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Barney Bigard and his Orchestra – CD 7 [NN,OO) – Feb 1940] – The Complete Duke Ellington 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (Vocalion / Mosaic) — With Rex Stewart, Juan Tizol, Barney Bigard, Harry Carney, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmie Blanton, Sonny Greer; titles include: Tapioca, Mardi Gras Madness Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters – CD 7 [(PP) – Feb 1940] – The Complete Duke Ellington 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (Vocalion – OKeh / Mosaic) — With Cootie Williams / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney / Duke Ellington, Jimmie Blanton, Sonny Greer + Billy Strayhorn; titles include: Black Butterfly, Give It Up Ellington's last sessions for Columbia. He started recording under his Victor contract in March.

Isaac Albeniz – 6 Hojas de album Op.165 "España": No.3 Malagueña – Cantos de España Op.232/5 Seguidillas Frédéric Chopin – Sonata for Piano No.3 in B minor B.155 Op.58 – Tarantella for Piano in A flat major B.139 Op.43 – Waltzes for Piano No.9 Op.69/1 in A flat major B.95 "L'adieu" Franz Liszt – 3 Concert Etudes for Piano S.144/2 in F minor - La leggierezza – Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano S.244/11 in A minor Camille Saint-Saëns – Etudes en forme de Valse Op.52/6 Alfred Cortot (piano) (EMI Classics), CD 9 from:

Igor Stravinsky – Agon Ballet for 12 dancers — Boston Symphony Orchestra – Erich Leinsdorf Gunther Schuller – 7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orchestra — James Pappoutsakis (flute) – Boston Symphony Orchestra – Erich Leinsdorf (Sony Classical)

Orange Is The New Black, Season 2.

Ludwig van Beethoven – The String Trios - CD 1 - String Trio in E flat major Op.3, Serenade for violin, viola and violincello Op.8 — Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, Bruno Giuranna, viola, Mstislav Rostropovich, cello (Deutsche Grammophon)

Duke Ellington – CD 11 [(DDD) – Feb 1940] – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Columbia / Mosaic) — With Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams / Joe Nanton, Lawence Brown, Juan Tizol / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Ben Webster, Harry Carney / DE, Fred Guy, Jimmie Blanton, Sonny Greer / Ivie Anderson — Ellington's last session for Columbia before his new contract with RCA Victor. — He was asked to remake four of this biggest instrumentalal hits of the 1930s, this time with vocals — Solitude, Stormy Weather, Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady.

Duke Ellington – Soutlhland Café, Boston [CD 1A – Jan 1940 The Duke Box] (Storyville Records) — With Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams / Joe Nanton, Lawence Brown, Juan Tizol / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney / DE, Fred Guy, Jimmie Blanton, Sonny Greer / Herb Jeffires — Titles include: Little Posey, The Gal From Joe's, Tootin' through the Roof, Merry-Go-Round

Yes that was a good one and has come to mind from time to time over the last few months of our Presidential campaign.

Joaquin Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre — John Williams (guitar) – Philharmonia Orchestra – Louis Fremaux (Sony Classical)

Luigi Cherubini – Anacreon — Overture — Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Wagner – Siegried Idyll — Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Claude Debussy – Iberia (from Images pour orchestre) — BBC Symphony Orchestra Robert Schumann – Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.120 — BBC Symphony Orchestra Hector Berlioz – La Damnation de Faust Op.24: Marche hongroise — London Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (ICA Classics / BBC Legends)

Which program is it?

Thanks for the report! Enjoyable reading, wish I could have been there.

PM on: Bill Frisell – The Intercontinentals (Nonesuch) Hal Galper Trio – O’s Time (Origin) Thomas Heberer/Achim Kaufmann – Knoten (Red Toucan) Achim Kaufmann/Frank Gratkowski/Wilbert de Joode – Oblengths (Leo) Tom Varner – Swimming (Omnitone) Gianni Mimmo/Daniel Levin – Turbulent Flow (Amirani) Adam Rogers – Allegory (Criss Cross) Katharina Weber/Fred Frith/Fredy Studer - It Rolls (Intakt)

PM on: ICP Orchestra – East of the Sun (ICP) Ryan Truesdell Gil Evans Project – Lines of Color (Artist Share)

Listed for pre-order for Amazon.com with a 3/25/16 release date for $27.99 http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Live-at-Crescendo-1958/dp/B01BMPJ4BW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457636575&sr=8-1&keywords=8436539313717

That label also released a Roscoe Mitchell album recently – Sustain And Run Ao Vivo Jazz Na FÁBrica. Anyone know it?

Henryk Górecki – Symphony No.3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), 3 Olden Style Pieces — Zofia Kilanowicz (soparno) – Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra – Antoni Wit (Naxos)

Dmitri Shostakovich – Quartet for Strings No.15 in E flat minor Op.144 — The Soviet Experience – Vol. IV, CD 2a – Pacifica Quartet (Cedille Records)

Well I'm not an tax accountant so who knows but according to this Rolling Stone story: "The collection is estimated to be worth more than $60 million, and since Dylan sold it for about a third of that, he will likely be able to claim it as a significant charitable donation for tax purposes." http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-sells-6-000-item-private-collection-for-15-million-20160302 I'm just glad that it's being kept together as a collection where it will be available for scholars. Dylan could have decided to have it go to auction..

Some more: Igor Stravinsky, composer & conductor, with the Columbia Chamber Ensemble (Sony Classical) – Renard the Fox – William Murphy (baritone), Loren Driscoll (tenor), Donald Gramm (bass baritone), George Shirley (tenor) – L'histoire du soldat (The Soldiers Tale): Suite for Chamber Ensemble – William Kraft (percussion), Robert Marsteller (trombone), Don Christlieb (bassoon), Richard Kelly (double bass), Roy D'Antonio (clarinet), Israel Baker (violin), Charles Brady (trumpet)

Igor Stravinsky – Les Noces (The Wedding) - Russian choreographic scenes with song and music — Roger Sessions (piano), Aaron Copland (piano), Lukas Foss (piano), Samuel Barber (piano) — Loren Driscoll (tenor), Mildred Allen (soprano), Regina Sarfaty (mezzo soprano), Robert Oliver (bass) — American Concert Choir, Columbia Percussion Ensemble – Igor Stravinsky (Sony Classical) You may have heard the pianists before in a somewhat different setting.

André Caplet – L'epiphanie, musical fresco for cello and orchestra — Jean Decroos (cello) – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Jean Fournet (RCO Live) Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No.4 in A major Op.90 "Italian" — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Kirill Kondrashin (RCO Live)

According to a NY Times article, the collection was appraised at around $50-60 million dollars. So Dylan may be able to get a tax write off for the difference.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D major K 385 "Haffner" — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Nikolaus Harnoncourt (RCO Live) Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Dec 6, 1929 to Mar 5, 2016. RIP.

Tonight at 7:45pm. New Klezmer Grooves: A Night of Song and Dance. With the Dan Blacksberg Klezmer Orchestra featuring Susan Lankin-Watts. Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel 300 S 18th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 https://www.facebook.com/events/971084746298878/