This is the new Beauty and the Beat Radio Blog. Welcome to the show.
This week we'll be hearing the usual unusual mix of music: about an hour and a half of eclectic instrumental music from all over the world, followed by about a half hour of songs.
Here's today's playlist:
Manuel de Falla, La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 1, performed by Christopher Parkening
Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O'Connor & Edgar Meyer, Étienne Et Petunia, from the CD Appalachia Waltz
Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu, Sacred Place, from the CD Chiaroscuro
Richard Wagner, Album Leaf, performed by Yevgeny Kutik (violin) and Tim Bozarth (piano)
Ben Webster, Danny Boy, from the CD ben Webster Plays Ballads
Thelonious Monk, title track from the CD reissue Briliant Corners
Kronos Quartet, Briliant Corners, from the CD Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
Steve Lehman Octet, As Things Change (I Remain the Same), from the CD Travail, Transformation, and Flow
Dizzy Gillespie, Oh Bop Sh' Bam, from the CD Absolutely The Best Dizzy Gillespie
The Klezmatics with Itzhak Perlman, Honga, from the CD In the Fiddler’s House
Dr. L. Subramaniam, Tandori - Dr. L. Subramaniam, from the CD Calibration
Michel Godard, C'era Una Strega, C'era Una Fata, from the CD Castel del Monte
Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum, Mantiqueira Range, from the CD Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum
Strunz And Farah, Shamsa, from Stringweave
Duke Ellington, Bluebird of Delhi, from the Far East Suite
Take 6, A Quiet Place, from Take 6: Greatest Hits
M. Ward, Crooked Lines, from the Soundtrack to the film The Hottest State
Michel Godard, Cathédrale Sans Nom, from Castel Del Monte
Charlie Haden & Rosanne Cash, Wildwood Flower, from the CD Rambling Bo y
The Spencer Davis Group, Gimme Some Lovin'
Linda Ronstadt, It's So Easy, from the soundtrack to Brokeback Mountain
Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet, from The Very Best of Dire Straits
Gary Numan, Cars, from The Pleasue Principle
Clifton Chenier, Louisiana Two-Step, from Louisiana Blues and Zydeco