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Ralph TownerBarely Baroque
For this New Sounds, hear new arrangements of 17th and 18th century music, including J.S. Bach by the Jacques Loussier Trio, and art songs by The Dowland Project. Also, the new music quartet Clogs mess with baroque minimalism in music by Johann Hieronymus Kapsburger and Ralph Towner flirts with baroque rhythms on his 12-string. And, as always, much more.
PROGRAM # 2607, The New Sounds of Baroque Music (First aired on 11/16/06)
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Clogs |
Lantern |
Kapsburger [2:00] |
Brassland #010 ** www.brassland.org* |
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Various Artists: Ralph Towner |
Guitar Harvest |
Sarabande [2:30] |
Solid Air #2042 www.solidairrecords.com |
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Rolf Lislevand |
Nuove Musiche |
Arpeggiata Addio [7:30] |
ECM #1922 ** www.ecmrecords.com * |
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Red Byrd |
Songs of Love And Death |
Zefiro Torna [7:00] |
Factory #336
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The Dowland Project |
Care-Charming Sleep |
Accenti Queruli [6:00] |
ECM #1803
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Jacques Loussier Trio |
The Brandenburgs |
Concerto #3, finale [2:30] |
Telarc #83644 ** www.telarc.com* |
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Lambarena |
Bach To Africa |
Cantata #147 / Sankanda [5:00] |
Sony Classical #64532 ** www.sony.com* |
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Uri Caine Ensemble |
The Goldberg Variations |
Variation 11 [2:00] |
Winter & Winter #910 054 www.winterandwinter.com |
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Various Artists: Paul Lansky |
Messiah Remix |
Post-Pastoral [4:30] |
Cantaloupe #21020 ** www.cantaloupemusic.com * |
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Thomas Wilbrandt |
The Electric V |
Spring, excerpt [3:30] |
London# 425 206 Out of print, but try Amazon.com* or auction sites |
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Listening to New Sounds, Feb 2. What was the music John Shaefer was playing just before 11 PM, something called Rehearsing the Choir? Do you have info on this music? I really liked the piece.
2/2/08 11PM-Midnight show about Jazz that is not quite Jazz, play list is not posted, but the band was from Belgium called (phonetic spelling) "OXACMABOULE" an album from the 80's. Could you please send me the playlist a/o proper spelling, I have been looking for the 1st song played for 20 years. It used to be the opening song from a DJ named "The Immigrant" on WFMU in the 80's-90's.
Thank you much appreciateD
Hi there! The cut you mentionned is entitled "Milano Per Caso" and it can be found on Marc Hollander's band Aksak Maboul "Onze Danses pour Combattre La Migraine" which was released on Crammed Discs in Belgium back in the late 70's and more recentely on CD. I did indeed use this piece as the opening theme for my WFMU 91.1FM show which I hosted between 1979 and 1991. I later kept on using the same piece on my CKUT 90.3FM show in Montreal between 1991 and 2004 when I left for Radio-Canada's Espace musique where I still do radio every Friday evening between 8:00PM and 11:00PM as well as at other times. For more details, please go to: www.radio-canada.ca/espacemusique and click on my name in the section labelled "Animateurs". Good to see that some people remember! Stay creative!
Dan Behrman, The Immigrant
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