Once while traveling by train across the Alps, Gustav Mahler turned to his friend, a fellow composer, and said, “Don’t bother looking at the view; I have already composed it.” For the next two weeks, Exploring Music will present sounds from composers’ backyards and hear their journaling voyages to distant lands: from the bird calls in the Amazon jungle expressed by Brazilian composers, to the distant bells ringing as a composer approaches a safe harbor. Listen, for example, to Italian composer Ottorino Respighi’s famous Pines of Rome, and then travel with him to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he wrote Brazilian Impressions, an orchestral suite with strange and beautiful sounds.
Ports of Call, Part I
A local Port with two rows of Sail Boats
Playlist
Episode 1
Ibert, Jacques: Escales (Ports of Call)
I.Rome-Palermo: Calme, ll.Tunis-Nefta: Modéré très rythmé, III. Valencia: Animé
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Münch
A Hi-Fi Spectacular!
RCA 61500
0:10
Williams, Vaughan: Songs of Travel, ”The Vagabond”
Bryn Terfel, bass; Malcolm Martineau, piano
The Vagabond
DG 477 8429
3:14
Ibert, Jacques: Escales (Ports of Call)
I.Rome-Palermo, Calme, ll. Tunis-Nefta: Modéré très rythmé, III. Valencia: Animé
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Münch
A Hi-Fi Spectacular!
RCA 61500
15:19
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Symphony No. 6 “On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil”
I. Allegro non troppo, III. Allegretto quasi animato, IV. Allegro
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra/ Karabtchevsky
Villa-Lobos, H.: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
Naxos 8.573043
16:29
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Symphony No. 6 “On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil”
I. Allegro (excerpt)
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Karabtchevsky
Villa-Lobos, H.: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
Naxos 8.573043
0:37
Elgar, Edward: In Smyrna
David Golub, piano
Piano Works of Strauss and Elgar
Arabesque Z6706
5:12
Debussy, Claude: L’Isle Joyeuse, L 106
Zoltán Kocsis, piano
Images – 2 Arabesques – L’Isle Joyeuse – Berceuse Héroïque
Philips 422404
6:12
Episode 2
Akpabot, Samuel: Three Nigerian Dances
I. Allegro Moderato
Nat’l Symphony Orchestra of The South African Broadcasting Corp./Cock
Khumalo:5 African Songs / VAN DIJK: San Gloria / San Chronicle
Marco Polo 8.223832
2:44
Akpabot, Samuel: Three Nigerian Dances
II. Andante Cantabile; III. Allegretto
Nat’l Symphony Orchestra of The South African Broadcasting Corp./ Cock
Khumalo: 5 African Songs
Marco Polo 8.223832
5:43
Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Through The Bamboo Forest
Tan Dun, piano; Yo-Yo Ma, violincello
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma
Sony 93927
4:20
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 “Italian”
II. Andante con moto, VI. Saltarello: Presto
Marlboro Festival Orchestra/Pablo Casals
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 and Octet
Sony 46251
14:01
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 “Italian”
II. Andante con moto (excerpts)
Marlboro Festival Orchestra/Pablo Casals
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 & Octet
Sony 46251
0:24; 0:24
Canteloube, Joseph: Chants D’Auvergne
“La Pastoura Als Camps,” “Pastourelle 3,” “Lo Fiolairé,” “Baïlèro”
English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate, Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Chants D’Auvergne Vol 1
London 002013002
12:53
Walton, William: “Touch Her Soft Lips and Part”
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/William Walton
Walton Conducts Walton The 1964 New Zealand Tour
Bridge Records 9133
2:45
Henry V, Walton: “Agincourt Song”
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Carl Davis
The Battle Of Britain (Suite)
EMI 47944
2:30
Canteloube, Joseph: “Chants D’Auvergne
III.”Lo Fiolairé” (excerpt)
English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Chants D’Auvergne Vol 1
London 444995
2:46
Episode 3
Bizet, Georges: L’Arlésienne Suite
I. Prelude, II.Pastorale, III. Carillon
London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
L’Arlesienne Suiten 1 & 2
DG 4776350
16:42
Rossini, Gioacchino: L’Italiana in Algeri: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado
ROSSINI: SEVEN OVERTURES ABBADO / CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE
DG 431653
7:47
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Africa, Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Africa
Cala 4031
11:10
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Samson and Delilah Act 2: Sc. 3,
“Mon Coeur S’Ouvre À Ta Voix” Act 3: Sc. 2, “Danse Bacchanale”
London Symphony Orchestra/Chorus, Colin Davis
José Cura,tenor; Olga Borodina, soprano
Saint-Saëns – Samson & Dalila
Warner 000302309
12:39
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Samson and Delilah Op. 47
Act 3 “Bachanale” (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra/Chorus, Colin Davis
José Cura,tenor; Olga Borodina, soprano
Saint-Saëns – Samson & Dalila
Warner 000302309
1:09
Episode 4
D’Indy, Vincent: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25,
II. Assez Modéré, Mais Sans Lenteur (excerpt)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Marek Janowski; Catherine Collard, piano
Apex 749809
1:02
D’Indy, Vincent: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25,
I. Assez lent-modérément animé-allegro
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Marek Janowski; Catherine Collard, piano
Apex 749809
10:20
Delius, Frederick: “The Song of A Great City”
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
Naxos 8.110904
21:37
Wild Bill Davis: ‘Azure-Te’
Karrin Allyson
Itunes
6:35
Edgar “Yip” Harburg & Vernon Duke: “April In Paris” (1956 Version)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Itunes
6:32
Edgar “Yip” Harburg & Vernon Duke: “April In Paris” (1956 Version)
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Itunes
3:50
D’Indy, Vincent: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25
III. Animé (excerpt)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Marek Janowski, Catherine Collard, piano
Apex 749809
2:31
Episode 5
Berlioz, Hector: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Münch
Berlioz Overtures
RCA 708280
8:07
Liszt, Franz: Années de Pèlerinage
ll. “Aux Cyprès De La Villa d’Este”
Müza Rubackyté, piano
Années de Pèlerinage
Doron Music 0675754037574
6:53
Liszt, Franz: Années de Pèlerinage (Troisième Année: Rome)
“Les Jeux D’eau a La Villa D’Este”
Andre Watts, piano
André Watts Plays Liszt
EMI 64599
7:48
Respighi, Ottorino: Fontane di Roma
II “The Triton Fountain At Morning”
Riccardo Muti: Philadelphia Orchestra
Pini Di Roma · Fontane Di Roma · Feste Romane
Warner 45316
2:35
Respighi, Ottorino: Pini di Roma
I. “Pini di Villa Borghese,” II. “Pini presso una catacomba,”
III. “Pini del Gianicolo,” IV. “Pini Della Via Appia”
Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
Pini Di Roma · Fontane Di Roma · Feste Romane
Warner 45316
25:09
