30 September 2009

This week's show recasts the epitaph on Christopher Wren's tomb in St. Paul's Cathedral: "Si monumentum requiris, circumaudi." [If you seek a monument, listen around you.]

Set #1 - 8:00am - 8:45am

1. Valentyn Silvestrov: Excerpts from Fleeting Melodies
Bohdana Pivenko - violin, Valeriy Matiukhin - piano
Rostok Records, n.n.
45'

Set #2 - 8:45am - 10:00am

2. Elodie Lauten: Waking in New York (1999)
Text by Allen Ginsburg
Mark Duer - baritone, Meredith Borden - soprano, Tyler Azelton - soprano, Sherrita Duran - soprano, Grigory Kalinovsky - violin, Jaram Kim - violin, Tania Askins - viola, Andrei Tchekmazov - cello, Rafael Agudelo - double bass, Ulla Suokkko - flute, Bill Ruyle - drums, Mustafa Ahmed - percussion, Elodie Lauten - synthesizer
4-Tay Records, CD 4023
66:32
(From the composer's website: "Waking in New York is about experiencing daily life in New York through the eyes of Ginsberg, pictured in the later part of his life.")

3. Sunny Skylar & Consuelo Velazques: Besame Mucho (rec. NYC Feb.-Mar. 1954)
Artie Shaw - clarinet, Hank Jones - piano, Tal Farlow - guitar, Tommy Porter - bass, Joe Roland - vibes, Irv Kluger - drums
Artie Shaw: The Last Recordings
Musicmasters, 01612-65071-2
4:05

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

4. John Burke: Remember Your Power (1998-2000)
Jane Hayes - piano, Laura Barron - flute, Tony Nickels - oboe, English horn & oboe d'amore, François Houle - clarinet, Sheila McDonald - violin, Peggy Lee - cello, Laurence Mollerop - double bass, John Celona - conductor
Remember Your Power: Music of John Burke
Centrediscs, CMCCD 10104
59:31

23 September 2009

Science writer and ufological expert Chris Rutkowski (who hosts his own show Mysterious! on UMFM Thursdays at 9pm) joins me in the third hour to discuss music from UFO- and alien-themed movies. But first -- 90 minutes of Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman, Hollywood podiatrist and thereminist to the stars.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Dmitri Tiomkin: Thing (From Another World): Suite (1951)
Charles Gerhardt - conductor, Yvonne Loriod - ondes Martenot, National Philharmonic Orchestra
The Spectacular World of Classic Film Scores
RCA Victor, 2792-2-RG
10:33

2. Harry Revel: Lunar Rhapsody
3:01

3. Harry Revel: Moon Moods
2:54

4. Harry Revel: Lunette
2:52

Tracks 2-4 (rec. 1947)
Les Baxter - conductor, Samuel Hoffman - theremin
Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman & the Theremin Disc 1: Music out of the Moon
Basta, 30-9093-2

5. Bernard Herrmann: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Bernard Herrmann, Lionel Newman or Alfred Newman - conductor, Samuel Hoffman - theremin
The Day the Earth Stood Still Film Score
Fox Records, 07822-11010-2
36'

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

6. Bernard Herrmann: "Alternative Theremin Mixes" & "Studio Rehearsal & Outtakes" from The Day the Earth Stood Still (rec. Aug. 1951)
Bernard Herrmann, Lionel Newman or Alfred Newman - conductor, Samuel Hoffman - theremin
Downloaded from here
12:58

7. Peter Thomas: Chariots of the Gods (1970)
The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra
Chariots of the Gods Original Soundtrack
Polydor, 2371 035
35'

8. Cy Coben: Alien
Leonard Nimoy - vocal
You Are Not Alone
MCA Special Products, MCAC-20409
1:58

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

9. Danny Elfman: "Main Titles" from Mars Attacks! (1996)
Artie Kane - conductor
Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Mars Attacks!
La-La Land Records, LLLCD 1096
2:24

10. Jerry Goldsmith: "Main Title" from Alien (1979)
4:12

11. Jerry Goldsmith: "Main Title (rescored)" from Alien (1979)
4:11

Tracks 10-11
Lionel Newman - conductor, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Alien: Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Intrada, B0010185-02

12. John Williams: "Wild Signals" from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
John Williams - conductor
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Collector's Edition Soundtrack
Arista, 07822-19004-2
4:12

13. Herman Stein: "Main Title", "Jet West" & "Color Blind" from This Island Earth (1955)
Masatoshi Mitsumoto - conductor, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Slovakia
This Island Earth (and Other Alien Invasion Films)
Monstrous Movie Music, MMM-1954
4'

14. Jerry Goldsmith: "Free Ride" from Explorers (1985)
Jerry Goldsmith - conductor
Explorers: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Varèse Sarabande, VSD-5261
3:33

16 September 2009

A festival of circumscribed pitch sets.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:30am

1. Andrey Eshpay: Hungarian Tunes: A Rhapsody for Violin & Piano (1952-53)
9:16

2. Andrey Eshpay: Evening Shadows (1994)
8:25

Tracks 1-2
L. Dmiterko - violin, Andrey Eshpay - piano
Moscow Musical Publishers-Harmony, n.n.

3. Traditional: Russian Northern Wedding (rec. 1989)
Valentina Alimova - director, Leshukonsky Folk Choir
Melodiya, SUCD 11-00325
72'
(Incredible hard-edged singing. You should look up what Huxley says about the build-up of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream as an aid to visionary experience.)

Set #2 - 9:30am - 11:00am

4. Igor Stravinsky: Les noces (1923)
Robert Craft - conductor, Alison Wells - soprano, Susan Bickley - mezzo-soprano, Martyn Hill - tenor, Alan Ewing - basso-profundo, Simon Joly Chorale, International Piano Quartet, Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble
Naxos, 8.557499
24:10

5. Bernard Herrmann: Sisters (1973)
Bernard Herrmann - conductor
Sisters: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Southern Cross, SCCD 903
42:37
(Brian De Palma's movie about family togetherness. Bernard Herrmann's athematic score.)

6. Bernard Herrmann: The Assassination of Leon Trotsky (1953-54)
Arranged by Antoine Bustros
Ensemble Ulysse: Antoine Bustros - conductor, Matthieu Bélanger - clarinet, Bernard Daigle - tenor sax, Serge Arsenault - trombone, Véronique Poulin - cello, Bernard Leblanc - double bass
Crime Music: Bernard Herrmann Revisited
XXI-21 Productions, XXI-CD 2 1644
4:07

02 September 2009

Get your dose of Vitamin C.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 10:00am

1. Nelson Riddle: Orange
4:57

2. Elmer Bernstein: Silver
4:38

3. Jeff Alexander: Yellow
2:38

Tracks 1-3 (rec. 1956)
Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color
Capitol, CDP 7 99647 2

4. Sergei Prokofiev: Amour des trois oranges (1919)
Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev & Vera Janacopoulos
Based on the play L'amore delle tre melarance by Carlo Gozzi (1761)
Kent Nagano - conductor, Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra of Lyon
Virgin Classics, 0946 3 58694 2 2
102'

Set #2 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Ken Nordine: Orange (rec. 1966)
Ken Nordine - narration, Richard Campbell - multi-instruments
Ken Nordine: Colors
Asphodel, ASP 0954
1:29

6. Frederick Delius: Florida Suite (1887)
David Lloyd-Jones - conductor, English Northern Philharmonia
Delius: Orchestral Works
Naxos, 8.553535
37'

7. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C major op.53 "Waldstein" (1804)
Friedrich Gulda - piano
Philips, 468 140-2
20'
(First movement adapted into Groucho Marx's signature tune Hooray for Captain Spaulding.)