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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

The Golden Waltzes Of Broadway - Claus Ogerman

 

Our Of My Dreams

The Golden Waltzes Of Broadway
The Broadway Strings Orchestra
Arranged and Conducted by Claus Ogerman
United Artist Records UAL 3253
1962

By Strauss 
Hello Young Lovers
Embassy Waltz
Out Of My Dreams
My Favorite Things
Wunderbar
Premiere
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Falling In Love With Love
I Feel Pretty
Is He The Only Man In The World
A Wonderful Guy

Quiet Music Volume 7 - Al Goodman (various)

 

My Little Grey Home In The West

Quiet Music
Volume 7
Al Goodman and His Orchestra, Columbia Orchestra
Meyer Davis and His Orchestra
Oscar Straus conducting The Columbia Concert Orchestra
Columbia Records GL 517
1953

When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Serenade 
A Perfect Day
Missouri Day
Missouri Waltz
La Seduction
My Little Grey Home In The West
The Desert Song
Tea For Two
I Know What I Want
Count Of Luxembourg – Medley
Procession Of The Sadar
That Naughty Waltz

Monday, January 13, 2025

Romance In Rhythm - Johnny Douglas

 

I Won't Dance

Romance In Rhythm
Designed For Dancing
Johnny Douglas
Gown on cover by Filcol
London Records LL 1378
1955

I Won't Dance
Yesterdays
A Fine Romance
The Carioca
They Can't Take That Away From Me
The Way You Look Tonight
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Pick Yourself Up
Night And Day
Isn't It A Lovely Day
Cheek To Cheek

An Ode On The Death Of Mr. Henry Purcell - The New York Pro Musica Antiqua

 

An Ode On The Death Of Mr. Henry Purcell

Ode To The Death Of Mr. Henry Purcell
Music by John Blow
Words by John Dryden
For 2 Counter-Tenors, 2 Recorders and Continuo
And Selected Vocal and Instrumental Works Of Henry Purcell
The New York Pro Musica Antiqua
Re-recorded to Simulate Stereo
Counterpoint/Esoteric Records 5519
An Everest Records Production
1957

Valarie Lamoree - Soprano 
Russell Oberlin - Counter-Tenor I
Charles Bressler - Counter-Tenor II
Arthur Squires - Tenor
Bernard Krainis & John Leonard - Recorders
George Koutzen - Violoncello
Herman Chessid - Harpsichord

From the back cover: The New York Pro Musica Antqua was organized in 1952 and has appeared frequently in radio and concert performances in metropolitan New York and has to date made four recordings for Esoteric Records. The group is a unique addition to the American musical scene, having as its purpose the faithful presentation by professional performers of the instrument and vocal literature of the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods. The singers on this recording are: Russell Oberlin – Awarded scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music; graduated in 1951. Has appeared as soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale and the Hufstader Singers, and at The Library of Congress. The Folger Shakespearian Library, Town Hall and Times Hall. He is presently tenor soloist at the Church of the Ascension in New York City. Charles Bressler – born in Kingston, Pa., graduated from Juilliard. Has appeared as soloist with the Hufstader Singers. The Vinaver Chorus and the Robert Shaw Singers and has sung as soloist with the Cantata Singers. Valarie Lamoree was born in Kansas and received her earliest musical training as a violinist, on which instrument she concertized extensively throughout the mid-west. As a singer she has appeared with Toscanini in the NBC performance of Otello, and has sung frequently as soloist with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. – Notes by Max Stern

Why Should Men Quarrel
Two In One Upon A Ground
Who Pleasant Is This Flowery Plain
What Can We Poor Females Do
Whilst I With Grief
When The Clock Begins To Crow
What A Sad Fate
Strike The Viol