Brahms Wasn't ALWAYS Refined!

... As you'll see when you listen to his sometimes romantic, sometimes dizzy Hungarian Dances!

01. Ungarischer Tanz No. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto (3:28)

02. Ungarischer Tanz No. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai. Vivace (2:50)

03. Ungarischer Tanz No. 3 in F major: Allegretto (2:15)

04. Ungarischer Tanz No. 4 in F-sharp minor: Poco sostenuto. Vivace (5:06)

05. Ungarischer Tanz No. 5 in G minor: Allegro. Vivace (2:23)

06. Ungarischer Tanz No. 6 in D major: Vivace (3:27)

07. Ungarischer Tanz No. 7 in A major: Allegretto. Vivo (1:50)

08. Ungarischer Tanz No. 8 in A minor: Presto (3:01)

09. Ungarischer Tanz No. 9 in E minor: Allegro ma non troppo (2:11)

10. Ungarischer Tanz No. 10 in F major: Presto (1:56)

11. Ungarischer Tanz No. 11 in C major: Poco andante (4:07)

12. Ungarischer Tanz No. 12 in D minor: Presto (2:31)

13. Ungarischer Tanz No. 13 in D major: Andantino grazioso. Vivace (1:33)

14. Ungarischer Tanz No. 14 in D minor: Un poco andante (2:27)

15. Ungarischer Tanz No. 15 in B major: Allegretto grazioso (2:17)

16. Ungarischer Tanz No. 16 in F minor: Con moto (2:59)

17. Ungarischer Tanz No. 17 in F-sharp minor: Andantino. Vivace (3:12)

18. Ungarischer Tanz No. 18 in D major: Molto vivace (1:31)

19. Ungarischer Tanz No. 19 in B-flat minor: Allegretto (2:02)

20. Ungarischer Tanz No. 20 in E minor: Poco allegretto. Vivace (2:51)

21. Ungarischer Tanz No. 21 in E minor: Vivace (1:29)

Yup, that there is a little Germanic-type of sprechen!

London Festival Orchestra - Brahms - Hungarian Dances

Don't get so dizzy that you fall down and get hurt!

See you on Thursday with the commencement of this year's SPOCKY CHRISTMAS.  It's a date!

  

Whisk Me to Wiscandia!

It's a 1990 cassette.

The interestingly titled selections are:

01. Reinlender Melody (3:20)

02. Morgan Anderson’s “Skver Dans” & Clarence Reierson’s Two-step (2:48)

03. Morgan Anderson’s Firetur & Clarence Reierson’s Waltz (3:10)

04. Vals efter Edwin Johnson (“High E Vals”) (2:30)

05. Polka ette Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (2:19)

06. Valse efter Roligs Per, Leksand (3:46)

07. Schottis från Bingsjö (1:50)

08. Vals etter Ola Kampen (2:50)

09. Lindengaardens Brudemarch (3:41)

10. Masurka etter Olav Rise (2:49)

11. Polska efter Salmon Jönsson (2:29)

12. Polska efter John Erickson (2:34)

13. Brudemarch fra Risör (4:44)

14. Polka efter Edvard Pettersson (2:33)

15. Härjedalingen, Pols fra Røros (3:18)

Scandanavia!

The Scandinavians most be very domesticated folks, if their folk music is so mild.

See you Monday.  And don't forget that SPOCKY CHRISTMAS will commence one week from today -- on Thursday, December 2!

  

Come to the Monotonous Far East!

This 2000 release is competent and the absolute equivalent of calming wallpaper or the kind of mush you feed to invalids.  It's two tracks of mystical-sounding nonsense.

Chapman - Journey to the East

Onward to Thursday!

  

You May Be Moved

 

This is a 2001 compilation of just what you think it is.

Disc 1:
01. 2nd Chapter Of Acts - Which Way the Wind Blows (5:04)
02. Pat Terry - What Good's It Gonna Do Ya (3:53)
03. Kelly Willard - Silver & Gold (3:56)
04. Dallas Holm - Here We Are (4:38)
05. Matthew Ward - Psalm 61 (2:34)
06. Honeytree - Rattle Me, Shake Me (3:40)
07. Barry McGuire - Happy Road (3:31)
08. Petra - Get Back to the Bible (2:23)
09. Michael Omartian - White Horse (7:10)
10. Don Francisco - He's Alive (4:59)

Disc 2:
01. Petra - I'm Not Ashamed (3:04)
02. Michael Omartian - Aren't You Glad (2:55)
03. Phil Keaggy - Love Broke Thru' (3:32)
04. 2nd Chapter of Acts - Easter Song (2:27)
05. Randy Stonehill - Turning Thirty (3:50)
06. Honeytree - I Believe in Heaven (3:32)
07. Pat Terry Group - Home Where I Belong (3:22)
08. Kelly Willard - Willing Heart (3:39)
09. Randy Matthews - Time to Pray (3:23)

Not a very good sampling of "Jesus Music," in my opinion.  Conspicuous absences include Larry Norman and Andraé Crouch.  And, if the releasing company cared about the listeners' economics, this would have all fit onto ONE CD!

Decide for yourself -- it's all in one file.

Late or Great?

See you on Monday.

  

... And You Can Roar with Them!

 

It's a 1956 LP.  The Discogs page.

01. Bedelia (2:49)
02. Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me (2:06)
03. The Sheik of Araby (2:58)
04. Goody, Goody (2:20)
05. The Bowery (2:48)
06. Deep River (1:36)
07. Varsity Drag (1:39)
08. Ballin' the Jack (2:50)
09. Give My Regards to Broadway (2:03)
10. Rings on Her Fingers (2:20)
11. Dixie (2:54)
12. East Side, West Side (4:06)

It's kind of funny to me that they've got a tiger on the cover, but this record doesn't contain "Tiger Rag."

The Chicago High Lights - The Roaring 20s
 

See you Thursday, cats!

  

Cheese for Your Ears!

From 1977, it's a "Deejay Special" of supposedly hip stuff to get your listeners to be good consumers.  Discogs info.

01. Discojingles (4:26)

02. Discojingles (5:25)

03. Discojingles (2:50)

04. Discojingles (0:11)

05. Discojingles (0:41)

06. Discojingles (0:25)

07. Discojingles (0:05)

08. Discojingles (0:07)

09. Discojingles (5:37)

10. Discojingles (0:15)

11. Discojingles (0:13)

12. Discojingles (0:23)

13. Discojingles (0:09)

14. Discojingles (0:20)

15. Discojingles (0:26)

16. Discojingles (0:34)

17. Discojingles (0:39)

18. Discojingles (0:52)

19. Discojingles (0:14)

20. Discojingles (0:50)

21. Discojingles (1:12)

22. Discojingles (0:56)

23. Discojingles (1:05)

24. Discojingles (0:24)

25. Discojingles (0:05)

26. Discojingles (0:07)

27. Discojingles (0:05)

28. Discojingles (0:13)

29. Discojingles (0:52)

30. Discojingles (1:57)

31. Discojingles (1:40)

32. Discojingles (1:32)

33. Discojingles (1:35)

34. Discojingles (1:31)

35. Discojingles (0:44)

36. Discojingles (0:01)

37. Discojingles (0:09)

38. Discojingles (0:14)

39. Discojingles (0:11)

40. Discojingles (0:20)

41. Discojingles (0:19)

42. Discojingles (0:25)

43. Discojingles (0:13)

44. Discojingles (0:24)

45. Discojingles (0:29)

250 Discojingles

Listen and tell me how Disco they are.  See you Monday.

  

Do Oceans Dream? Should They?

This 1989 release is one of the first CDs I ever owned. It's soothing and fun without becoming too self-indulgent (a common problem with New Age nonsense). As Tolkien might have said, this is pretty fine nonsense.

01. Will You Hear Me (13:26)

02. Lighten Up (4:30)

03. Far Away Within (9:44)

04. Native Tongue (2:40)

05. Deeper Sanctuary (10:46)

06. Floating on Earth (4:44)

07. Seasonging (4:51)

08. Lightly Salted (4:53)

09. Smooth Driftin (4:27)

Ocean Dreams

See you Thursday, fellow dreamy types.
  

Candles Got Essences!

It's a drone, it's a mediation, it's "through" somebody, what else could you want?

01 - Journey Through Bamboo - 29:32
02 - Silver Meditations - Larkin - 29:32

To the Essence of a Candle

Do you think it coincidental the tracks are the same length? Depends on your "through"ness, I guess.  BTW, Discogs says this fellow's complete name is Sturgis Larkin Stentz.

See you on Monday!

  

Can the Middle-Aged Dance?

You may wish to, upon listening to these selections.

01. Sonus - Danca - Lamento di Tristano - Instanpitta Gaetta (8:28)

02. Gallicia - A Virgen que de Deus Madre (4:39)

03. Gallicia - Quen a omagenta (2:57)

04. Gallicia - Se ome fezer (3:07)

05. Gallicia - A Virgen mut groriosa (2:46)

06. Gallicia - Ay ondas (2:09)

07. Tedesca - Der kuninc Rudolf (1:07)

08. Tedesca - Loibere risen (3:19)

09. Tedesca - Sic mea fata (2:08)

10. Tedesca - Palastinalied (1:23)

11. Tedesca - Chanconeta tedesca (2:15)

12. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Stella splendens (2:38)

13. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Mariam matrem (1:46)

14. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Imperantz (4:06)

15. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Los set gotex - Cuncti simus (3:27)

16. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Polorum regina (2:50)

17. Chevalerie - Hocket in seculum (2:20)

18. Chevalerie - Can vei la lauzeta mover (1:45)

19. Chevalerie - Quant je voi yver (2:04)

20. Chevalerie - Comment qua moy (3:23)

21. Chevalerie - Dame ne regardez pas (3:33)

22. Chevalerie - Reis glorios (3:19)

23. Chevalerie - Estampie real (3:33)

Songs & Dances of the Middle Ages

But don't ask me how to pronounce these titles or composers!  See ya Thursday with perhaps some more jaw-crackers.