Episode #21

Join us this week when we welcome our first guest to the show! We have mezzo-soprano, opera star and radio celeb Julie Nesrallah on the show this week! She discusses with us George Bizet's opera "Carmen" - a role that she has played many times all over the world. In addition, Mitch and I discuss and listen to music from rap originator Big Daddy Kane, influential could-have-beens Big Star, pop music innovator Björk and L.A. punks Black Flag.








We listened to:

Seguedille and Duo: Pres des ramparts de Seville and C'est moi! C'est Toi! from:



Aint No Half Steppin' and Raw from:



The Ballad of El Goodo and In the Street from:



All is Full of Love and Joga from:



TV Party and Six Pack from:



DIRECT LINK: http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/1000rp/1000rp021.mp3

Episode #20!

Join Mitch and Tony this week as we listen to music from high Romantic dramatist Hector Berlioz, jack-of-all-musical-trades Leonard Bernstein, the original rock guitar hero Chuck Berry, brothers in music Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Ry Cooder, and Bollywood über legend Asha Bhosle!

We listened to:

Act II, "Complices de sa gloire. Le Tresor! Le Tresor!" and Act V, "Pluton... semble m'etre propice" from:



Mambo! and Somewhere from:



Johnny B. Goode and You Never Can Tell from:




A Meeting By the River and Ganges River Delta Blues from:




Dil Cheeze Kya Hai and Rang De from:




DIRECT LINK: http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/1000rp/1000rp020.mp3

Episode #19!

Join Mitch and Tony this week as we journey our way through music legend Tony Bennett (with one of the all time greatest jazz pianists, Bill Evans), Romantic atonalist Alban Berg, Post-Modernist madman Luciano Berio and love-sick Hector Berlioz!

We listened to:

Some Other Time and We'll Be Together Again from:



Act III, Scene IV - "Das Messer? Wo ist das messer?" and Act III, Scene V - "Ringel, Ringel, Rosenkranz, Ringelreih'n!" from:



Andante and Adagio from:



II. O King and III. In Ruhig flieBender Bewegung from:



IV. March to the Scaffold and V. Dream of a Witches Sabbath from:



DIRECT LINK: http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/1000rp/1000rp019.mp3

Episode #18!

Join Mitch and Tony this week as we listen to music from sensitive indie rockers Belle & Sebastian, opera legend Maria Callas, Afro-beat pioneers Bembeya Jazz National, Afro-beat Brazilian funkster Jorge Ben and the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St. Maurice!

We listened to:


Seeing Other People and Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying from:



Act I, Scene I - Casta Diva and Act II, Scene III - Ah, crudele! In sendel padre from:



Moussogbe and Beyla from:



Ponta de lanca africano and Xica da silva from:



Te Deum - Hymnus (tonus monasticus)and Magnificat - Tu es pastor ovium - Canticum et Antiphona from:



DIRECT LINK: http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/1000rp/1000rp018.mp3

Comprehensive listing of streaming recordings

One of our astute listeners Mike Misch (who runs the "Recording the Recordings" blog) has made a comprehensive list of all 1,000 recordings, and is putting together links to streaming, on-line versions of every album in Tom Moon's book. This is a fantastic resource that I encourage all of our listeners to take advantage of - way to go Mike!

RECORDING THE RECORDINGS STREAMING LIST

Episode #17!

Join Tony and Mitch this week as we listen to the transcendent Ludwig Van Beethoven, the live fast, die young jazz pioneer Bix Beiderbecke, the multi-talented Harry Belafonte and the modern-day bard Peter Bellamy.

We listened to:

PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4 IN G MAJOR, OP. 58, I. ALLEGRO and PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 73, III. RONDO from:



SYMPHONY NO. 7, OP. 92, II. ALLEGRETTO and SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MINOR, OP. 125, IV. from:



SINGIN' THE BLUES and VIRGINIA I'M COMIN' from:



HAVA NAGEELA and THE MARCHING SAINTS from:



ROLL DOWN and THE ROBBER'S SONG from:



DIRECT LINK: http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/1000rp/1000rp017.mp3

Episode #16!

This week on the 1,000 Recordings Podcast - join Mitch and Tony as we journey through the music of Beck and Beethoven!

We listened to:

TROPICALIA and CANCELED CHECK from:



PIANO TRIO IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 97 "ARCHDUKE", I. ALLEGRO and SEVEN VARIATIONS ON MOZART'S "MAGIC FLUTE" from:



STRING QUARTET OP. 131, I. ADAGIO from:



MISSA SOLEMNIS - CREDO and GLORIA from:



PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN C MAJOR, OP. 15 - I. ALLEGRO CON BRIO and PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 19 - III. RONDO. ALLEGRO MOLTO. from:



DIRECT LINK: http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/1000rp/1000rp016.mp3