Music can be a source of great joy. We are fortunate to live in an age where high quality recordings of good music are readily available at reasonable prices.
I have organized a few of musical selections that I particularly enjoy into four basic categories listed below. Most of the sample cuts posted for each selection on amazon.comcan be heard with the Windows Media Player or with RealPlayer software (free download for Mac or PC from www.real.com).
SCROLL DOWN and click on any individual selection title (hot link) below for additional information about and the opportunity to download a sample cut of each recording.
Classical:
- J. S. Bach - Mass in B minor
- Beethoven - Symphonies 1-9
- Brahms: - Piano Concerto No 2
- Chopin - Piano Concertos no 1 & 2
- Dvorak - Symphony no 9
- Mahler - Symphony no 4
- Mozart - Symphonies nos 35-41
- Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no 2
- Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto no 1
- Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Folk:
- The Weavers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
- Pete Seeger - For Kids And Just Plain Folks
- Peter Paul & Mary - In The Wind
- Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Broadway:
- Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story
- George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess
- Rodgers & Hammerstein - South Pacific
- Lerner & Loewe - My Fair Lady
- Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar
- George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess
Rock & Pop:
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Additional selections will be added to each category as I discover good recordings available through amazon.com, the Apple Music Store or other online sources that provide the capability to listen to sample segments. I'm really just getting started with this page, but at least the links above should provide some good basic information to those unfamiliar with any of the selections listed.
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August 2004