A companion blog to the radio program Beauty And The Beat, which airs live every Thursday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm Eastern Time on WBCR-lp 97.7 FM in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
To listen in the rest of the world, tune in the show live on the Internet.Go to: www.berkshireradio.org, and then "Click here to listen to our live stream".
Tune in as often as you can! I hope you'll hear some music that you might not have encountered otherwise, and maybe some familiar stuff that you like.
Beauty and the Beat Playlist 8/18/11
The Peabody Trio,Beethoven Trio In D Major, Opus 70, No.1, Movement 3; Presto
Cyrus Chestnut, Coming through the Rye, from Soul Food
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Musica ricercata VII. Cantabile, molto legato, by Giorgio Ligeti, from: Ligeti Solo Piano Works
Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan, title track from Two of a Mind
Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Call Of The Valley, from Soundscapes - Music of the Valleys
Egberto Gismonti, Coracao, fromSol Do Meio Dia
Peter Donohoe, Walking Song, composed by Kevin Volans, from Volans: This is How It Is / Walking Song / Leaping Dance
Eyvind Kang, Marriage Of Days, from Virginal Co-Ordinates
Ambrose Akinmusire, Trapped In a Dream, from Prelude: to Cora
Arianna Savall & Rolf LislevandPassacaglia Antica I and Passacaglia Antica II, from Nuove Musiche
Nils Landgren & Esbjörn Svensson, Vallat Fran Jämtland, from Swedish Folk Modern
Edward Simon, Navigator, from The Process
Bugge Wesseltoft, Hands, from Playing
Lars Danielsson with Bugge Wesseltoft + Nils Petter Molvaer, Bacchanalia, from Mélange Bleu
Beauty and the Beat Playlist - July 28, 2011
Tony Williams, Lifetime, Joy Filled Summer, from Tony Williams Lifetime: The Collection
Percy Faith Orchestra, Theme from the film 'A Summer Place', 1959
Brad Mehldau and Metheny Mehldau, Summer Day, from Metheny Mehldau
Ted Nash, Summer Night in the Deep South, from Sidewalk Meeting
Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, Piazzolla:Verano Porteño (Summer in Buenos Aires), from Eight Seasons-Vivaldi
Marc Johnson, Porch Swing, from The Sound of Summer Running
Eliane Elias, Estate (Summer), from Bossa Nova Stories
Stan Getz, A Summer Afternoon, from Focus
Yo-Yo Ma, Summer in the High Grassland, from Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon
The Louis Bellson Jazz Orchestra, Clark Terry & Louis Bellson, title track from Hot
New Century Saxophone Quartet, July, composed by Michael Torke, from Standards
Samuel Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31: “With Motion, As Before”, Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, from Adagio for Strings, Violin Concerto & Orchestral Works
Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, Lament With Cuckoo and then Tolotnaya (Fertilizing Song), by Leonid Desyatnikov, from The Russian Seasons
Beauty and the Beat Playlist: July 21, 2011
Miles Davis Summertime, from Porgy and Bess, 1957
Stefon Harris & Jacky Terrasson Summertime, from Kindred, 2006
Jacky Terrasson , Plaisir d’Amour, from A Paris, 2001
Orchestra Baobab, Dee moo woor, from Specialist In All Styles
John McLaughlin, Maharina, from Floating Point, 2007
So Percussion, July, from Amid the Noise, 2006
Luciano Pavarotti, Caruso, from Pavarotti’s Greatest Hits
Marc Johnson, Summer Running, from The Sound of Summer Running, 1998
Moondog, Mother’s Whistler, from Sax Pax for a Sax
Don Davis & Joe Deleault, Coming Home, from Davis & Deleault
Paolo Fresu, A Filetta, and Daniele di Bonaventura, Liberata, from Mistico Mediterraneo
Jenny Scheinman, The Careeners, from Crossing The Field
Dr. John, Mac’s Boogie, from Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack
Dr. John, Blue Skies, from Afterglow
Dr. John, Mama Roux, from The Very Best of Dr. John
The Beatles, Words of Love, from Beatles for Sale
The Beach Boys, Kokomo, from The Greatest Hits Vol 1
The Wallflowers, Feels Like Summer, from Red Letter Days