LP Record collection, Composer = T - Z

4,T. Vitali,Chaconne,Popular Violin Encores,Moscow Chamber Orchestra,Barshai,David Oistrakh,Played with heavy romanticism. I thought I liked this piece; is it an awful perf? Makes a late baroque piece sound like bad Brahms. (Maybe there is more than 1 Chaconne.),,,33,1334

2,T. Vitali,Chaconne In G Minor,Italian Violin Sonatas,,,Jan Tomasow, Violin; Anton Heiller, Harpsichord,Interesting to compare to Bach's. Notes say Bach used Vitali as a source. Harpsichord is ineffective, but is at least audible. Piano accompaniment would be much better. T. A. Vitali is a relative of another Vitali.,,,33,731

5,Tadeusz Baird,Ertca Six Love-Songs For Soprano And Orchestra On Poems By Malgorzata Hillar,Contemporary Polish Music,Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra,Witold Rowicki,Solo Soprano Stefania Woytowicz,A banshee with a pretty good voice wails notes on random intervals against a backdrop of intermittent drumbeats and stabs of dissonant strings; not the most unlistenable thing I've ever heard, but is in contention for the worst; laughable.,,,33,2061

4,Talma,Toccata,Toccatas, Vol 1,,,Sahan Arzruni, Piano,Rhythmic & twinkly; irritating.,,,33,2513

3,Tarrega,Etude In A Major 'In Form Of A Minuet',The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

2,Tarrega,Etude No. 1 In E Minor,The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

3,Tartini,Concerto In A Major,,I Musici,,,pretty, melancholy, stately, with solos. Interpretation of all tracks on record may be over-emotive.,,35086,33,128

1,Tartini,Sinfonia Pastorale for Violin and Strings,A Bouquet Of Tartini & Nardini Concerti,Chamber Orchestra Of The Vienna State Opera,,Jan Tomasow, Violin; Anton Heiller, Harpsichord,Superb & unusual chord changes, counterpoint, & solo/orch echoing; exc. perf.,,,33,356

1,Tartini,Theme And 30 Variations On 'L'arte Dell'arco',The Art Of Playing On The Violin,,,Eduard Melkus with Salter; Scheit; Schulz; Planyavsky,Good combination of instruments; theme resembles 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas'.,Exc. perf & recording. All these non-famous (I think) soloists are superb.,,33,2289

2,Tartini,Theme and Variations,,Zurich Chamber Orchestra,Edmond De Stoutz,Zino Francescatti,Has a less striking similarity to We Wish You A Merry Christmas than I think I remarked somewhere else, though I'm not 100% sure this is the same piece.,,,33,1551

3,Tartini,Trio In F Major For 2 Violins & Harpsichord,,,,David And Igor Oistrakh, Violin; Hans Pischner, Harpsichord; Vladimir Yampolski, Piano,Pretty, flowing, but dull.,,,33,1358

4,Tartini,Variations On A Theme By Corelli (Transcribed By Zino Francescatti,Henryk Szeryng In Recital,,,Henryk Szeryng,Pretty, lively, trilly, gets boring.,,,33,347

2,Tartini,Violin Concerto in D Minor,A Bouquet Of Tartini & Nardini Concerti,Chamber Orchestra Of The Vienna State Opera,,Jan Tomasow, Violin; Anton Heiller, Harpsichord,A terrific cto, beautiful and pleasant, somewhat too predictable,,,33,356

1,Tartini,Violin Concerto In D Minor For Violin And String Orchestra,,Zurich Chamber Orchestra,Edmond De Stoutz,Zino Francescatti,Beautiful & powerful baroque cto with a surprisingly modern form & violin part, with cadenzas.,,,33,1551

2,Tartini,Violin Concerto In E Major, D. 48,Three Violin Concerti,I Solisti Veneti,Claudio Scimone,Pierre Amoyal, Violin,Pretty; effective strong well-constructed melody lines; exc. perf.,,,33,2570

2,Tartini,Violin Concerto In E Minor, D. 56,Three Violin Concerti,I Solisti Veneti,Claudio Scimone,Pierre Amoyal, Violin,Beautiful, melodic, a bit too simple, and thus a little dull.,,,33,2570

3,Tartini,Violin Concerto In G Major, D. 82,Three Violin Concerti,I Solisti Veneti,Claudio Scimone,Pierre Amoyal, Violin,Melodic but dull,,,33,2570

3,Tartini,Violin Sonata In G Major, Op. 1 No. 4,Italian Violin Sonatas,,,Jan Tomasow, Violin; Anton Heiller, Harpsichord,Also has some Bach-like passages, but not as pleasant as No. 10. Harpsichord is ineffective, but is at least audible.,,,33,731

1,Tartini,Violin Sonata In G Minor,Albert Spalding Plays,,,Albert Spalding,This is a different Sonata In G Minor from the one on #2289, even though the 2nd mvmt here also has a lot of trills.,Old recording with a piercing sound, somewhat Kreisler-like touch. 7/10/04 removed from held-outs.,,33,167

1,Tartini,Violin Sonata In G Minor (Devil's Trill),David Oistrakh, Violin,,,David Oistrakh, Violin; Vladimir Yampolsky, Piano,exc. & exc. duo,,,33,1298

1,Tartini,Violin Sonata In G Minor (Devil's Trill) (Transcribed By Fritz Kreisler),Henryk Szeryng In Recital,,,Henryk Szeryng,I like his timing & phrasing; there seems to be little rapport with accompanist, but it still works ok; very clear.,,,33,347

1,Tartini,Violin Sonata In G Minor (Devil's Trill) Fur Violine Und Continuo,The Art Of Playing On The Violin,,,Eduard Melkus with Salter; Scheit; Schulz; Planyavsky,Note this is the complete sonata; not sure all the other versions are.,Exc. perf & recording. All these non-famous (I think) soloists are superb.,,33,2289

3,Tartini,Violin Sonata In G Minor, Op. 1 No. 10,Italian Violin Sonatas,,,Jan Tomasow, Violin; Anton Heiller, Harpsichord,Simple, pleasant. Has passages Bach used in Chaconne, or vice versa. Harpsichord is ineffective, but is at least audible.,,,33,731

0,Tchaikovsky,,None But The Lonely Heart,,,Artur Balsam, Piano; Jascha Silberstein, Cello; Louis Danto, Tenor,,,,33,2519

4,Tchaikovsky,,The Glory Of Cremona: Ruggiero Ricci Plays 15 Famous Violins Created By Stradivari, Gesu, Amati, Bergonzi, Salo,,,Ruggiero Ricci,,,,33,841

0,Tchaikovsky,1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Original Scoring),,The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,,,,,33,241

0,Tchaikovsky,1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Original Scoring),,Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,University Of Minnesota Brass Band; 18th Century French Bronze Cannon Courtesy U.S. Military Academy West Point, N.Y. And Authentic Carillon,,,,33,1073

0,Tchaikovsky,1812 Overture, Op. 49,1812 Overture,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,,,ML5392,33,90

0,Tchaikovsky,After The Dramatic Poem Of Byron, Op. 58,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Eugene Goossens,,,,,33,844

0,Tchaikovsky,Andante Cantabile,The Sound Of Strings,His Symphony Orchestra,Leopold Stokowski,,,,,33,827

3,Tchaikovsky,Andante Cantabile (From Quartet No. 1 In D Major, Op. 11),,The Czech Chamber Orchestra,Josef Vlach,,Supposedly famous, but unfamiliar to me; pretty, soothing, but dull.,,,33,2193

3,Tchaikovsky,Andante Cantabile From Quartet No. 1 In D Major, Op. 11,Budapest Quartet Encores,Budapest String Quartet,,Joseph Roisman And Alexander Schneider, Violins; Boris Kroyt, Viola; Mischa Schneider, Cello,Gentle, pleasant, dull,,ML5116,33,48

3,Tchaikovsky,Andante Cantabile From String Quartet No. 1 In D, Op 11,,The London Philharmonic Orchestra,Massimo Freccia,,Stringy; unobtrusive; not pretty to me, but not frustratingly dull; reminded me of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, but a little more interesting.,,,33,2606

0,Tchaikovsky,Arias,Boris Shtokolov Sings Arias,,,Boris Shtokolov,,,,33,2601

3,Tchaikovsky,Barcarolle, Op. 37, No. 6,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,nice,,,33,874

0,Tchaikovsky,Capriccio Italien Op. 45,,The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,,,,,33,241

3,Tchaikovsky,Capriccioso, Op. 19, No. 5,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,,,,33,874

2,Tchaikovsky,Casse Noisette (The Nutcracker) Op 71,,Suisse Romande,Ansermet,,very good, beginning to end,,,33,1206

4,Tchaikovsky,Chanson Triste, Op. 40, No. 2,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,,,,33,874

3,Tchaikovsky,Chanson Triste, Op. 40, No. 2,The Sound Of Genius, Volume 2,,,Philippe Entremont, Piano,Ok; somewhat evocative of melancholy,,,33,425

0,Tchaikovsky,Francesca Da Rimini,,Philadelphia Orchestra,Ormandy,,,,,33,2591

0,Tchaikovsky,Francesca Da Rimini, Op. 32,,London Philharmonic,Beecham,,,,Columbia Mm447,78,4142

0,Tchaikovsky,Francesca Da Rimini, Op. 32,Enesco Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,,,ML5242,33,43

4,Tchaikovsky,Grand Sonata,,,,Sviatoslav Richter,Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Obviously a demanding virtuoso piece, in which I found nothing moving or interesting at all.,,,33,1003

0,Tchaikovsky,Hamlet,,The London Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Adrian Boult,,,,,33,1108

4,Tchaikovsky,Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,,All on record seem well-played.,,33,874

4,Tchaikovsky,Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2,The Art Of Sergei Rachmaninoff Vol.2,,,Rachmaninoff, Piano,Obnoxious.,,CAL486,33,98

2,Tchaikovsky,June,Music To Remember,,,Jose Iturbi, Piano,beautiful,,,33,75

0,Tchaikovsky,Little Russian,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Carlo Maria Guilini,,,,,33,201

0,Tchaikovsky,Manfred,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Eugene Goossens,,,,,33,844

3,Tchaikovsky,Marche Slave,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Alfred Wallenstein,,Heavy beat, loud, crashing, with cymbals; (Slavic March); circa 1812 Overture.,,,33,2606

3,Tchaikovsky,Mazurka Op 9, No. 3,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,,,,33,874

0,Tchaikovsky,Meditation, Op..42,A David Oistrakh Recital,,,David Oistrakh, Violin; V. Yampolsky And I. Icollegorskaya, Piano,,,,33,208

0,Tchaikovsky,Melodie Op 42 No 3,,,,Kathleen Parlow, Violin,,,Columbia A5412,78,4106

3,Tchaikovsky,Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,nice, but over-complex harmonies for the subject matter,,,33,874

3,Tchaikovsky,November (troika en traineaux),Music To Remember,,,Jose Iturbi, Piano,very nice,,,33,75

0,Tchaikovsky,Nutcracker Suite Op 71a,,Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra,,,,,,78,4201

0,Tchaikovsky,Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a,,Concertgebouw Orchestra Of Amsterdam,Van Beinum,,,,,33,94

0,Tchaikovsky,Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a,,Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra,Erich Leinsdorf,,,,,33,761

0,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23,,Minneapolis Symphony,Mitropoulos,Rubinstein, Piano,,,,78,4029

1,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23,,(not named),Kiril Kondrashin,Van Cliburn, Piano,USA repeat of his Moscow perf; likely the best combination of perf (dynamic) & recording (good, piano clear) that I have; certainly deserves R1, though unlikely ever to be a true favorite; (see memo),1st mvmt theme based on Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, but Chopin developed it better; its closest relative is the Grieg, but this lacks its focus & unity; on HD because I figured it should be; can delete anytime.,,33,32

0,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23,,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Scherchen,Edith Farnadi, Piano,,,,33,451

0,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23,,NBC,Toscanini,Horowitz,,,,33,274

1,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23,,Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra,Kiril Kondrashin,Sviatoslav Richter,Best of Tchaikovsky's that I've heard; famous piece with a minimum of the characteristics I don't like about him; magnificent perf; distorted murky recording.,,,33,1332

0,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23,Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1,Czech Philharmonic Orchestra,Karel Ancerl,Sviatoslav Richter, Piano,,,,33,177

2,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 2 in G Major, Op. 44,,Philadelphia Orchestra,Ormandy,Gary Graffman, Piano,Romantic piano cto, sort of dark; exc. perf (by both) & recording brings out exc. piano part; like much of his music, sounds carefully crafted in spite of a lack of spontaneous inspiration; almost R1.,,,33,1256

0,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 2 In G Major, Opus 44,,Winterthur Symphony Orchestra,Walter Goehr,Mewton-Wood, Piano,,,IRMS1125,33,13

3,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 75,,Philadelphia Orchestra,Ormandy,Gary Graffman, Piano,Short, compact, moody; in places has an 1812-like boisterousness; piano part technically good but aesthetically uncaptivating; almost R2; exc. perf.,,,33,1256

0,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto 3 In E Flat, Opus 75,,Winterthur Symphony Orchestra,Walter Goehr,Mewton-Wood, Piano,,,IRMS1126,33,12

0,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concerto Fantasia, Opus 56,,Winterthur Symphony Orchestra,Walter Goehr,Mewton-Wood, Piano,,,IRMS1126,33,12

4,Tchaikovsky,Piano Concertos 1 and 2,,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Scherchen,Farnadi, Piano,fast, lively, but didn't grab me,,,33,961

3,Tchaikovsky,Romance, Op. 5,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,nice, inteeresting,,,33,874

0,Tchaikovsky,Romeo And Juliet,,Philadelphia Orchestra,Ormandy,,,,,33,2591

0,Tchaikovsky,Romeo And Juliet,,The London Philharmonic Orchestra,Sir Adrian Boult,,,,,33,1108

4,Tchaikovsky,Scherzo Humoristique, Op. 19, No. 2,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,,,,33,874

3,Tchaikovsky,Scherzo, Op. 40, No. 11,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,Tchaikovsky's piano music seems often to be percussive, based on a series of complex chords, played mostly whole, and non-fluid, which I think is what I don't like.,,,33,874

3,Tchaikovsky,Serenade In C Major For String Orchestra, Op. 48,,The Czech Chamber Orchestra,Josef Vlach,,Soothing, effective, pleasant; the waltz is famous & well-written.,,,33,2193

3,Tchaikovsky,Serenade Melancolique, Op. 26,,Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,,Alfred Wallenstein,Heifetz With Brooks Smith At The Piano,Swoopingly melancholic pretty melody; almost R2.,,,33,1215

3,Tchaikovsky,Song Without Words, Op. 2, No. 3,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,,,,33,874

3,Tchaikovsky,Song Without Words, Op. 2, No. 3 (Orchestrated By Ilja Hurnik),,The Czech Chamber Orchestra,Josef Vlach,,Pretty & melodic like a song; oversweet.,,,33,2193

4,Tchaikovsky,Song Without Words, Op. 40, No. 6,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,,,,33,874

0,Tchaikovsky,Suite From The Sleeping Beauty Ballet, Op. 66,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,,,,33,476

2,Tchaikovsky,Swan Lake,,Boston Pops Orchestra,Arthur Fiedler,,famous, rousing, well-done,,,33,923

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 1 In G Minor (Winter Dreams) Op. 13,,Vienna Philharmusica Symphony,Hans Swarowsky,,,,,33,550

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 2 In C Minor, Op. 17,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Carlo Maria Guilini,,,,,33,201

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 3 In D Major (Polish),,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Hans Swarowsky,,,,,33,1175

5,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 4 In F Minor, Op. 36,,The Halle Orchestra,Sir John Barbirolli,,loud & irritating,,,33,914

4,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 4 In F Minor, Op. 36,,USSR State Symphony Orchestra,Konstantin Ivanov,,Piece somehow manages to be both dramatic and boring; themes uninspired; perf seems ok.,,,33,452

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 4 In F Minor, Op.36,,New York Philharmonic,Leonard Bernstein,,,,ML5332,33,42

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 5 In E Minor Op 64,,Philadelphia Orchestra,Ormandy,,,,,33,246

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 5 In E Minor Op 64,,New York Philharmonic,Bernstein,,,,,33,1166

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 5 In E Minor, Op. 64,,Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra,Mravinsky,,,,,33,259

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 5 In E Minor, Op. 64,,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Koussevitzky,,,,,33,1400

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 5, In E Minor, Op. 64,,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Pierre Monteux,James Stagliano, French Horn,,,LM2239,33,44

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 6 In B Minor Op 74, Pathetique,,Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,,,,33,260

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 6 In B Minor Op 74, Pathetique,,Czech Philharmonic Orchestra,Vaclav Talich,,,,,33,176

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 6 In B Minor Op 74, Pathetique,,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Fritz Reiner,,,,,33,53

2,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 6 In B Minor Op 74, Pathetique,,Nbc Symphony Orchestra,Arturo Toscanini,,dynamic, dramatic, visually evocative. Suggests an adventure movie, which it doesn't need, to accompany it.,,,33,1556

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 6 In B Minor Op 74, Pathetique,The Kubelik Legacy,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Kubelik,,,,,33,2419

4,Tchaikovsky,Symphony 7, In E-Flat Major,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,alternately bombastic, meandering impressionistic, frenetic,,,33,552

0,Tchaikovsky,Symphony In Four Tableaux,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Eugene Goossens,,,,,33,844

0,Tchaikovsky,Trio In A Minor Op 50,,,,Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky,,,,33,705

1,Tchaikovsky,Troika Sleigh Ride (Troika En Traineaux),The Great Rachmaninoff,,,Rachmaninoff,,,,33,513

4,Tchaikovsky,Valse Scherzo, Op. 7,Tchaikovsky Piano Music,,,Philippe Entremont, Pianist,,,,33,874

0,Tchaikovsky,Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34,Music Of Old Russia,,Robert Irving,Nathan Milstein, Violin,,,,33,716

2,Tchaikovsky,Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra,,New York Philharmonic,George Szell,Leonard Rose, Cello,Very nice, among the best cello pieces I've heard; surprisingly (for him) melodic and pretty; is without his typical mass-appeal bombast, until the ending, which has it and is weak.,,,33,70

0,Tchaikovsky,Variations On A Rococo Theme For Cello And Orchestra Op 33,,Philadelphia Orchestra,Ormandy,Leonard Rose, Cello,,,,33,1164

0,Tchaikovsky,Variations On A Rococo Theme For Violoncello And Orchestra, Op 33,,Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra,Gennadi Rozhdestvensky,Mstislav Rostropovich, Violoncello,,,,33,2006

5,Tchaikovsky,Variations On A Rococo Theme, Opus 33,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Antal Dorati,Janos Starker, Cellist,Aimless & pointless variations on a theme I don't like; neither pretty nor interesting.,,,33,2189

0,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto,,New Philharmonia,Ashkenazy, Conductor,Belkin, Violin,,,,33,2600

2,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,,Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Dimitri Mitropoulos,Zino Francescatti,very good; very technically demanding,,,33,865

3,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,,The Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Frederick Stock,Nathan Milstein, Violinist,I thought I liked the piece better than this, so it may be a poor perf, but it's especially interesting because the violin is incredibly well recorded, every note clear.,,,33,271

0,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,,Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of London,Artitr Rodzinski,Erica Morini, Violin,,,,33,451

0,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,David Oistrakh, Violinist,,,,33,706

2,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Isaac Stern, Violin,Mad dash thru virtuosic ideas stitched together without regard for transitions or musical effect, winds up impressive but not moving; violin part is great, better than the overall conception; seems exc. perf, possibly best I have; exc. clear recording.,Stern is consistently perfectly on pitch.,ML5379,33,96

0,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,,,,Jascha Heifetz, Violinist,,,LM-1832,33,760

1,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Alfred Wallenstein,Itzhak Perlman, Violin,Outstanding interp, perf, & recording by all makes great a piece I haven't liked much in any other version; still not my favorite piece, but it's amazing how this good a treatment can save it.,,,33,2606

0,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,,State Radio Orchestra,Vassili Nebolsin,Leonid Kogan, Violin,,,,33,1225

0,Tchaikovsky,Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35,Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto In D Op. 35,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,F.Reiner,Heifetz, Violin,,,,33,76

0,Tchaikovsky,Waltz-Scherzo, Op. 34,A David Oistrakh Recital,,,David Oistrakh, Violin; V. Yampolsky And I. Icollegorskaya, Piano,,,,33,208

0,Tchaikovsky , Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka, And Dargomijsky,,Oboukhova Sings Tchaikovsky , Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka, And Dargomijsky,,,Oboukhova,,,,33,445

0,Tchaikovsky-Glazounov,Meditation, Op. 42 No. 1,Music Of Old Russia,,Robert Irving,Nathan Milstein, Violin,,,,33,716

0,Tchaikovsky-Glazounov,Scherzo, Op.42no.2,Music Of Old Russia,,Robert Irving,Nathan Milstein, Violin,,,,33,716

3,Tcherepnin, Alexander,Concerto For Harmonica And Orchestra, Op. 86,,Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra,Hans Schwieger,John Sebastian, Harmonica,Orch. part pretty good; harmonica works hard but expresses little.,,,33,1671

0,Telemann,,A Bouquet Of Suites For Strings,The Wiener Solisten,Bottcher,,,,,33,1053

1,Telemann,Adagio For Flute, Violin And Orchestra In G Major,,Munich Pro Arte Orchestra,Kurt Redel,Kurt Redel, flute; Christian Eink, Violin; Helmut Rose, Harpsichord,another gem with a character unusual to both the composer and the era, a characteristic of this record,exc. perf., and exc. recording and tone balance.,,33,2685

5,Telemann,Allegro (From Concerto In D),The Romeros Play Baroque Concertos For Four Guitars And Other Works,The Romeros,,,,Terrible recording, badly distorted.,,33,2015

4,Telemann,Concerto A Tre In F Major For Recorder, Horn & Contino,Georg Philipp Telemann Chamber Music With Recorder,Members Ot The Concentus Musicus Ot Demark,Mathiesen,,,,,33,1471

3,Telemann,Concerto For Viola And Orchestra In G Major,,Pro Musica Orchestra, Stuttgart,Rolf Reinhardt,Heinz Wigand, Viola,Gives nothing to complain about, or to praise! So stereotypically baroque and lacking in surprises that it's boring.,,,33,1173

0,Telemann,Concerto In B Flat Major,,Moscow Chamber Orchestra,Barshai,,,,,33,1352

4,Telemann,Concerto in D Major for Trumpet in D, Two Oboes, And Continuo,Music For Trumpet And Orchestra Volume 2,,Kenneth Schermerhorn,Roger Voisin, John Rhea, soloists,Not particularly interesting, performance inferior to the others. Distorted, scratched.,,,33,376

0,Telemann,Concerto In F Minor,,Moscow Chamber Orchestra,Barshai,,,,,33,1352

1,Telemann,Introduction And Rondo For Flute, Violin Orchestra In D Minor,,Munich Pro Arte Orchestra,Kurt Redel,Kurt Redel, flute; Christian Eink, Violin; Helmut Rose, Harpsichord,very nice, lively,exc. perf., and exc. recording and tone balance.,,33,2685

3,Telemann,Minuet In D Minor,Gems For Chamber Orchestra,Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Munich,Kurt Redel, Director,Kurt Redel, Flute; Leonard Hokanson, Harpsichord; Georg Retyl, Violin,blah,,Mhs 3957,33,2612

2,Telemann,Solo For Flute In C Minor,,Munich Pro Arte Orchestra,Kurt Redel,Kurt Redel, flute; Christian Eink, Violin; Helmut Rose, Harpsichord,unusual, very nice,exc. perf., and exc. recording and tone balance.,,33,2685

3,Telemann,Sonata In C Major For Recorder & Continuo,Georg Philipp Telemann Chamber Music With Recorder,Members Ot The Concentus Musicus Ot Demark,Mathiesen,,Toot-toot in different tempos; sounds familiar.,,,33,1471

2,Telemann,Sonata In F Minor For Recorder & Continuo,Georg Philipp Telemann Chamber Music With Recorder,Members Ot The Concentus Musicus Ot Demark,Mathiesen,,The cello adds a lot.,,,33,1471

2,Telemann,Suite In A Minor,Music For Recorder & Orchestra,The Krainis Baroque Ensemble,,,,,,33,2073

1,Telemann,Suite In A Minor For Recorder,,Collegium Aureum,Rolf Reinhardt,Hans-Martin Linde, Recorder,Same qualities (and weakness) as the D Major, but a bit more variety & interest; recorder (good perf) contrasts well with string orch.,Collegium Aureum includes Violin: Susanne Lautenbacher, Eduard Melkus. Lully and Campra were 2 of his influences.,,33,1660

0,Telemann,Suite In C Major,,Moscow Chamber Orchestra,Barshai,,,,,33,1352

2,Telemann,Suite In D For Viola Da Gamba,,Collegium Aureum,Rolf Reinhardt,Johannes Koch, Viola Da Gamba,Rich expressive baroque; individual mvmts are R1, but as a whole its only variety is in tempo, which isn't quite enough to keep it interesting; almost R1.,Collegium Aureum includes Violin: Susanne Lautenbacher, Eduard Melkus. Lully and Campra were 2 of his influences.,,33,1660

4,Telemann,Trio Sonata In D Minor For Recorder, Violin & Continui,Georg Philipp Telemann Chamber Music With Recorder,Members Ot The Concentus Musicus Ot Demark,Mathiesen,,Uninteresting.,,,33,1471

4,Telemann,Trio Sonata In E Minor For Recorder, Oboe & Continua,Georg Philipp Telemann Chamber Music With Recorder,Members Ot The Concentus Musicus Ot Demark,Mathiesen,,Mostly boring.,,,33,1471

2,Terzian,Toccata,Toccatas, Vol 1,,,Sahan Arzruni, Piano,Modern (1954) and chromatic with driving rhythms and dissonance similar to Bernstein (West Side Story) or Fanshawe (Different Trains); effective but unpleasant.,,,33,2513

3,The Beatles,Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band,,,,,Tolerable but uninteresting; in mint condition, could be valuable.,,,33,1771

4,The Cambridge Buskers,,The Cambridge Buskers: Music Abbreviation 101,,,,Absurdly shortened versions of 21 classical pieces played on flute and accordion; not intended as humor, and isn't funny or particularly interesting; side 2 has some probably-removable sticky grit that makes it skip.,,,33,2694

2,The Smothers Brothers,,Golden Hits Of The Smothers Brothers, Vol 2,The Smothers Brothers,,,Not as funny as I remembered, but still ok.,Musical Humor; (There Is No Volume 1, A Joke),,33,1630

3,The Weavers,,Traveling On With The Weavers,The Weavers,,,Unexpectedly uncompelling; Side 1 R4: 12 Gates to the City is whitebread perf; Sinner Man only ok; House of Rising Sun as slow blues; Side 2 tolerable: Mi Caballo R2; Si Mi Quieres R2; Eddystone Light R2;,Record is flat along south living room wall, 2nd shelf from left;,,33,391

0,The Weavers,The Best Of The Weavers,The Best Of The Weavers,The Weavers,,,,,,33,321

0,The Weavers,The Weavers Almanac,The Weavers Almanac,The Weavers,,,,,,33,501

0,Thomas,Mignon: Act l Connais-Tu le pays?,Fritz Kreisler In Immortal Performances,,,Geraldine Farrar And Fritz Kreisler,,,,33,630

5,Thomas Morley,Children's Songs of Shakespseare's Time,An Anthology Of Their Greatest Works,The New York Pro Musica,Noah Greenberg,,The many songs not identified by composer; mostly irritating a capella chorus; only listened to a few.,,,33,2031

5,Thomas Morley,Elizabethan Madrigals, Canzonets and Ballets,An Anthology Of Their Greatest Works,The New York Pro Musica,Noah Greenberg,,Irritating a capella chorus with madrigal style echoing, vocal counterpoint, and fa la la la las; a couple of nice ones if you're in the mood, but I seldom am.,,,33,2031

0,Thomas Morley,Madrigals,Madrigals Of Thomas Morley And John Wilbye,The Deller Consort,Alfred Deller, Director,,,,,33,1105

5,Thomas Ravenscroft,Children's Songs of Shakespseare's Time,An Anthology Of Their Greatest Works,The New York Pro Musica,Noah Greenberg,,The many songs not identified by composer; mostly irritating a capella chorus; only listened to a few.,,,33,2031

2,Tibor Serly,Concertino 3x3,,Winds And Percussion Of The Vienna Symphony Orchestra,Tibor Serly,Miriam Molin, Piano,The description of it is absurd, but it's nice-sounding music; somewhat modernist, but hardly radical; not as chromatic or dissonant as it's purported to be; similar to Stravinsky in sound and its use of rhythm; piano is effective; seems exc. perf. (memo),3 sections of 3 mvmts each: piano plays its 3 mvmts solo, then orch plays its 3 mvmts solo, then both play the 3 mvmts together.,,33,2539

2,Tibor Serly,Symphony No. 2 In Two Movements For Woodwinds, Brass And Percussion,,Winds And Percussion Of The Vienna Symphony Orchestra,Tibor Serly,Miriam Molin, Piano,Reminds me of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, though it's more dissonant, avant garde, & experimental sounding, more playful and less ponderous.,,,33,2539

3,Torelli,Concerto Grosso #6, G Minor, Op. 8,Christmas Concertos,Pro Musica String Orchestra, Stuttgart,Rolf Reinhardt,,pleasant, a bit dull,,,33,569

1,Torelli,Concerto In A Major For Guitar, Violin & Orchestra,,Kammerorchester Der Wiener Festspiele,Wilfried Boettcher,Karl Scheit, Guitar,Just pre-Vivaldi, & somewhat similar but with different orchestration style; liner notes compare him to Corelli.,,,33,2149

3,Torelli,Sinfonia Con Tromba For Solo Trumpet, Strings And Continuo,Music For Trumpet And Orchestra Volume 2,,Kenneth Schermerhorn,Roger Voisin, John Rhea, soloists,Very pleasant, but inferior to Vivaldi and Manfredini; don't know why, flow of ideas?,,,33,376

4,Torroba,Burgalesa In F Sharp Minor,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,,,,33,2257

4,Torroba,Nocturno In A Minor,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,stacatto, not very sleepy,,,33,2257

3,Torroba,Preludio In E Major,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,,,,33,2257

3,Torroba,Sonatina In A Major,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,Spanish harmonies, but mostly stacatto chords and single string melodies, sort of dull,,,33,2257

5,Turina,Andante from Sonatina in D Minor,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,really dull flamenco,,,33,2257

4,Turina,Fandanguillo,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,dull flamenco,,,33,2257

3,Turina,Hommage A Tarrega,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,distinctly Spanish, flamenco-based,,,33,2257

5,Turina,Rafaga,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,really dull flamenco,,,33,2257

4,Umberto Giordano,Largo E Fuga,Symphonic Works By Operatic Composers Of The Romantic Era,Angelicum Orchestra Of Milan,Luciano Rosada,,Slow & pretty with harps, but dull.,,,33,2514

0,Unknown,Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 In F Minor,Four Hungarian Rhapsodies For orchestra,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Anatol Fistoulari,,,,,33,351

0,Unknown,Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 In D Minor,Four Hungarian Rhapsodies For orchestra,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Anatol Fistoulari,,,,,33,351

0,Unknown,Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 In D Major,Four Hungarian Rhapsodies For orchestra,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Anatol Fistoulari,,,,,33,351

0,Unknown,Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 In D Minor,Four Hungarian Rhapsodies For orchestra,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Anatol Fistoulari,,,,,33,351

0,Unknown,Quartet In B Flat Major, Op. 103,,Amadeus String Quartet,,,,,,33,653

0,Unknown,Quartet In F Major, Op. 3, No. 5,,Amadeus String Quartet,,,,,,33,653

0,Unknown,String Trios, Op. 53, Nos. 1, 2,,Amadeus String Quartet,,,,,,33,653

0,Unknown,Sylvia Ballet,,San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,Alfred Hertz,,,,Victrola 1166,78,4092

4,Unknown,Two Dances From The Glogauer Liederbuch,Heritage Of The Baroque,The Telemann Society Orchestra,Richard Schulze, Conductor,,Dull,,,33,664

4,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,,sounds like an immature symphony of a 20th century composer trying out many different devices in one piece. not awful.,The music on the record does not match the labeling.,,33,1478

2,Unknown (Brahms?),Variations On A Theme Of Paganini In A Minor,,First Piano Quartet,,,Can't tell whose variations; maybe original; sounds interesting, but too awful sound quality; still, might be worth cleaning.,First Piano Quartet's Radio Theme Signature,Victor 46-0010,78,4087

0,Unknown (Brahms?),Variations On A Theme Of Paganini In A Minor,,First Piano Quartet,,,,First Piano Quartet's Radio Theme Signature,Victor 12-0250,78,4154

3,Vainberg,Moldavian Rhapsody, Op. 47,,The State Orchestra Of The U.S.S.R.,Kiril Kondrashin,David Oistrakh, Violin; Vainberg, piano.,Hungarian rhapsody on a chromatically altered Gypsy scale has its wild, and good, moments.,,,33,225

4,Valentin Haussmann,Pavan And Galliard,Birth Of The Baroque,Consort Of Viols,,,very dull,,,33,504

5,Valentini,Sonata In E Major,Italian Cello Sonatas,,,Janos Starker, Cello; Stephen Swedish, Piano,boring, awful,,,33,1524

4,Valverde,Clavelitos (Carnations),,,,Amelita Galli-Curci, Soprano,R4? Good voice, on this and some other records.,Records #5000-5999 have arbitrary MaxIDs (no markings on the record itself) that can be changed anytime; they are in the library, and have been played on the old Victrola with steel needles.,Victrola 635,78,5016

0,Vaughan Williams,,Vaughn Williams Folk Song Album,The Deller Consort,,Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor; With Desmond Dupre, Lute,,,,33,432

0,Vaughan Williams,A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) Revised Version,,The Halle Orchestra,Sir John Barbirolli,,,,,33,893

4,Vaughan Williams,A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1 ) With Poems By Walt Whitman,,London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus,Andre Previn,Heather Harper, Soprano; John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone,meandering.,,Lsc-3170,33,2213

5,Vaughan Williams,English Folk Song Suite,,Morton Gould And His Orchestra,Morton Gould,,insipid, soaring,,,33,949

5,Vaughan Williams,Fantasia,,Morton Gould And His Orchestra,Morton Gould,,insipid, soaring,,,33,949

0,Vaughan Williams,Fantasia On Greensleeves,,Chorus And London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Malcolm Sargent (Chorus Master: Peter Gellhorn),,,,,33,377

5,Vaughan Williams,Greensleeves,,Morton Gould And His Orchestra,Morton Gould,,insipid, soaring,,,33,949

0,Vaughan Williams,Overture, The Wasps,,Chorus And London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Malcolm Sargent (Chorus Master: Peter Gellhorn),,,,,33,377

0,Vaughan Williams,Serenade To Music,,Chorus And London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Malcolm Sargent (Chorus Master: Peter Gellhorn),,,,,33,377

1,Vaughan Williams,Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7),,London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir,Sir Adrian Boult,Norma Burrowes (Soprano),Effective, richly evocative of Scott's gruelling and tragic expedition, complete with a wind machine and tinkling ice crystals; exc. perf.,,,33,2271

4,Vaughan Williams,'The Lark Ascending' Romance For Violin And Orchestra,Romances And Serenades,The Cleveland Sinfonietta,Louis Lane,Rafael Druian, Violinist,Very tranquil nonmelodic lyrical imitative of a gentle bird's flight;,,,33,871

0,Vaughan Williams,Toward The Unknown Region,,Chorus And London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Malcolm Sargent (Chorus Master: Peter Gellhorn),,,,,33,377

2,Veracini,,The Glory Of Cremona: Ruggiero Ricci Plays 15 Famous Violins Created By Stradivari, Gesu, Amati, Bergonzi, Salo,,,Ruggiero Ricci,interesting. Da Salo violin sounds particularly nice,,,33,841

0,Verdi,Aida,,Nbc,Toscanini,Nelli, Gustavson, Tucker, Valdengo,,,,33,1778

0,Verdi,Aida,,Rome Opera House Orchestra,Perlea,Milanov, Bjoerling,,,,33,2299

0,Verdi,Aida Highlights,,Rome Opera House Orchestra,Solti,Price, Vickers, Gorr, Merrill, Tozzi,,,,33,748

0,Verdi,Arias From Ten Verdi Operas,,,,Richard Tucker,,,,33,1119

0,Verdi,Falstaff,,Vienna Philharmonic,Bernstein,Ligabue, Resnik, Sciutti,,,,33,1933

0,Verdi,I Masnadieri,,New Philharmonia Orchestra,Gardelli,Caballe, Bergonzi, Cappuccilli, Raimondi,,,,33,2502

0,Verdi,Il Trovatore,,New Philharmonia Orchestra,Mehta,Price, Domingo, Milnes, Cossotto,,,,33,2079

0,Verdi,Il Trovatore Anvil Chorus,,RCA Victor Chorale And Orchestra,Robert Shaw,,,,Victor 11-9294,78,4162

3,Verdi,Il Trovatore Highlights,,Rome Opera House Orchestra,Basile,Price Elias Tucker Warren Tozzi,pleasant,,,33,979

0,Verdi,La Traviata,,,,Russ, Ventura, Tetrazzini, Zenatello Galvany, Etc.,,,,33,1158

0,Verdi,La Traviata Highlights,,Rome Opera House Orchestra,Previtali,Moffo, Tucker, Merrill,,,,33,1222

4,Verdi,La Traviata Prelude to Act 1,Toscanini And The Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Toscanini,,Dull; has a peculiar 4/4 with a waltz feel,,,33,68

2,Verdi,La Traviata Prelude to Act 3,Toscanini And The Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Toscanini,,Slow, very pretty,,,33,68

0,Verdi,Otello,,,,Tamaagno, Scotti, Zenatello, Sammarco, Etc.,,,,33,1159

0,Verdi,Requiem,,The Philharmonia Orchestra,Giulini,Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Gedda, Ghiaurov,,,,33,2137

0,Verdi,Rigoletto,,Rome Opera Orchestra,Perlea,Bjoerling, Merrill, Peters,,,,33,2170

0,Verdi,Rigoletto - Caro Nome,,,,Marion Talley,,,Victrola 6580,78,4156

4,Victor Herbert,Concerto 2 For Violoncello And Orchestra, Op. 30,,The Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra,Hanson,Georges Miquelle, Cellist,Romantic in nature, one boring theme gives way to another in a long meander.,,,33,778

0,Victor Herbert,Irish Rhapsody,Rhapsody,The Cleveland Pops Orchestra,Louis Lane,,,,,33,901

2,Vierne,Carillon de Westminster,Concert Music For Organ And Chimes,,,Richard Ellsasser, Organ and Chimes,Pleasant; nondescript chromatic noodling over a grumbling bass line.,,,33,1027

2,Vieuxtemps,Ballade Et Polonaise, Op. 38,,,,Arthur Grumiaux, Violin; Dinorah Varsi, Piano,Pretty and effective; structured, with nice themes.,,,33,2475

4,Vieuxtemps,Romance No. 3, Op. 7,Popular Violin Encores,Moscow Chamber Orchestra,Barshai,David Oistrakh,Swooping, boring,,,33,1334

3,Vieuxtemps,Violin Concerto 4,,Orchestre De Paris,Barenboim,Itzhak Perlman,Relies on Beethoven, folk idioms like (and similarity to) Brahms or, with meandering and some Wuthering Heights romanticism with virtuosic peaks; hailed as his best, it seems wandering and nonunified to me; exc perf.,Very high-rated record by Stereo Review.,,33,2614

2,Vieuxtemps,Violin Concerto 5,,Orchestre De Paris,Barenboim,Itzhak Perlman,Prettier melodies than No. 4, better sustained energy, more (a bit too much) like Beethoven; violin part engaging and difficult like a Bach partita or (anyone's) Art Of The Violin; lacks the solid direction that would make it a top-tier piece.,Very high-rated record by Stereo Review.,,33,2614

0,Vieuxtemps,Violin Concerto 5 In A Minor, Op. 37,,New Symphony Orchestra Of London,Sir Malcolm Sargent,Heifetz,,Recorded In England,,33,581

0,Villa-Lobos,,Music Of Villa-Lobos,Misc. Orchestras,,Battista, Engdahl, Pressler, Pianos,,,,33,1319

0,Villa-Lobos,Bachianas Brasileiras 1 For Eight Celli,,Mgm Chamber Group,Theodore Bloomfield,Menahem Pressler, Piano,,,,33,891

0,Villa-Lobos,Bachianas Brasileiras 4 For Solo Piano,,Mgm Chamber Group,Theodore Bloomfield,Menahem Pressler, Piano,,,,33,891

4,Villa-Lobos,Bachianas Brasilieras 6,,New York Woodwind Quintet,,,Flute and bassoon are like a bird and a duck chirping and quacking a Bach fugue; it would be ok if it did *anything*.,,,33,1426

0,Villa-Lobos,Bachianas Brasilieras No.2, 5,,Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Francaise,Villa-Lobos, Conductor,,,,,33,1087

0,Villa-Lobos,Bachianas Brasilieras No.4, 7,,Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Francaise,Villa-Lobos,,,,,33,1088

3,Villa-Lobos,Concerto For Harmonica And Orchestra (1955),,Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra,Hans Schwieger,John Sebastian, Harmonica,Inoffensive; meandering melodies; harmonica, or its part, is remarkably inexpressive.,,,33,1671

4,Villa-Lobos,Duette (in 2 mvmts),,New York Woodwind Quintet,,,More slow aimless tootle-tooting; less interesting than the Quintette. -->Don't let record run to end; it's pitted at end of last track.,,,33,1219

5,Villa-Lobos,Etude No. 5 In C Major,The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

3,Villa-Lobos,Etude No. 6 In E Minor,The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

5,Villa-Lobos,Etude No. 8 In C Sharp Minor,The Great Etudes For Guitar,,,Oscar Caceres, Guitar,,,,33,2580

0,Villa-Lobos,Etude No. 8 In C-Sharp Minor,Virtuoso Music For Guitar,,,John Williams,,,,33,1120

3,Villa-Lobos,Fantasia Concertante For Orchestra Of Violoncellos,,The Violoncello Society,Heitor Villa-Lobos Conducting,,Melodic-thematic, yet also discordant & contrapuntal; the many cellos make an interesting and full sound; this is among his works that I like best; seems exc. perf.,Transcribed For Orchestra Of Violoncellos By Villa-Lobos,LPBR-6024,33,522

4,Villa-Lobos,Forest Of The Amazon,,Symphony Of The Air,Villa Lobos,,,,,33,981

4,Villa-Lobos,Polichinelle,,,,,Irritating, like flight of an angry drunk bumblebee,,,33,514

4,Villa-Lobos,Prelude No. 1 In E Minor,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,not bad, not interesting,,,33,2257

4,Villa-Lobos,Prelude No. 1 In E Minor,The Romeros Play Baroque Concertos For Four Guitars And Other Works,The Romeros,,,Halfway interesting; awful interpretation.,Terrible recording, badly distorted.,,33,2015

4,Villa-Lobos,Prelude No. 2 In E Major,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,not bad, not interesting,,,33,2257

2,Villa-Lobos,Prelude No. 3 In A Minor,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,familiar from a Segovia record,,,33,2257

5,Villa-Lobos,Prelude No. 4 In E Minor,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,supposed to be slow, emotive, but is instead boring,,,33,2257

5,Villa-Lobos,Prelude No. 5 In D Major,The Classical Guitar,,,Julian Bream,supposed to be slow, emotive, but is instead boring,,,33,2257

3,Villa-Lobos,Quintette,,New York Woodwind Quintet,,,Lots of simple tootle-tooting, wanders around in one mood and never goes anywhere. Fairly pleasant, but not very interesting. Bach was his major influence.,,,33,1219

5,Villa-Lobos,Quintette En Forme De Choros,,New York Woodwind Quintet,,,Could use it for a jungle movie: impressionist of birds tweeting and flying, animals lurking, etc; goes nowhere.,,,33,1426

0,Villa-Lobos,The Little Train Of The Caipira From Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2,,The London Symphony Orchestra,Sir Eugene Goossens,,,,LPBR-6041,33,533

0,Villa-Lobos,Uirapuru,,The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Leopold Stokowski,,,,LPBR-6016,33,527

0,Villa-Lobos,Victoria De Los Angeles No.6, 9,,Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Francaise,Villa-Lobos, Conductor,,,,,33,1087

3,Viotti,Concerto 22, In A Minor, For Violin And Orchestra,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Isaac Stern, Violin,enjoyable!,,,33,486

2,Viotti,Concerto For Piano, Violin And Strings In A Major,,Symphony Orchestra, Berlin,C. A. Bunte,Susanne Lautenbacher, Violin; Martin Galling, Piano,beautiful, rivals Beethoven (same era), with Mozart influence.,,,33,1791

3,Viotti,Violin Concerto 22 In A Minor (Cadenzas: Arthur Grumiaux),,Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam,Edo De Waart,Arthur Grumiaux, Violin,Post-classical early romantic; it attempts beauty, virtuosity, expressiveness, drama, but it has the same feel of inconsequentiality as the comic operas of its day did; not quite fair to call it trivial; perf doesn't seem bad, but may not help it.,,,33,2211

1,Viotti,Violin Concerto No 22 In A Minor,,Symphony Orchestra, Berlin,C. A. Bunte,Susanne Lautenbacher, Violin; Martin Galling, Piano,beautiful, rivals Beethoven (same era), with more Italian, Vivaldi influence.,,,33,1791

0,Virgil Thomson,Suite From The River,Landmarks Of American Music Series,The Symphony Of The Air,Leopold Stokowski,,,The Symphony Of The Air is a later incarnation of the NBC Symphony Orchestra,,33,415

0,Virgil Thomson,The Plow That Broke The Plains (Orchestral suite),Landmarks Of American Music Series,The Symphony Of The Air,Leopold Stokowski,,,,,33,415

0,Virgil Thomson And Gertrude Stein,Four Saints In Three Acts,,,,,,,,33,1055

3,Visee,Suite In D Minor (Prelude; Allemande; Courante; Sarabande; Gavotte; Menuet I And Ii; Sourree; Gigue),Baroque Guitar,,,Julian Bream,Pretty, but dull (interp?).,,,33,1395

2,Vitali,Chaconne,,Zurich Chamber Orchestra,Edmond De Stoutz,Zino Francescatti,This well known piece is nonsubtle & over the top from the start, but this is an exc. interp of it.,,,33,1551

3,Vitali, T. A.,Chaconne,,,,Heifetz, Violin,Emotive, demanding, well played, but the music fails to build momentum.,Relegating keyboard to background diminishes overall effectiveness.,,33,1085

2,Vitali, T. A.,Chaconne,,,,David Oistrakh; Lev Oborin, Piano; Vladimir Yampolsky, Piano,This does seem to be his one chaconne, which every violinist plays.,,,33,1856

3,Vitali, T. A.,Chaconne,Henryk Szeryng Plays Treasures For the violin,,,Henryk Szeryng With Charles Reiner, Pianist,ok; ok perf; excess of long sustained notes; variations are independent of each other and don't build momentum as Bach's does (may be perf. fault),,,33,904

2,Vitali, T. A.,Chaconne In G Minor for Violin and Continuo,Henryk Szeryng In Recital,,,Henryk Szeryng,Delicate interp, emotive, interesting contrast with other versions, somewhat of a 'Hungarian' interp applied to this Italian piece; very clear.,,,33,347

1,Vitali, T. A.,Chaconne In G Minor for Violin and Continuo,The Art Of Playing On The Violin,,,Eduard Melkus with Salter; Scheit; Schulz; Planyavsky,Familiar; exc. perf; live perf has people talking in background; organ+lute+bass continuo is very good.,Exc. perf & recording. All these non-famous (I think) soloists are superb.,,33,2289

3,Vivaldi,,,,,Julian Bream, Guitar,has moments,,,33,984

3,Vivaldi,,18th Century Lute Trios,,,,Pleasant background music, but dull.,,,33,1080

2,Vivaldi,,The Glory Of Cremona: Ruggiero Ricci Plays 15 Famous Violins Created By Stradivari, Gesu, Amati, Bergonzi, Salo,,,Ruggiero Ricci,very nice,,,33,841

1,Vivaldi,4 Bassoon Concertos,,Bli Accademici,Santi,Bianchi, Solo,All 4 beautiful. My favorite was #1 in C Major, C.E.47. A wonderful sounding instrument. He wrote 38 ctos for bassoon.,,,33,661

2,Vivaldi,Cello Concerto In D,Cello Concertos,I Solisti Di Zagreb,,Antonio Janigro, Cellist,Very melodic and pleasant. Excellent performance and recording.,,Vics-1433,33,2116

3,Vivaldi,Concerto For Bassoon & Orchestra,Baroque Music Concert,The Orchestra Of The Sarre,Karl Ristenpart,,very pleasant,,,33,906

2,Vivaldi,Concerto For Diverse Instruments And String Orchestra In C Major, F. Xii, No. 23 (P.87 ),,The Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra Of Vienna,Edgar Seipenbusch,Karl Scheit, 1st Lute And Guitar,nice, but the solo parts aren't very effective: lutes & guitars are soft & plinky,For 2 Flutes, Oboe, English Horn, 2 Trumpets, 2 Violas, Violin And 2 Harpsichords,,33,1186

2,Vivaldi,Concerto For Guitar And String Orchestra In D Major, F. Xii, No. 15 (P.209),,The Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra Of Vienna,Edgar Seipenbusch,Karl Scheit, 1st Lute And Guitar,nice, but the solo parts aren't very effective: lutes & guitars are soft & plinky,,,33,1186

3,Vivaldi,Concerto For Guitar, Viola D'amore & Orchestra,Baroque Music Concert,The Orchestra Of The Sarre,Karl Ristenpart,,very pleasant,,,33,906

3,Vivaldi,Concerto For Two Guitars And Orchestra, in C Major,,The Pro Arte Orchestra Of Munich,Kurt Redel,Ida Prest And Alexandre Lagoya, Guilarists,Opening sounds familiar; pleasant.,,,33,993

3,Vivaldi,Concerto For Two Guitars And Orchestra, in G Major,,The Pro Arte Orchestra Of Munich,Kurt Redel,Ida Prest And Alexandre Lagoya, Guilarists,Opening is familiar; pleasant. Very nice guitar parts.,,,33,993

2,Vivaldi,Concerto For Two Lutes And String Orchestra In G Major, F. V. No. 2 (P.133),,The Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra Of Vienna,Edgar Seipenbusch,Karl Scheit, 1st Lute And Guitar,nice, but the solo parts aren't very effective: lutes & guitars are soft & plinky,,,33,1186

2,Vivaldi,Concerto For Two Oboes, Two Clarinets And String Orchestra In C Major, F. Xii, No. 2 ,,The Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra Of Vienna,Edgar Seipenbusch,Karl Scheit, 1st Lute And Guitar,nice, but the solo parts aren't very effective: lutes & guitars are soft & plinky,,,33,1186

2,Vivaldi,Concerto For Two Oboes, Two Clarinets And String Orchestra In C Major, F. Xii, No. 2 ,,The Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra Of Vienna,Edgar Seipenbusch,Karl Scheit, 1st Lute And Guitar,nice, but the solo parts aren't very effective: lutes & guitars are soft & plinky,,,33,1186

3,Vivaldi,Concerto For Two Trumpets And Orchestra In,Music For Trumpet And Orchestra,Unicorn Concert Orchestra,Dickson,Roger Voisin & Armando Ghitalla,Familiar, very nice, fun, ok.,,,33,426

3,Vivaldi,Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op 3, No. 11,In Dulci Jubilo - A Baroque Concert,His Orchestra,Leopold Stokowski,Igor Kipnis, Harpsichord,,,,33,1757

4,Vivaldi,Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3, No. 11 (Transc. Laszlo Varga),Works By Moor, Bartok, Vivaldi, Jongen,New York Philharmonic Cello Quartet,,,Apparently famous piece, but seems not very good perf. 3rd mvmt very similar to Gloria 2nd mvmt.,,,33,1366

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In A Minor For Piccolo, String Orchestra And Cembalo,,Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn,Jorg Faerber,Gunter Lemmen, Viola D'amore; Anton Stingl, Lute, Hans Martin Linde, Piccolo,Very nice once I got used to the strange sound of piccolo as cto instrument. Shows it off particularly well.,,,33,1163

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In C Major,Music For Recorder & Orchestra,The Krainis Baroque Ensemble,,,,,,33,2073

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In C Major For Mandolin And String Orchestra,,,,,Lush orchestration complements and contrasts with delicate imaginative mandolin solos perfectly suited to instrument. Exc. perf. and recording.,,,33,848

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In C Major For Piccolo, String Orchestra And Cembalo,,Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn,Jorg Faerber,Gunter Lemmen, Viola D'amore; Anton Stingl, Lute, Hans Martin Linde, Piccolo,Very nice once I got used to the strange sound of piccolo as cto instrument. Shows it off particularly well.,,,33,1163

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In C Minor For Two violins, Strings And Cembalo, F. 1, No. 12,Vivaldi Four Concerti For Two Violins And Orchestra,Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Isaac Stern, Violinist, And David Oistrakh, Violinist; William R. Smith, Cembolist,very pleasant and well played,,,33,485

3,Vivaldi,Concerto In D Major For Flute, Strings, And Continuo, Opus 10, No. 3 'Il Cardellino',I Musici: A Decade Of Eloquence,I Musici,,Gastone Tassinari, Flute,nice, but I think I have another version that is considerably better. This record's interpretations lack something -- depth, planning, vision? -- that a conductor might help! An example of advertising as an asset one's greatest weakness!,,,33,2014

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In D Major For Two Violins, Strings And Cembalo, F. 1, No. 41,Vivaldi Four Concerti For Two Violins And Orchestra,Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Isaac Stern, Violinist, And David Oistrakh, Violinist; William R. Smith, Cembolist,very pleasant and well played,,,33,485

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins, Strings And Cembalo, F. 1, No. 100,Vivaldi Four Concerti For Two Violins And Orchestra,Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Isaac Stern, Violinist, And David Oistrakh, Violinist; William R. Smith, Cembolist,very pleasant and well played,,,33,485

3,Vivaldi,Concerto In D Minor For Viola D'amore And String Orchestra,,Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn,Jorg Faerber,Gunter Lemmen, Viola D'amore; Anton Stingl, Lute, Hans Martin Linde, Piccolo,Pleasant, but less interesting, less coherent themes. Viola d'amore has whiny nasal sound & out of tune.,,,33,1163

3,Vivaldi,Concerto In D Minor For Viola D'amore, Lute And String Orchestra,,Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn,Jorg Faerber,Gunter Lemmen, Viola D'amore; Anton Stingl, Lute, Hans Martin Linde, Piccolo,Same as the other viola d'amore cto, plus the lute is plinky.,,,33,1163

4,Vivaldi,Concerto In D P. 209,The Romeros Play Baroque Concertos For Four Guitars And Other Works,The Romeros,,,Familiar; awful interp. 2nd mvmt nice.,Terrible recording, badly distorted.,,33,2015

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In E Flat Major For Two Trumpets And Strings,Music For Trumpet And Orchestra Volume 2,,Kenneth Schermerhorn,Roger Voisin, John Rhea, soloists,Lively, fun.,,,33,376

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In E Minor For Violin, Strings, And Continuo, Opus 11, No. 2 'Il Favorito',I Musici: A Decade Of Eloquence,I Musici,,Roberto Michelucci, Violin,very nice,,,33,2014

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In G Major For 2 Mandolins And String Orchestra,,,,,Lush orchestration complements and contrasts with delicate imaginative mandolin solos perfectly suited to instrument. Exc. perf. and recording.,,,33,848

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In G Minor,Music For Recorder & Orchestra,The Krainis Baroque Ensemble,,,,,,33,2073

2,Vivaldi,Concerto In G Minor For Two Violins, Strings And Cembalo, F. 1, No. 98,Vivaldi Four Concerti For Two Violins And Orchestra,Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Isaac Stern, Violinist, And David Oistrakh, Violinist; William R. Smith, Cembolist,very pleasant and well played,,,33,485

2,Vivaldi,Conflict Between Harmony And Invention Disk 1, Op. 8, No. 8,,Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra,Clemens Dahinden,Louis Kaufman, Violin,nice violin solos,the performances aren't as special as those on other rarities records.,,33,614

3,Vivaldi,Conflict Between Harmony And Invention Disk 1, Op. 8, No. 5,,Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra,Clemens Dahinden,Louis Kaufman, Violin,,the performances aren't as special as those on other rarities records.,,33,614

3,Vivaldi,Conflict Between Harmony And Invention Disk 1, Op. 8, No. 6,,Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra,Clemens Dahinden,Louis Kaufman, Violin,,the performances aren't as special as those on other rarities records.,,33,614

2,Vivaldi,Conflict Between Harmony And Invention Disk 1, Op. 8, No. 7,,Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra,Clemens Dahinden,Louis Kaufman, Violin,2nd and 3rd mvmts particularly nice,the performances aren't as special as those on other rarities records.,,33,614

2,Vivaldi,Conflict Between Harmony And Invention Disk 2 (Side 3), Op. 8, No. 9, 10,,Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra,Clemens Dahinden,Louis Kaufman, Violin,Spirited, dynamic performance. More complex and interesting than much Vivaldi. Requires, and is worth, careful listening. Not background music. Recording scratchy and distorted this side. Worth further listening; could get 1 rating.,,,33,615

1,Vivaldi,Conflict Between Harmony And Invention Disk 2 (Side 4), Op. 8, No. 11, 12,,Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra,Clemens Dahinden,Louis Kaufman, Violin,Spirited, dynamic performance. More complex and interesting than much Vivaldi. Requires, and is worth, careful listening. Not background music.,,,33,615

1,Vivaldi,Flute Concerto in E minor, P.139,Vivaldi Flute Concertos,I Musici,,Tassinari, Flute,Better than the other 3.,,,33,571

3,Vivaldi,Flute Concerto In G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2 (R.439) La Notte,,Lucerne Festival Strings,Rudolf Baumgartner,James Galway, Flute; Karl Ridderbusch, Bass,Pleasant, but I know there's another version I like a lot better. This is overproduced, dull, saved by its being a good piece.,,,33,2658

2,Vivaldi,Flute Concertos,Vivaldi Flute Concertos,I Musici,,Tassinari, Flute,Liked them, but thought they didn't showcase flute very well. Not sure the performance here is what it could be. Quite a few Gloria passages.,,,33,571

3,Vivaldi,Il Favorito, Op. 11, No. 2,Monumenta Italicae Musicae: Five Violin Concerti,I Musici,,Roberto Michelucci, Luciano Vicari Feliy Ayo, Walter Gelozzi And Anna Maria Cotogni, Violins,pleasant and soothing, but unexciting, all fairly similar,,LC3486,33,155

3,Vivaldi,Il Riposo, Op. 51, No. 2,Monumenta Italicae Musicae: Five Violin Concerti,I Musici,,Roberto Michelucci, Luciano Vicari Feliy Ayo, Walter Gelozzi And Anna Maria Cotogni, Violins,pleasant and soothing, but unexciting, all fairly similar,,LC3486,33,155

3,Vivaldi,Il Sospetto, Op. 51, No. 3,Monumenta Italicae Musicae: Five Violin Concerti,I Musici,,Roberto Michelucci, Luciano Vicari Feliy Ayo, Walter Gelozzi And Anna Maria Cotogni, Violins,pleasant and soothing, but unexciting, all fairly similar,,LC3486,33,155

3,Vivaldi,La Fida Ninfa (Abridged),,Chamber Orchestra, Members Of The Opera, Milan,Monterosso, Dir.,,pleasant,,,33,530

3,Vivaldi,L'amoroso, Op. 35, No. 6,Monumenta Italicae Musicae: Five Violin Concerti,I Musici,,Roberto Michelucci, Luciano Vicari Feliy Ayo, Walter Gelozzi And Anna Maria Cotogni, Violins,pleasant and soothing, but unexciting, all fairly similar,,LC3486,33,155

1,Vivaldi,Largo E Spiccato From Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 11,,Munich Pro Arte Orchestra,Kurt Redel,Kurt Redel, flute; Christian Eink, Violin; Helmut Rose, Harpsichord,familiar. whole record is exc. perf., and exc. recording and tone balance.,exc. perf., and exc. recording and tone balance.,,33,2685

1,Vivaldi,Largo In D Minor For Violin And String Orchestra,Gems For Chamber Orchestra,Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Munich,Kurt Redel, Director,Kurt Redel, Flute; Leonard Hokanson, Harpsichord; Georg Retyl, Violin,familiar, very nicely played, soulful, suspenseful,,Mhs 3957,33,2612

3,Vivaldi,L'estro Armonico Op 3 No. 5 - A Major - Two Violins,,Pro Musica String Orchestra,Reinhardt,Siegfried Barchet, Solo Cello,Pleasant, but not outstanding. Uses lots of sawed notes and arpeggios where smaller-jump melodies would sound better. As usual, piano would sound much better than harpsichord.,,,33,621

3,Vivaldi,L'estro Armonico Op 3 No. 6 - A Minor - Violin Solo,,Pro Musica String Orchestra,Reinhardt,Siegfried Barchet, Solo Cello,Pleasant, but not outstanding. Uses lots of sawed notes and arpeggios where smaller-jump melodies would sound better. As usual, piano would sound much better than harpsichord.,,,33,621

2,Vivaldi,L'estro Armonico Op 3 No. 7 - F Major - Four Violins,,Pro Musica String Orchestra,Reinhardt,Siegfried Barchet, Solo Cello,More interesting, varied features.,,,33,621

3,Vivaldi,L'estro Armonico Op 3 No. 8 - A Minor - Two Violins,,Pro Musica String Orchestra,Reinhardt,Siegfried Barchet, Solo Cello,Has short figures that Bach used in violin Partita #2. Bach liked L'estro Armonico very much, and transcribed #3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 for other instruments. This record has similar feel and orchestration to Brandenburg, but simpler.,,,33,621

3,Vivaldi,L'Inquietudine, Op. 51, No. 1,Monumenta Italicae Musicae: Five Violin Concerti,I Musici,,Roberto Michelucci, Luciano Vicari Feliy Ayo, Walter Gelozzi And Anna Maria Cotogni, Violins,pleasant and soothing, but unexciting, all fairly similar,,LC3486,33,155

1,Vivaldi,Pastorale From 'Nisi Dominus',,Munich Pro Arte Orchestra,Kurt Redel,Kurt Redel, flute; Christian Eink, Violin; Helmut Rose, Harpsichord,Wow! Find the entire 'Nisi Dominus'. I did. It's entirely a vocal work; not uninteresting, but not compelling; even this as a vocal work is not as good as it is as an instrumental.,exc. perf., and exc. recording and tone balance.,,33,2685

3,Vivaldi,Sonata For Cello, Op. 14, No. 5 In E Minor,Lev Aronson Plays Cello Classics And Encores With Strings, Organ And Piano,,,Lev Aronson, Cello; Pianist: Roger L. Keyes; Organist: Joyce Jones,Nice, flowing melody. Performance not great, & off-key. Distorted recording, both sides, and skips.,,,33,2266

3,Vivaldi,Sonata In E Minor,Italian Cello Sonatas,,,Janos Starker, Cello; Stephen Swedish, Piano,melodic, but dull. Piano mix poor, and piece needs more instruments. Cello very good.,,,33,1524

4,Vivaldi,Sonata In G Minor,Italian Violin Sonatas,,,Jan Tomasow, Violin; Anton Heiller, Harpsichord,Not particularly interesting. Harpsichord is ineffective, but is at least audible.,,,33,731

1,Vivaldi,The Four Seasons, Op. 8, No. 1, 2, 3, 4,,Frankfurt Chamber Orchestra,,,very pleasant, even more so with subsequent listenings,,,33,414

4,Vivaldi,Violin Concerto In G Minor, Op. 12 No. 1,,The Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Vladimir Golschmann,Mischa Elman,very non-typical Vivaldi; may be interesting historically, but less so for listening,,,33,380

4,Vivaldi (A. Gentili),Se Cerca, Se Dice,Arias And Songs Of The Italian Baroque,,,Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor; Felix Lavilla, Piano,,,Mhs 3190,33,2521

4,Vivaldi (Guido Turchi),Dille Ch'il Viver Mio,Arias And Songs Of The Italian Baroque,,,Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor; Felix Lavilla, Piano,Soft, dull.,,Mhs 3190,33,2521

3,Vivaldi (John Edmunds),O Di Tua Man Mi Svena,Arias And Songs Of The Italian Baroque,,,Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor; Felix Lavilla, Piano,a bit dull. Good perf., recording; piano good, and with simple, effective arrangements.,,Mhs 3190,33,2521

3,Vivaldi-Bach,Cello Concerto In G,Cello Concertos,I Solisti Di Zagreb,,Antonio Janigro, Cellist,Less beautiful than Vivaldi, but more demanding, with a cadenza. Excellent performance and recording.,,Vics-1433,33,2116

3,Vladigerov,Fantasy On A Bulgarian Dance Theme, Op. 18,,The State Orchestra Of The U.S.S.R.,Kiril Kondrashin,David Oistrakh, Violin,Old style (Kreisleresque) romanticism transformed with a chromaticized Gypsyish scale, modern free form rhythms and motifs; liner notes compare to Bartok.,,,33,225

3,Vorisek,Symphony In D Major,,The PragueChamber Orchestra,,,Student of Hummel and friend of Beethoven, with almost identical style; it's not R2 only because its content didn't excite me much, sounding a bit like miscellaneous excerpts from Beethoven symphonies.,,,33,1424

3,Vuillement,Hornpipe,The Art Of Guiomar Novaes, Vol. 2,,,Guiomar Novaes, Piano,Dissonant, but not particularly interesting or pleasant,Exc. perf; recording has volume peak distortion,,33,789

5,Wagner,Album Leaf,David Oistrakh Encores,,,David Oistrakh; Yampolsky, Piano,Swellingly overemotive melody.,,,33,1196

1,Wagner,Das Rheingold Highlights,Das Rheingold Highlights,Vienna Philharmonic,Solti,Flagstad; London,Orchestral part is dramatic, exciting, with some inventive sound effects. Has a minimum of shrieking vocals, but the singing is still hyperdramatic. (see memo),but far less awful than some. If you downgrade it, remember to remove from Held Outs.,,33,2231

3,Wagner,Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)-Overture,,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Sort of gaudy-dramatic, but to me doesn't even evoke the sea-going images it's supposed to.,,,33,1700

0,Wagner,Die Gotterdammerung,,,Reibold,Lehmann, Melchior, Flagstad, Vocals,,,,33,1155

0,Wagner,Die Meistersinger - Prelude,,The Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Paul Paray,,,,,33,792

5,Wagner,Die Meistersinger-Overture,,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Swellingly nationalistic and patriotic.,,,33,1700

1,Wagner,Die Walkure - Act 1,Wagner Die Walkure Act 1,Vienna Philharmonic,Bruno Walter,Lehmann; Melchoir; List,Much is gentle & pretty, or subdued, with 2 solo voices, orchestra clearly audible, and no shrieking; well unified & seamless; without surprises, it's not very interesting, but is very good background music; exc perf & recording.,Not interesting enough to be HD candidate.,,33,2297

0,Wagner,Die Walkure - Ride Of The Valkyries,,The Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Paul Paray,,,,,33,792

3,Wagner,Die Walkure Ride Of The Valkyries (Transcribed By Hutcheson),Keyboard Giants Of The Past, Vol. 2,,,Olga Samaroff, Piano,Virtuosic transcription & perf of this famous theme.,The focus of this record is the pianists, and except for Rachmaninoff, almost serves as a catalog of ones I might as well avoid!,,33,1300

2,Wagner,Die Walkure-Ride Of The Valkyries (Act 3),,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Famous, but it's overloaded with cutesy garish sound effects (trilling flutes & strings, etc.).,,,33,1700

0,Wagner,Fantaisie In F Sharp Minor,Wagner Piano Music,,,Martin Galling, Piano,,,,33,1029

0,Wagner,Lohengrin - Prelude, Act I,,The Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Paul Paray,,,,,33,792

0,Wagner,Lohengrin - Prelude, Act III,,The Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Paul Paray,,,,,33,792

0,Wagner,Lohengrin Bridal Chorus,,RCA Victor Chorale And Orchestra,Robert Shaw,,,,Victor 11-9294,78,4162

3,Wagner,Lohengrin-Prelude To Act 1,,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Nebulous high-pitched 'spiritual calm & celestial beauty'; but it develops slowly without doing much along the way; you have plenty of time to anticipate each very predictable chord change and get tired of waiting.,,,33,1700

0,Wagner,Opera Selections,Jussi Bjoerling In Concert,,,Jussi Bjoerling,,,,33,1198

0,Wagner,Overture From Die Meistersinger,,The Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Bruno Walter,,,,,33,229

0,Wagner,Overture From The Flying Dutchman;,,The Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Bruno Walter,,,,,33,229

0,Wagner,Parsifal,,,Reibold,Lehmann, Melchior, Flagstad, Vocals,,,,33,1155

5,Wagner,Parsifal-Good Friday Spell (Act 3),,Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Opens like Zarathustra; then it's an interminable slow melody of long-held notes.,,,33,1700

4,Wagner,Parsifal-Prelude To Act 1,,Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Sort of sad and majestic, but mainly each note is held for a long time.,,,33,1700

1,Wagner,Polonia Overture,,Symphony Orchestra Of Radio Berlin,Adolf Fritz Guhl,,Loud, raucous, appropriate to the Polish revolt that inspired it; has the spirit of Offenbach with the orchestral might of Tchaikovsky, but far better than the 1812 Overture.,,,33,1169

0,Wagner,Prelude And Good Friday Spell From Parsifal,,The Columbia Symphony Orchestra,Bruno Walter,,,,,33,229

0,Wagner,Selections,,,Reibold,Lehmann, Melchior, Flagstad, Vocals,,,,33,1155

4,Wagner,Siegfried Act 3, Scene 3,,Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra,Erich Leinsdorf,Eileen Farrell,Obviously very good in its own way, it is pleasant as background music, unpleasant to pay close attention to. I could come to like it, but it would be nice if I always had better things to do.,,,33,998

4,Wagner,Siegfried Idyll,,San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,Pierre Monteux,,Likely the best perf I have; could be R3, except it just doesn't do anything.,,,33,1227

4,Wagner,Siegfried Idyll,,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Sets a very serene mood and stays there a long time; I liked this interp better than the other one I listened to.,,,33,1700

3,Wagner,Siegfried Idyll,Toscanini And The Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York,Toscanini,,Very quiet, dreamlike feel; slow to develop, and never really does do anything, but I didn't mind because it's reasonably pleasant; sort of a musical impression of stalling for time.,,,33,68

0,Wagner,Sonata In A Major,Wagner Piano Music,,,Martin Galling, Piano,,,,33,1029

1,Wagner,Symphony In C Major,,Symphony Orchestra Of Radio Leipzig,Pfluger,,Somewhat rocky start and uneven in quality, but joyous and as thoroughly enjoyable as any of Beethoven's, to which it sounds quite similar.,,,33,1169

0,Wagner,Tannhauser,Munch Conducts Wagner,Boston Symphony,Munch,,,,,33,756

0,Wagner,Tannhauser- Overture,,The Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Paul Paray,,,,,33,792

0,Wagner,Tannhauser Overture And Venusberg Music,The Sound Of Genius: Columbia Record Club 5th Anniversary,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,,Columbia Record Club,,33,242

0,Wagner,Tannhauser, Act 2,,The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,Elmendorff,,,,Columbia 69000d,78,4145

2,Wagner,Tannhauser-Overture,,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Familiar opening; brassy orchestration; semi-chromatic meandering themes in a flighty organization (i.e. an overture); the lack of singing is what saves it; swelling crescendo finale much like Bruckner.,#1700-01,,33,1700

4,Wagner,The Flying Dutchman Spinning Song (Transcribed By Liszt),Keyboard Giants Of The Past, Vol. 2,,,Ignace Jan Paderewski, Piano,Virtuosic perf of an unappealing frantic piece reminiscent of Mendelssohn's of the same name.,The focus of this record is the pianists, and except for Rachmaninoff, almost serves as a catalog of ones I might as well avoid!,,33,1300

4,Wagner,Tristan Und Isolde, Opera In 3 Acts,,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,Elmendorff,,Voices predominate, in weird only-semi-melodic run-on melodies that approach rhythmic shrieking, but are strangely hypnotic; what instrumental music is clearly audible has lucid short themes treated with enough chromaticism to make them weird (see memo),It is more drama than music, and isn't essentially a musical experience; much of it sounds the same; his followers adopted his strange instrumental treatments, omitting the important vocal foreground; I don't need to hear it again.,,33,2668

0,Wagner,Tristan Und Isolde-Love Music From Acts 2 And 3,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Leopold Stokowski,Shirley Verrett-Carter, Mezzo-Soprano,,,,33,333

4,Wagner,Tristan Und Isolde-Prelude And Liebestod,,Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,Wilhelm Furtwangler,,Slow, airy, and foreboding; goes nowhere.,,,33,1700

0,Wagner,Venusberg,Munch Conducts Wagner,Boston Symphony,Munch,,,,,33,756

3,Wailly,Aubade For Flute, Oboe And Clarinet,Pastorales,The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet,,,Elfish, with flute.,,,33,1089

0,Walter Piston,Prelude And Allegro,,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Koussevitzky,E. Power Biggs, Organ,,,Victor 11-9262,78,4170

0,Walter Piston,The Incredible Flutist Suite From The Ballet,,The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra,Howard Hanson,,,,,33,508

0,Walton,,Music For Voice And Guitar,,,Peter Pears And Julian Bream,,,,33,1099

0,Walton,Concerto For Violin And Orchestra,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,Zino Francescatti, Violin,,,,33,477

5,Walton,Facade,,Chamber Orchestra,Frederik Prausnitz,,Nonsense verse poorly recited to bad music: worse than any modern rap!,Poems By Dame Edith Sitwell,,33,525

5,Walton,Music For Children,,London Philharmonic And London Symphony Orch,Sir Arthur Bliss, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir William Walton, Lennox Berkeley,,Dull from every standpoint; don't even know who to compare it to: Vaughan Williams?,,,33,2465

0,Walton,Violin Concerto,,Philharmonia Orchestra,Walton,Heifetz, Violin,,,,33,1035

0,Walton Mourant, Etc.,Short Pieces,Encore!,New York Philharmonic,Kostelanetz,,,,,33,1213

2,Wanhal,Symphony in A Minor,The Legacy Of The Mannheim School,Chamber Orchestra Of The Sarre,Ristenpart,,Pretty.,Old rating for whole record = R4: uninteresting mozart-like. Liner note historical analysis is informative.,,33,965

5,Warlock,Serenade For Strings,Romances And Serenades,The Cleveland Sinfonietta,Louis Lane,Rafael Druian, Violinist,Lush strings in advanced harmonies like a 1940s romance movie.,,,33,871

3,Watts-Handel,Joy To The World,,Trinity Choir,,,More solemn than joyful.,,Victor 20246,78,4061

1,Weber,Andante and Hungarian Rondo, Op. 35,,Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra,Jorg Faerber,George Zukerman, Bassoon,The pair develops like a history of music, with hints of Beethoven's Fifth (i.e. what's to come) throughout. The Andante is baroque with an imaginative and beautiful bassoon part. Starts with a Gluck feel in themes and orchestration with, then Vivaldi.,The rondo's BCD parts may intentionally use the development styles of (in order) Schubert (Rosamunde), Haydn (Surprise), Beethoven, Mozart. A different record's liner notes say Hummel (not heard here) was an influence on Weber.,,33,1288

2,Weber,Andantino From The Konzertstuck In F,,,,Emanuel Feuermann (Cello); Myra Hess (Piano); Gerald Moore (Piano),Songlike duet in a style surprisingly similar to Schubert (in general).,,,33,1904

3,Weber,Bassoon Concerto In F Major, Op. 75,,Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra,Jorg Faerber,George Zukerman, Bassoon,Post-classical; orch. part has a Gluck feel, an operatic feel, and is good, but bassoon part is linear classical boop-boop-boop, is weak, irritating, and dominates the piece.,,,33,1288

3,Weber,Concertino in C Minor for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 26,The Virtuoso Clarinet,Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra,Robert Wagner,Glazer, Clarinet,Pleasant, but has an operatic feel that I found dull.,,,33,1250

3,Weber,Overture To Der Freischutz,,New York Philharmonic,George Szell,,Opera overture with influence of Mozart in themes, of Beethoven in fullness of orchestration and developments, with the openness & freedom of Mendelssohn, whom he preceded; good sections interspersed with too many dull ones; he influenced Wagner.,,,33,70

3,Weber,Overture To Oberon,,New York Philharmonic,George Szell,,Opera overture with influence of Mozart in themes, of Beethoven in fullness of orchestration and developments, with the openness & freedom of Mendelssohn, whom he preceded; good sections interspersed with too many dull ones.,,,33,70

0,Weber,Perpetual Mobile,Allegro,,,Josef Hofmann,,,,33,166

2,Weber,Piano Sonata 1 In C Major, Op. 24,,,,Beveridge Webster, Piano,Described as having a parlor-piece sound, it's the sort of piece Rachmaninoff would play (see #513); in places, sounds pre-Chopin.,,,33,1564

1,Weber,Piano Sonata 2 In A-Flat Major, Op. 39,,,,Beveridge Webster, Piano,Deeper, more meditative & serious than No. 1, with more of a Beethoven/Schubert sound; I liked it much better than No. 1.,,,33,1564

3,Weber,Rondo Brillanta, Op. 62 ('La Gaiete'),Harold Bauer Concert,,,Harold Bauer, Piano,Whirly, lively,,,33,1429

4,Webern,Im Sommerwind,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,Gentle, airy, expansive tone poem that is quite evocative of a summer day; good & effective, mostly semi-melodic with well placed chromaticism; reminds me of Delius, but not a kind of music I like much.,,,33,1643

5,Webern,Three Pieces For Orchestra,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,Absurd collection of sound effects; like a novel written using only punctuation.,,,33,1643

5,Weill, Kurt,The Threepenny Opera,,,,Lotte Lenya, Bea Arthur, John Astin,Unbelievably awful; even Mack The Knife is terrible; all-star 'original off-Broadway' cast. Didn't listen to it all.,,,33,1835

4,Weinberger,Polka And Fugue From Schwanda,The Sound Of Genius, Volume 3,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,Boisterous show tune; fugue is light & clever, orchestrated like a Strauss waltz.,,,33,636

3,Weinberger,Schwanda Polka And Fugue,Pop-Overs,The Eastman-Rochester Pops,Frederick Fennell,,Silly but enjoyable,,,33,655

4,Weinberger,Schwanda-Polka And Fugue,,The Philadelphia Orchestra,Eugene Ormandy,,Pleasant but uncaptivating program piece.,,ML5289,33,281

0,Weinberger,Schwanda-Polka And Fugue,,New York Philharmonic,Dimitri Mitropoulos,,,,ML5198,33,625

2,Weiss,Fantasie,Baroque Guitar,,,Julian Bream,Sounds a bit like Bach.,,,33,1395

3,Weiss,Passacaille,Baroque Guitar,,,Julian Bream,Pretty; it may partly be the perf that is dull.,,,33,1395

3,Weiss,Tombeau Sur La Mort De M. Comte De Logy,Baroque Guitar,,,Julian Bream,Interesting piece should be more effective; poor interp?,,,33,1395

2,Werner, Gregorius Josephus,The Curious Musical Instrument Calendar,,Vienna State Opera Orchestra,Paul Angerer,,Same idea as Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and in places sounds like him, though it seems generally closer to French baroque; supposedly very cleverly written, it's also pleasant; these excerpts sound too short; the whole piece (2 hrs) might be even better.,,,33,1760

3,Widor,Symphony 5 In F Minor, Op 42, No 1: Toccata,Virgil Fox Encores,,,Virgil Fox, Organ,Well-known; perf seems poor, piece may be ok.,,,33,783

3,Wieniawski,Capriccio-Valse, Op. 7,,,,Heifetz, Violin; Brooks Smith, Pianist,Ok; nothing special. Well performed by both.,,,33,1555

3,Wieniawski,Scherzo-Tarantelle Op. 16,Henryk Szeryng In Recital,,,Henryk Szeryng,Very fast indeed,,,33,347

2,Wieniawski,Violin Concerto 1 In F Sharp Mlnor,Op.14,,Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra,Gennady Rozhdestvensky,Viktor Pikaizen (Violin),Written and interpreted as hand-wringingly expressive; the 1st & 3rd mvmt finales are great.,,,33,2287

3,Wieniawski,Violin Concerto 2 In D Minor, Op. 22,,Rca Victor Symphony Orchestra,Izler Solomon,Jascha Heifetz, Violinist,Overly expressive; violin part, sometimes virtuosic, is mostly single string melodies in varying moods; orch is mostly a backdrop; little interplay; moods change rapidly.,,,33,1576

1,William Boyce,Eight Symphonies (Numbers 1 through 8),,I Solisti di Zagreb,Janigro,Tachezi, Harpsichord And Organ,British baroque somewhat similar to Vivaldi but with happier themes & cheerier orchestration, or to Handel; more subdued than #565, except No. 5! (horns, drums, fanfare); good perf & recording: even harpsichord & organ are audible.,,,33,1195

1,William Boyce,Overtures to 3 birthday odes (1775, 1768, 1769), 2 new years odes (1758, 1772), & Peleus and Thetis,Six Overtures from Musica Britannica vol XIII, edited by Gerald Finzi,Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux,A. Lewis,,British baroque like Handel (drumming, brassy orchestration like Water Music), with more Italian and maybe French influence; mostly cheerful lively allegro, not all have brass or drums; good perf & recording.,,,33,565

5,William Byrd,Children's Songs of Shakespseare's Time,An Anthology Of Their Greatest Works,The New York Pro Musica,Noah Greenberg,,The many songs not identified by composer; mostly irritating a capella chorus; only listened to a few.,,,33,2031

0,William Mayer,Octagon For Piano And Orchestra,,Milwaukee Symphony,Kenneth Schermerhorn,William Masselos, Piano,,,,33,2460

4,William Schuman,'To Thee Old Cause' Evocation For Oboe, Brass, Timpani, Piano And Strings,,New York Philharmonic,Leonard Bernstein,Harold Gomberg, Oboe,A tone poem of sound effects to set a mood; if it is supposed to imitate confusion, bewilderment, rudderlessness, and despair, it does so quite well, unfortunately, which makes it musically unpleasant.,,,33,2025

4,Wolf,Italian Serenade,Budapest Quartet Encores,Budapest String Quartet,,Joseph Roisman And Alexander Schneider, Violins; Boris Kroyt, Viola; Mischa Schneider, Cello,Semi-chromatic melodic with dissonances; not Italian or interesting.,,ML5116,33,48

3,Wolf,Italian Serenade In G,,I Musici,,,Boring; sort of a cross between a lilting Strauss waltz and a Bruckner symphony with no guts.,,,33,2052

0,Ysaye,,Great Violinists Of The 19th And 20th Centuries,,,,,,,33,400

4,Ysaye,'Reve D'enfant,' Op. 14,,,,Arthur Grumiaux, Violin; Dinorah Varsi, Piano,Similar to the Lekeu, and maybe to Debussy; arbitrary melody played as though it's beautiful, but it's not.,,,33,2475

4,Zarzycki,Mazurka in G Major, Op. 26,David Oistrakh Encores,,,David Oistrakh; Yampolsky, Piano,Jerky and irritating like a caprice; romantic.,,,33,1196