You Can Resonate with Me Any Time, Baby!

It's a 1999 release.

01. Ave Maria (5:25)

02. Ave Verum Corpus (4:57)

03. Hymn to Saint Cecilia (11:15)

04. See the Chariot at Hand (4:30)

05. Full Fathom Five (3:07)

06. The Cloud Capp'd Towers (2:02)

07. Over Hill, Over Dale (1:04)

08. Loch Lomond (3:04)

09. O My Love Is Like a Red Rose (3:25)

10. Barbara Allen (3:15)

11. Early One Morning (2:16)

12. Charm Me Asleep (3:39)

13. The Blue Bird (3:28)

14. Haste Thee Nymph (3:12)

15. Masquerade (3:24)

Resonances of the Realm

Listen and be wafted to a nonexistent time when all suffering didn't hurt, but was transformed into song.  See you Thursday.

Thrill Out

It's a 2002 album of surf-type instrumentals.

01. 1313 Mockingbird Lane (3:13)

02. Shot in the Dark (2:28)

03. Hypnotique / Our Man Flint (4:16)

04. Beat Girl (2:11)

05. Bat (2:45)

06. Shockwave (3:44)

07. Twang (3:45)

08. Bonzai Pipeline (2:49)

09. Lament for a Trapped Spy (2:14)

10. Run Spy Run (2:04)

11. Experiment in Terror (2:34)

Catch a wave.

See you Monday.

 

Exotica Goes Too Far!

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

01. African Fantasy (Mambo) (4:02)

02. Chango (Mambo) (4:04)

03. Jungle Sunset (Bolero) (3:56)

04. Kon-Tiki (Mambo) (6:57)

05. Swinging at the "M" (Mambo) (3:54)

06. Speak Low (Bolero-Cha) (3:56)

07. Carioca (Mambo) (3:22)

08. Cha Cha Cha Por Nueva York (4:58)

09. Summertime (Bolero-Mambo) (5:49)

Jungle Fantastique

With this 1958 release, more than a little goes too far ... It's charming for a few minutes, but strangely monotonous after a few tracks.

Listen for yourself, and decide.  See you Thursday!

  

An Organ Ring

This 2006 release is, as you might imagine, an organ transcription of music from Wagner's Ring series.

01. Das Rheingold - Vorspiel (4:31)

02. Das Rheingold - Walhallszene (13:49)

03. Die Walküre - Walkürenritt (6:06)

04. Siegfried - Waldweben (12:32)

05. Götterdämmerung - Trauermarsch (7:10)

06. Götterdämmerung - Brünnhildes Abschied (19:50)

Transcription

From whispers to rumbles, it's a wild ride!  See you Monday.

  

I Dare You to Stay Awake

It's supposed to be relaxing, but I must be wired wrong. I was bored out of my head. It’s not restful, it’s just boring.

01 - Introspection - Carlos Salzedo

02 - Rêverie - Claude Debussy

03 - Gymnopedie no. 1 - Erik Satie

04 - Quietude - Carlos Salzedo

05 - Meditation from Songs Without Words, op. 67 no. 1 - Felix Mendelssohn

06 - Notturno from Six Pieces - Ottorino Respighi

07 - Gnossienne no. 1 - Erik Satie

08 - Gnossienne no. 2 - Erik Satie

09 - Gnossienne no. 3 - Erik Satie

10 - Sarabande - Claude Debussy

11 - Prelude in A major, op. 28 no. 7 - Frédéric Chopin

12 - Prelude in E minor, op. 28 no. 4 - Frédéric Chopin

13 - Prelude in C minor, op. 28 no. 20 - Frédéric Chopin

14 - Berceuse from Pensées lyriques, op. 40 no. 5 - Jean Sibelius

15 - Preludes intimes- Tenderly Emoted - Carlos Salzedo

16 - Preludes intimes- Dreamingly - Carlos Salzedo

17 - Preludes intimes- Profoundly Peaceful - Carlos Salzedo

Quietude

Perhaps you will fare better.

See you Thursday.

  

Take a Peek at This Majestic Procession

It's another grand presentation from the Musical Heritage Society.  1991 is the release date.

Some may snicker, but my first exposure to Mussorgsky's grand Pictures at an Exhibition was Emerson, Lake & Palmer's 1971 prog-rock arrangement.  Soon thereafter I heard Ravel's orchestral transcription.

01. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade 1 (1:24)

02. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Gnomus (2:31)

03. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade 2 (0:53)

04. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Old Castle (4:31)

05. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade 3 (0:32)

06. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Tuileries (0:58)

07. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Bydlo (2:56)

08. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade 4 (0:51)

09. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks (1:14)

10. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Samuel Goldenberg & The Schmuyle (2:28)

11. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade 5 (1:19)

12. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Market Place At Limoges (1:22)

13. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Catacombs, Roman Sepulchre (2:29)

14. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Cum Mortuis In Linqua Mortua (2:10)

15. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Little Hut On Chickens' Legs (3:13)

16. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Great Gate Of Kiev (5:08)

17. Liszt: Dante Sonata, S 161/7 (18:13)

18. Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde - Isolde's Liebestod (7:11)

Take a Promenade

See you on Monday.

   

Come Wizz Mee to de Outer Space-uh!

That's my attempt at a fake accent, a la the French knights in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

01. Strange Eruptions (0:40)
02. Nebulae (1:04)
03. Cosmic Cycle (1:25)
04. Space Meteors (0:44)
05. Star Clusters (1:41)
06. Song of the Spheres (0:38)
07. Cosmic Twilight (0:54)
08. Mars Craters (0:39)
09. Cosmic Fright (0:51)
10. Space Ship (1:10)
11. Pulse of the Universe (1:04)
12. Sun Lava (0:56)
13. Ionosphere (0:48)
14. Dark Cosmic Clouds (0:37)
15. Cosmic Dawn (0:50)
16. Interplanetary Journey: Slow Misterioso / Mysterious Agitato / Strange Space Spasms (2:21)
17. Voices from Outer Space (1:30)
18. Vibrations in Outer Space (1:02)
19. Cosmic Breath (0:36)
20. Space Spirals (1:27)
21. Atmospheric Reactions: Slow Rising Cosmic Excitement / Woodwinds in Lyrical Interlude / Electronic Finish with Woodwinds (1:05)

Outer Space Music

Not music, it’s clichéd “spooky” or “unreal” soap-opera-type mood emanations.  To my ears it's tragically dated to the same era which produced much of the library music used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Why do you think I have this ourageous-uh ack-SENT-uh?

See you Thursday.

  

Sealed with a Bliss

This 1980 cassette may take you to dreamland!

01. Sea of Bliss (29:33)

02. Awakening (24:49)

Sea of Bliss

See you Monday, if you've returned to Earth by then.

  

Tarang-a-Dang-a-Ding-Dong!

Or, encounter some new "musical traditions"!

The players are Pandit Kamalesh Maitra on tabla tarang, and Trilok Gurtu on tabla.

01. Raag Deen Todi (9:24)

02. Raag Bilaskhani Todi (12:18)

03. Raag Bhupal Todi (9:49)

04. Raag Mia Ki Todi (45:26)

Melody on Drums 

Now it's up to you to investigate further.  See you on Thursday!