I just burned the following mix for a friend:
– Aaron Copland, “Down a Country Lane” (original version for piano)
– Bill Frisell, “My Man’s Gone Now”
– Claire Lynch, “Jealousy”
– Erin McKeown, “A Better Wife”
– Jonatha Brooke, “Is This All”
– Steely Dan, “Any Major Dude Will Tell You”
– Selim Palmgren, “West Finnish Dance” (played by Benno Moiseiwitsch)
– Luciana Souza, “Doce de Coco”
– Pat Metheny, “Midwestern Night’s Dream”
– Emmanuel Chabrier, “Idyll” (orchestral version, from Suite pastorale)
– Tony Rice Unit, “Neon Tetra”
– Percy Grainger, “Brigg Fair” (sung by Peter Pears and the Linden Singers)
– Nickel Creek, “Seven Wonders”
– Ned Rorem, “The Lordly Hudson” (sung by Susan Graham)
– Mary Foster Conklin, “Mad About You”
– Bill Charlap, “A Quiet Girl”
– Gabriel Faur