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| Classical Music for Aficionados Nicolai Rimsky-KorsakovCAPRICCIO ESPAGNOLRotterdam Philharmonic OrchestraDavid ZinmanRoberta Alexander (soprano)Philips 1982 Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln0TXxiOlBg Overture "May Night" https://... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Maurice Ravel THE PIANO CONCERTOS Pascal Rogé (piano)Orchestre Symphonique de MontrealCharles DutoitDecca 1983Notes: "The piano was Ravel’s instrument. When the G major concerto’s first performance was announced for Amsterdam in March 1931, the... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Magic SamWEST SIDE SOULDelmark Records 1967Notes: "Samuel Maghett was born February 14, 1937 on a farm in central Mississippi, eight miles east of Granada. Bt the time he was thirteen, like most other kids his age, he was doing a full day's wor... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Robert Jr. LockwoodSTEADY ROLLIN' MANDelmark Records 1970Notes: "Robert Jr. Lockwood's music shows the influence of not only his stepfather Robert Johnson but also that of Jazz guitarists Charlie Christian and Eddie Durham. By the mid-50s he fo... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Maurice RavelGASPARD de la NUITIvo Pogorelich (piano)DG 1983Gaspard de la nuit, M. 551. Ondine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIBOwg8NGmA 2. Le Gibet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvMd03CxPuk 3. Scarbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LACE... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Little Whitt & Big BoMOODY SWAMP BLUESVent Records 1995Notes: "Little "Whitt" Wells was born on a small farm in Ralph, Alabama on Feb 19th, 1931. "Big Bo" McGee was born on October 9th, 1928 in Mississippi and Alabama!! His house was buil... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Maurice Ravel RAVEL’S GREATEST HIT -- THE ULTIMATE BOLERORCA / BMG 2004Notes:" "C’est une blague" (it’s a gag), Maurice Ravel once said of his most famous, or infamous, piece. In fact he was proud of BOLERO, which sprang from his own roots in the ... | |
| Blues for Aficionados LeadbellyALABAMA BOUNDwith / The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet: (Willie Johnson, William Langford, Henry Owens and Arlandus Wilson)RCA Heritage Series 1940 / 1989Notes:"Huddie William Ledbetter was born on January 29, 1885 on Jeter plantation near... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Maurice Ravel RAPSODIE ESPAGNOLEThe Cleveland OrchestraPierre BoulezSony 1975, 1983 / 2000 SACD Notes:"Ravel's first important orchestral composition, Rapsodie Espagnole, was written in August 1907. First performed in March 1908, at the Co... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Johnny Winter:Born in Texas, but spent a lot of his young life in my hometown in Mississippi. Nice clip.Cheers | |
| Blues for Aficionados Booker T LauryNOTHIN' BUT THE BLUESBullseye Blues 1994Notes: "Everybody who hears this music will buy this record," he says matter-of-factly. Lots 'em wants to play the Blues now, lot of them can't play, down there playing, wishing the could p... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Maurice Ravel PAVANE pour une INFANTE DEFUNTEOrchestre de ParisDaniel BarenboimDG 1982 Pavane pour une infante défunte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8gTfv5m8KQCheers | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Maurice RavelLA VALSE (The Waltz)London Symphony OrchestraPierre MonteuxPhilips 1962, 1964 / 1995 La Valse, M. 72 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot7Khz-h7zACheers | |
| Blues for Aficionados Earl KingHARD RIVER TO CROSSSnooks Eaglin (guitar), Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (Tenor, baritone, flute)Black Top Records 1993Wiki: Earl Silas Johnson, known as Earl King, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most active in blues music.... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Maurice RavelBOLERO - DAPHNIS ET CHLOEOrchestre de ParisDaniel BarenboimDG 1982Notes:"The bolero was originally a brisk Spanish dance, and Chopin's op.19 retains this characteristic tempo. Ravel's piece is much slower than brisk and it may be r... |