Tuesday, August 27, 2013

WUSR IDs and PSAs

Never slap a person who is chewing tobacco.
Never hug a person with diarrhea.
Joining the ranks of Ishtar, Gigli, Howard the Duck, Heaven's Gate, and the Day the Clown Cried,
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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Post Corners, New York


Sadko's World of Music


Placido Domingo with John Denver "Perhaps Love" Moments of Passion Sony
Sarah Brightman featuring Fernando Lima - Pasión ANGEL 2007
Aho, Kalevi Postludi Sinfonia Lahti Chamber Ensemble BIS
Whippin' Post (Gregg Allman) 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain
FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick.
Frederick Fennell conducts the Eastman Wind Ensemble John P. Sousa's Washington Post March, Mercury
Christmas Vespers: The Three Wise Men
John HARBISON: Chamber Music
Bill Kurtis, narrator Geyer, Charles, trumpet Butler, Barbara, trumpet Williams, Gail, horn Mulcahy, Michael, trombone Knox, Craig, tuba
Theodore Kuchar Conductor National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky, Fatum op. post Dances and Overtures Naxos 2006
Schumann, Robert Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. posth. Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell,
Kaler, Ilya, violin Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Inkinen, Pietari, Conductor
Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV 363, "The Posthorn": II. Largo
Baraldi, Roberto, violin Accademia I Filarmonici Martini, Alberto, Conductor Vivaldi
for Meditation Naxos
Adam, Adolphe Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Act I: Mes amis, ecoutez l'histoire
Lotric, Janez, tenor Kiev Chamber Choir Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra
Wildner, Johannes, Conductor NESSUN DORMA - ARIAS FOR TENOR Naxos

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Sadko's World of Music


Cummings Bridge, New York


Capella Gregoriana, Gregorian Chants, Advent and Christmas, Laserlight 1994
Choir of the Trinity-Sergeievska Lavra and the Moscow Spiritual Academy and Seminary, Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord, Seventieth Anniversary of Patriarch Pimen, Melodiya 1980
Sarah Blasko, Is My Baby Yours? As Day Follows Night Dew Process Records
Sally Garden, mezzo soprano, Roger Williams, organ Salve Regina by John Bull Music from King's Vol. 4 Alpha 1993
AUERBACH, L.: Sonnet for String Quartet No. 3 (Zoryana Kushpler, Petersen Quartet) Adventatis asinus, pulcher et fortissimus Capriccio
Maggini Quartet Allegro moderato: Dominica Tertia Adventus, Antiphona Naxos Quartet No. 6 by Peter Maxwell Davies Naxos
Kukuck, Felicitas Die Brucke Faringer, Solveig, soprano Pehrsson, Clas, recorder
Rorby, Jorgen, guitar BIS
GREGORIAN CHANTS (Advent) (CantArte Regensburg, Velten) Creator alme siderum
CantArte Regensburg Capriccio
Evgenia Lisitsina, organ J.S.Bach, Nun Danket Alle Gott BWV 657 Riga Cathedral organ Melodiya 1983
Sasha Johnson Manning's The Advent Carol Manchester Carollers, The
Northern Chamber Orchestra Tanner, Richard, Conductor Naxos
Velten, Hubert, Conductor
Burkhart, Franz 3 Adventslieder (3 Advent Songs) Faringer, Solveig, soprano
Pehrsson, Clas, recorder Rorby, Jorgen, guitar BIS
Rutter, John Advent Anthem for choir and organ: Arise, shine
Rimmer, Nicholas, organ Clare College Choir, Cambridge City of London Sinfonia
Brown, Timothy, Conductor Naxos
Marie-Madeleine Petit, piano; Hugutte Fernandez, violin; Guy De plus, clarinet; Jacques Neilz, cello Olivier Messiaen,Liturgie de Cristal Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps Erato 1963
Communion for Fourth Sunday of Advent: Ave Maria Lund University Male-Voice Choir
Bohlin, Folke, Conductor
BACH, J.S.: Orgelbuchlein (Das), Vol. 1 Bach, Johann Sebastian Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599 Naxos
Rubsam, Wolfgang, organ
Slovak Symphony Orchestra Crouch End Festival Chorus Chorus/Choir, David Temple Chorus/Choir Director, Jack Wall Conductor, Laurie Robinson Soprano Tommy Tallarico's Advent Rising Suite Video Games Live Volume I EMI Classics Rel. July 22, 2008
Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Jarvi, conductor The Battle on Ice from Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky MHS 1991

Tuesday, November 17, 2009


Sadko's World of Music

from Cranberry Creek, New York


Igor Stravinsky, General Thanksgiving from The Firebird (complete original version)
Philharmonia Orchestra Robert Craft, Conductor Naxos
George Frideric Handel, Thomas Broughton, lyricist(s)
Hercules, HWV 60 Nicola Wemyss, mezzo-soprano
Gerlinde Samann, soprano Franz Vitzthum, counter-tenor
Knut Schoch, tenor Peter Kooij, bass Liselotte Kuhn, soprano
Franz Schneider, bass Junge Kantorei Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra
Joachim Carlos Martini, Conductor Act I: Recitative: Thanks to the pow'rs above (Hercules, Iole)Naxos
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, John Morgan, arranger(s) The Sea Hawk (complete score restored by J. Morgan)Irina Romishevskaya, soprano Moscow Symphony Chorus Moscow Symphony Orchestra William Stromberg, Conductor The Albatross - Battle - Duel - Thanks for Convincing the Trumpeter Naxos
Alfred Newman, John Morgan, arranger The Hunchback of Notre Dame (restored and reconstructed by J. Morgan) Moscow Symphony Chorus Moscow Symphony Orchestra
William Stromberg, Conductor Thank You Mother of God Marco Polo
FERRIE, E.: More Tales from the Greek Legends (Unabridged) Bellerophon and the Chimera Benjamin Soames, reader Naxos
Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow, Thanks Bing Crosby, vocals Jimmie Greer Orchestra
Ralph Rainger, The Big Broadcast of 1938: Thanks for the Memory [radio preview]
Bob Hope, vocals Shirley Ross, vocals W. C. Fields, vocals Paramount Studio Orchestra
Amy Beach A Thanksgiving Fable, Op. 75, No. 2 Catherine Bringerud, piano
Kelton, Katherine, mezzo-soprano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral"
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Michael Halasz, Conductor Shepherd's song. Grateful thanks to the Almighty after the storm: Allegretto
Malmo Symphony Orchestra Malmo Opera Chorus James Sinclair, Conductor
Charles Ives A Symphony - New England Holidays, "Holidays Symphony": IV. Thanksgiving Day (ed. J. Elkus)
Prince Conley - I'm Going Home The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles - Volume 1 1959-1968
Triumphs - Burnt Biscuits The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles - Volume 1 1959-1968
Bratislava City Chorus Capella Istropolitana Krecek, Jaroslav, Conductor
HANDEL: Messiah (Choruses)Thanks Be to God
London Baroque "Corelli gives thanks." COUPERIN: Apotheoses Le Parnasse ou L'Apotheose de Corelli
Gaby Casadesus, piano (1956) No. 6. Pour remercier la pluie au matin (To give thanks to the morning rain) 6 Epigraphes antiques of Debussy

Friday, November 06, 2009

Sadko's World of Music Air City, New York


Air City, New York


Georgi, Thomas, viola d'amore;Harris, Lucas, archlute;Harris, Lucas, baroque guitar;
Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Mime, cello Air en Rondeau from Viola d'amore Sonata No. 11 in A minor of Ariosti, Attilio Stockholm Sonatas for Viola d'amore, Vol. 2 on Bis
Handel, George Frideric Water Piece in D major, HWV 341 Eklund, Niklas, trumpet
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble Sparf, Nils-Erik, Conductor Air (Minuet)
BAROQUE TRUMPET (THE ART OF THE), Vol. 1 Naxos
BOISMORTIER: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, Op. 91
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de Flute Sonata No. 3 in G major, Op. 91
Schenkman, Byron, harpsichord;Schultz, Stephen, flute Air: Gracieusement Naxos
Bridge, Frank An Irish Melody, "Londonderry Air" Maggini Quartet Naxos
Momus, Walter Carlos
Walter Carlos on Moog Synthesizer J.S. Bach's Two-part inventions in F major, B♭ major, and D minor The greatest hits album. Columbia 1972.
Chamber Music (19th Century) - GIULIANI, M. / CARULLI, F. / KUFFNER, J. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / KRAHMER, E. (19th Century Cafe Music) (Petri, Hannibal)Carulli, Ferdinando
Fantaisie sur un Air National Anglais, Op. 102 Petri, Michala, recorder; Hannibal, Lars, guitar OUR Recordings
Kuffner, Joseph Potpourri sur des Airs Nationaux Francais, Op. 226
Petri, Michala, recorder;Hannibal, Lars, guitar OUR Recordings
Clarke, Jeremiah Suite in D major Fast - Slow Air - Fast Friedrich, Reinhold, trumpet;Berlin Baroque Compagney Chamber Music (Old English) - MUDGE, R. / HANDEL, G.F. / CLARKE, J. / CORBETT, W. / SNOW, V. / FINGER, G. / PURCELL, H. (Friedrich) on Capriccio
Telemann, Georg Philipp Overture in F major, TWV 55:F7, "A la pastorelle " Air: Andante Capella Savaria Nemeth, Pal, Conductor Capriccio
Sophie Middleditch, recorder; Helen Hooker, recorder; Parnasian Ensemble Jacques Paisable's Set of Airs for 2 Flutes and Continuo in C Min. Arie Records
Marissa Robles, harp; Wilhelm Kempf, piano Beethoven's 6 Variations in F on a Swiss Air Decca
Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals, conductor Bach's Air on a G String The Greatest Hits album. Columbia 1972.
London Symphonic Band; Gerallt Leslie Williams, conductor. Air from Orchestral suite, no. 3, D major. Bach for Band. Columbia 1972
Improvisation Chamber Ensemble Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009
Studies in Improvisation. RCA Victor [1961]Air antique for cello and percussion.
Aldo Ciccolini, piano; Orchestre de Paris; Serge Baudo, conductor. Symphony on a French mountain air, op. 25 by Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931. Angel 1976.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009



Udder Horror

from

Mooers Corners, New York


Mannheim Steamroller Toccata In De Mole Halloween American Gramaphone
George London, bass-baritone; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Jean Morel, conductor.Boris Godounov: Dostig ya vyssheĭ vlasti (I have attained power) and Uf, tyazhelo! Daĭ dukh perevedu (Ah, I am suffocating) by Moussorgsky.Famous operatic monologues. Columbia 1955
Folksongs: Works by Dvorák, Grainger, Hahn, etc.
Anne Sofie von Otter Mezzo-Soprano The Pretty Maid Her Cow by Percy Grainger (folk song; BFMS 27) Deutsche Grammophon
Rel. July 18, 2000
Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II Composer
Blindekuh (The Blind Cow; operetta), RV507
Alfred Walter Conductor
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice Orchestra
Marco-Polo
Rel. February 12, 1996
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) Ensemble The Cat-Cow Reel
Sony Classical Rel. March 14, 2000
Mannheim Steamroller The Flying Dutchman Halloween American Gramaphone
Khovantschina: Dance of the Persian slaves, act 4, by Moussorgsky, orch. by Rimsky-Korsakov. Ballet music from the operas. Angel Records [1961]
Grieg: Piano Music, Vol.2
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg Piano, Kulok (Cow-Call)
Naxos
Rel. August 17, 1995
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Georges Prêtre, conductor. A Night on Bald Mountain, by Moussorgsky, orch. by Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Orchestral Masterpieces. Angel [1962]
Mannheim Steamroller A Night on Bald Mountain Halloween American Gramaphone
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Bruno Walter, conductor. The Masonic Funeral music by Moozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.. Eine kleine Nachtmusik and other Mozart favorites. Odyssey [1970]
TRIMBLE: 2 Pianos - Songs and Chamber Music Trimble, Joan The Cows are-a- milkin Holmes, Roy, piano Hunt, Una, piano
Rhind-Tutt, Julian - Reader Master and Margerhita, chapter 23, Satan's Great Ball
Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, op.14 (Episode de la vie d̓un artiste). Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft [1965]
Kokomo Arnold, Milk Cow Blues Bechet, Sidney, clarinet White, Joshua, vocals White, Joshua, guitar
Joshua White Trio
Mercer, Johnny I'm An Old Cowhand Teagarden, Jack, vocals Teagarden, Jack, trombone Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra
Mercer, Johnny Cowboy from Brooklyn Miller, Glenn, trombone Beneke, Tex, vocals Hutton, Marion, vocals Glenn Miller Orchestra
Lucas, Clarence Make-Believe Cowboy Rogers, Roy, vocals Country Washburne Orchestra ROGERS, Roy: Along the Navajo Trail (1945-1947) Naxos Nostalgia

Saturday, September 12, 2009


Tristates, New York


Triskaidekaphobia (from Greek tris meaning "3," kai meaning "and," and deka meaning "10") is fear of the number 13
Scene I: Entrance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses The Firebird (complete original version)by Igor Stravinsky, Philharmonia Orchestra Robert Craft, Conductor
Three Peppers Smile Up At The Sun (1939)DECCA 2751A
Ancient Persians believed the twelve constellations in the Zodiac controlled the months of the year, and each ruled the earth for a thousand years at the end of which the sky and earth collapsed in chaos. Therefore, the thirteenth is identified with chaos and the reason Persians leave their houses to avoid bad luck on the thirteenth day of the Persian Calendar, a tradition called Sizdah Bedar.
Mika Takehara Thirteen Drums, Op. 66 by Maki Ishii Bis

In 1881, an influential group of New Yorkers led by U.S. Civil War veteran Captain William Fowler came together to put an end to this and other superstitions. They formed a dinner cabaret club, which they called the Thirteen Club. At the first meeting, on Friday 13 January 1881 at 8:13 p.m., 13 people sat down to dine in room 13 of the venue. The guests walked under a ladder to enter the room and were seated among piles of spilled salt. All of the guests survived. Thirteen Clubs sprang up all over North America for the next 40 years. Their activities were regularly reported in leading newspapers, and their numbers included five future U.S. presidents, from Chester A. Arthur to Theodore Roosevelt. Thirteen Clubs had various imitators, but they all gradually faded from interest as people became less superstitious.
Hazel Scott (piano) Three Little Words (1942) DECCA 18341B
On Friday, 13 October 1307, the Knights Templar were ordered arrested by Philip IV of France. The theory has been suggested, in the book Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry by John J. Robinson, that the Templars went underground among masons in England and later developed into Freemasons. Because most of the founding fathers of the United States of America were Freemasons, it is possible the memory of the terror of that day is preserved in the Friday the 13th.
Les Paul Moritat (theme From Three Penny Opera) (1956) Capitol 3329
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra Three Little Fishies (v4) (1939)COLUMBIA 36119
Andrews Sisters Three Little Sisters (1942) DECCA 18319
Glenn Gould, piano Nos. 6,13,12 Two and three part inventions by J.S. Bach (Inventions and Sinfonias) Columbia [1964]
Frank Sinatra Three Coins In The Fountain (1954)Capitol 2816
Doris Day, with orchestra ; Percy Faith, conductor Berlin -- Ten Cents a Dance from Love Me or Leave Me : from the sound track of the MGM picture. Columbia
Philharmonia Orchestra, London; Anatole Fistoulari, conductor Stenka Razin [Symphonic poem, op.13] by Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936.Capitol, [1958]Stepan (Sten'ka) Timofeyevich Razin (Russian: Степан (Стенька) Тимофеевич Разин, Russian pronunciation: [sʲtʲɪpˈɑn (sʲtʲˈenʲkə) tʲɪmɐˈfʲeɪvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈrɑzʲɪn]; 1630 – June 16 [O.S. June 6] 1671) was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and Tsar's bureaucracy in South Russia.
He is first noted by history in 1661, as part of a diplomatic mission from the Don Cossacks to the Kalmyks. That same year Razin went on a long-distance pilgrimage to the great Solovetsky Monastery on the White Sea for the benefit of his soul. After that, all trace of him is lost for six years, when he reappears as the leader of a robber community established at Panshinskoye, among the marshes between the rivers Tishina and Ilovlya, from whence he levied blackmail on all vessels passing up and down the Volga.
A long war with Poland in 1654-1667 and Sweden in 1656-1658 put heavy demands upon the people of Russia. Taxes increased as did conscription. Many peasants hoping to escape these burdens fled south and joined bands of Razin's marauding Cossacks. They were also joined by many other disaffected with the Russian government, including people of the lower classes as well as representatives of non-Russian ethnic groups, such as Kalmyks, that were being oppressed.