● Music!

Here are some links to a variety of music that you might be interested in:

● Music - A Few Timeless Classics

Below are a few classical, jazz, and popular CD's that you might enjoy. You can click on the cover art for a link:

● Music - Favorite Recordings!

Here are a few of Alan Goodwin's personal favorite recordings:

Ø A superb rendition of Faure's Requiem. The last movement (In Paradisum) is the closest thing to heaven I've heard

Ø My favorite interpretation of Barber's Adagio for Strings

Ø The Art of Alicia de Larrocha - Schubert B-flat Major Piano Sonata D.960 and lots more! / Alicia de Larrocha - piano

Ø Schubert Piano Trios 1 & 2, D. 898, 929, The Odeon Trio (Capriccio 10387) - or Link (Note: both links contain the same Trios)

Ø Bach: Goldberg Variations - 1986 broadcast for the BBC / Tatiana Nikolayeva - piano

Ø Bach: Goldberg Variations - 1992 recording for Hyperion / Tatiana Nikolayeva - piano

Ø Bach: Italian Concerto, Partita, Etc. / Tatiana Nikolayeva - piano

Ø Bach: The Art of the Fugue / Tatiana Nikolayeva - piano

Ø Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem / Abbado, Studer, Schmidt: Link

Ø Bach Motets / Helmuth Rilling / Hanssler

Ø Handel: Chandos Anthems No 1-11 / Christophers, The Sixteen

Ø Rachmaninoff for Relaxation Vocalise, Anna Moffo soprano (track 4)

Ø Ali Akbar Khan-Signature Series/Vol.1 (CD-AMMP 9001) Three Ragas: Chandranandan, Gauri Manjari and Jogiya Kalengra

Ø Ali Akbar Khan-Signature Series/Vol.2 (CD-AMMP 9002) Three Ragas: Medhavi, Khammaj and Bhairavi Bhatiyar with Ragmala

Ø Live at Blues Alley / Eva Cassidy

Ø Time After Time / Eva Cassidy

Ø Imagine / Eva Cassidy

● A few favorite demonstration recordings:

Ø Cantate Domino (Proprius): Link

Ø Jose Carreras Misa Criolla (tracks 1 & 2): Link

● Classical Music - A Starter Collection

If you are new to classical music, here is a list of pieces that you could use to begin a classical music library:

Bach: The Brandenburg Concerti

Bach: Goldberg Variations

Bach: Orchestral Suite #3 (Air on the G string)

Bach: Violin Concerto #2

Barber: Adagio for Strings

Beethoven: "Moonlight Sonata", Piano Sonata #14

Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5, "Emperor"

Beethoven: Symphony #3, "Eroica"

Beethoven: Symphony #5

Beethoven: Symphony #6, "Pastoral"

Beethoven: Symphony #7

Beethoven: Symphony #9, "Choral"

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Bernstein: Candide Overture

Bizet: Carmen

Boccherini: Minuet in G

Borodin: Nocturne for Strings

Brahms: Piano Concerto #1

Brahms: Symphony #1

Brahms: Symphony #3

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Brahms: Violin Concerto

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy

Chopin: Piano Concerto #1

Copland: Appalachian Spring

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

Debussy: Clair de lune

Debussy: La Mer

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Dvorak: Cello Concerto

Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

Dvorak: String Quartet #12, "American"

Dvorak: Symphony #9, "New World"

Elgar: Enigma Variations

Faure: Pavane

Gershwin: An American in Paris

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites

Grieg: Piano Concerto

Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Handel: Messiah

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks

Handel: Water Music

Haydn: Symphony #94, "Surprise"

Haydn: Symphony #104, "London"

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto

Holst: The Planets

Liszt: Piano Concerto #1

Mahler: Symphony #1

Mahler: Symphony #2

Mahler: Symphony #5

Massenet: Meditation from Thais

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

Mendelssohn: Symphony #3, "Scottish"

Mendelssohn: Symphony #4, "Italian"

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro

Mozart: Piano Concerto #21, "Elvira Madigan"

Mozart: Requiem

Mozart: Symphony #38, "Prague"

Mozart: Symphony #40

Mozart: Symphony #41, "Jupiter"

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Orff: Carmina Burana

Pachelbel: Canon in D

Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #2

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #3

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Ravel: Bolero

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade

Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture

Rossini: William Tell Overture

Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals

Saint-Saens: Symphony #3, "Organ"

Satie: Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 1, Lent et douloureux

Schubert: Symphony #9, "Great"

Schubert: Symphony #8, "Unfinished"

Schubert: Trout Quintet

Schumann: Symphony #1, "Spring"

Schumann: Symphony #3, "Rhenish"

Sibelius: Finlandia

Smetana: The Moldau

Strauss Jr, J: The Blue Danube Waltz

Strauss, R: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5

Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6, "Pathetique"

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in D

Vivaldi : The Four Seasons

Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries

● Classical Music - Another Starter Collection

Adam, Adolphe-Charles - Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"
Albinoni, Tomaso - Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056: 2nd movement, Largo - Arioso
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, BWV 1041
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring"
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: 5th movement, Chaconne
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 "Hunt Cantata": Schafe können sicher weiden
Barber, Samuel - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Egmont, Op. 84: Overture
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": 1st movement, Adagio sostenuto
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31 no 2 "Tempest"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": 2nd movement, Adagio cantabile
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1st movement, Allegro con brio
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Bellini, Vincenzo - Norma: Casta diva
Berlioz, Hector - La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczy March
Berlioz, Hector - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Bizet, Georges - Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera"
Bizet, Georges - Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower song"
Bizet, Georges - Carmen: Près des ramparts de Seville "Seguidilla"
Bizet, Georges - Carmen: Votre toast je peu vous le rendre "Toreador Song"
Boccherini, Luigi - Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E major, Op. 11 no 5/G 275: 3rd movement, Minuet in A
Brahms, Johannes - Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80
Brahms, Johannes - Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Brahms, Johannes - Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Brahms, Johannes - Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied
Brahms, Johannes - Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Brahms, Johannes - Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Brahms, Johannes - Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90
Brahms, Johannes - Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Brahms, Johannes - Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Brahms, Johannes - Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39: no 15 in A flat major
Catalani, Alfredo - La Wally: Ebben?... Ne andrò lontana
Chopin, Frédéric - Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23
Chopin, Frédéric - Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47
Chopin, Frédéric - Ballade for Piano no 4 in F minor, B 146/Op. 52
Chopin, Frédéric - Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60
Chopin, Frédéric - Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57
Chopin, Frédéric - Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11
Chopin, Frédéric - Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Chopin, Frédéric - Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 12 in C minor, B 67 "Revolutionary"
Chopin, Frédéric - Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 3 in E major, B 74 "Tristesse"
Chopin, Frédéric - Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 5 in G flat major "Black Keys"
Chopin, Frédéric - Impromptu for Piano no 4 in C sharp minor, B 87/Op. 66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
Chopin, Frédéric - Nocturne for Piano in C sharp minor, B 49
Chopin, Frédéric - Nocturne for Piano in E minor, B 19/Op. 72 no 1
Chopin, Frédéric - Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 27: no 2 in D flat major, B 96
Chopin, Frédéric - Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9: no 2 in E flat major
Chopin, Frédéric - Nocturnes (3) for Piano, Op. 15: no 2 in F sharp major
Chopin, Frédéric - Polonaise for Piano in A flat major, B 147/Op. 53 "Heroic"
Chopin, Frédéric - Polonaise-fantaisie for Piano in A flat major, B 159/Op. 61
Chopin, Frédéric - Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 15 in D flat major "Raindrop"
Chopin, Frédéric - Scherzo for Piano no 1 in B minor, B 65/Op. 20
Chopin, Frédéric - Scherzo for Piano no 2 in B flat minor/D flat major, B 111/Op. 31
Chopin, Frédéric - Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, B 128/Op. 35 "Funeral March"
Chopin, Frédéric - Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, B 155/Op. 58
Chopin, Frédéric - Waltz for Piano in A flat major, B 131/Op. 42 "Grande Valse"
Chopin, Frédéric - Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante"
Chopin, Frédéric - Waltzes (3) for Piano, B 164/Op. 64: no 1 in D flat major "Minute Waltz"
Chopin, Frédéric - Waltzes (3) for Piano, B 164/Op. 64: no 2 in C sharp minor
Chopin, Frédéric - Waltzes (3) for Piano, Op. 34: no 2 in A minor, B 64
Clarke, Jeremiah - Suite in D major: Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"
Debussy, Claude - La mer
Debussy, Claude - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Debussy, Claude - Préludes, Book 1: no 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
Debussy, Claude - Rêverie
Debussy, Claude - Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune
Di Capua, Eduardo - 'O sole mio
Donizetti, Gaetano - L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
Dvorák, Antonín - Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191
Dvorák, Antonín - Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187: no 7 in G flat major
Dvorák, Antonín - Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Dvorák, Antonín - Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World": 2nd movement, Largo
Elgar, Sir Edward - Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39: no 1 in D major
Elgar, Sir Edward - Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Fauré, Gabriel - Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1
Fauré, Gabriel - Pavane, Op. 50
Flotow, Friedrich von - Martha: Ach, so fromm
Franck, César - Panis angelicus
Franck, César - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8
Gershwin, George - An American in Paris
Gershwin, George - Porgy and Bess: Summertime
Gershwin, George - Rhapsody in Blue
Giordano, Umberto - Fedora: Amor ti vieta
Gluck, Christoph W. - Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Gounod, Charles - Ave Maria
Gounod, Charles - Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
Granados, Enrique - Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37: no 5, Andaluza
Grieg, Edvard - Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16
Grieg, Edvard - Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46: no 1, Prelude "Morning"
Gruber, Franz Xaver - Silent Night
Handel, George Frideric - Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah!
Handel, George Frideric - Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu "Largo"
Handel, George Frideric - Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Khachaturian, Aram - Gayaneh: Sabre Dance
Kirkpatrick, William J. - Away in a manger
Kreisler, Fritz - Liebesfreud
Kreisler, Fritz - Liebesleid
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero - I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero - Mattinata
Liszt, Franz - Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244: no 2 in C sharp minor
Liszt, Franz - Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang
Liszt, Franz - Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178
Mahler, Gustav - Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Mahler, Gustav - Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto
Mascagni, Pietro - Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Mascagni, Pietro - Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, quel vino è generoso "Addio"
Mason, Lowell - Joy to the World
Massenet, Jules - Thaïs: Meditation
Massenet, Jules - Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller?
Mendelssohn, Felix - Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64
Mendelssohn, Felix - Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"
Mendelssohn, Felix - Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Wedding March
Mendelssohn, Felix - Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Meyerbeer, Giacomo - L'Africaine: O paradis sorti de l'onde
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622: 2nd movement, Adagio
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish"
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Der Hölle Rache
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Overture
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Don Giovanni, K 527: Deh vieni alla finestra [Serenade]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: E Susanna non vien...Dove sono
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Non più andrai farfallone amoroso
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Voi che sapete che cosa è amor
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Requiem in D minor, K 626
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 1st movement, Allegro
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 2nd movement, Romanza
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i): 3rd movement, Rondo alla turca
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550: 1st movement, Molto allegro
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Mussorgsky, Modest - Night on the Bare Mountain
Mussorgsky, Modest - Pictures at an exhibition
Offenbach, Jacques - Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Pachelbel, Johann - Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major: Canon
Ponchielli, Amilcare - La Gioconda: Cielo e mar
Praetorius, Michael - Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
Puccini, Giacomo - Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Puccini, Giacomo - La Bohème: Che gelida manina
Puccini, Giacomo - La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì
Puccini, Giacomo - La Bohème: O Mimì, tu più non torni
Puccini, Giacomo - La Bohème: O soave fanciulla
Puccini, Giacomo - La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz"
Puccini, Giacomo - La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì
Puccini, Giacomo - Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo
Puccini, Giacomo - Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai
Puccini, Giacomo - Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide
Puccini, Giacomo - Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
Puccini, Giacomo - Tosca: Recondita armonia
Puccini, Giacomo - Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
Puccini, Giacomo - Turandot: Nessun dorma!
Puccini, Giacomo - Turandot: Signore, ascolta
Rachmaninov, Sergei - Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Rachmaninov, Sergei - Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Rachmaninov, Sergei - Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3: no 2, Prélude in C sharp minor
Rachmaninov, Sergei - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Rachmaninov, Sergei - Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14, Vocalise
Ravel, Maurice - Boléro
Ravel, Maurice - La valse
Ravel, Maurice - Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel, Maurice - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel, Maurice - Pièce en forme de Habañera
Ravel, Maurice - Rapsodie espagnole
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai - Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee
Rossini, Gioacchino - Guillaume Tell: Overture
Rossini, Gioacchino - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Rossini, Gioacchino - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
Rossini, Gioacchino - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa...Io sono dolcile
Saint-Saëns, Camille - Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan
Saint-Saëns, Camille - Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Satie, Erik - Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 1, Lent et douloureux
Schubert, Franz - Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"
Schubert, Franz - Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94: no 3 in F minor
Schubert, Franz - Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960
Schubert, Franz - Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Schumann, Robert - Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Schumann, Robert - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei
Sibelius, Jean - Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47
Sibelius, Jean - Finlandia, Op. 26
Sibelius, Jean - Kuolema: Valse triste, Op. 44 no 1
Sousa, John Philip - Stars and Stripes Forever
Strauss Jr., Johann - An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314
Strauss Jr., Johann - Das Spitzentuch der Königin: Rosen aus dem Süden Waltzes, Op. 388
Strauss Jr., Johann - Die Fledermaus: Overture
Strauss Jr., Johann - Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410
Strauss Jr., Johann - Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325
Strauss Jr., Johann - Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Strauss Jr., Johann - Künstlerleben, Op. 316
Strauss Jr., Johann - Pizzicato Polka
Strauss Jr., Johann - Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214
Strauss Jr., Johann - Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
Strauss Jr., Johann - Wiener Blut, Op. 354
Strauss Sr., Johann - Radetzky March, Op. 228
Strauss, Richard - Don Juan, Op. 20
Strauss, Richard - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Stravinsky, Igor - Le sacre du printemps
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - Marche slave, Op. 31
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 13, Act 2 - Waltz of the Flowers
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - Romeo and Juliet Overture
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich - Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"
Traditional - God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Traditional - Greensleeves
Traditional - Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"
Traditional - The first nowell
Vaughan Williams, Ralph - Fantasia on Greensleeves
Verdi, Giuseppe - Aida: Celeste Aida
Verdi, Giuseppe - Aida: Ritorna vincitor!
Verdi, Giuseppe - Il trovatore: Di quella pira
Verdi, Giuseppe - Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne "Anvil Chorus"
Verdi, Giuseppe - La forza del destino: Overture
Verdi, Giuseppe - La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio
Verdi, Giuseppe - La traviata: Act 1 Prelude
Verdi, Giuseppe - La traviata: Addio del passato
Verdi, Giuseppe - La traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti
Verdi, Giuseppe - La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi"
Verdi, Giuseppe - Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido
Verdi, Giuseppe - Nabucco: Va, pensiero
Verdi, Giuseppe - Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell' amore [Quartet]
Verdi, Giuseppe - Rigoletto: Caro nome
Verdi, Giuseppe - Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
Verdi, Giuseppe - Rigoletto: Parmi veder le lagrime
Verdi, Giuseppe - Rigoletto: Questa o quella
Vivaldi, Antonio - Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"
Vivaldi, Antonio - Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera": 1st movement, Allegro
Vivaldi, Antonio - Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"
Vivaldi, Antonio - Concerto for Violin in F minor, Op. 8 no 4/RV 297 "L'inverno"
Vivaldi, Antonio - Concerto for Violin in F minor, Op. 8 no 4/RV 297 "L'inverno": 2nd movement, Largo
Vivaldi, Antonio - Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"
Vivaldi, Antonio - Concertos (4) for Violin, Op. 8 no 1-4 "Four seasons"
Wade, John Francis - Adeste fideles
Wagner, Richard - Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
Wagner, Richard - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 Prelude
Wagner, Richard - Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner, Richard - Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music
Wagner, Richard - Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude
Wagner, Richard - Tannhäuser: Overture
Wagner, Richard - Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise "Liebestod"

Note: If you wish you may purchase recordings of the above works here.

● An eclectic melange of music for your enjoyment!

Barber: Adagio for Strings: Schippers/NY Phil (Sony Classical MHK 62837)

Brahms: German Requiem: Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic (Deutsche Gramophon 437517)

Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude: James Levine/Met Orchestra or Abbado/Vienna Phil

Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: Tallis Scholars

Faure’: Requiem: In Paradisum (last movement): Phillipe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi HMC 901771)

Messiaen: L’Acension: Priere du Christ montant vers son Pere (4^th movement) Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Naxos 8554478-79

Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956: Adagio (2^nd movement is exceptional!): Melos Quartet, Harmonia Mundi

Franck: Les Beatitudes: Rilling

Messiaen

Quatour Pour las fin du temps (Walter Boeykans ensemble) Harmonia Mundi

L’Acension: Priere du Christ montant vers son Pere (4^th movement) (also Turangalila Symphony) Antoni Wit,

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Naxos 8554478-79

Beethoven (after 1816)

Violin Concerto D Major Opus 61, Yehudi Menuhin / Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra

String Quartets Opus 127, 130, 131, 132, 135

Piano Sonata Opus 101 (Horowitz, Horzowski, Dubromsky, Afanasiev)

Piano Sonata Opus 106 Hammerklavier / Charles Rosen

Piano Sonata Opus 109

Piano Sonata Opus 110 / Charles Rosen

Piano Sonata Opus 111 / Charles Rosen

Symphony No. 6 Pastoral / Abbado / Berlin Philharmonic (Deutsche Gramophon 471489)

Symphony No. 9 / Abbado / Berlin

Missa Solemnis / Rilling

Bruckner

Mass D minor, E minor, F minor (8) (Rilling or Abbado)

Symphony No. 5 Abbado, Vienna Phil

Symphony No. 6 Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI Classics CDM 567037)

Symphony No. 7 Abbado, Vienna Philharmonic (Deutsche Gramophon 437518)

Symphony No. 8 (2^nd version, 1890) (Abbado)

Symphony No. 9 Yoav Talmi/Oslo Philharmonic (Chandos 7051)

[Note: Bruckner Symphonies versions should be either Nowak—or Nowak revised by Carragan]

Palestrina

Missa Papae Marcelli: Tallis Scholars: The Best of the Renaissance (Philips 462862)(

Sicut Cervus: Musica Contexta: Music for Holy Saturday (Chandos Chaconne Series 0679)

Bach

Brandenburg Concertos: Rillling, The Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra (Hanssler 92.126)

Orchestral Suites

Mass in B minor

St. Mathew’s Passion

St. John’s Passion

Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue): Tatiana Nikolayeva, piano (Hyperion 66631)

Goldberg Variations: Tatiana Nikolayeva, piano (Hyperion 66589)

Wagner

Lohengrin: Abbado/Vienna Philharmonic (Deutsche Gramophon 437808)

Orchestral Music: James Levine/Met Orchestra (Deutsche Gramophon 447764)

Tristan & Isolde

Die Meistersinger

Parsifal

Schoenberg

Verklarte Nacht Op 4 (Transfigured Night)

Handel:

Messiah

Chandos Anthems: The Sixteen

Mozart

The Magic Flute

Ave Verum Corpus K618

Clarinet Concerto A major K622

Schubert

String Quintet in C, D. 956: Adagio (2^nd movement): Melos Quartet, (Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951494)

Schubert Piano Trios 1 & 2, D. 898, 929, The Odeon Trio (Capriccio 10387)

Fantasy in C, D. 934, violin & piano

Fantasy in F minor, D. 940, piano—four hands

Piano Sonatas: C minor, A major, B flat minor D. 958-960

Symphony No. 9 (The Great), D. 944

Die Winterreise D. 910

Schwanengesang D. 957

Stravinsky

Rite of Spring

Verdi

Aida

Stockhausen

Stimmung (Singcircle) (Hyperion 66115)

Rautavaara

Anadyomene (Ondine 921)

Cantus Arcticus (Naxos 8554147)

Scriabin

Preparation for the Final Mystery (realized by Nemtin) Ashkenazy (London/Decca 466329)

Hildegard von Bingen

Celestial Light (Telarc 50456)

Eberhard Weber

Silent Feet (ECM 1107) (centers 1-7)

Doudou N’Diaye Rose

Djabote (EMI/Virgin 8394702)

Dave Brubeck

Time Out

Billie Holiday

Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday (Columbia/Legacy 85475)

Miles Davis

The Essential Miles Davis (Columbia/Legacy 85475)

Kind of Blue

Sketches of Spain

John Coltrane

The Very Best of John Coltrane (Rhino 79778)

A Love Supreme (Impulse GRD 155)

Oregon

Winter Light (Vanguard 79350)

Tony Williams

Wilderness (ARK21 810083)

Enya

The Celts

Shepard Moons

The Memory of Trees

A Day without Rain (Warner Bros. 47426)(Only Time)

Yes

The Gates of Delirium

Tales from Topographic Oceans (Atlantic 82683)

Relayer (Atlantic 82664) (The Gates of Delirium)

Close to the Edge

Going for the One

The Yes Album

Eno & Fripp

Evening Star (Editions EEGCD 3) (Wind on Water—1^st track)

John McLaughlin

Inner Mounting Flame

Brian Eno

Ambient 1: Music for Airports (EG Records 17)

Billy Joel

An Innocent Man (Columbia 69389)

Cyndi Lauper

She’s So Unusual (Legacy 62169)

The Beatles

Rubber Soul

Revolver

Abbey Road

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin II (Atlantic 82633)

Led Zeppelin IV (Atlantic 82638)

Houses of the Holy (Atlantic 82639)

Physical Graffiti (Swan Song 92442)

War (Island 811148)

Rattle and Hum (Island 842299)

● Jazz

Cannonball Adderly - Somethin Else
Cannonball Adderly - Know What I Mean
Curtis Amy – Katanga
Chet Baker - Chet
Chet Baker - Groovin' with the Chet Baker Quintet
Chet Baker - Smokin' with the Chet Baker Quintet
Chet Baker - Chet Baker in New York
Art Blakey - Buhana's Delight
Dave Brubeck - Take 5
Donald Byrd - Bird in Hand
John Coltrane - Crescent
John Coltrane - Self Titled on Prestiege
John Coltrane - Blue Trane
John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman - vocal
Sonny Criss - I'll Catch the Sun
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven
Miles Davis - Round Midnight
Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite
Bill Evans - You Must Believe in Spring
Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vangaurd
Art Farmer - Modern Art
Benny Golson - Free
Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up
Dexter Gordon - Doin Alright
Charlie Haden/Kenny Barron - Night and the City
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Johnny Hartman - The Voice that Is - vocal
Hampton Hawes - The Green Leaves of Summer
Joe Henderson - Page One
Joe Henderson - Double Rainbow
Bobby Hutcherson - Crusin the Bird
Bobby Hutcherson - The Kicker
Keith Jarrett - Koln Concerts
Keith Jarrett - Standards Vol. 1, Vol. 2
Milt Jackson - Bags Opus
Ahmad Jamal - Rossiter Road
Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening
Jackie Maclean - 4, 5 & 6
Les McCann - Compared to What
Charles Mingus - Ah Aum
Thelonius Monk - Monk.
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa
Lee Morgan - Cornbread
Lee Morgan - Sidewinder
Oliver Nelson - Straight Ahead
Oliver Nelson - Nocturn
Ike Quebeck - Heavy Soul
Ike Quebeck - It Might as Well be Spring
Dizzy Reese - Comin On
Sonny Rollins - Saxaphone Colossus
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness
Sonny Rollins - Alfie
Charlie Rouse - Unsung Hero
Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Suite 4x20
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Stanley Turrentine - Blue Hour
Sarah Vaughan - Crazy & Mixed Up - vocal
Sarah Vaughan - I Love Brazil - vocal
Lem Winchester - Lem's Beat
Lem Winchester - With Feeling

● Brazilian Jazz Vocals

Djavan -Malasia - vocal
Joyce - Sings Elis - vocal
Milton Nasciamento - Milton Nasciamento (on A&M) - vocal
Milton Nasciamento - Club de Esquina Vol. 1, Vol. 2 - vocal

● Jazz Vocalists

Lorez Alexandria – Unfortunately, much of Lorez’s earlier work, which connoisseurs consider to be her finest, has not been available on CD. However, I understand that the Japanese have recently released on CD the two following and the third is a definite.

· “Lorez Alexandria the Great” on Impulse

· “More of the Great” on Impulse

· “Deep Roots” on Argo (definitely on Japanese CD)

[Check for these at Tower.com or google Dustygroove].

· “Early in the Morning” (If you ever see this on CD get it)

Patricia Barber – It’s true she’s an entirely unique talent. She’s a composer, song-writer, singer and pianist.

· “Modern Cool”

Dee Dee Bridgewater – Dee Dee is still ‘piping’ and very well, Thank You.

· “Dear Ella” on Verve (A beautiful tribute CD to Ella Fitzgerald)

· “In Montreux”

Betty Carter – Betty was a true jazz singer with an inimitable style like none other. She was quite a diva.

· “Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant” on Columbia

· “Feed the Fire” on Verve

Rachelle Ferrell – She has a downright remarkable voice and a range like Minnie Riperton’s. She is young and strong.

· “Somethin’ Else” (My CD is Japanese, which is an exceptionally well mastered, however, I believe there is also an American pressing which may be easier to find).

· “Rachelle Ferrell” on Capitol

Chris Connor – She is a white singer, a unique stylist with a smooth, sultry, late-night café quality, who recorded a lot in the 60’s. I don’t know if these are available on CD but if you can find them they are quite fine.

· “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” on Atlantic

· “Chris Connor” on Atlantic

· “Free Spirits’ on Atlantic

Ella Fitzgerald – Her instrument is in a class to itself—and the listings below are quite beautiful.

· “Take Love Easy” on Pablo (just her and the guitar of Joe Pass - funky, beautiful)

· “The Best of the Song Books” on Verve (A tasteful compilation).

· “Ella Swings Lightly” on Verve (with the Marty Paich Orchestra)

· “Whisper Not” on Verve (with the Marty Paich Orchestra)

· “Ella and Louis” on Verve (Her voice was at its finest here) The contrast between her songbird beauty and Louis Armstrong’s deep, raspy tonal hues makes for a noteworthy performance.

Johnny Hartman – A truly gifted singer.

· “The Voice that Is”

· “John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman”

Billie Holiday – Of course, everyone has some Billie in their collection. I think the following are especially fine:

· “Lady Sings the Blues” on Verve

· “Music for Torching” on Verve

· “Lady in Satin” on Columbia

Shirley Horn – One of the real jazz divas. She accompanies herself on piano.

· “Here’s to Life” (I love this CD and have gone to sleep with it many times)

· “Travelin’ light” on ABC Paramount (An early recording that is very fine).

· “Loving You” on Verve (A very fine date)

· “I Remember Miles” on Verve (Relatively recent with fine supporting musicians).

Etta Jones – Another with a distinctive voice.

· “Don’t Go To Strangers” (This is clearly one of her best).

Abbey Lincoln – I have never considered Abbey to have a great voice, but she’s quite a stylist and has become the grande dame jazz poetess. I provide two early works where she’s young and singing café type material, and a more recent work where she’s funky, dark and poetic. All are quite nice.

· “That’s Him” on Riverside (GREAT musicians with and behind her)

· “Abbey is Blue” on Riverside (Again, great musicianship supporting her).

· “A Turtle’s Dream” on Gitanes (Truly captures the character of Abbey du jour).

Gloria Lynne – Here’s another diva with a fine instrument, a rich womanly style with voicing that has beauty, depth, experience and class.

· “He Needs Me” on Everest

· “At the Las Vegas Thunderbird” on Everest

· “Lonely and Sentimental” on Everest

Carmen McRae – Another diva from the pantheon of jazz goddesses, with an elegant funkiness all her own. She did quite a bit of fine work.

· “I’m Coming Home Again” on Buddha (Fine supporting musicianship).

· “Carmen Sings Monk” on Novus BMG

· “Alfie” on Mainstream

· “Book of Ballads” on Kapp (This is a gorgeous date, and beautifully recorded)

Joni Mitchell – I heard her sing on a Herbie Hancock CD, “Gershwin’s World”—a very nice recording itself—I would never have guessed it was her, and she was great. Then she released the CD below with part of the London Symphony. It’s a beauty!

· “Both Sides Now” on Reprise

Betty Roche – She sang with the Duke Ellington Orchestra for years, then broke out and did several dates on her own. I list the one that I think is a killer. Everyone who hears it is taken with it.

· “Take the “A”Train (It is on CD and it is BAD!!!)

Nina Simone – She is the original jazz ‘womanist.’ A Julliard and classically trained pianist whose inimitable blend of folk, jazz, and sheer rebel is nonpareil—a real nonconformist and a musician par excellence. In my opinion, one date towers above all else. The other is also quite nice

· “Little Girl Blue” on Bethlehem****

· “Live at Carnegie Hall” (Another fine date)

Teri Thornton – She recorded a handful of fine LP’s in the 60’s then disappeared from the scene for many, many years. She returned many years later, recorded a nice CD, then died suddenly while planning a second release. I provide two of her early works.

· “Devil May Care” on Riverside

· “Somewhere in the Night” on Dauntless

Sarah Vaughan – Of course, she’s a DIVA with the stature of Maria Callas, and she was extremely prolific, so it’s important to select a few of her truly fine dates. I offer some of my topmost choices below:

· “Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown” on Emarcy

· “I Love Brazil” (A date of Brazilian compositions, very beautiful)

· “Crazy & Mixed Up”

· “Jazz ‘Round Midnight” (A compilation CD, very fine selections)

· “Ultimate Sarah Vaughan” (A compilation CD with selections by Dee Dee Bridgewater, who has made some fine choices here).

Nancy Wilson – I have loved Nancy Wilson for most of my life, because she is SO FINE and she tells a story like no one else. She has made more than 65 recordings, many of them quite fine. I am recommending just a few of my favorites.

· “Lush Life” on Capitol

· “With My Lover Beside Me” on Columbia (Believe it or not, music is by Barry Manilow and lyrics by Johnny Mercer). This is wintry night with a fireplace, wine and a squeeze.

· “Welcome to My Love” on Capitol (This is for when you are caught-up in your own interior). It has a solemn beauty.

· “Love, Nancy” on Columbia. This one is more recent and holds lots of appeal for younger women, especially. It has more contemporary songs and production values.

· “RSVP” Released in 2005. Her singing is strong, the material is adult and it’s very well done and should be easy to find.