Saturday, March 19, 2005

Today's Musical Selection: Cosmic Music: Meeting Angels Through Sound & Music

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Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras 15:29
Performed by: Christopher Warren-Green

Samuel Barber Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11 7:01
Performed by: Richard Hickox

Tobias Picker Old and Lost Rivers for orchestra 6:33
Performed by: Christoph Eschenbach
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Arthur Honegger Pastorale d'été, symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, H31 8:08
Performed by: Jesús López-Cobos

Lars-Erik Larsson Lyric Fantasy, Op 58 10:03
Performed by: Ulf Björlin

Erik Satie Gymnopédies (3), for piano, complete (also orchestrated by Debussy): Gymnopédies (2) 5:35
Performed by: Paul Tortelier

Lord Benjamin Britten Sea Interludes (4) from Peter Grimes, for orchestra, Op. 33a: Moonlight 4:36
Performed by: Libor Pesek

Gustav Holst The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age 9:29
Performed by: Sir Charles Mackerras