In this leap year, we commemorate the birthdays of Mother Ann Lee (1736), founder of the Shakers, and Giaocchino Rossini (1792), as well as those whose birthdays fall on normal, every-year dates: Zero Mostel (February 28, 1915), and Bedrich Smetana (March 2, 1924).
Fanfare I (CD: Praise the Lord) (Gerre Hancock, organ) Benjamin Britten: Canadian carnival, op. 19 (CD: Britten: Canadian (Edmonton Symphony Carnival, Four Sea Orchestra; Uri Mayer) Interludes) Bedrich Smetana: String quartet no. 1 (CD: Smetana: String (Talich Quartet) Quartets no. 1 & 2) Peter Maxwell Davies: An Orkney wedding, with sunrise (CD: A Celebration (Scottish Chamber Orchestra; of Scotland) Peter Maxwell Davices) Patrick Doyle: Fanfare (CD: Hamlet: Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Giaocchino Rossini: Messa di Gloria (CD: Rossini: Quoniam Messa di Gloria) Cum sancto spiritu (Samuel Ramey, bass; Academy and Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner) J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (CD: Bach: Mass Gloria in excelsis in B Minor) Et in terra pax (Tölzer Knabenchor; The King's Consort; Robert King) William Mathias: As truly as God is our Father (CD: William (Christ Church Cathedral Mathias: Church Choir; Stephen Darlington) and Choral Music) Patrick Doyle: Hamlet incidental music (CD: Hamlet: Motion Picture Soundtrack) Shaker Chants and Spirituals (CD: Simple Gifts) Come, Shaker life Yonder valley Celestial choir The Lark The Nightingale Mother's warning Sad days Encouragement (The Boston Camerata; Joel Cohen; Schola Cantorum of Boston; Frederick Jodry) Percy Grainger: Country gardens (CD: Country Gardens) (Light Music Society Orchestra; Sir Vivian Dunn)
Gioacchino Rossini: Overture "Il barbiere di Siviglia" (CD: Rossini & von (Berliner Philharmoniker; Suppé Overtures) Herbert von Karajan) Bedrich Smetana: Vysehrad (CD: Smetana: (Czech Philharmonic My Country) Orchestra; Václav Smetácek) Franz Liszt: Gaudeamus igitur - Humoreske, S509 (CD: Gaudeamus igitur (Leslie Howard, piano) - Pièces d'occasion) Halsey Stevens: Sonata for trumpet and piano (CD: On the (Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Twentieth Century) Judith Lynn Stillman, piano ) Steven Sondheim: Comedy tonight (CD: A Funny Thing (Zero Mostel and cast) Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962)) Gioacchino Rossini: Overture "Guilliaume Tell" (CD: Singphonic (Die Singphoniker; Rossini) Berno Scharpf, piano)
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