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Blog archives for October, 2011


Archive for October, 2011

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

KHCD-2011-092 (STEREO) – Requiem in d minor, WAB 39 (1849 – Edition: Haas/Orel) – Herrad Wehrung, soprano; Hildegard Laurich, alto; Friedreich Melzer, tenor;Günter Reich, bass; Laubacher Kantorei; Instrumental-Ensemble Werner Keltsch – Conducted by Hans Michael Beuerle – Psalm 146 in A, WAB 37 (ca. 1856 – Fair copy in Bruckner’s hand) – Ursula Wendt, soprano; […]

Monday, October 17th, 2011

KHCD-ST009 (STEREO) – East Side-West Side – Soundtrack from the 1963 CBS-TV Production – Music composed and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins – This dramatic series featured stories about child abuse, drug abuse, rip-offs of the welfare system, crime; all of the problems of the inner city. The series centered on George C. Scott in the […]

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

KHCD-ST008 (STEREO) – The Hustler – Soundtrack from the 1961 Movie – Music by Kenyon Hopkins – Kenyon Hopkins, formerly an arranger for Paul Whiteman, became prominent as a film composer best known for writing music for Tennessee Williams films that did not become classics. Probably the most memorable aspects of films such as This […]

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

KHCD-ST007 (MONO) – Eleven Against The Ice – Soundtrack from the 1957 NBC-TV Special – Music by Kenyon Hopkins – “Eleven Against the Ice” was an NBC-TV Color Special documentary broadcast in September 1957. The show followed 11 men who trailed the 640 mile safe route across the Antarctic to build the original Byrd Station. […]

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

KHCD-2011-084 (MONO) – An Album of  Military Band Music – Music by Sousa; Holst: First Suite for Military Band, Op. 28;  Rosse: The Merchant of Venice; Ansell: Three Irish Pictures; Wood: Three Dale Dances – Band of the Grenadier Guards – The regiment of the Grenadier Guards was founded by King Charles II in 1656 […]

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

KHCD-2011-083-3CD (STEREO) – J. S. Bach: Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644 – Organ Choral Preludes for the Church Year, Cantata Chorales, and other Chorale settings – Chorus of the Gedächtniskirche, Stuttgart – Helmuth Rilling, organist and conductor – Bach’s original intention for the Orgelbüchlein was to compose 164 preludes on the 161 chorale melodies he listed on the […]

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

KHCD-2011-082 (STEREO) – Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123 – Leonore Kirchstein, soprano; Jeanne Deroubaix, alto; Peter Schreier, tenor; Günter Morbach, bass; Gürzenich Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Gunter Wand – Beethoven’s personal blending of dogma and drama in his Missa Solemnis resulted in an outpouring of human emotion, a towering masterpiece from a composer often […]

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

    KHCD-2011-081-2CD (STEREO) – The Artistry of Maurice André – Trumpet Concerti by Haydn, Hummel, Vivaldi Telemann, Albinoni & Torelli – Jean-François Chamber Orchestra/Lamoureux Orchestra/Die Weiner Solisten; Music for Trumpet and Organ – Selections by Bach, Gervaise, Viviani & Torelli – Marie-Claire Alain, organ – The quintessential classical virtuoso trumpeter,  he rose to international […]