Category Archives: C - LISTENING

First-time listening for DECEMBER 2023

26657. (Heart) The Essen­tial Heart
26658. (Lau­ra Pausi­ni) Best of Lau­ra Pausi­ni: E ritorno da te
26659. (Belin­da Carlisle) Her Great­est Hits
26660. (Bana­nara­ma) The Great­est Hits Collection
26661. (DMX) Year of the Dog … Again
26662. (Gwen Stafani) The Sweet Escape
26663. (Edward Elgar) Sev­en Lieder [s. Pitt, Wilde & Savidge; p. Norris]
26664. (Edward Elgar) A War Song, Op.5
26665. (Edward Elgar) Song: “Is She Not Pass­ing Fair?”
26666. (Edward Elgar) Song: “As I Laye A‑Thynkynge”
26667. (Edward Elgar) Salut d’Amour, Op.12
26668. (Edward Elgar) Song: “The Wind at Dawn”
26669. (Edward Elgar) Song: “After”, Op. 31 #1
26670. (Edward Elgar) Wood­land Inter­lude from the Ora­to­ria Car­ac­ta­cus, Op.35
26671. (Edward Elgar) Song: “Dry Those Fair, Those Crys­tal Eyes”
26672. (Edward Elgar) Song: “The Pipes of Pan”
26673. (Edward Elgar) Sea Pic­tures, Song Cycle for Sopra­no and Piano, Op.37 [see 5549]
26674. (Fer­gie) The Duchess

First-time listening for NOVEMBER 2023

Hip Hop: The Col­lec­tion ― The Clas­sics, Vol.1, Disk 3:
. . . . 26642. (Pussy­cat Dolls) “Don’t Cha”
. . . . 26643. (Snoop Dog­gy Dogg) “Drop It Like It’s Hot” [w. Pharrell]
. . . . 26644. (Rihan­na) “We Ride”
. . . . 26645. (Pret­ty Ricky) ” I Want You”
. . . . 26646. (The Game) “It’s Ok”
. . . . 26647. (Black Eyed Peas) “Bebot”
. . . . [5790] (Eminem) “Guilty Con­science” [w. Dr. Dre]
. . . . 26648. (Juras­sic 5) “Con­crete School Yard”
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First-time listening for October 2023

26622. (James) The Best of James
26623. (George Butts) Breakin’ Out the Past
Hip Hop: The Col­lec­tion ― The Clas­sics, Vol.1, Disk 2:
. . . 26624. (Pret­ty Ricky) “Nev­er Let Go”
. . . 26625. (Puff Did­dy) “I Will Be Miss­ing You”
. . . 26626. (Gwen Ste­fani) “Wind It Up”
. . . 26627. (Mis­sy Elliott) “Get Your Freak On”
. . . 26628. (50 Cent) “This Is How We Do”
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First-time listening for September 2023

26608. (Leonard Cohen) Var­i­ous Positions
26609. (Annie Blan­chard) Annie Blanchard
26610. (Fer­nan­do Sor) Intro­duc­tion and Var­ied Theme for Gui­tar, Op.20
26611. (Leonard Cohen) You Want It Darker
26612. (Rahul Shar­ma) Native Signs
26613. (Kon­duku) Kiran
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First-time listening for August 2023

26598. (Edi­tors) In This Light and On This Evening
26599. (Eivør [Eivør Páls­dót­tir]) Live in Tórshavn
26600. (Roy Clark) Great­est Hits
26601. (Eugène Ysaÿe) Vio­lin Con­cer­to in E Minor
26602. (DeVotch­Ka) A Mad & Faith­ful Telling
26603. (Lenny Breau) Lenny Breau on CBC Radio, 1983
26604. (George Enes­cu) Sym­pho­ny #3 in C, Op.21
26605. (George Enes­cu) Roman­ian Poem for Orches­tra, Op.1
26606. (Ian Tyson) Carnero Vaquero
26607. (Kan­tele Song and Dance Ensem­ble) Best of Kantele

First-time listening for July 2023

26584. (Edi­tors) Black Gold: Best of Editors
26585. (Gabriel Fau­ré) Les Djinns for Cho­rus & Piano, Op.12
26586. (Dead South) Illu­sion & Doubt
26587. (Stam­ped­ers) Against the Grain
26588. (Mis­sis­sip­pi John Hurt & Buk­ka White) Shake ‘Em On Down
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First-time listening for June 2023

26567. (Christoph Graup­n­er) Con­cer­to for Vio­la d’Amore, Flute & Orches­tra, BWV.725
26568. (Stan Rogers) From Cof­fee House to Con­cert Hall
26569. (10,000 Mani­acs) Hope Chest: The Fre­do­nia Record­ings 1982–1983
26570. (Split Enz) Men­tal Notes
26571. (Dead South) The Ocean Went Mad and We Were to Blame
26572. (Pietro Mascagni) Isabeau [com­plete opera; d. Rapal­lo; Pobbe, Cilien­to, Assandri]
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First-time listening for May 2023

26545. (Stan Rogers) North­west Passage
26546. (Dead South) Good Company
26547. (Etta James) Blues from the Big Apple
26548. (Stan Rogers) Foger­ty’s Cove
26549. (Kate & Anna McGar­rigle) Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse
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First-time listening for April 2023

26534. (Carl Maria von Weber) 7 Vari­a­tions for Piano on “Vien quà, Dori­na bella,” 
. . . . . Op.7, J. 53
26535. (Neil Finn) One Nil [aka One All in U.S.]
26536. (Heitor Vil­la-Lobos) Asso­bio a Jato [The Jet Whis­tle] for Flute and Cello
26537. (My Chem­i­cal Romance) Like Phan­toms, For­ev­er EP
26538. (Orange Wedge) Wedge
26539. (Takashi Yoshi­mat­su) Ain­o­la Lyri­cal Bal­lads for Piano Left Hand, Op.95: Romance 
. . . . . & Mozartino
26540. (Pra­teek Kuhad) The Way That Lover Do
26541. (Black Lodge Singers) Live at Fort Duschesne
26542. (Ry Cood­er) Into the Pur­ple Valley
26543. (Christoph Graup­n­er) Can­ta­ta “Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt” Bwv. 1139/30
26544. (Miles Davis) Walkin’

First-time listening for March 2023

26517. (Mike Old­field) Amarok
26518. (Jon Batiste) Hol­ly­wood Africans
26519. (Carl Nielsen) String Quar­tet in G, FS5, op.5
26520. (Frank Zap­pa) Just Anoth­er Band From L.A.
26521. (Tove Lo) Queen of the Clouds
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