Thursday, May 21, 2015








Dead White Guys – Sunday Morning Classical Radio on WCBN FM
5/31/15 Program featuring composers & performers with naughty-sounding names
Dedicated to Ann Arbor’s legendary alternative educator Tom Dodd
Index of potentials & probabilities:

Johann Joseph Fux
Sinfonia: Largo
from Il Fontedella Salute
Oratorium, Op. 23{1716}

Heinrich Schutz
O süsser Jesu Christ, SWV 405
From Symphoniae Sacrae III, Op 12 {1650}

Heinrich Schutz
O primavera SW1
Italian Madrigal {Venice, 1611}

Heinrich Schutz
Magnificat anima mea SWV 468 {1665}

Johann Joseph Fux
Allegro: Sonata a tre ex d per due violini
{violoncello & basso continuo} K 342

Fux
Ciaccona per organo K. 403/2

Fux
Grave {trombone, organ, cello}

Fux
Media vita in morte sumus

Fux
De profundis {motet} K 130

Fux
Adagio per organo K 400
from Sonata Terza

Samuel Scheidt
Musical Games {1620}

John Blow
Musick’s the Cordial of a Troubled Breast
{from the Ode for Ste. Cecilia’s Day, 1684}

Diego Pisador
Pavana & Villanesca {1552}

Anton Ferdinand Titz
String Quartet in C Minor
Op.1 No.4 {1781}

Charlie Kunz
Waltz Medley {recorded in 1937}

Robert Fuchs
Finale from Serenade for String Orchestra
No.3 in E minor Op.21 {1878}

Ludwig Schytte
3rd movement from
Piano Concerto Op.28 {1894}

Walter Piston
Allegro from Quintet
for flute & string quartet {1942}

Josef Suk
Burlesca from 4 Pieces
for violin & piano Op.17 {1900}
performed by his grandson,
violinist Josef Suk

Josef Suk
Serenade for cello & piano {1890}
Ballade Op.3 {1898}

Josef Suk
Bagatela for flute, violin & piano
“With Nosegay in Hand” {1917}

Ildebrando Pizzetti
Le Quai du Port de Famagoustentry
from La Pisanella {1913}

Vicente Asencio
La Serenor { La Serenidad}

Julius Fucik
Entry of the Gladiators {1897}

J. Airlie Dix
The Trumpeter
sung by John McCormack in 1915

Dame Clara Butt recorded in 1917
singing Stephen Foster’s
“The Old Folks at Home”

Josef Suk
Sousedska for 2 violins, double bass,
cymbals, triangle, side & bass drums {1935}

Josef Suk
The Game of the Swans and the Peacocks - A la polka
from Pohadka (Fairy Tale)
Op.16 {1897-98}

Paul Bowles
Music for a Farce {1938}



Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Madame 
Myra 
Hess


the incomparable artemis quartet
the inexhaustible navarra quartet
DWG broadcast of 4/05/15

Navarra Quartet
Adagio from String Quartet No. 3 {1995}
Peteris Vasks - String Quartets 1-3
Challenge Classics

Artemis Quartet
Adagio a non troppo
from Antonin Dvorak's String Quartet no.13 {1895}
Dvorak-Janacek
Virgin Classics

Paris Instrumental Ensemble for Contemporary Music
Children's Chorus of Notre-Dame de Paris
Konstantin Simonovitch
Polla ta Dhina for Children's Chorus and Orchestra {1962}
Iannis Xenakis Album 2: Akrata-Achorripsis-Polla ta Dhina-ST/10
Angel

Cleveland Quartet
String Quartet no.12 {1893}
Dvorak: Quartets 14 & 12
TELARC

Vovka Ashkenazy, Richard Stamper, Christine Jackson
Theme & Variations from Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio Op.50
Tchaikovsky-Arensky: Piano Trios
Naxos

Myra Hess - solo piano recorded March & April 1938
Carnaval Op.9 "Little Scenes on Four Notes" {1834-1835}
Dame Myra Hess - the Complete Pre-war Schumann Recordings
Naxos Historical

Myra Hess - solo piano recorded 1931
Vogel als Prophet - The Prophet Bird Op. 82, no.7
Dame Myra Hess - the Complete Pre-war Schumann Recordings
Naxos Historical

Mozart TV
The Jetsons in the style of Benjamin Britten
Mozart TV
Delos

Francois-Joel Thiollier
Selections from the Children's Corner Suite
Debussy Piano Works Vol.2
Naxos

Frederic Chiu
Selections from Cinderella Op.95
Prokofiev Piano Music
Classical Express

Mozart TV
Mr. Ed in the style of Joaquin Rodrigo
Mozart TV
Delos

Heinz Huppertz
Punto arenas
German Tango Bands 1925-1939
Harlequin

Fritz Schulz mit Heinz Sandauer Orchester
Ein Kleines Kompliment

Friedl Czepa & Hans Schott-Schobinger
Heinz Sandauer Orchester
Das ist das Gassenjugenlied
{the song of the street urchin –
 everyone whistles it when a cop is on the block}

[Aus Vorkriegs-Musikalischen Lustspielen
From Prewar Musical Comedies
Request Records]

Oskar Joost
Guitarrita Porque Noras
German Tango Bands 1925-1939
Harlequin

Saxophon-Orchester-Dobbri
Tango Angele
Weill: O Moon of Alabama - 1928-1944
Capriccio Archive

Adalbert Lutter
Rosa Mia
German Tango Bands 1925-1939
Harlequin

Comedian Harmonists
Creole Love Call
Comedian Harmonists
EMI Electrola

Robyn Archer with the London Sinfonietta
Ballad of Sexual Obsession/Benares Song
Robyn Archer Sings Brecht
Angel

Teresa Stratas
Das Lied von den Braunen Inseln
The Unknown Kurt Weill
Nonesuch




Dead White Guys –2.15.15
WCBN’s Classical Music Show
As aired during our fundraiser

Royal Ballet Sinfonia - Andrew Penny
Overture: The Mikado
The Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures
Naxos

Silvia Zenker & Evelinde Trenkner
Nachtmusik 1 - piano reduction
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.7
DG

Jean Guillou – organ
Promenade from Modest Mussorgsky's
Pictures at an Exhibition
Dorian

Harald Feller – organ
Allegro from KV 594
W.A. Mozart: Compositions for Organ
& German Dances 1-12
Point Classics

Keith Jarrett – piano
Excerpts from Suite I No.4 HWV 429
G.F. Handel Suites for Keyboard
ECM New Series

Wolfgang Rubsam – organ
First movement: Concerto in C Major BWV 594
{arrangement of Vivaldi's
Grosso Mogul Concerto in D Major, RV 208}
J.S. Bach Organ Transcriptions
Naxos

Idil Biret – piano
F. Chopin: Polonaise No.3 in A Major
The Polish Heart
Naxos

Klaus Kaufmann – piano
Bamboula
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Works
Koch International

Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica
W.A. Mozart: Serenata Notturna K 239
After Mozart
Nonesuch

Coull String Quartet
Andante in E Major Op. 81 No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartets, Andante & Scherzo
Hyperion

Mozart TV
I Love Lucy played in the style of Henry Purcell
Mozart TV
Delos

Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
An der schonen blauen Donau - Walzer, Op.314
Johann Strauss, Jr. Edition Vol.33
Marco Polo

Pat Flowers – piano
Blue Danube, Bach Prelude and Fugue
1945-1947
Classics Chronological

Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Pierre Boulez
Beginning of 2nd movement – Landler
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Deutsche Grammophon

Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
Peter & the Wolf {Prokofiev}
Beethoven Wrote It - But It Swings!
Sony Classical

Symphonic Orchestra of Russia - Mark Gorenstein
The Hooligan
The Young Lady and the Hooligan
Le Chant Du Monde

Michele Campanella – piano
Premiere communion
Gioacchino Rossini - Peches de viellesse:
Album pour les enfants adolescents
Agora

Jan DeGaetani
& the Eastman Chamber Ensemble - David Effron
Three Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Jan DeGaetani Sings Berlioz, Mahler
Bridge

Saito Kinen Orchestra - Seiji Ozawa
Baby chorus scene - "silence!"
Les Mamelles de Tiresias
Philips

Sinfonie Orchester
des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Bernard Haitink
Queen of the Night aria
Die Zauberflote
EMI

Maria Makarova – organ
Galop in A Major
Dmitri Shostakovich - Music for Organ
Olympia

Pimlico Opera presents
A Spin Around Moscow &
On Being Well-Connected
from Dmitri Shostakovich’s
Moscow Cheryomushki
BBC Music Magazine

Mozart TV
Mr. Ed/Rodrigo
Jeopardy think music/Handel;
The Jetsons/Britten
Mozart TV
Delos

Pimlico Opera presents
Polka from
Dmitri Shostakovich’s
Moscow Cheryomushki
BBC Music Magazine

Contemporary Chamber Ensemble - Arthur Weisberg
Ballad of the Easy Life
Kurt Weill: Suite from the Threepenny Opera
Elektra Nonesuch

Lauritz Melchior & Danny Kaye
introduced by Judy Garland
Home on the Range - sung in English & Russian!
Opera Rarities
Opera D'Oro

Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra {Katowice}
Kaiserwalzer Op.437
Johann Strauss, Jr. Edition, Vol.9
Marco Polo
DWG on CBN 1/04/15

Sonare-Quartette
String Quartet No.8 Op.233 {1980-81}
Ernst Krenek - Complete String Quartets
DG

Prager Streichquartett
String Quartet No.8 in E major Op.80 {1876}
Antonin Dvorak: The String Quartets
Deutsche Grammophon

Panocha Quartet with bassist Pavel Nejtek
Nocturne in B major
for two violins, viola, cello & double bass Op.40
{1875, revised 1882-83}
Antonin Dvorak: Miniatures
Supraphon

Artis Quartett – Vienne
Serenade for string quartet {aka Italian Serenade} 1887
Hugo Wolf - Complete Works for String Quartet
Accord

Panocha Quartet with bassist Pavel Nejtek
Two Waltzes for two violins, viola, cello & double bass
from Op.54 {1879-80}
Antonin Dvorak: Miniatures
Supraphon

Panocha Quartet with Jaroslav Tuma at the harmonium
Bagatelles for two violins, cello & harmonium Op.47 {1878}
Antonin Dvorak: Miniatures
Supraphon

Stuttgarter Kamerorchester - Dennis Russell Davies
Adagio & Fugue K.546 {1788}
Mozart: Piano Concertos K.271, 453, 466 {Keith Jarrett}
ECM

Thomas Indermuhle
with the English Chamber Orchestra directed by Leopold Hager
Concerto in C major for oboe & orchestra K 314
W.A.Mozart: Oboe Concerti & Sinfonia Concertante
Novalis

Morton Gould & his Orchestra {1960}
Street Children, Cigarette Girls & Habanera
from Georges Bizet's Carmen {1873-75}
Carmen for Orchestra
RCA Victor Living Stereo

Martin Haselbock at the organ
of the Zwettl Collegiate Church, Zwettl, Austria
Toccata duodecima et ultima
from Apparatus musico-organisticus {1690}
Georg Muffat: Organ Works, Vol.2
Naxos

Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica
Kinder-Symphonie in C major
{Leopold Mozart c.1760}
After Mozart
Nonesuch

Woody Phillips
Habanera from Carmen
played on power tools
Tool Box Classics
Gourd Music

Thomas Indermuhle
with the English Chamber Orchestra directed by Leopold Hager
Concerto in F major for oboe & orchestra
{based upon the first flute concerto, 1778}
W.A.Mozart: Oboe Concerti & Sinfonia Concertante
Novalis