Rivers, boatmen, wanderers, and travelers are always on the go. This week, Bill shares stories about journeys and the music they inspired, featuring works by George Handel, Bedřich Smetana, and Duke Ellington. We’ll also hear pieces like Beethoven’s Les Adieux, Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, and Haydn’s Farewell Symphony.
Little Traveling Music, Please
Yellow VW Van on the road, in some national park with huge stone mounds
Playlist
Episode 1
Mendelssohn, Felix: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Leipzig Gewandhaus/Masur
Overtures – Ouvertüren
Berlin Classics 0091572
11:02
Offenbach, Jacques: Tales of Hoffman: “Barcarolle”
Brussels National Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Cambreling; Jessye Norman, Anne Murray, soloists
Les Contes D’Hoffmann
EMI 49641
4:18
Chopin, Frederic: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Masterpieces & Miniatures
Arabesque 6686
8:38
Menotti, Gian Carlo: Sebastian “Barcarolle”
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy
Sebastian – Ballet Suite
CBS 45660
3:40
Gershwin, George: An American in Paris
London Symphony Orchestra/Previn
Rhapsody In Blue / Concerto in F / An American In Paris
EMI 66943
18:01
Schickele, Peter: “A Little Moseying Music”
The Chestnut Brass Company
Hornsmoke
Newport 85638
2:28
Smetana, Bedrich: Má Vlast “Die Moldau”
Czech Philharmonic/Neumann
Smetana (Má Vlast – My Country)
Supraphon 11 0711-2
1:25
Episode 2
Copland, Aaron: Old American Songs “The Boatman’s Song”
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Copland; William Warfield, baritone
Copland Conducts Copland
CBS 42430
3:12
Smetana, Bedrich: Má Vlast “Die Moldau”
Czech Philharmonic/Neumann
Smetana (Má Vlast – My Country)
Supraphon 11 0711-2
12:32
Wagner, Richard: Götterdämmerung “Dawn & Siegfried’s Rhine Journey”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Reiner
Reiner Conducts Wagner / Strauss: Don Juan
RCA 63301-2
13:11
Ibert, Jacques: Escales (Ports of Call)
National Orchestra l’ORTF/Martinon
Escales (Ports of Call) / Ouverture De Fête / Tropismes Pour Des Amours Imaginaires
EMI 64276
15:24
Grofe, Frede: “New Orleans from Mississippi Suite”
New York Philharmonic/Kostelanetz
Grofé: Grand Canyon & Mississippi Suites
CBS 37759
4:06
Smetana, Bedrich: Má Vlast “Die Moldau”
Czech Philharmonic/Neumann
Smetana (Má Vlast – My Country)
Supraphon 11 0711-2
1:22
Episode 3
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Sonata in E-flat, No. 26 Op. 81a, Les Adieux
Richard Goode, piano
The Complete Sonatas
Nonesuch 79328
15:01
Mahler, Gustav: Das Lied von der Erde No. 6, “Der Abschied”
New York Philharmonic/Walter; Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano
Das Lied Von Der Erde
Sony 64455
0:29
Davies, Peter Maxwell: Farewell to Stromness
Christopher O’Riley, piano
Christopher O’Riley
CPI 3294112
3:29
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Sonata in E-flat, No. 26 Op. 81a, Les Adieux
Richard Goode, piano
The Complete Sonatas
Nonesuch 79328
2:40
Episode 4
Schubert, Franz: “Das Wandern” from Die Schöne Mullerin
Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Moore, piano
The Very Best of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
EMI 75922
2:17
Mahler, Gustav: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
English Chamber Orchestra/Tate; Thomas Allen, baritone
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Des Knaben
Wunderhorn
EMI 49943
17:02
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 45, Farewell (excerpt)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Brown
Haydn – Symphonies 44, 45 and 49
Hänssler 98189
7:12
Mozart, Wolfgang A: Cosi fan tutte “Adio” Quintet
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus/Böhm; Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Kraus, Taddei, Berry
Così Fan Tutte
EMI 69330
2:00
Liszt, Franz: Année de Pèlerinage “Au Lac de Wallenstadt”
Andre Watts, piano
LISZT, F. Piano Music
EMI 64599
3:32
Liszt, Franz: Annee de Pelerinage “Les Jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este”
Igor Kocsis, piano
Igor Kocsis
Phil 420174
7:50
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Songs of Travel “Whither Must I Wander?” “The Vagabond”
Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano
The Vagabond & Other Songs by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Finzi, Ireland
DG 445946
7:04
Liszt, Franz: Année de Pèlerinage “Au Lac de Wallenstadt” (excerpt)
Andre Watts, piano
LISZT, F. Piano Music
EMI 64599
1:33
Episode 5
Handel, George Frideric: Solomon “The Arrival of Queen Sheba”
Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Handel Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
L’Oiseau-Lyre 410553
3:17
Wagner, Richard: Die Walküre “Walkürenritt”
Berlin Phil/Tennstedt
Wagner: Orchestral Music
EMI 68616
5:06
Prokofiev, Sergei: Lt. Kije “Troika”
St. Petersburg Philharmonic/Temirkanov
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 • Lieutenant Kijé Suite
RCA 60984
2:40
Phillips, Burrill: “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra/Hanson
Douglas Moore, John Alden Carpenter, Bernard Rogers, Burrill Phillips
Mercury 434319
5:22
Delius, Frederick: Romeo & Juliet “Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village”
London Symphony Orchestra/Barbirolli
The Walk to the Paradise Garden
EMI 62527
9:42
Alkan, Charles-Valentin: “Le Chemin de fer”
Laurent Martin, piano; Bernard Ringeissen, piano
ALKAN: Railway (The) / Preludes / Etudes / Esquisses
Naxos 8.553434
4:54
Honegger, Hans: “Pacific 231”
Bavarian Radio & TV Symphony Orch/Dutoit
Honegger: Symphony No. 1 / Pastorale d’Été / Pacific 231 / Rugby /
Symphonic Movement No. 3, to Wilhelm Furtwängler
Erato 33171
6:15
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Bachianas Brasileiras No.2 “The Little Train of the Brazilian Jungle” (excerpt)
French Radio National Orchestra/Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 9
EMI 761015
4:05
Duke Ellington/Strayhorn: “Take the “A” Train”
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Take The “A” Train
RCA 1006
2:56
Adams, John: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
San Francisco Symphony/de Waart
The Chairman Dances
Nonesuch 79144
4:14
Bechet, Sidney: “That’s a Plenty”
Sidney Bechet
Triple Best of Sidney Bechet
A Blue Note Records: 2000-01-01
1:25