This week on Exploring Music, we will continue traveling with composers around the world. Music from around the globe varies as much as languages do. Many of us can identify the country where a composition was written before we can name the composer who wrote it. You can’t separate the composer from his background. Listen to them express the sounds of their native land and paint musical pictures of their travels. We will hear the music of homesick George Gershwin in Paris, Charles Ives floating down the Housatonic River in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, and Ella Fitzgerald and her friends on the “A” train in New York City.
Ports of Call, Part II
Aerial view of a port with boats sitting in an aquamarine sea
Playlist
Episode 1
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr: Cappriccio Italien
Minnesota Symphony/Eiji Oue
Oue, Mo : Ports of Call
Ports of Call RR-80CD
15:53
De Curtis, Ernesto: “Torna a Surriento” (Come Back to Sorrento)
Mario Lanza, tenor
Far Away Places Nostalgic songs of Travel
CCL CDG1224
3:09
Berlioz, Hector: Harold en Italie, Op. 16
III. Allegro Assai (Serenade of an Abruzzi Mountain-Dweller to His Mistress)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy; David Aaron Carpenter, viola
Harold In Italy / Sonata Per la Gran Viola E Orchestra
Ondine ODE 1188
6:42
Rascel, Renato: “Arrivederci Roma”
Mario Lanza, tenor
Essential Mario Lanza
RCA 707409
2:46
Enescu, George: Rumänische Rhapsodie, Op. 11 Nr. 2, D-Dur
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Enescu: Symphony No. 3 & Romanian Rhapsody
Chandos 9633
14:15
Ferrão, Raul: “Coimbra” (April in Portugal)
Amália Rodrigues, soprano
Amália Rodrigues in Concert
Columbia 11062
2:37
Portela, Raul: “Lisboa Antiga” (Old Lisbon)
Amália Rodrigues, soprano
Amália Rodrigues in Concert
Columbia 11062
2:45
Episode 2
Sibelius, Jean: Finlandia, Op. 26
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
Sibelius’ Greatest Hits
CBS 39447
8:27
Borodin, Alexander: In The Steppes of Central Asia
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
Sheherazade, In the Steppes of Central Asia
Philips 470-840-2
7:54
Balakirev, Mily: Islamey, Fantaisie orientale
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Tchaikovsky: Les Saisons; Balakirev: Islamey
Sony 60689
8:43
Siegel, Ralph Maria: “Ich Hab’ Noch Einen Koffer In Berlin”
Marlene Dietrich, vocal
Der Blonde Engel – 25 Lieder
EMI 37438
3:06
Sieczynski, Rudolf: “Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume”
English Chamber Orchestra/Julius Rudel; Plácido Domingo, tenor
Placido Domingo: Vienna – City of My Dreams
Warner Classics 5752422
4;56
Strauss II, Johann: G’schicten aus dem Wienerwald, Op.325 (Tales from the Vienna Woods)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim
Johann Strauss II: Waltzes & Polkas
Erato 459982
13:26
Strauss II, Johann: On The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
An Evening With The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
EMI 68860
6:56
Episode 3
Gershwin, George: An American In Paris
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/James Levine
Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris /
“Porgy And Bess” Suite (Catfish Row) / Cuban Overture
DG 431 625-2
17:33
Ives, Charles: Three Places in New England
III. “The Housatonic at Stockbridge”
Gilbert Kalish, piano; Jan De Gaetani, soprano
Songs
Electra Nonesuch 9 71325-2
3:51
Ives, Charles: Three Places in New England
III. “The Housatonic At Stockbridge”
Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph Von Dohnanyi
Three Places In New England – Orchestral Set No. 2 – Sun-Treader – Men And Mountains
London 443776
4:05
Brubeck, Dave: Autumn In Washington Square
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Jazz Impressions of New York
CBS 465
5:30
Earle Hagen and Dick Rogers: Harlem Nocturne
Ray Noble & His Orchestra
From Oakland To Burbank / Harlem Nocturne
Columbia 35708
3:01
Strayhorn, Billy: Take the “A” Train
Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book
Verve Records 837 035
6:43
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Bachianas Brasileiras
II. “The Little Train of the Caipira”
London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Eugene Goossens
The Little Train Of The Caipira From Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 /
Estancia / Panambi (Ballet Suites)
Everest 3041
4:36
Parker Jr, Herman & Sam C. Phillips: Mystery Train
Elvis Presley
Mystery Train / I Forgot To Remember To Forget
Sun 223
2:29
Episode 4
Schumann, Robert: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97, “Rhenish”
IV.. Feierlich
Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell
The Four Symphonies / Manfred Overture
Sony Classical MH2K 62349
5:46
Smetana, Bedřich: Má Vlast
II. “Vltava” (Moldau)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Rafael Kubelík
Má Vlast
Supraphon 1910-2 031
11:43
Iovanici, Jan: Danube Waves Waltz
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/Miklós Rózsa
Danube Waves
EMI 6886223
6:27
Grofé, Ferde: Mississippi Suite
I. “Father of the Waters”
New York Philharmonic/André Kostelanetz
Grand Canyon Suite & Mississippi Suites
CBS MYK 37759
3:02
Newman, Randy: Louisiana 1927
Randy Newman
Marie / Louisiana 1927
Reprise Records 1387
2:56
Alter, Louis: “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”
Louis Armstrong
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
3:01
Bernie, Ben, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey: “Rainy Night In Georgia”
Brook Benton
Rainy Night In Georgia
Atlantic 70420
3:50
Bernie, Ben, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey: “Sweet Georgia Brown”
Brother Bones & His Shadows
Sweet Georgia Brown / Margie
2:52
Carmichael, Hoagy, Johnny Mercer: “Georgia On My Mind”
Ray Charles
Georgia On My Mind
ABC Paramount 10135
3:38
Blackburn, John & Karl Suessdorf: “Moonlight In Vermont”
Mel Tormé
The Special Magic Of Mel Tormé
Verve Records 2317 076
3:02
Fisher, Fred: “Chicago”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Erich Leinsdorf; Benny Goodman, clarinet
Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 And 2
CSO 100
2:39
Episode 5
Butterworth, George: A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Warlock: Capriol Suite; Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
London 421391-2
11:43
Sherwin, Manning , Eric Maschwitz: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Vera Lynn
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square / A Little King Without A Crown
Decca 7507
3:18
Barber, Samuel: Dover Beach for Voice and String Quartet, Op. 3
Samuel Barber & Curtis String Quartet
String Quartet In E Minor – “From My Life”
Weston Sound WSCD 9901
7:48
Kent, Walter, Nat Burton: The White Cliffs of Dover
Vera Lynn
The White Cliffs of Dover
Ace of Clubs ACL 1125
3:17
Bartók, Béla: Easy Pieces For Piano, SZ 39 ”
Evening in The Village”
Bart Schneemann oboe; Jan Rokyta, cimbalom
It Takes Two
Channel Crossing 1859
3:29
Bartók, Béla: Hungarian Sketches, SZ 97 – “Slightly Tipsy”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner
Concerto For Orchestra / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta / Hungarian Sketches
RCA 61504-2
2:19
Bartók, Béla: Hungarian Sketches, SZ 97 – “Swineherd’s Dance”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner
Concerto For Orchestra / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta / Hungarian Sketches
RCA 61504-2
1:58
Handy, WC: “St. Louis Blue”
Katharine Handy Lewis
W.C. Handy Blues Sung By His Daughter Katharine Handy Lewis In Traditional Style
Folkways Records FG 3540
3:08
Leiber, Jerry & Mike Stoller: “Kansas City”
Wilbert Harrison
Kansas City / Listen, My Darling
Fury Records 1023
2:22
Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson: “Piney Brown Blues”
Big Joe Turner & Jay McShann
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues – Piano Blues A film by Clint Eastwood
Columbia 5125712000
5:24
Picker, Tobias: :Old & Lost Rivers”
London Symphony Orchestra/John Williams
The Five Sacred Trees
Sony SK 62729
4:44
Hume, Alexander, Robert Burns: “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton”
Garrison Keillor
A Visit To Mark Twain’s House
2:22
