22 January 2010

Pop Revolution Shuffle

Second time in recent shuffles that a track from Trout Mask Replica started off. But then, the minority pop music crowded consistently into the shuffle (seven of the first ten tracks — do we still call them tracks, I wonder?)

A bit strange that in a shuffle of twenty-five, there were three each from Genesis and Jethro Tull — from the same playlist, respectively.

The first movement from each of two different recordings of the Symphony of Psalms cropped up; made for an interesting comparison (Craft’s was the more relaxed).

And strewn through the shuffle, two consecutive Preludes-&-Fugues from Shostakovich’s Opus 87 (nos. 17 & 18).





1. Captain Beefheart, “Veteran’s Day Poppy” from Trout Mask Replica [1084/1172]
2. Jethro Tull, “Pastime with Good Company” from The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull [607/1172]
3. Genesis, “The Lamia” from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway [997/1172]
4. Mannheim Steamroller, “Greensleaves” from some Mannheim Steamroller Christmas album or other [323/1172]
5. Shostakovich, Prelude & Fugue № 17 in A-flat, from Opus 87 (Tatiana Nikolayeva) [1162/1172]
6. Jethro Tull, “Jack in the Green” from Songs from the Wood [452/1172]
7. Prokofiev, Cinderella, Opus 87, Act II, № 32 Cinderella’s Dance (Cleveland Orchestra, Ashkenazy) [114/1172]
8. Stravinsky, Agnus Dei from the Mass (Westminster Cathedral Choir, City of London Sinfonia, James O’Donnell) [524/1172]
9. The Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band, “Cool Britannia” from Gorilla [219/1029]
10. Genesis, “Counting Out Time” from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway [220/1029]
11. Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole, Malagueña (Detroit, Paray) [654/1172]
12. Beethoven, Symphony № 9 in d minor, Opus 125, i. Allegro man non troppo, un poco maestoso (Gewandhausorchester, Masur) [4/1029]
13. Genesis, “It” from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway [437/1172]
14. de Victoria, Agnus Dei from Missa « O quam gloriosum » (Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly) [540/1172]
15. Shostakovich, Prelude & Fugue № 18 in f minor, from Opus 87 (Tatiana Nikolayeva) [1163/1172]
16. Vaughan Williams, Symphony № 7 (Sinfonia antartica), iv. Andante sostenuto (London Philharmonic, Haitink) [888/1172]
17. Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet, Opus 64, Act III, Scene viii: № 48 Morning Serenade (BSO, Ozawa) [83/1172]
18. Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms, i. Psalm 39 (Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon Joly Chorus, Robt Craft) [949/1172]
19. Shostakovich, Six Romances on Verses by English Poets, Opus 62, № 5: Sonnet LXVI, “Tired with all these” (Shakespeare) — Lento (Fyodor Kuznetsov & Yuri Serov) [793/1172]
20. Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet, Opus 64, Act III, Scene vi: № 43 Intermezzo, Andante (L’istesso tempo) (BSO, Ozawa) [71/1172]
21. Elgar, Cello Concerto in e minor, Opus 85 iii. Adagio (André Navarra, Hallé Orchestra, Barbirolli) [199/1172]
22. Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms, i. Psalm 39 (Westminster Cathedral Choir, City of London Sinfonia, James O’Donnell) [950/1172]
23. Jethro Tull, “Broadford Bazaar” from The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull [178/1172]
24. Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet, Opus 64, Act II, Scene v: № 32 Tybalt Meets Mercutio, Moderato (BSO, Ozawa) [69/1172]
25. Nielsen, Symphony № 6, Sinfonia semplice (FS 116), iv. Thema med Variationer (LSO, Schmidt) [775/1172]

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