We start every hour this week with a cheerful “Hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,” inspired by the incidental music in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Bill rounds out each day with many different composers’ works influenced by all aspects of love. These include from love songs in operas, Richard Wagner’s poetic chamber work Siegfried Idyll celebrating the birth of his son, to Edward Elgar’s Salut D’Amour. Music is truly the universal language of love!
It Was a Lover and His Lass
A couple in love riding bikes as the sun sets
Playlist
Episode 1
Anonymous: It Was a Lover and His Lass (excerpt)
Ken ‘Snakehips’ Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind / It Was A Lover And His Lass
His Master’s Voice EA2871
0:47
Debussy, Claude: L’Isle Joyeuse, L 106
Zoltán Kocsis, piano
Images / 2 Arabesques / L’Isle Joyeuse / Berceuse Héroïque
Phillips 422 404
6:12
Berlioz, Hector: Romeo and Juliet; Love Scene (Adagio)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Giulini
Romeo And Juliet (The Orchestral Music)
His Master’s voice ASD 2606
16:52
Bizet, Georges: Carmen; “Flower Song”
Berlin Philharmonic/Abbado; Roberto Alagna, tenor
The Berlin Gala A Salute to Carmen
DG 457 5832
3:57
Dvorák, Antonin: “Lasst Mich Allein,” Op. 82/1
Angelika Kirschschlager, soprano; Helmut Deutsch, piano
The Secret Of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto
Sony 73716
4:28
Dvorák, Antonin: Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104, III
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Robertson; Vogler, violoncello
The Secret Of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto
Sony 73716
12:48
Elgar, Edward: Salut D’Amour, Op. 12
Nigel Kennedy, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello; Peter Pettinger, piano
Nigel Kennedy Plays Elgar
Chandos 8380
3:10
Dvorák, Antonin: Lasst Mich Allein, Op. 82/1 (excerpt)
Jan Vogler, violoncello; Helmut Deutsch, piano
The Secret Of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto
Sony 73716
1:21
Episode 2
Morley, Thomas: “It was a Lover and His Lass” (excerpt)
Musicians of the Globe/Pickett
Shakespeare’s Musick
Phil 446687
0:30
Sibelius, Jean: Pelléas Et Mélisande, Op. 46 (excerpts)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Järvi
Symphony Nr. 6 Op. 104 / Pelleas & Melisande Op. 46
BIS 237
5:56
Debussy, Claude: Pelléas Et Mélisande
Preludes and Interludes
Cleveland Orchestra/Leinsdorf
Suite From “Pelleas And Melisande”
(Arranged By Erich Leinsdorf) – Sonata For Flute, Viola And Harp
Columbia Special Products AS 14141
9:45
Schoenberg, Arnold: Pelléas Et Mélisande, I-III
Israel Philharmonic/Mehta
Schönberg, Sibelius, Fauré: Pelléas Et Mélisande
Sony 45870
11:13
Fauré, Gabriel: Pelléas Et Mélisande Suite, I-III
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/ Marriner
Fauré: Pavane, Pelléas & Mélisande
Decca 410552
12:35
Fauré, Gabriel: Pelléas Et Mélisande
Pavane
St. Louis Symphony/Slatkin
Encore!
BMG Classics 09026-68511-2
5:12
Mahler, Gustav: Five Rückert Songs
“Ich atmet’ einen Linden Duft”
Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi; Van Dam, bass
Five Rückert Songs
Musical Arts Assn. 904
2:35
Fauré, Gabriel: Pelléas Et Mélisande (excerpt)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner
Fauré: Pavane, Pelléas & Mélisande
Decca 410552
1:24
Episode 3
Harris, Matthew: “It Was a Lover and his Lass”
Chicago A Capella
Shall I Compare Thee? – Choral Songs
Cedille 85
0:45
Mozart, Wolfgang: Grosse Messe c-moll KV 427: Credo
Et incarnatus est
Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernstein; Augér, soprano
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor K.427
DG 431791
7:50
Schumann, Clara: Drei Romanzen Op.22:
Nr.1 Des-Dur (Andante Molto)
Nr.2 G-Moll (Allegretto, Mit Zartem Vortrag)
Nr.3 B-Dur (Leidenschaftlich Schnell)
Isabelle Van Keulen, violin; Ronald Brautigam, piano
Isabelle van Keulen; Ronald Brautigam
Koch 6554
8:54
Schumann, Robert: Romance, Op. 28, No. 2
Byron Janis, Piano
Byron Janis II
Phillips 456 850
3:19
Wagner, Richard: Siegfried Idyll
Staatskapelle Dresden/ Runnicles
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen – Highlights
Teldec 17109
17:47
Gershwin, George: “Our Love Is Here to Stay”
Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie
Verve Records UCCV 4084
3:10
Lobo, Edu: “Pra Dizer Adeus”
Karrin Allyson & Ensemble
Imagina: Songs Of Brazil
Concord Jazz 30428
4:47
Lees, Jobim: “Vinicius de Moraes” (excerpt)
“Estrada Branca” (This Happy Madness)
Karrin Allyson & Ensemble
Imagina: Songs Of Brazil
Concord Jazz 30428
2:15
Harris, Matthew: It Was a Lover and his Lass
Chicago A Capella
Shall I Compare Thee? – Choral Songs
Cedille 85
1:39
Episode 4
Anonymous: “It Was a Lover and His Lass” (excerpt)
Shakespeare
Spotify
1:00
Puccini, Giacomo: Tosca
“Recondita Armonia”
St. Cecilia Academy Orchestra/Patane
The Greatest Tenor Show On Earth
Decca 466480
3:08
Wagner, Richard: Tristan und Isolde
Vorspiel und Liebestode
Philharmonia Orchestra/ Klemperer
Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album 1
EMI 47254
15:49
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr: Romeo & Juliet
“Do You Hear the Nightingale?”
Scottish Nat’l Orchestra/Neeme Järvi; Keith Lewis, tenor; Suzanne Murphy, soprano
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Chan 8476
13:03
Schubert, Franz: “Gretchen am Spinnrade,” D. 118
Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Richard Goode, piano
Goethe Lieder
Nonesuch 79317
3:32
Strayhorn, Billy: “Lush Life”
featuring Johnny Hartman, vocal; McCoy Tyner, piano; John Coltrane, tenor Sax
My One And Only Love – Lush Life
Impulse! 45 218
5:28
Traditional Scottish: “Annie Laurie”
King’s Singers
Annie Laurie: Folksongs of The British Isles
EMI 54904
3:12
Finzi, Gerald: Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: No. 5
“It Was A Lover and His Lass”
Sherrill Milnes, baritone; Jon Spong, piano
Sherrill Milnes in Recital Vol.2
VAI 1141
3:04
Schumann, Robert: Romance, Op. 28 No. 2 in F-sharp (excerpt)
Byron Janis, piano
Great Pianists of The 20th Century – Byron Janis
Phil 456850
2:58
Episode 5
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: “It was a Lover and his Lass”
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Simon Keenlyside, bass; Graham Johnson,piano
Bax: Symphony No. 6
Naxos 8557144
0:45
Strauss, Richard: Der Rosenkavalier
Waltzes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Reiner
Symphony No. 5
Sony 64451
8:41
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
New York Philharmonic/ Walter
Gustav Mahler Symphony No.1
Decca/ London 460 793
7:42
Wagner, Richard: Tristan und Isolde (excerpt)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Klemperer
Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album 1
EMI 47254
0:31
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
New York Philharmonic/Walter
Gustav Mahler Symphony No.1
Decca/ London 460 793
0:45
Verdi, Giuseppe: Othello (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim; Renée Fleming, soprano; Plácido Domingo, tenor
Renée Fleming – Prelude to a Kiss
Decca 460 793
10:03
Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesleid
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano
Anne-Sophie MutterTango Song and Dance
DG 471 500
4:18
Kreisler, Fritz: Schön Rosmarin
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano
Anne-Sophie MutterT Tango Song and Dance
DG 471 500
2:12
Gershwin, George: Porgy & Bess
”Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
Orchestra/Gershwin; Duncan, baritone; Brown, soprano
rehearsal radio broadcast (7/19/1935)
Gershwin Performs Gershwin – Rare Recordings 1931-1935
Heritage Jazz 512923A
5:13
Davis, Jimmy: “Lover Man” (Oh Where Can You Be?)
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Sherman, Jimmy Ramirez, Roger “Ram”
3:23
Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert: Immense et rouge
Eric Amado
Chansons De Jacques Prévert
Van 6038
1:09
Francis Lemarque: D’Amour et d’eau fraiche
(Some Love and Some Cold Water)
Eric Amado
Chansons De Jacques Prévert
Van 6038
1:39
Rodgers & Hart: “My Funny Valentine”
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
Verve 72582
3:54
Rodgers & Hart: My Funny Valentine (excerpt)
Gene Bertoncini, Bill Charlap & Sean Smith
Gene Bertoncini
Chiaroscuro CR 354
1:46
