We don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky, but we do know that this week of exploring stormy music will delight us all. We’ll see double rainbows with Antonio Carlos Jobim, hear Debussy’s “Footsteps in the Snow” and “Gardens in the Rain,” and listen to settings of Shakespeare’s “Tempest”, also we’ll hear Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Richard Wagner, and Percy Grainger each at sea. We’ll take a mule ride into the Grand Canyon with Ferde Grofé and hear about the weather from Handel, Beethoven, Hovhaness, and Harold Arlen. Antonio Vivaldi will show us all the seasons, and we’ll ride a storm with Jim Morrison and The Doors.
Stormy Weather
Playlist
Episode 1
Koehler, Ted: Stormy Weather
Lena Horne
Stormy Weather
RCA LPM 1375
3:21
Wagner, Richard: Der Fliegende Holländer – Ouvertüre
Georg Solti: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wagner: Overtures, Prelude & Liebestod
London 411 951
11:05
Handel, Georg Friedrich: Rinaldo – Act 1: Furie Terribili
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/René Jacobs: Vivica Genaux, Miah Persson
Handel: Rinaldo
Harmonia mundi 901796
2:24
Handel, George Friederic: “Lascia ch’io pianga”
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/René Jacobs: Vivica Genaux, Miah Persson
Handel: Rinaldo
Harmonia mundi 901796
6:11
Bridge, Frank: “Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind”
Stanley Wilson, tenor Malcolm Halliday, piano
Art Songs of the British Romantics
MSR 1377
2:18
Wilson, Arthur Young, Colt: “Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind” (As You Like It)
Cleo Laine
Wordsongs
Verve 7748306
2:11
Hovhannes, Alan: “Storm On Mount Wildcat”
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Gerard Schwarz
Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountains
Telarc 80604
3:38
Traditional: “I Been in de Storm So Long”
Marian Anderson
He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands – Spirituals
RCA Victor 61960
3:10
Traditional: “Oh, Didn’t It Rain”
Marian Anderson
He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands – Spirituals
RCA Victor 61960
1:33
Grofé, Ferde: Grand Canyon Suite: V. “Cloudburst”
Utah Symphony Orchestra/ Maurice Abravanel
Great American Landscapes
EMI 64307
8:54
Walker, Aaron: Stormy Monday
B.B. King, GRP All-Star Big Band
All Blues
GRP GRD-9800
5:18
Episode 2
Traditional: “Sweet Prospect, On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand”
Anonymous 4
American Angels – Songs of Hope, Redemption and Glory
Harmonia mundi 907326
3:08
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 39 in G minor, H 1/39, “The Fist”
I. Allegro Assai
II. Andante
III. Menuetto
IV. Finale: Allegro Di Molto
The English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock
Haydn: Symphonien Nr 35 – 38 – 39 – 59 The English Concert
Archiv 427 661
17:50
Berlioz, Hector: Les Troyens (excerpt) “Chasse royale et orage”
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/ Pierre Boulez
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique – Les Nuits D’Été – Lelio
Sony 64103
8:42
Thompson, Virgil: The River Suite: “Soil Erosion And Floods”
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra/ Neville Marriner
Great American Landscapes
EMI 64307
5:28
Debussy, Claude: La Mer: “Dialogue du vent et de la mer”
Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Charles Münch
The Sea
JVC JMCXR-0003
7:54
Van Heusen, Jimmy; Johnny Burke: “Here’s That Rainy Day”
Sammy Davis Jr. With Laurindo Almeida
Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings Laurindo Almeida Plays
Reprise Records – 6236
2:19
Van Heusen, Jimmy; Johnny Burke: “Here’s That Rainy Day”
Kenny Burrell Soul Call
Kenny Burrell
Concord PR 7315
4:14
Episode 3
Harold, Arlen and Koehler, Ted: Ill Wind
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan After Hours
Roulette Jazz 8 55468
3:13
Boito, Arrigo / Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello – Act 1: Una Vela! Act 1: Esultate!
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/ Riccardo Muti: Carlo Guelfi, Aleksandrs Antonenko
Verdi Otello
CSO Resound 901 1301
6:54
Rossini, Giachino: Barber of Seville, interlude – Temporale – Thunderstorm
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan/ Riccardo Chailly
Rossini: Il barbiere Di Siviglia Horne – Ramey – Nucci
CBS 37862
3:03
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Der Sturm
Bruckner Orchestra/ Casper Richter
Korngold: Der Strum/ Cello Concerto
ASV 1146
5:19
Fibich, Zedenek: Sturm Op.46
Bamberger Symphony/ Martin Turnovsky
Z Fibich – Toman und die Walfee – Sturm
Preciosa Pre 66002 AUL
10:07
Whitehead, Gillian: The Storm
Gillian Whitehead
IPU
Rattle Records RAT D007
11:42
Debussy, Claude: Rêverie (Daydream)
Frederic Chiu
Distant Voices: Piano Music by Claude Debussy & Gao Ping
Yamaha Entertainment Group
3:56
Jobim, Antônio Carlos / Lees, Gene: Double Rainbow
Karrin Allyson
Karrin Allyson Imagina: Songs of Brazil
Concord 30428
5:33
Debussy, Claude: “La plus que lente”
James Galway, Christopher O’Reilly
The French Recital
RCA 68351
2:16
Episode 4
Grainger, Percy: Sea Chanty Settings “Stormy”
David Wilson-Johnson; Stephen Layton: Polyphony
At Twilight
Hyperion 66793
1:32
Debussy, Claude: Préludes, No. 1 VI. “Des Pas Sur la Neige”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Georg Solti
Georges Pludermacher Claude Debussy
3:50
Claude, Debussy: “Jardins sous la pluie” (Gardens in the rain)
Frederic Chiu
3:11
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in E, Op. 8/1, RV 269, “The Four Seasons (Spring)” –
I. Allegro
The English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock Simon Standage
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (Die Jahreszeiten)
Arkiv 400 045
9:45
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8/2, RV 315, “The Four Seasons (Summer)”
II. Adagio
The English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock Simon Standage
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (Die Jahreszeiten)
Arkiv 400 045
9:52
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in E, Op. 8/1, RV 269, “The Four Seasons (Spring)” –
III. Presto
The English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock Simon Standage
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (Die Jahreszeiten)
Arkiv 400 045
7:53
Rossini, Gioachino: William Tell: Overture
Paul Paray: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Marches Et Ouvertures A La Française
Mercury 434 332
11:12
Morrison, Jim: “Riders On The Storm” (excerpt)
The Doors
The Doors (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Elektra – WMC5-345
5:34
Episode 5
Chopin, Frederic: Prelude No.15 in D Flat, Op. 28/15, “Raindrop”
Martha Argerich, piano
Great Pianists of the 20th Century
Philips DG 456 703
4:51
Bridge, Frank: The Sea, H 100 – 4. “Storm”
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Charles Groves
Bridge: The Sea
EMI 66855
6:40
Britten, Benjamin: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33A – “Storm”
Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Leonard Bernstein
Sibelius Symphonies No. 1,2,5,7 etc
DG 474 936
5:28
Stravinsky, Igor: “Storm-Cloud,” 1902, after Pushkin
Lucy Shelton, Soprano John Constable, piano
Of Challenge & of Love
Koch 7425-2
1:45
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Storm”:
I. Largo- Allegro
Artur Schnabel, piano
Μεγάλα Έργα
EMI Classics
8:48
Sibelius, Jean: The Tempest, Suite No. 1, Op. 109
No. 2 Canon
No. 2 Der Sturm
Symphony Orchestra of the Danish National Radio/ Leif Segerstam
Symphony No. 4 Op. 63 / The Tempest: Suite No. 1
Chandos 8943
6:11
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 6 III. IV.
Berlin Philharmonic/ Herbert von Karajan
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies /Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
DG 735557
15:15
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 6 V.
Berlin Philharmonic/ Herbert von Karajan
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies /Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
DG 735557
2:31