scarlatti (2:35)

And you may decide for yourself!

See you on Friday!  (Thursday is going to be busy.)

  

Seven Stars in a Stupid Sky

As befits a "sampler," the musical selections from this cassette have been edited down from their full versions.

Selections from:

01 - Williams - The Empire Strikes Back
02 - Bach - Toccata & Fugue
03 - Beethoven - 5th Symphony
04 - Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
05 - Ravel - Bolero
06 - Joplin - Paragon Rag
07 - Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
08 - Saint-Saëns - 3rd Symphony
09 - Murphy - A 5th of Beethoven
10 - Montoya - Flamenco Guitar
11 - Gigout - Grand Choeur Dialogue
12 - Newman Plays Bach - Italian Concerto
13 - Sousa - Washington Post March
14 - Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Ave Maria
15 - Korngold - King’s Row
16 - Poulenc - Organ Concerto

After downloading, compare the cassette insert and the tape itself.  The titles don't match, and one is downright incorrect!  After hearing and editing this opus, I am forced to make the following comment regarding the now-defunct Sine Qua Non record label:

Why are they out of business?  They are so incompetent that they cannot label the performers or tracks accurately.  Who’s going to buy the “sampled” works if the record label doesn’t even tell the consumer who the performer is?  And Track 14 is an excerpt of “Ave Maria,” not “Do You Hear What I Hear?”!  What a bunch of ma-roons!

Now you may listen for yourself.

See you on Monday, meine Freunde!

Insert "Out of Tune" or "Tuna" Joke Here

The town of Altoona, PA had a big 150-year celebration in 1999, and here it is.  Yes, some of it IS out of tune.  Some of it is very good.  Much of it is diminished by either poor miking or poor post-production.  And somebody should have had the Abe Lincoln recreator stop emoting.  He tried to milk every possible imploration from words that are all the more profound when merely said, not overdramatically declaimed.

Still, here are the contents, along with a fat program book and an art mural.

Altoona America: The Journey Continues, Disc 1
01. On the River - Paul Winter with  Symphony (4:13)
02. New Beginnings - Mike Reid with Symphony (1:52)
03. Kittanning Trail - Consort (2:37)
04. Native American Chants - Mother of Nations (4:24)
05. Allegheny Furnace - Paul Winter (3:41)
06. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair - Mike Reid (3:19)
07. Danny Boy - Consort (5:08)
08. Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Speech excerpt - Fritz Klein (0:48)
09. Tenting Tonight on the Old Campground - Chorus (6:37)
10. Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Speech excerpt - Fritz Klein (0:43)
11. Battle Hymn of the Republic - Symphony, Chorus, Logan Guard, Consort (5:01)
12. Sound Over All Waters - Paula Glunt with Consort (5:11)
13. Train Pass-By - Allan Botto, Semaphore Records (2:08)
14. We Gather Together to Sing the Lord's Blessing - Eugene Friesen (0:46)
15. Abide with Me / Hymn to the Sun - Consort (3:20)
16. The Band Played On - Chorus with Audience (1:24)
17. Daisy Bell - Chorus with Audience (0:46)
18. in the Good Old Summertime - Chorus with Audience (0:47)
19. Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Chorus with Audience (0:42)
20. I've Been Workin' on the Railroad - Chorus with Audience (0:34)
21. The Stars and Stripes Forever - Band, Symphony, Chorus, Consort, Logan Guard (2:51)
22. Sounds of the Railroad - Allan Botto, Semaphore Records (2:34)
23. Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano, Andante - Eugene Friesen, Diane Winter (6:03)


Altoona America: The Journey Continues, Disc 2
01. Over There - Band, Chorus (2:37)
02. Ravel Bolero - Symphony (7:29)
03. A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody - The Silver Liners (1:56)
04. Easter Parade - The Silver Liners (1:05)
05. I'll Be Seeing You - The Silver Liners (1:28)
06. In the Mood - The Silver Liners (4:13)
07. Armed Forces Salute - Band (5:35)
08. Bach Siciliano - Paul Winter, Eugene Friesen, Jordan Rudess (4:18)
09. Barnum & Bailey March - Band (4:40)
10. K4: Going Away and Coming Home - Consort (11:13)
11. I Can't Make You Love Me - Mike Reid, Paul Winter (4:49)
12. In This Life - Mike Reid, Eliot Wadopian, Paul Winter (3:52)
13. New Beginnings - Mike Reid with Chorus (3:48)
14. Abraham Lincoln's Tribute to Altoona - Fritz Klein (1:47)
15. Alma Mater / America the Beautiful - Cast (10:29)
16. On Altoona - Cast (1:07)

Can you Toona fish?

Tell me what you think of this earnest mishmash!
 

What It Was, Is "Iz"!

This is a weird experience, baby!  It's a 1968 odd, electronic, concept album.

I mean, weird!  The tracks are:

01. Prologue (3:09)

02. Leave the Driving to Us (2:52)

03. Upset Strip (2:28)

04. Never Follow the Yellow-Green Road (2:49)

05. Thing-a-Ling (Scared Crow) (2:15)

06. In-man (1:37)

07. Man with the Word (Lyin' Coward) (2:00)

08. They're Off to Find the Wozard (1:43)

09. Blue Poppy (6:27)

10. I've Been Over the Rainbow (2:29)

11. Big Sur (3:18)

12. Killing of the Witch (3:37)

13. Finale (1:08)

The story is sort of the same, if refracted through a stoned-glass window!

The Woz
You tell me what it is!
 

Try It, You May Like It!

It's a 1993 release that sounds awfully Yiddische to me, bubbele.

01. Cooking Bulgar(s) (4:29)

02. Naftule Shpilt Far Dem Rebn (Naftule Plays for the Rebbe) (2:37)
03. Aleyn In Veg (Alone in the Road) (4:23)
04. Bulgar Blues (4:46)
05. Agadot (5:26)
06. Feter Elye (My Uncle Elye) (3:55)
07. High Noon In Volgograd (4:46)
08. Spirits (3:58)
09. Wiggle Town (3:23)
10. Yam Lid (Sea Song) (4:15)
11. Sumkinda Hora (3:51)
12. Bukoviner Freylekhs (5:39)
13. Vus Vet Zayn (What Happens Now?) (6:15)

I'm sure that some of our fine friends can even understand the lyrics without the booklet's translation.  More power to you!
Agada
And stop back on Thursday for the Weekend Special!  By then, I will have figured out what it will be!

Come to the Colonial Fair!

It's a cute little attempt to recreate a you-know-what.

01. Welcome to the Fair (1:43)

02. Simple Simon (1:44)
03. Aiken Drum (3:24)
04. Fiddle Riddle Number 1 (1:03)
05. The Swapping Song (2:37)
06. God Save the King (4:01)
07. Mother Goose Medley (4:56)
08. Johnny's So Long at the Fair (3:35)
09. Fiddle Riddle Number 2 (1:03)
10. Frere Jacques (3:53)
11. Yankee Doodle (2:12)
12. Street Cries (2:26)
13. Fiddle Riddle Number 3 (0:58)
14. Michael Finnigin (1:25)
15. Old King Cole / Drowsy Mary (2:35)
16. The Old Man Who Lived in the Woods (3:40)
17. Fiddle Riddle Number 4 (1:02)
18. Paper of Pins (3:03)
19. English Country Garden (1:52)
20. English Fiddler (2:57)
21. Irish Fiddler (1:35)
22. Scottish Fiddler (1:40)
23. The Grand Finale (2:21)
Colonial Fair

Don't eat too much candy!

See you Monday.

Music of the Renaissance for Lutes, Vihuelas, and Citterns

It's a Musical Heritage Society 1974 cassette that I hope you'll like.

01 - Cinco Differencias Sobre las Vacas - Anonymous  (2:43)
02 - La Dama le Demanda - Antonio de Cabezon  (2:41)
03 - Pavana Italiana - Antonio de Cabezon  (2:12)
04 - Recercada Sobre el Passamezzo Moderno - Diego Ortiz  (1:26)
05 - Conde Claros - Enríquez de Valderrábano  (1:30)
06 - Two Fantaisies - Francesco da Milano  (3:31)
07 - Spagna and Canon - Francesco da Milano  (2:17)
08 - Contrapuncto - Vincenzo Galilel  (2:04)
09 - Fantasia - Melchiore de Barberlis  (1:23)
10 - Rogero - Anonymous  (1:25)
11 - Levecha Pavan and Galliard - John Dowland  (3:23)
12 - My Lord Chamberlain His Galliard - John Dowland  (2:06)
13 - La Rossignol - Anonymous  (1:22)
14 - Drewies Accorders - Anonymous  (1:22)
15 - Fancy - Thomas Robinson  (2:07)
16 - A Toye - Thomas Robinson  (1:15)
17 - Twenty Ways Upon the Bells - Thomas Robinson  (1:14)
18 - Flatt Pavan - John Johnson  (2:08)
19 - Les Bouffons - Anonymous  (1:56)
20 - Trois Bransles de Village - Jean-Baptiste Besard  (2:12)
21 - Allegy-moy - Pierre Phalèse  (1:49)
22 - Grace et Vertu - Pierre Phalèse  (1:16)

Music of the Renaissance for Lutes, Vihuelas, and Citterns

See you on Thursday!