The Music of Sound
Tom Service on the mutually creative relationship between music and its surroundings.
Did music begin in ancient cave systems? How did medieval cathedrals inspire musical developments? What effect does a particular concert hall have on the music heard there, or the music on the design of the concert hall? And what can we do with our 21st-century ability to change our acoustic environment at the touch of a button?
Tom Service looks at the relationship between music and its surroundings, and how that relationship has developed over the centuries.
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Alexander Courage
Alexander Courage: Theme (from "Star Trek")
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Silva Screen.
- TVPMCD807.
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WHALES
Whale songs
Performer: WHALES.- Biosphere.
- 884385203665.
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Alan Hovhaness
And God created great whales Op.229 for orchestra & recorded whalesong
Performer: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Delos.
- DE3421.
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Georg Wieland Wagner
Georg Wieland Wagner: Swan song (performed on paleolithic flutes)
Performer: Anna Friederike Potengowski.- Delphian.
- DCD34185.
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Iegor Reznikoff
Singing in the cave of Arcy-sur-Cure
Performer: Iegor Reznikoff. -
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Opus Anglicanum
Viderunt omnes fines terrae - gradual for 4 voices
- Herald.
- AV HAVPCD212.
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William Byrd
Sing joyfully unto God for 6 voices
Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- GIMELL.
- CDGIM-208.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli for 6-7 voices
Performer: Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina. Performer: Massimo Palombella.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 479 6131.
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Energy 52 & Music Box
Paul Schmitz-Moormann and Cosmic Baby: Cafe del mar
- UMOD (Universal Music on Demand).
- 00600753209233.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.55 (Eroica)
Performer: Chorus Viennensis. Conductor: Martin Haselböck.- Alpha.
- ALP HA474.
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Johann Strauss II
Rosen aus dem Suden - waltz Op.388 [from "Das Spitzentuch der Konigin"]
Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.- Decca.
- 4177062.
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Carl Orff
Carmina burana - cantiones profanae for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Performer: Boston University Symphonic Chorus. Performer: Boston University Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Newton Boys Choir. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.- Andromeda.
- ANDRCD6007.
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Fritz Kreisler
Liebesleid - old Viennese dance no. 2 for violin and piano
Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: Richard Uttley. -
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Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros : Nike
Performer: Pauline Oliveros. Performer: Stuart Dempster. Performer: Panaiotis.- New Albion.
- NA 022 CD.
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Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros : Lapiz Lazuli
Performer: Deep Listening Band.- Deep Listening Institute.
- DL 47-2014.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Ye choirs of New Jerusalem - Easter anthem Op.123 for choir and organ
Performer: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.- HYPERION.
- CDA-67483.
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