Welcome to Dave’s Music Room, or “The rain in Spain stays almost invariably in the hills”

<p>Uploaded February 27, 2021</p> <p>Playlist</p> <p><strong>Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Gordon Jacob: &nbsp;English Folk Song Suite</strong></p> <p>I. &nbsp;March ‘Seventeen come Sunday’ [2:53]</p> <p>II. &nbsp;Intermezzo ‘My bonny Boy’ [2:52]</p> <p>III. &nbsp;March ‘Folk Songs from Somerset’ [2:59]</p> <p>London Symphony Orchestra</p> <p>Sir Adrian Boult</p> <p>EMI LASER CDZ 7 62527 2</p> <p><strong>Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole</strong></p> <p>I. &nbsp;Prélude à la nuit [4:46]</p> <p>II. &nbsp;Malagueña [1:53]</p> <p>III. &nbsp;Habanera [2:29]</p> <p>IV. &nbsp;Feria [6:11]</p> <p>Alfons &amp; Aloys Kontarsky, pianos</p> <p>DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ELOQUENCE 4696842</p> <p><strong>Gheorghe Enescu: First Suite for Orchestra, Op. 9</strong></p> <p>I. &nbsp;Prélude à l’unisson [8:41]</p> <p>II. &nbsp;Menuet lent [10:51]</p> <p>III. &nbsp;Intermède [4:00]</p> <p>IV. &nbsp;Finale [5:36]</p> <p>Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo</p> <p>Lawrence Foster</p> <p>ERATO ECD 75118</p> <p><strong>George Gershwin: I got rhythm </strong>[4:40]</p> <p>Trudy Desmond, vocals</p> <p>Neil Swainson, ‘bass</p> <p>Rick Lazar, percussion</p> <p>JUST A MEMORY JAM 9159-2</p> <p><strong>Tony Levin: Gecko Walk </strong>[5:01]</p> <p>Larry Fast, synth; Jerry Marotta, drums; Jeff Pevar, guitar; David Torn, drum processing; Tony Levin, bass</p> <p>NARADA 72438-49132-2-9</p> <p><strong>Irving Berlin: Let’s face the music and dance</strong> [2:55]</p> <p>Ella Fitzgerald, vocals</p> <p>Orchestra conducted by Paul Weston</p> <p>VERVE 835 450-2</p> <p><strong>Richard Strauss: &nbsp;Drei Männerchore (1935)</strong></p> <p>I. &nbsp;Vor den Türen [4:12]</p> <p>II. &nbsp;Traumlicht [4:04]</p> <p>III. &nbsp;Fröhlich im Maien [3:36]</p> <p>The Hilliard Ensemble</p> <p>Paul Hillier</p> <p>EMI REFLEXE CDC 7 54017 2</p> <p><strong>Richard Wagner: &nbsp;Overture to Das Liebesverbot</strong> [9:00]</p> <p>Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg</p> <p>Alois Springer</p> <p>VOX ALLEGRETTO ACD 8087</p> <p><strong>John Field: &nbsp;Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Ma