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October 26, 2003
TT: Music to answer e-mail by
I don't know about OGIC, but I've answered just about all of my mail. (I understand she's tailgating today. Harrumph! No doubt she'll tell you all about it....)I'm heading into a four-deadline, two-play week, by the way, so you won't be hearing as much from me as usual, but I promise not to disappear even close to completely, and Our Girl has plenty of stuff on her mind. We'll keep you fed and happy.
In the meantime, here's a playlist. I recovered nearly all my data after that horrendous hard-drive explosion, but one thing I did lose was my mp3 files, every last one of them, arrgh. The good part is that I've been ripping lots and lots of CDs in the course of the past couple of weeks in order to reconstitute my Lost iTunes Jukebox, and my listening has been nicely eclectic as a result. Here's what I played (and ripped) as I answered your mail this evening:
1. Elgar Introduction and Allegro, performed by Benjamin Britten and the English Chamber Orchestra (one of the most underrated of all string-orchestra masterpieces, conducted by a great composer to boot).
2. Coldplay, "Yellow"
3. Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, "Swing 42" (I can't hear this record often enough, for some reason)
4. Paul Whiteman, "Dardanella" (arrangement by Bill Challis, solo by Bix Beiderbecke)
5. Gerry Mulligan and Zoot Sims, "Davenport Blues" (in honor of Bix, obviously)
6. Luciana Souza, "Doce de Coco" (from Brazilian Duos, a CD you must own)
7. Fauré "Clair de lune," sung by Gerard Souzay (the 1946 Decca, recorded when his pipes were young and glistening)
8. Nickel Creek, "Seven Wonders" (Sara's singing is so pretty on this one)
Incidentally, has anybody out there heard of a group called the Hot Club of Cowtown? I heard them on NPR the other day, and I'm thinking they might be a good subject for a piece....
Posted October 26, 2003 9:02 AM
