NATIONAL
PUBLIC RADIO, PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL, and the following CDs
and tapes were/are played continuously during all my writing
activities and webplay. These lists comprise my opinion of what
great music is (I add and/or take out some, as time goes by). I
listen to Echoes
with John DiLiberto on PRI every Sunday night, and I listen to
Peter Vandegraff every day. I thank all musicians for your Love
and your Inspiring Talent! To all those who were left off of this
list: please forgive me, and send me your latest CD!
THE ANDREWS SISTERS / GLENN MILLER; Chesterfield Broadcasts; RCA, BG2 63113
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL; SWING TIME; Sony Music, A 22634
GLENN MILLER; Chattanooga Choo Choo; Bluebird/RCA/BMG, 3102-2-RB
LENA HORNE; Stormy Weather; Bluebird/RCA/BMG, 9985-2-RB
LINDA RONSTADT; Lush Life; Elektra/Asylum Records, E4-60387
MARLENE DIETRICH; Art Deco; Columbia/Legacy, CK 53209
ALTRAMAR MEDIEVAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE; Crossroads of the Celts; Dorian, DOR-93177
CELTIC MAGIC; 11 Irish Instrumentals; Rounder Records, ED CD 9008
THE CHIEFTAINS; tears of stone; RCA Victor, 09026-68968-2
DEREK BELL; The Mystic Harp; Clarity Sound & Light; CSL-07
ALEX VON PITAMIC / THE MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; Mussorgsky, Pictures At An Exhibition; Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2; Highland Music, CL 1261
SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS / PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA; Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Posthorn Serenade; Telarc, CD-80108
DANIEL BARENBOIM / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; Mozart, Piano Concerti 14, 15, 16; Teldec Classics, 0630-16827-2
DANIEL BARENBOIM / CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; Tchaikovsky, Symphony 5, 1812 Overture; Teldec Classics, T2 10904
EMANUEL AX; Chopin, Piano Concerto 2, Grand Fantasia, Grande Polonaise; Sony, SK 63371
SIR GEORG SOLTI / LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; Holst, The Planets; London/Decca, CS5 7110
HERB BLOMSTEDT / SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra; Decca/London, 289 448 815-2
ITZHAK PERLMAN / DANIEL BARENBOIM; Brahms, 3 Violin Sonatas; Sony, ST 45819
ITZHAK PERLMAN / PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA; Beethoven, Violin D Concerto, Opus 61; EMI Records, CDC 556210
JORGE BOLET / MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto 2; Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto 1; Musical Heritage Society, 514018X
LOUIS LORTIE; Chopin, Complete Etudes; Musical Heritage Society, 512141X
MICHAEL TILTON THOMAS / LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; George Gershwin, the 1920's; CBS Records/Masterworks, IMT 39699
MURRAY PERAHIA; The Aldeburgh Recital; Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Liszt; Sony Classical, ST 46437
MURRAY PERAHIA / CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE; Mozart, Piano Concerti 21, 27; Sony Classical, ST 46485
NEVILLE MARRINER / ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS; George F. Handel, Water Music; Musical Heritage Society, 513301W
PIERRE BOULEZ / THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA; Igor Stravinski, The Rite of Spring; CBS Great Performances, MYT 37764
RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LYUBLYANA; Petr Ilich Tchaikovsky, Pathatique, Serenade for Strings; CBS Records, PT 21698
RICCARDO MUTI / PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA; Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty; EMI Records, CDC 547075
SHLOMO MINTZ / ISRAEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA; Antonio Vivaldi, String Symphonies; Musical Heritage Society, 513592K
ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION; so long so wrong; Rounder Records, RCD 0365
BRYAN WHITE; The Right Place; Asylum Records, 62047-2
DON WILLIAMS; The Best Of; MCA Records, MCAD-31172
PATSY CLINE; 12 GREATEST HITS; MCA Records, MCAD-12
VERN GOSDIN; Chiseled In Stone; CBS Records, FCT 40982
VINCE GILL; high lonesome sound; MCA Records, MCAD-11422
VINCE GILL; I Still Believe In You; MCA Records, MCAC-10630
VINCE GILL; Souvenirs; MCA Records, MCAD-11394
VINCE GILL; when love finds you; MCA Records, MCAD-11047
BOB DYLAN; Greatest Hits Vol. II; Columbia Records, PGT 31120
BONNIE RAITT; Longing In Their Hearts; Capitol Records, C4-581427
JAMES TAYLOR; Hourglass; Columbia Records, CK 67912
JAMES TAYLOR; Never Die Young; Columbia Records, FCT 40851
JAMES TAYLOR; New Moon Shine; Columbia Records, CT 46038
JONI MITCHELL; Blue; Reprise Records, M5 2038
JONI MITCHELL; Court and Spark; Asylum Records, EUR 253 002 1001-2
JONI MITCHELL; hits; Reprise Records, 9 46326-2
JONI MITCHELL; Taming the Tiger; Reprise Records, 9 46451-2
KEB' MO'; slow down; Okeh/550 Music, BK 69376
PAUL ROBESON; Songs of Free Men; Masterworks/Sony Classical, MHK 63223
TOM PETTY; Wildflowers; Warner Brothers Records, 9 45759-2
TRAVELING WILBURYS; Vol. 1; Wilbury Records, 4-25796
TRAVELING WILBURYS; Vol. 3; Wilbury Records, 4-26324
BILLY MCLAUGHLIN; fingerdance; NARADA LOTUS, ND-61058
DOYLE DYKES; Gitarre 2000; Windham Hill Records, WHCD 11343
ELIOT FISK; Baroque Guitar; Musical Heritage Society, 419310M
ELIOT FISK & PAULA ROBISON; Canciones Latinas; MusicMasters Classics, 01612-67193-2
PRO ARTE GUITAR TRIO; Arabesque: Music of Debussy, Satie & Ravel; Academy Sound & Vision, CD WHL 2063
DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET; Time Out; Columbia/Legacy, CK 65122
HANCOCK / SHORTER / CARTER / RONEY / WILLIAMS; A Tribute To Miles; Qwest/Reprise, 4-45059
JIM HALL & PAT METHENY; Jim Hall & Pat Metheny; Telarc, CD-83442
MILES DAVIS; Birth of the Cool; Capitol/Jazz Heritage, 514342Z
MILES DAVIS; Kind of Blue; Columbia/Legacy, CK 64935
MILES DAVIS; Sketches of Spain; Columbia/Legacy, CK-65142
BURNING SKY; Enter the Earth; Rykodisc, RCD 10448
CAPERCAILLIE; beautiful wasteland; Survival Records/Rykodisc, RCD 10441
DAVID & STEVE GORDON; Sacred Spirit Drums; Sequoia Records, X833
ENYA; watermark; Reprise Records, 9 26774-2
KITARO; Dream; Geffen Records, GEFC-24477
KITARO; Kojiki; Geffen Records, M5G 24255
KITARO; The Light of the Spirit; Geffen Records, M5G 24163
KRONOS QUARTET performs PHILIP GLASS; Nonesuch Records, 9 79356-2
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA; Inner Worlds; Columbia Records; PCT 33908
THE MOODY BLUES; Keys of the Kingdom; PolyGram Records, P4-49433
RAVI SHANKAR & PHILIP GLASS; Passages; Private Music, P4 2074
ROBBIE ROBERTSON / RED ROAD ENSEMBLE; Music for the Native Americans; Capitol Records, D 106145
SECRET GARDEN; Songs From A Secret Garden; Philips/PolyGram, D112397
TRIBAL WINDS; Native American Flutes; Earthbeat! Records, 9 42583-2
18th CENTURY ENSEMBLE, ALBEMARLE CONSORT OF VOICES, AMERICAN BOYCHOIR; Handel/Vivaldi, Dixit Dominus; Musical Heritage Society, 514046K
BENEDICTINE MONKS OF SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS; CHANT; Angel, 4DS 555138
VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR; Christmas In Vienna; Musical Heritage Society, 513128T
THE WHITE ALBUM; Windham Hill Records, D120272
WIND MACHINE; Christmas; Blue Meteor Records; NWR976
DAVID GARZA; this euphoria; Atlantic/Lava, 83033-2
DON HENLEY; The End of the Innocence; Geffen Records, M5G 24217 C101064
FLEETWOOD MAC; Greatest Hits; Warner Brothers Records, 9 25801-2
FRANK ZAPPA; Strictly Commercial; Rykodisc, RCD 40500
GEORGE HARRISON; Cloud Nine; Warner Brothers Records, W4-25643
JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO; Double Fantasy; Geffen Records, W5 2001
SPIRITUAL GRAFFITI; The Album That Never Was; http://www.pisces.com/sepiatone
TALKING HEADS; Stop Making Sense; Sire Records, W4-25186
ZZ TOP; Greatest Hits; Warner Brothers, 9 26846-2
AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS; "A Toda Cuba Le Gusta"; World Circuit/Nonesuch, 79476-2
ALI FARKA TOURE with RY COODER; Talking Timbuktu; World Circuit/Rykodisc, HNCD 1381
ANTONIO CARLOS (TOM) JOBIM; a twist of jobim; Polygram Records, P2-33893
COMPAY SEGUNDO, ELIADES OCHOA, IBRAHIM FERRER, RUBEN GONZALEZ, RY COODER; Buena Vista Social Club; World Circuit/Nonesuch, 79478-2
DAYAN ANCIENT MUSIC ASSOCIATION; Naxi Music From Lijiang; Nimbus, NI 5510
GIPSY KINGS; Cantos de Amor; Nonesuch Records; 79510-2
GIPSY KINGS; Compas; Nonesuch Records, 79446-2
MARLENE DIETRICH; Art Deco; Columbia/Legacy, CK 53209
PAUL ROBESON; Songs of Free Men; Masterworks/Sony Classical, MHK 63223
RAVI SHANKAR; Chants of India; Angel Records, CDQ 555948
RAVI SHANKAR; The Sounds of India; Columbia Records, Ck 9296
TAJ MAHAL & TOUMANI DIABATE; KULANJAN; Hannibal Records/Rykodisc, HNCD 1444
VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR; Christmas In Vienna; Musical Heritage Society, 513128T
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