Gems of Memory: July 2015

Friday 31 July 2015

Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
The Beach Boys - The Pet Sounds Sessions, Disc 4
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
The Ronettes - Be My Baby: The Very Best of the Ronettes
Vienna Philharmonic - Finale "Immolation of the Gods" from Götterdämmerung (Wagner)
Punch Brothers

Antifogmatic
The Phosphorescent Blues

The Zombies - "Hold Your Head Up"

Thursday 30 July 2015

The Spencer Davis Group - The Best of the Spencer Davis Group
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (Grieg)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Lord Huron

At the 2015 Newport Folk Festival (*)
"Fool for Love" (*)

Blood, Sweat, & Tears - Blood, Sweat, & Tears' Greatest Hits
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

Wednesday 29 July 2015

Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 (Grieg)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Brian Wilson - Reimagines Gershwin
Colin Blunstone - Ennismore
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
The Lone Bellow at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival (*)
The Milk Carton Kids on Mountain Stage (*)

Tuesday 28 July 2015

Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum - Harpsichord Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058 (Bach)
Colin Blunstone - On the Air Tonight
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)

Monday 27 July 2015

English Chamber Orchestra - Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum - Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 (Bach)
Jeremy Denk - Bach: Goldberg Variations
The Zombies - "Hold Your Head Up" (*)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)
Woody Guthrie - America's Folk Idol, No. 1, Disc 6 (*)
The Mountain Goats - Daytrotter Session May 26, 2008

Sunday 26 July 2015

The Beach Boys - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Woody Guthrie - America's Folk Idol, No. 1, Disc 5 (*)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)
Sam Cooke

You Send Me, Disc 3 - With the Soul Stirrers
The Rhythm and the Blues (*)

Saturday 25 July 2015

Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Isabel Mourão - Ballad in G minor, Op. 24 (Grieg)
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love [Direct Source]

Friday 24 July 2015

Netherlands Bach Collegium - Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 (Bach)
Various Artists - Café de Paris, Disc 3
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Philharmonia Orchestra - Entry of the Guests from Tannhäuser (Wagner)

Thursday 23 July 2015

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)
Jacques Brel - One, Two, Three, Four, Disc 2
Schubert Ensemble - Octet in F major, D. 803 (Schubert)
Punch Brothers - "My Oh My" and "Boll Weevil" (*)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
The Mynabirds

Lovers Know via NPR (*)
Tiny Desk Concert

Wednesday 22 July 2015

Colin Blunstone - The Ghost of You and Me
Various Artists - Café de Paris, Disc 2
Hey Marseilles at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival
Bamberger Symphoniker - "Peer Gynt" - Suite, Op. 46 (Grieg)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)

Tuesday 21 July 2015

Nick Drake - Made to Love Magic
Colin Blunstone - Journey
Bamberger Symphoniker

"Peer Gynt" - Suite Op. 55 (Grieg)

III. Peer Gynt's Return
IV. Solvieg's Song

Jacques Brel - One, Two, Three, Four, Disc 1
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)

Monday 20 July 2015

Various Artists - Café de Paris, Disc 1
The Yardbirds - Little Games [Bonus Tracks]
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Budapester Streichquartett - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 (Grieg)
Electric Light Orchestra - Face the Music [Bonus Tracks]
Chuck Berry

"Too Much Monkey Business"
"Almost Grown"
"No Particular Place to Go"

The Beatles

"Fixing a Hole"
"She's Leaving Home"
"When I'm Sixty-Four"

Charles Dutoit and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal - Symphony No. 3 in C minor with organ, Op. 78 (Saint-Saëns)

Sunday 19 July 2015

Edith Piaf - The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection, Disc 3
Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)
The Moody Blues - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Woody Guthrie - America's Folk Idol, No. 1, Disc 4 (*)
The Beatles - "I Feel Fine"
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Birth of a Band: Isle of Wight Festival

Saturday 18 July 2015

Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Georges Brassens - Collection, Disc 2
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Roger Norrington and the London Classical Players - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (Berlioz)
Løgumkloster Vocal Ensemble & Orchester - Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12 (Saint-Saëns)

Friday 17 July 2015

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra - March from The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Edith Piaf - The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection, Disc 2
Wilco - Daytrotter Session, December 12, 2011
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Woody Guthrie - America's Folk Idol, No. 1, Disc 3 (*)

Thursday 16 July 2015

The Beach Boys - The Pet Sounds Sessions, Disc 3
The Philadelphia Orchestra with Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia - Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (Borodin)
Georges Brassens - Collection, Disc 1
Charles Dutoit and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal - Symphony No. 3 in C minor with organ, Op. 78 (Saint-Saëns)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Wilco - Star Wars (*)

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Edith Piaf - The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection, Disc 1
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Williams)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre (Wagner)
Vienna Philharmonic - Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre (Wagner)
Woody Guthrie - America's Folk Idol, No. 1, Disc 2 (*)

Tuesday 14 July 2015

Raymon Ovens, Andrew Williams, Mats Lindström, Jack McCormack, and Ronan O'Hara

Quintet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass in A major "Trout" D 667 (Schubert)

Various Artists - Café de Paris, Disc 3
Woody Guthrie - America's Folk Idol, No. 1, Disc 1 (*)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)

Monday 13 July 2015

Jacques Brel - One, Two, Three, Four, Disc 2
Budapester Streichquartett - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 (Grieg)
The Zombies - "Care of Cell 44"
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Keats - Keats [Bonus Tracks]
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado [Bonus Tracks]
The Philadelphia Orchestra - Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky)

Sunday 12 July 2015

Various Artists - Café de Paris, Disc 2
Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Overture "The Marriage of Figaro" KV 492 (Mozart)
Løgumkloster Vocal Ensemble & Orchester - Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12 (Saint-Saëns)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Saturday 11 July 2015

Jacques Brel - One, Two, Three, Four, Disc 1
Jörg Demus - Toccata, Op. 7 (Schumann)
Walter Gieseking - Le Tombeau de Couperin (Ravel)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Andrew Bird

Full Performance on KEXP
Hands of Glory

Friday 10 July 2015

Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)
Various Artists - Café de Paris, Disc 1
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Charles Dutoit and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal - Symphony No. 3 in C minor with organ, Op. 78 (Saint-Saëns)
Løgumkloster Vocal Ensemble & Orchester - Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12 (Saint-Saëns)
Joost Schelling - Fantasy for Harp, Op. 49 (Saint-Saëns)
The Milk Carton Kids - Daytrotter Session - October 31, 2011
Pokey LaFarge - Tiny Desk Concert

Thursday 9 July 2015

Edith Piaf - The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection, Disc 3
Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Walter Gieseking - Gaspard de la Nuit (Ravel)
The Zombies

"How We Were Before"
"I Love You"
"If It Don't Work Out"
"I Know She Will"
"Don't Cry for Me"

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

Wednesday 8 July 2015

Georges Brassens - Collection, Disc 2
Charles Dutoit and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal - Le Tombeau de Couperin (suite d'orchestre) (Ravel)
Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lomoureux - Boléro (Ravel)
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Roger Norrington and the London Classical Players

Rienzi Ouvertüre (Wagner) (*)
Tristan und Isolde Vorspiel (Wagner) (*)
Tristan und Isolde Liebestod (Wagner) (*)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Vorspiel (Wagner) (*)
Siegfried-Idyll (Wagner) (*)
Parsifal Vorspiel (Wagner) (*)
Lohengrin 3. Akt: Vorspiel (Wagner) (*)

Tuesday 7 July 2015

Edith Piaf - The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection, Disc 2
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Carl Schuricht and the Berliner Philharmoniker - Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Beethoven)

Monday 6 July 2015

Georges Brassens - Collection, Disc 1
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)
The Zombies - "A Rose for Emily" (*)
The Kooks - Daytrotter Session - August 8, 2014 (*)

Sunday 5 July 2015

Edith Piaf - The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection, Disc 1
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Overture "The Marriage of Figaro" KV 492 (Mozart)
Walter Geiseking - Le Tombeau de Couperin (Ravel)
Glenn Gould - A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981, Disc 2 (*)
Bill Haley & His Comets - "Dinah"

Saturday 4 July 2015

The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra & Chorus

Don Giovanni (Mozart)

Act 1

Là ci darem la mano
Ah, fuggi il traditor
Or sai che l'onore
Dalla sua pace
Fin ch'han dal vino
Batti, batti o bel Masetto

Act 2

Deh! Vieni alla finestra
Il mio tesoro intanto
Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata
Non mi die bell'idol mio
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
Non si pasce
Or che tutti
Questo è il fin di chi fa mal

Friday 3 July 2015

Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - The Firebird Ballet Suite (Stravinsky)
Nat King Cole - Embraceable You, Disc 2 (*)

Thursday 2 July 2015

The Zombies - Into the Afterlife
Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Nat King Cole - Embraceable You, Disc 1 (*)

Wednesday 1 July 2015

Budapest Strings - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer" (Vivaldi)
Ensemble des Solistes - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (Bach)
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Bach)
The Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions [Deluxe Edition Box Set], Disc 5
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Pétruschka (Stravinsky)
The Autumn Defense

"Huntington Fair" (*)
"This Thing That I've Found" (*)