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Suffering from Olympics Withdrawal Syndrome?
Celebrate with some olympic music! Music enveloped the entire 2012 London Olympics event, showcasing, highlighting, and, of course, advertising the musical talent of Great Britain. Spectators and viewers from around the world heard everything from the London Philharmonic, to the Spice Girls, Paul McCartney, Mr. Bean (?!) and much more. As customary, controversies accompanied the music…
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The Timeless Genius of J.S. Bach – for free!
From Margaret Loebe at Alexander Street Press The free featured download from Classical Music Library is Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Trio Sonata No. 4, BWV 528.” Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German composer and organist, and arguably one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. The organ sonata represents a diversion from the…
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Free Classical Download!
From Margaret Loebe at Alexander Street Press: The free featured download from Classical Music Library is Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 5, Op. 64.” Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) was a Russian composer. He wrote his fifth symphony at the same time as “Manfred” and the opera The Queen of Spades. The three works share similar themes. This recording is…
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Free World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways!
from Margaret Loebe, Alexander Street Press Enjoy the delightful, summery mariachi song “Los dos amantes (The Two Lovers),” performed by Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos from the album iLlegaron Los Camperos: Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos (SFW40517). Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos brings you their solid-gold Mexican sound acclaimed by audiences at New York’s Lincoln…
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Free Classical Music Download!
Orpheus and Euridice by Federico Cervelli (1625-1700). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) from Margaret Loebe at Alexander Street Press: Christoph Willibald Ritter Von Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice,” Acts 2 and 3 Our featured download from Classical Music Library is Christoph Willibald Ritter Von Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice,“ Acts 2 and 3. This album contains Acts Two and Three of the opera presented two weeks…
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Free World Music Download!
World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings “Penny’s Farm,” performed by Pete Seeger, from the album The Complete Bowdoin College Concert, 1960 (SFW40184) The featured download from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is“Penny’s Farm,” performed by Pete Seeger.Targeted by the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee, blacklisted, and under indictment for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about his political beliefs, Pete Seeger persevered,…
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Free Classical Music Download! Torelli Trumpet Concerto
Trumpet for Happy Days! This is a beautiful recording. Enjoy! From Margaret Loebe at Alexander Street Press: Classical Music Download Giuseppe Torelli‘s “Trumpet Concerto in D major, G.28” The featured download from Classical Music Library is Giuseppe Torelli’s Trumpet Concerto in D major, G.28. This recording is performed by the Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Cao, conductor, Andre Bernard, trumpet.…
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Free World Music Download!
World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings “Tarona 1” by Academy of Maqam from the album Music of Central Asia Vol. 2: Invisible Face of the Beloved: Classical Music of the Tajiks and Uzbeks (SFW40521) Our featured download from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is “Tarona 1,” performed by Academy of Maqam. Amid the mosques and minarets of Samarkand…
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Free! World Music Download
World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Under the Double Eagle performed by J.C. Sutphin, from the album “American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style”(SFW40037) This recording was the first bluegrass LP ever released. The reissue now contains 16 additional tracks, a total of 43 tunes played by the immortal Snuffy Jenkins and…
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Free World Music Download – Tango!
A beautiful milonga is free to download from Alexander Street Press! from Margaret Loebe at Alexander Street Press: World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings “Como mi suegra (Like My Mother-in-Law) – milonga” by Los Gauchos de Roldán from the album Button Accordion and Bandoneón Music from Northern Uruguay (SFW40561) Our featured download from Smithsonian Folkways…