Yesterday in Dead Musicians ♪♫ - September 20 09-20: Sibelius 1 2 5 7 Barbirolli - Link 80 Killing Katie 1997 - Ben Webster Ballads 1955 - Gilles Binchois / Discantus 2009 - Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Heifetz 1937 1460 – Gilles Binchois (Franco-Flemish composer) 1590 – Lodovico Agostini (Italian composer, singer, priest & scholar) 1630 – Claudio Saracini (Italian composer, lutenist & singer) 1648 – Ivan Lukačić (Croatian-born composer & church musician, active in Italy) 1896 – Johan Gottfried Conradi (Norwegian conductor & composer) 1897 – Karel Bendl (Czech composer & conductor) 1908 – Pablo de Sarasate (Spanish violinist & composer) 1957 – Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) 1957 – Heino Kaski (Finnish composer & pianist) 1960 – Michel Brusselmans (Belgian soundtrack composer) 1967 – Henri Mulet (French organist & composer) 1968 – Frank Pelleg (Czech-born Israeli harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, composer & teacher) 1973 – Ben Webster (American jazz tenor saxophonist & pianist) 1973 – Jim Croce (American singer-songwriter & guitarist) 1974 – Robert Herberigs (Belgian composer) 1984 – Steve Goodman (American folk singer-songwriter, "City of New Orleans") 1994 – Jule Styne (English-born American Broadway composer & pianist) 1994 – Jimmy Hamilton (American jazz clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, arranger, composer & teacher) 1996 – Paul Weston (American pop pianist, arranger, composer & conductor) 1997 – Nick Traina (American punk/ska singer, Link 80, son of Danielle Steel) 2006 – Armin Jordan (Swiss conductor) 2006 – John W. Peterson (American composer of hymns & cantatas) 2010 – Leonard Skinner (American high school gym teacher, namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd) ************************************************* Gilles Binchois - L’argument de beauté (Aeon, 2009) 1. Ave Corpus Christi - contrafactum sur une chanson de Gilles Binchois 2:45 2. Kyrie 3:49 3. Omnes Una Gaudeamus - Carol 2:28 4. Gloria - attribué à Gilles Binchois 3:43 5. Diffusa Est Grazia / Propter Veritatem - Graduel 3:35 6. Sanctus 2:48 7. Agnus Dei 2:16 8. Ecce Quod Natura - Carol 1:42 9. Salve Sancta Parens - Introït 3:40 10. Alleluia / Salve Mundi 3:29 11. Salve Sancta Parens - Carol 2:52 12. Da Pacem Domine - Antienne 1:03 13. Virgo Rosa Venustatis - contrafactum sur une chanson de Gilles Binchois 1:46 14. Priusquam Te Formaret / Misit Dominus - Graduel 3:16 15. Inter Natos Mulierum / Fuit Homo - Répons 2:28 16. Ut Queant Laxis - Hymne 4:35 17. Princeps Serenissime - Carol 2:17 18. Alleluia / Gaude Dei Genitrix 3:07 19. A Solis Ortus Cardine - Hymne 4:12 20. Benedicamus Domino / Deo Gracias - Répons 1:35 Discantus Brigitte Lesne front: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VsQZSe77rqs/TjQrbbWdn2I/AAAAAAAABv4/LQM8AZckHfo/s1600/folder.jpg flac or ape (324 MB): http://filepost.com/files/e715daa7/GBLADB.rar/ ************************************************* Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20. No. 1 (Victor, 1937) Victor 78rpm disc 15246 Digital transfer by F. Reeder Jascha Heifetz, violin London Symphony Orchestra John Barbirolli mp3: http://www.archive.org/details/SarasateZigeunerweisen ************************************************* Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7; Swan of Tuonela (Dutton, 2000, 2 discs) HMV mono & Pye stereo recordings 1949-1957 Disc 1 (mono) Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 (rec. 1952) The Swan of Tuonela (rec. 1955) Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 (rec. 1949) Disc 2 (stereo) Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 (rec. 1957) Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82 (rec. 1957) The Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli front: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EF7uhIrSBLA/SZqk56g267I/AAAAAAAAA1w/LRQ1713S9yk/s1600-h/sibbarbirollifront.JPG back: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EF7uhIrSBLA/SZqk59VeenI/AAAAAAAAA1o/Nfg1x9acxRw/s1600-h/sibbarbirollitracks.JPG mp3@256 (2 parts, 263 MB): http://tinyurl.com/b66c72 http://tinyurl.com/c5qada ************************************************* Ben Webster - Ballads (Disconforme, 1955) 01. Chelsea Bridge 02. Love Is Here To Stay 03. It Happens To Be Me 04. All Too Soon 05. Willow Weep For Me 06. Come Rain Or Come Shine 07. Prelude To A Kiss 08. Do Hothin' Till You Hear From Me 09. My Greatest Mistake 10. There Is No Greater Love 11. Blue Moon 12. What Am I Here For 13. We'll Be Together Again 14. Early Autumn 15. Until Tonight 16. Teach Me Tonight 17. My Funny Valentine 18. Sophisticated Lady 19. Almost Being In Love Ben Webster - tenor sax Jimmy Hamilton, Tony Scott - clarinet Danny Bank - clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto sax, baritone sax Al Epstein - clarinet, bass clarinet, English horn Al Young - flute, baritone sax Chet Amsterdam, Ray Brown, George Duvivier, Wendell Marshall - bass Louie Bellson, Osie Johnson, Papa Jo Jones - drums Hank Jones, Teddy Wilson - piano Billy Strayhorn - arranger, conductor, piano Ralph Burns - arranger, conductor front: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8i09PRqs3kg/Tm_QRXdZuwI/AAAAAAAAH9U/hboRhUcSbN0/s1600/folder.jpg mp3: http://uploading.com/files/cem74794/Ben_Webster_-_Ballads_.rar/ or: http://www.easy-share.com/1916825019/Ben_Webster_-_Ballads_.rar ************************************************* Link 80 - Killing Katie EP (Asian Man, 1997) 01. Better Than Shit 02. Packing Up 03. No Such Thing 04. Kind Of 05. The Truth Of It 06. El Stupido 07. Nothing Left 08. For What It's Worth Nick Traina – lead vocals Matt Bettinelli-Olpin – guitar, vocals (bridge vocals on "Better Than Shit") Adam Pereria – bass, vocals (outro vocals on "Packing Up") Aaron Nagel – trumpet Joey Bustos – drums Seth Blankenship – saxophone Jason Lechner – saxophone Matthew "Kramer" Croda – trumpet front: http://www.technodisco.net/img/tracks/l/link-80/2533593-link-80-killing-katie.jpg mp3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zizmzqmgxc5#1 ************************************************* http://yesterdayindeadmusicians.blogspot.com/