Category Archives: C – LISTENING

First-time listening for April, 2013

23216. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Vio­lin Sonata in A
23217. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Vio­lin Sonata in G minor
23218. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Oboe Sonata in B-f
23219. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Vio­lin Sonata in D minor Read more »

First-time listening for March, 2013

23195. (Oscar Peter­son) Oscar Peter­son I [Verve Jazz Mas­ters #16]
23196. (Vac­cines) Come of Age
23197. (Dozer) Call It Con­spir­acy
23198. (Spir­i­tu­al­ized) Sweat Heart Sweet Light Read more »

First-time listening for February, 2013

23183. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Con­certo a due chori in B-f for 2 Oboes, Bas­soon, Strings &
. . . . . Basso Con­tinuo, HWV.332
23184. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Con­certo a due chori in F for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bas­soon,
. . . . . Strings & Basso Con­tinuo, HWV.333
23185. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Con­certo a due chori in F for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bas­soon,
. . . . . Strings & Basso Con­tinuo, HWV.334
23186. (Liv­ing End) The End­ing Is Just the Begin­ning Repeat­ing Read more »

First-time listening for January, 2013

23168. (Earth, Wind & Fire) Need of Love
23169. (Tame Impala) Tame Impala
23170. (Appa­rat Organ Quar­tet) Pólýfónía Read more »

Başar Dikici’ “Köprü”

There were lots of per­for­mances by Başar Dikici on YouTube, but I couldn’t find any bio­graph­i­cal infor­ma­tion about him, other than that he was born in Adana. He looks fairly young. Dikici’s instru­ment is the Ney, a very sim­ple end-blown flute that has been in con­tin­u­ous use for four or five thou­sand years. A skilled player can cover three octaves with it. Sim­i­lar instru­ments abound through­out Asia, but the Ney is par­tic­u­larly asso­ci­ated with Turk­ish clas­si­cal music. But it’s at home in the many vari­eties of Turk­ish pop music, as well. Read more »

First-time listening for December, 2012

23139. (Jón Leifs) Hafis [Drift Ice], for Mixed Cho­rus & Orches­tra, Op. 63
23140. (Jón Leifs) Song: “Máninn Líður” for Mezzo-Soprano & Orches­tra, Op.14a
23141. (Jón Leifs) Song: “Vög­gu­vísa” for Mezzo-Soprano & Orches­tra, Op.14a
23142. (Jón Leifs) Guðrú­narkviða for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Bari­tone & Orches­tra, Op.22 Read more »

First-time listening for November, 2012

23094. (Hec­tor Berlioz) Les nuits d’été [s. Kiri te Kanawa]
23095. (Hec­tor Berlioz) Le mort de Cléopâtre, Scène lyrique [s. Nor­man]
23096. (Mem­phis Slim) Beer Drinkin’ Woman [Blues Col­lec­tion #13]
23097. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Fara­mondo, Opera in 3 Acts [d. Palmer; For­tu­nato, Baird] Read more »

First-time listening for October, 2012

23046. (Ella Fitzger­ald) Ella Fitzger­ald Sings the Gersh­win Song­book
23047. (Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays) As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
23048. (Albert King & Otis Rush) Door to Door Read more »

First-time listening for September, 2012

23000. (George Fred­er­ick Hän­del) Brockes Pas­sion, Ora­to­rio Hvw.48 [d. McGe­gan; Kli­et­man,
. . . . . Gáti]
23001. (Weather Report) Weather Report
23002. (Ram­sey Lewid Trio) The Best of the Ram­sey Lewis Trio Read more »

First-time listening for August, 2012

22975. (Arthur Sul­li­van, mus. & W. S. Gilbert, text) The Mikado [D’Oyly Carte; Ayl­don, Wright]
22976. (Purrkur Pill­nikk) Ehgji En
22977. (Jo Basile) Vienesse Waltzes for Accor­dion
22978. (Sunna Gunnlaugs) The Dream Read more »