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C. MICHAEL BAILEY,
C. Michael Bailey

C. Michael Bailey

Senior Contributor since 1997

...wants to know if Gene Harris is playing "Summertime" in Heaven...

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Published: March 14, 2008

Tracks: Det lisle beanet (The little child); So ro, godt barn (Rest now, sweet child); Villemann og Magnhild (Villemann and Magnhild); Tjovane (The thieves); Nu solen ger ned (The sun is setting); I mine kete ungdomsdagar (In my reckless, youthful days); Gjendines benlet (Gjendine lullaby); Bruremarsj fre Gudbrandsdalen (Wedding march from Gudbrandsdalen); Rolandskvadet (The song of Roland); Solb¸nn (Sun-prayer); Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (I know a stronghold in heaven); Nu vilar hela jorden (All the earth now rests in peace); Springdans fra Vestfold (Dance from Vestfold); Eg aktar inkje (I donet think much of those boys); Den elskte Jerusalem (Beloved Jerusalem); Till, till tove Lova Line Danse, ikke gre na (Dance, do not cry now); Den signede dag (The day of joy); Folkefrelsar, til oss kom (Saviour of the nations, come).

Personnel: Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Ostrem Ossum: vocals; Birger Mistereggen percussion and jew's harp.

Bagatellen Und Serenaden

Tracks: Bagatellen (2005): I - XIII/ II (var.); Elegie for string orchestra (2002); Stille Musik for string orchestra (2002): I. Walzer des Augenblicks, II. Abendserenade, III. Augenblicke der Serenade; Abschiedsserenade for string orchestra (2003): I, II; Der Bote for strings and piano (1996); Zwei Dialoge mit Nachwort for string orchestra and piano (2001/02): I. Hochzeitswalzer, II. Postludium, III. Morgenserenade.

Personnel: Valentin Silvestrov: piano; Alexei Lubimov: piano; Munchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen, conductor.

Gustav Mahler/Dmitri Shostakovich

Tracks: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony No. 10 - Adagio (1910) adapted for strings by Hans Stadlmair and Kremerata Baltica; Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Symphony No. 14 op. 135 (1969) for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra Dedicated to Benjamin Britten: De Profundis; Malague; Loreley; The Suicide; On the Alert; Look, Madame; At the Santa Jail; The Zaporozhian Cossacks' Reply to the Sultan of Constantinople; O Delvig, Delvig!; The Death of the Poet; Conclusion.

Personnel: The Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer, Conductor.

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