Gems of Memory: February 2014

Wiener Symphoniker - Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Béla Bartók)
Roger Norrington and the London Classical Players - Symphonie fantasique, Op. 14 (Hector Berlioz)
Quator Calvet - String Quartet in F major (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Quator Calvet, Lily Laskine, Marcel Moyse, and Ulysse Delecluse - Introduction et Allegro (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, and Gregor Piatigorsky - Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Walter Gieseking

Jeux d'eau (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Miroirs (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Gaspard de la Nuit (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Le Tombeau de Couperin (Maurice Ravel) (*)

Sunday 16 February 2014

Orchestre de l'Association des Concert Lomoureux - Boléro (Maurice Ravel) (*)
The NBC Symphony Orchestra - Daphnis et Chloé Suite: Lever du jour - Pantomime - Danse générale (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

La Valse. Poème Chorégraphique (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Shéhérazade. Poèmes de Tristan Klingsor (Maurice Ravel) (*)

The New Hungarian Quartet

String Quartet No. 5 (Béla Bartók)
String Quartet No. 6 (Béla Bartók)

Wiener Philharmoniker - Rapsodie Espagnole (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lomoureux - Piano Concerto in G major (Maurice Ravel) (*)
Concertgebouw Orchestra - Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand (Maurice Ravel) (*)

Saturday 15 February 2014

Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" (Leonard Bernstein)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Overture to "Candide" (Leonard Bernstein)
Three Variations from "Fancy Free" (Leonard Bernstein)
Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (Leonard Bernstein)

Prologue
Somewhere
Scherzo: Vivace e leggiero
Mamba (Meno presto)
Cha cha (Andantino con grazia)
Meeting Scene (Meno mosso)
Cool Fugue (Allegretto)
Rumble (Molto allegro)
Finale: Adagio

Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" (Leonard Bernstein)
Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront" (Leonard Bernstein)

The Philadelphia Orchestra - Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119 (Béla Bartók)
Philharmonia Orchestra - Violin Concerto No. 2 (Béla Bartók)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Concerto for Orchestra SZ 116 (Béla Bartók)
Béla Bartók

Mikrokosmos Book V (Béla Bartók)

Boating
Change of Time
Peasant Dance
Alternative Thirds
Village Joke
Fourths
Syncopation
Whole-Tone Scale
Bagpipe
Merry Andrew

Mikrokosmos Book VI (Béla Bartók)

Free Variations
Subject and Reflections
From the Diary of a Fly
Divided Arpeggios
Minor Seconds
March
First Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm
Second Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm
Third Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm
Fourth Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm
Fifth Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm
Sixth Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm

Friday 14 February 2014

Carl Schuricht and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra - "Das Lied von der Erde" (Gustav Mahler)
Leonard Bernstein and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - "Facsimile" (Leonard Bernstein)
Leonard Bernstein and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" (Leonard Bernstein)

Thursday 13 February 2014

Leonard Bernstein and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra - "Shéhérazade" (Maurice Ravel)
Leonard Bernstein and the Columbia Chamber Orchestra - "La Création du monde" Op. 81 (Darius Milhoud)
Carl Schuricht and the Städtische Orchester Berlin - Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Anton Bruckner)

Wednesday 12 February 2014

Carl Schuricht and the Wiener Philharmoniker - Overture "Les Hebrides," Op. 26 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Carl Schuricht and the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish" (Robert Schumann)
Carl Schuricht and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, Op. 102 (Johannes Brahms)
Leonard Bernstein and the Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in G major (Maurice Ravel)

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Leonard Bernstein and the New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Ludwig von Beethoven)
Carl Schuricht and the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Ludwig von Beethoven)
Carl Schuricht and the Berliner Philharmoniker - Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Ludwig von Beethoven)

Monday 10 February 2014

Paul McCartney & Wings

Band on the Run
Band on the Run 25th Anniversary Edition Bonus Disc

Sunday 9 February 2014

The Beatles

The Beatles [White Album]
The Beatles 1

Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula

Saturday 8 February 2014

Back to the Future soundtrack
Back to the Future, Part III soundtrack
Badfinger - Badfinger
Ra Ra Riot - "Ghosts under Rocks"
The Civil Wars - "Barton Hollow"
The Kills - "Silent Night"
The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
Hospitality and Pannonia

Pannonia - "Offshore" (*)
Hospitality

Friday 7 February 2014

Leipzig Gewandhausorchester - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Hospitality

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three - Full Performance on KEXP (*)
Hospitality on Soundcheck (*)

Thursday 6 February 2014

Solisten-Verinigung der Bachwoche Ansbach - Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Philharmonia Orchestra - Cantata "Ich habe genug," BWV 82 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Orchestra of the Württemberg State Opera - Ave Maria for voice & orchestra (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Philharmonia Slavonica - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Camerata Labacencis - Concerto for 2 violins & strings in D minor ('Double'), BWV 1043 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Slovak Chamber Orchestra - Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Miklos Spanyi - Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV 538 "Dorian" (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Philharmonia Slavonica

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Menuet (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Badinerie (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Chamber Ensemble Madriga - Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Aria "Schlafe, Mein Liebster" (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Peter Hurford - Bach: Great Organ Works, Disc 2
Yehudi Menuhin

Partita No. 1 for Violin in B minor, BWV 1002 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Partita No. 3 for Violin in E major, BWV 1006 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Partita No. 2 for Violin in D minor, BWV 1004 V. Ciaccona (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Wanda Landowska - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Albert Schweitzer

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)

Pablo Casals

Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)

Monday 3 February 2014

Orchestre Symphonique de Paris

Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)

Chamber Orchestra Adolf Busch - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)

Sunday 2 February 2014

Ensemble des Solistes

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)

Chris Thile - Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Volume 1
Peter Hurford - Bach: Great Organ Works, Disc 1
Ensemble des Solistes

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (*)

Saturday 1 February 2014

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Baby 81
Beat the Devil's Tattoo

Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You