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tree_and_leaf) wrote2011-02-21 02:41 pm
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Music Meme
A while ago, wemyss challenged my to list five songs (interpreting songs fairly liberally) I loved which began with L.
Paul Simon: Loves Me Like a Rock
My parents were big Paul Simon/ Simon and Garfunkel fans, and this is one of the songs that I very much associate with childhood; it’s not my favourite Paul Simon song, but it is great fun, fantastic beat, and the harmonizing vocals are spot on.
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Rafael Druian and the Cleveland Sinfonietta, conducted by Louis Lane. This is a very obvious piece to go for, but it’s obvious for a reason: it’s astonishingly beautiful. As someone who spends far too much time in church, Vaughan Williams has had a big influence on my musical tastes, and he wrote some wonderful church music – but the secular stuff is fantastic, too.
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
I had difficulty finding a decent recording of this, and I’m not sure I’m convinced by this one, by I Fagioloni… I’m used to the recording by the Tallis Scholars, which is splendid (and is available on Naxos).
Poulenc: Litanies a la Vierge Noire
Chœur de Chambre Accentus, with the (original) organ accompaniment. For some reason it’s much easier to find recordings with orchestra on youTube, but I think it has to be the organ.
Bruce Springsteen: Long Time Coming
This isn’t actually the album version (which is on Devils and Dust), but a tour recording, with the Seegar Session Bands. I wish I could hear a better recording of this, because the final section with the fiddle and brass sounds very good, but the balance of the recording is pretty poor (I assume it’s a bootleg). Anyway, I had to go with what’s on youTube, and this was the only non-acoustic guitar version. It’s a great song either way, but it benefits from the band. I do love Springsteen, especially the folkier end of his stuff.
Bonus, because it was cheating: Howells Collegium Regale, the Nunc (well, the text begins with an L!)
The Choir of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. It’s hard to choose, but I think the Coll Reg may be my favourite setting (probably as much for sentimental reasons – it was a college Evensong favourite - as anything else, though it is a fine piece).
Bonus (2), more for curiosity’s sake: Springsteen and the SSB singing “Long Black Veil.” I think the Chieftains’ take on it is quite a lot better, but I had no idea that Springsteen had done it.
wemyss challenged my to list five songs (interpreting songs fairly liberally) I loved which began with L.Paul Simon: Loves Me Like a Rock
My parents were big Paul Simon/ Simon and Garfunkel fans, and this is one of the songs that I very much associate with childhood; it’s not my favourite Paul Simon song, but it is great fun, fantastic beat, and the harmonizing vocals are spot on.
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Rafael Druian and the Cleveland Sinfonietta, conducted by Louis Lane. This is a very obvious piece to go for, but it’s obvious for a reason: it’s astonishingly beautiful. As someone who spends far too much time in church, Vaughan Williams has had a big influence on my musical tastes, and he wrote some wonderful church music – but the secular stuff is fantastic, too.
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
I had difficulty finding a decent recording of this, and I’m not sure I’m convinced by this one, by I Fagioloni… I’m used to the recording by the Tallis Scholars, which is splendid (and is available on Naxos).
Poulenc: Litanies a la Vierge Noire
Chœur de Chambre Accentus, with the (original) organ accompaniment. For some reason it’s much easier to find recordings with orchestra on youTube, but I think it has to be the organ.
Bruce Springsteen: Long Time Coming
This isn’t actually the album version (which is on Devils and Dust), but a tour recording, with the Seegar Session Bands. I wish I could hear a better recording of this, because the final section with the fiddle and brass sounds very good, but the balance of the recording is pretty poor (I assume it’s a bootleg). Anyway, I had to go with what’s on youTube, and this was the only non-acoustic guitar version. It’s a great song either way, but it benefits from the band. I do love Springsteen, especially the folkier end of his stuff.
Bonus, because it was cheating: Howells Collegium Regale, the Nunc (well, the text begins with an L!)
The Choir of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. It’s hard to choose, but I think the Coll Reg may be my favourite setting (probably as much for sentimental reasons – it was a college Evensong favourite - as anything else, though it is a fine piece).
Bonus (2), more for curiosity’s sake: Springsteen and the SSB singing “Long Black Veil.” I think the Chieftains’ take on it is quite a lot better, but I had no idea that Springsteen had done it.