Before we get too much farther into the month, I wanted to mention that my friend Ernie is holding his annual Christmas in July festivities over at his blog. This means 10 new holiday cuts every day, for those who just can't get enough Yuletide cheer.
Let me also point out that I have revived my other blog, Buster's Swinging Singles, from its dormant state with some new uploads. First was Bing Crosby's songs from his 1937 flick, Waikiki Wedding, featuring a nifty picture label used on the English Brunswick release. I followed up with four songs from Bing's co-star, the sadly forgotten Shirley Ross, a favorite of mine. These comprise songs from the 1940 Rodgers-Hart Broadway musical, Higher and Higher. Ross was one of the leads in that show and introduced two of the songs, including "It Never Entered My Mind." Next up will be Martha Raye, Bing's other Waikiki Wedding co-star.
Now on to the uploads. As before, these are limited-time items hosted on Zippyshare, and brought to us by new reader 8H Haggis. He has sprinkled download links in the comments of various posts. Please follow the links below to these posts and open the comments section.
Othmar Schoeck's beautiful Violin and Horn Concertos, with Edmond de Stoutz conducting the Zurich orchestra, plus Schoenberg's late romantic Gurrelieder, in the classic recording led by René Leibowitz - LINK
The underrated Walter Hendl conducting the Eastman Philharmonia in Weber's Freischütz Overture and Respighi's Feste Romane - LINK
Don Gillis' musical joke, the Symphony No. 5-and-a-Half, from a 1947 NBC Symphony broadcast led by Arturo Toscanini - LINK
My thanks to 8H Haggis once again!
Let me also point out that I have revived my other blog, Buster's Swinging Singles, from its dormant state with some new uploads. First was Bing Crosby's songs from his 1937 flick, Waikiki Wedding, featuring a nifty picture label used on the English Brunswick release. I followed up with four songs from Bing's co-star, the sadly forgotten Shirley Ross, a favorite of mine. These comprise songs from the 1940 Rodgers-Hart Broadway musical, Higher and Higher. Ross was one of the leads in that show and introduced two of the songs, including "It Never Entered My Mind." Next up will be Martha Raye, Bing's other Waikiki Wedding co-star.
Now on to the uploads. As before, these are limited-time items hosted on Zippyshare, and brought to us by new reader 8H Haggis. He has sprinkled download links in the comments of various posts. Please follow the links below to these posts and open the comments section.
Othmar Schoeck's beautiful Violin and Horn Concertos, with Edmond de Stoutz conducting the Zurich orchestra, plus Schoenberg's late romantic Gurrelieder, in the classic recording led by René Leibowitz - LINK
The underrated Walter Hendl conducting the Eastman Philharmonia in Weber's Freischütz Overture and Respighi's Feste Romane - LINK
Don Gillis' musical joke, the Symphony No. 5-and-a-Half, from a 1947 NBC Symphony broadcast led by Arturo Toscanini - LINK
My thanks to 8H Haggis once again!