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A VALIANT EFFORT TO CHANGE THE WAY WE LISTEN TO BEETHOVEN’S NINTH: CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON A NEW RECORDING WITH THE PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, CHORUS AND SOLOISTS (REBECCA EVANS, PATRICIA BARDON, ROBERT MURRAY AND DEREK WELTON] CONDUCTED BY BENJAMIN ZANDER (3-Brattle Media cds) By Lewis M. Smoley For time in memoriam, musicians, musicologists and music critics have […] Support the show

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley Josef Strauss Fantasiebilder Walzer Kakadu Quadrille Moulinet Eislauf Avantgarde Marsch Sport Polka Geheime Anziehungskräfte Walzer Les Georgiennes Hochzeit Klänge Schutzen Marsch Schabernack Polka Fashion Lancier Quadrille Frauenwürde Spharenklange Walzer Verliebte Augen Polka Francaise Jocus Polka Perlen Der Liebe, Concert Walzer Dorfschwalben Aus Osterreich Walze...

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley Johann Strauss I Kettenbrucke Walzer Stelldichein Galopp Hietzinger Reunion Walzer Wilhelm Tell Galopp Das Leben Ein Tanz Oder Der Tanz Ein Leben! Fra Diavolo Cotillons Die Vier Temperamente Walzer Elisabethen Waltz Kunstler Ball Tanze Walzer Mode Quadielle Die Fantasten Walzer Loreley Thein Klange Walzer Johann Strauss II Im Krapfenwaldl Polka […] Support the show

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Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Ballade in F# Allegretto Introduzione (Mesto) Finale (Allegro) Sonata in A Minor Sonata Reminiscenza in a Sonata Tragica Sonata Romantica in Bb Minor Romanza, Andantino Con Moto, Ma Sempre Espressivo Scherzo Allegro Meditazione, Andante Con Moto Finale: Allegro Non Troppo Sonata Minacciosa Allegro Sostenuto, Concentrando L’itsesso Tempo (Ma […] Support the...

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Sonata in F minor Allegro Intermezzo Allegro Largo Divoto Finale: Allegro Risoluto A flat Major Sonata D minor Sonata: Elegy C Major Sonata Sonata in G Minor Skazka Sonata (Fairy Tale), In C Allegro Abandonamente Andantino Con Moto Allegro ConSpirito Sonata In E Minor: Night Wind Introduzione: Andante […] Support the show

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Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Gottfried Huppertz Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Titelmusik In Der Waldschmiede Mimes An Der Drachenquelle Kampf Siegfried Drache Lindenzweig Singender Vogel Bade im Blut Lindenblatt Der Wettkampf Brunhild Gunther Kampf Gunther, Brunhild Vor Dem Dome, Konfrontation Kriemhild-Brunhild Quelle – Tod Siegfrieds Kemenate Kriemhilds – Kriemhilds Schwur Kriemhild’s R...

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Chaplin The Kid Pay Day The Gold Rush The Circus William Perry The General The Beloved Rogue The Gold Rush Orphans of the Storm Shostakovich New Babylon Part 1 Part 2 Part 5 Part 6 Carmine Coppola Napoleon Napoleon’s March Snow Fight Pozzo Theme (Enemy Theme) Exit Music […] Support the show

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Listening Guide With Lew Smoley, and Howard Nevison The Works Allmächt’ge Jungfrau (Elizabeth) Flagstad Schech Harshaw Brouwenstijn Grummer De Los Angeles Silja Nilsson Wie Todesahnung Dämmerung. . .O Du meine holder Abendstern Tibet Husch Bonelli London Part 1 Part 2 Fischer-Dieskau Rome Narrative Melchior (Janssen) Vinay (London) Windgassen (Bumbery) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 […] Support the show

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley, and Howard Nevison The Works Dich teure Halle (Elizabeth) Maria Muller Flagstad Rethberg Bampton Varnay Marianne Schech Margaret Harshaw Rysanek Grummer De Los Angeles Silja O Fürstin!. . .Gepreisen, sie die Stunde Melchior and Flagstad Lorenz Reining Vinay and Harshaw Windgassen and Nilsson Dich treff’ ich hier in dieser Halle […] Support the show

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley, and Howard Nevison The Works Die töne Lob! Melchior with Thorborg Treptow with Eipperle Vinay with Varnay Windgassen with Bumbry Part 1 Part 2 Hopf with Schech Venus and Tannhauser duet Melchior and Lawrence Vinay and Varnay Part 1 Part 2 Windgassen and Bumbry Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 […] Support the show

Listening Guide The Works Pacius National Anthem Sibelius Finnish Jager March Madetoja Kullervo Klami Lemminkainen’s Adventures On The Island of Saari Englund Symphony No. 3 Maestoso, Allegro Ritmico Scherzo Molto Adagio Allegro Con Brio, Largamente Kokkonen Cello Concerto Moderato Mosso, Allegro, Cadenza, Allegro Vivace Allegretto Adagio Cadenza, Adagio, Legatissimo Possibile Allegro Vivace Salli...

With Lew Smoley, Dennis Rooney, and Sedgwick Clark Support the show

With Lew Smoley, Dennis Rooney, and Sedgwick Clark Support the show

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Symphony No. 7: Angel of Light Tranquillo Molto Allegro Come Un Sogno Pesante Cantabile Symphony No. 8 Adagio Assai, Andate Assai Feroce Tranquillo Con Grandezza, Sciolto, Tempo Primo Support the show

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley, Steven Brown, and Howard Nevison The Works Act II: Senta’s Ballade – part 1 Rethberg part 2 Ohms part 3 Lawrence ending Jones entire Varnay entire Silja Hollander, Senta Duet part 1 Flagstad, Janssen part 2 Vonay, Nilsson part 3 Uhde, Varnas Act II: Duet “Wie aus der Ferne” part […] Support the show

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley, Steven Brown, and Howard Nevison The Works Wunderlich Steuermann Lied (complete) Haefliger Steuermann Lied (1st part) Dermota Steuermann Lied (2nd part) Edelmann Die Frist Ist Um Jerger Die Frist Ist Um (2nd part) Janssen Die Frist Ist Um (3rd part) Nissen Die Frist Ist Um (conclusion) London Die Frist Ist […] Support the show

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Symphony No. 4 Movement 1 Movement 2 Movement 3 Movement 4 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6: Vincentiana Starry Night The Crows Saint Remy Apotheosis Support the show

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Symphony No. 1 Andante Poetico Allegro Symphony No. 2 Quasi Grave Vivace Largo Presto Symphony No. 3 Langsam, Breit, Ruhig Langsam, Doch Nicht Schleppend Sehr Schnell Bewegt Support the show

Listening Guide The Works Leroy Anderson Serenata Horse & Buggy A Trumpeter’s Lullaby Song Of The Bells Summer Skies Promenade Sleigh Ride The Pussy Foot (From Goldilocks) Home Stretch Blue Tango Bugler’s Holiday Sandpaper Ballet Phantom Regiment Lady In Waiting (Ballet Music) Sarabande Fiddle-Faddle Girl In Satin The Typewriter The Waltzing Cat Plink, Plank, Plunk […] Support the show