LIST OF FAVORITE MUSIC

AND
INDEX TO MY COLLECTION OF RECORDS

PREAMBLE:
You younger members at this site might like to try this exercise, say, in anothe
r 40 years, if you survive the perils of: (a) your sporting interests, (b) your
love life, (c) your job life, (d) your other leisure pursuits, (e) your desires,
passions, wants and wishes and (e) many other slings and arrows of outrageous f
ortune. In my lifetime there has come to be a world of sound in which one can d
rown, happily or not-so-happily as the case may be. The lists below contain som
e of the happier sources, pieces, items, songs, inter alia that give me pleasure
now and/or in my 65 years of life, 1943-2008.
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In the three year period June 2002 to May 2005, I compiled periodically a list o
f my favourite music. It was an attempt to define, to give expression to, to lis
t what has become for me a vast sea of pleasurable sounds produced in a number o
f genres of music. My first memories of listening to music were in about 1948, a
lthough I was exposed to music right from the word go in 1944 by two parents who
played the piano. I would post the full list here, but it is too long. I would
post here "a short list" of over 60 years of musical experience, musical pieces
I have enjoyed from a longer list of music that gave me pleasure, but it is, as
I say, obviously too long to include here.
It is just a start to making a comprehensive list, a brief survey, a dip in the
sea, so to speak. There are now over 1000 items in this full and comprehensive l
ist that I put together in the years after 2005. I added to that initial list fr
om time to time in the next three years and it came to well over 1000 items. If
I continue to add to this list systematically and regularly the list would becom
e completely unmanageable and necessitate far to much of a focus on music in my
otherwise highly interdisciplinary life. But the names of many of my favourites
are here for my interest and occasionally to post at a website when others ask a
bout my musical tastes. Since it seems impossible for me to remember the names o
f many of the pieces, this list helps assist me in bringing to memory these name
s when and if required. The exercise is interesting to me in its own right witho
ut any particular practical value.
Most of the items listed here are in my personal music collection(LPs, 45s, CDs
and cassettes) or they are items that I have had access to temporarily on the ra
dio, internet or as part of the collection of the local spiritual assembly of th
e Baha’is of Launceston. As I began adding every item to this list from what I h
eard on ABC FM Radio in and after 2002, it is obvious that, in the end, the list
would become too long if I took the exercise seriously with any sense of making
a comprehensive collection. What is found here serves as: (a) a list of musical
pieces I own/have access to in my collection and (b) a list of additional mater
ial I would like to have access to in my study, but do not. As I say, this is a
list of musical favourites that I will never bring to an end. The sea is just to
o full. -Ron Price, Pioneering Over Four Epochs, May 8th 2005(22 September 2002)
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CATEGORIES OF MUSIC:
A.1 CLASSICAL:
1.1 Bach:Symphony No.2 E-minor
1.2 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F; 12.2 No.6 in Bflat Major; No3, 4
1.3 Bach: Goldberg Variations
1.4 Bach: Jesu Joy of Man s Desiring
1.5 Bach: see my 20 record collection of Bach--too many to list here
2.1 Beethoven: Sonata #8 opus 13 and Violin Concerto in D, Opus 61
2.2 Beethoven: Symphonies: set 1-9, especially no.#5
2.3 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Opus 57(Appassionata)
2.4 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F# major, Opus 78
2.5 Beethoven: Pathétique Sonata, Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.13
2.6 Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Piano Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor Op.27/2.
2.7 Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5(Emperor)
2.8 Beethoven: Fur Elise(Bagatelle No.25 in A minor, G.173
2.9 Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3, Opus 72 and 72a
2.10 Beethoven: Waldstein Sonata, Piano Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53
2.11 Beethoven: Piano Trio #7 in B Flat Opus 97(The Archduke)
2.12 Beethoven: too many other pieces of Beethoven’s to list due to prolixity
3. Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique
4.1 Johannes Brahms, Symphony No.1 in C-Minor
4.2 Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto # 1 in D Minor, Opus # 15
5.1 Frederick Chopin: Scherzo 1,2,3 and 4 ; 11.2 Ballads 1 to 4
5.2 Chopin: Fantasy Impromptu in C sharp minor, Opus 66
5.3 Chopin, 24 Preludes(C#minor,A-Flat-Major)
5.4 Chopin, Waltz No.7 in C Sharp minor, Opus 64/2
5.5 Chopin, Study No.3 in E major Opus 10 Tristesse
5.6 Chopin: Polonaise in A Flat, Op. 53 "Heroic"
5.7 Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2
5.8 Chopin: Etude Op.10 No. 3 in E
5.9 Chopin: too many other pieces of Chopin’s to list due to prolixity
6.1 Debussy: Claire de Lune from the Suite Bergamasque
6.2 Debussy: Preludes, esp.”Girl With the Flaxen Hair”
7.1 Dvorak: New World Symphony
7.2 Dvorak: Symphony #3
7.3 Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, op.104
7.4 Dvorak: Symphonic Variations, Opus 78
8. Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt, Suite No.1
9. Frederick Handel, Water Music Suite
10. Gabriel Faure, The Pavane in F-sharp minor, opus 50
11. Franz Joseph Hayden: Concerto in D. Major
12. Franz Liszt: Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major
13. Gorecki (pronounced Goretsky), Symphony #3.
14. Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat, S 541 / III.
15. Massinet: Meditations
16. Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony #4 in A(Italian), Opus 90
17.1Mozart: Sonatas for Piano
17.2 Mozart: Divertimenti for strings, Adagio & Fugue in C Minor
17.3 Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 in D minor, K466
17.4 Mozart: Piano Concertos: other
17.5 Mozart: Symphony #40 in C minor
17.6 Mozart: too many other pieces of Mozart to list due to prolixity
18. Puccini:One Fine Day, Madame Butterfly
19. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
20.1 Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
20.2 Rachmaninov: Prelude in G Minor, Opus 23, No.5
20.3 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 D Minor
20.4 Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp Minor Op.3 No.2
20.5 Rachmaninov: too many other pieces of Rachmaninov to list due to prolixity
21.1 Joaquin Rodrigo: Ecos de Sefarad-guitar
21.2 Joaquin Rodrigo: need to familiarize myself with his repertoir
22. Satie: Gymnopedie No.1
23.1 Schubert: Fantasie in F. Minor, D 940
23.2 Schubert: Ave Maria, Symphony #8 in B-minor
23.3 Schubert: Octet Quintet in F major(For 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
, clarinet, horn and bassoon)
23.4 Schubert: Impromptu No.3 in G flat major D.899/Op.90
23.5 Schubert: Impromptu No.7 in E flat major opus 6
23.6 Schubert: Impromptu No.7 in E-flat major opus 90 no.2
23.7 Schubert: String Quartet #14: Death of a Maiden, D 810
23.8 Schubert: String Quintet in C.
23.9 Schubert: Piano Trios in E Flat Major, D 929 and 897
23.10 Schubert: Piano Quintet In A major: Trout D667
23.11 Schubert: Impromptu in A Flat Major. Op. 90, No. 4
24.1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B Binor
24.2 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto D Major
24.3 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Opus 50
25. Vivaldi: Violin Concerti #3; trumpet concerti for 4 violins
Circa: 100 pieces of classical music
A.2 CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL
1. Elgar: Cello Concerto, 1st Movement, J. du Pre
2. Eric Satie, Gymnopedies
B. FOLK/POPULAR:
B.1 Baha i CDs:
There were over 50 CDs in the Launceston Baha’i community files by 2005. I play
ed them for several years as “presenter of programs” on City Park Radio. I have
none of these in my personal collection. I have listed elsewhere these 50 CDs.
These 50 CDS had many individual songs that I came to enjoy and could list the
m as favorites. I have listed a few of them below.
1. Parrish and Toppano, The Shores of This Great Ocean(Call Out to Zion)
2. Parrish and Toppano, Royal Falcon & The Girl That I Never Knew
3. Hummingbird, Dash Crofts
4. Advance Guards, Dash Crofts
5. One Planet One People, Dash Crofts
6. Windflower, Dan Seals and Dash Crofts
7. We May Never Pass This Way Again, Crofts
8. Hollow Reed, Crofts
9. One Planet One People, Crofts
10. East of Ginger Trees, Seals and Crofts
11. Angela Wood, Gentle Warrior
12. Year of Sunday, Seals and Crofts
13. Grant Hinden Miller, several CDs
14. Radio Nur 2002-extensive output by 2005
15. The Voices of Baha: Live At Carnegie Hall
16. Many new CDs are produced annually--too many to list here
B.2 Non-Baha i CDs/LPs/Cassette Tapes(C):
1. Working Class Man, Bruce Springstein
2. Born In The USA(C), Bruce Springstein
3. Angel Clare(LP) Art Garfunkle
4. Astral Weeks(LP)Van Morrison
5. Songs for Beginners, (LP)Graham Nash
6. Leave Love Enough Alone, (LP) Doug Ashdown
7. Moody Blues, (LP) On the Threshold of a Dream
8. Moody Blues, (LP) Seventh Sojourn
9. Joni Mitchell, (LP) The World Of Joni Mitchell
10. James Taylor,(LP) Sweet Baby James
11. Bob Dylan, Lay Lady Lay, All Along the Watchtower, A Hard Rain s, If Not f
or You and more-too many to list here.
12. Tom Rush, (LP) Merrimack County
13. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 3LPs-4 Way Street, Celebration Copy, Déjà vu
14. Michael Murphy, (LP) Blue Sky Night Thunder
15. Cat Stevens, (LPs) Tea for the Tillerman, Teaser and the Firecat.
16. Yesterday When I Was Young, Lena Horne
17. The Impossible Dream, Several Artists
18. Non-Baha’i-non-classical CDS--too many to list here.
19. That Was Then This Is Now, Michael Stocks(CD)
20. Bob Seeger, Greatest Hits(CD)
21. Gordon Lightfoot: If you could read my mind and Summer Side of Life: too m
any songs to list here.
22. Andrew Wells, Journeys(CD)
23. Angela Armstrong(C) Personal Compilation
24. Leonard Cohen, Suzanne and too many other songs to list here.
B.3 FROM MY SONG BOOKS(NOT-IN-RECORD COLLECTION):
1. We are the World
2. Cats in the Cradle
3. Fire and Rain, James Taylor
4. Paul Simon, Kathy s Song--too many others to list here.
5. Gordon Lightfoot, Go My Way
6. -Mother of a Miner s Child--too many others to list here.
7. Mull of Kintyre
8. The Streets of London
9. As Different As We Are, John Denver
10. Rocky Mountain High, John Denver
11. Many more could be added from my songbook from the 40 years when I played th
e guitar for singalongs and to entertain: 1968-2008.
C. BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR READING/WRITINGCDs/LPs)
1. Frans Brugger, Blockflotin, Vol.2
2. Sammartini, Symphony in A. Major
3. Some of the music in sections A and B is good background music.
4. Lucky Oceans plays hundreds of pieces over the months/years on his ABC Radio
National Programs. I could include much of that music here.
D. 1 LITURGICAL/CHOIR
D.1:
1. Faure, Blockflotin, Vol.2
2. Mahler, Symphonies No. 4/5
3. Some of the above in sections A and B
D.2:
1. Puccini, Turandot.
E. JAZZ
1. Phil Morrison Trio, Sea Island Blues, 12 Tracks(T)
2. Jeff Jones, Live in Concert, 14T
3. Tenor/Saxaphone songs(2??) from Porgy and Bess
4. Many ‘jazz’ pieces from radio programs which I could and will include here
at a future time.
F. OTHER:
F.1
1. Lucky Oceans plays a great deal of material on ABC Radio National in his afte
rnoon program from many musical genres. Some of the material he plays could be
added here and will, when time permits, at a future time. At this stage there se
ems to be just too much to add to this list and too many other things for me to
do to make this list comprehensive.
2. Other musical programs on ABC Radio abring in “other” music that I have begun
to add here, but can not do so in any comprehensive sense due to prolixity.
3. Friends also introduce me to CDs from time to time and some of this material
may be added here in future. Again, the collections of others is just too extens
ive to make any attempt to list here.
F.2
1. The Lord s Prayer, Mahelia Jackson
2. Other: to be done at a later date
F.3:
1.Talks on Cassette-Ten collections of material to be indexed later.
2. Talks: (a) on internet-written and (b) on internet-spoken
Ron Price: Updated On: 1/10/ 08.
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INDEX TO COLLECTION OF RECORDS
Preamble:
After having music in my life for 65 years(1943-2008) and after collecting recor
ds for 40 years(1965-2005), the time finally arrived to index the collection I h
ad acquired. By 2005 music in the form of CDs, at least for me, were replacing
LPs as a source of new recorded music. A separate collection of some 15 CDs is
now found in the chest of drawers near the radio in the dining room. Cassette t
apes had begun to be a source of music already by the 1960s and I now have some
30 cassette tapes found in that same place in the dining-room. This index, thi
s list here, does not include these CDs and the cassette tapes or, indeed, the 3
mini-discs acquired when I was a presenter of programs at City Park Radio from
2001-2004. At a future time I hope to index the CDs and the cassette tapes. Mu
ch of the material on the CDs, the cassette tapes and the mini-discs is not musi
c, but other types of recorded resources: talks, radio programs, et cetera.
There are three sections for the records in this collection found in my study: (
A) popular, (B) classical and (C) 45s. They are all kept in my study beside a s
mall inexpensive($40 in 2008) Jensen turntable radio/phonograph at 6 Reece Stree
t in George Town Tasmania. The index for this collection is alphabetical by: au
thor/composer/writer/singer/artist. In the popular section the first name of th
e author/singer is often used for the base of the indexed item; for example, “Jo
an” in Joan Baez;. In the classical section the index is entirely based on the
last name.—Ron Price, 1 September, 2008.
A. POPULAR:
1. Bee Gees(2)
2. Bob Dylan
3. Cat Stevens(3)
4. Carly Simon
5. Cleo Laine
6. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young(4)
7. Don McLean
8. Doug Ashdown
9. Edward Woodward(3)
10. 1844(Eighteen-Forty-Four)
11. Focus
12. Elton John(2)
13. Gershwin
14. Helen Ready(2)
15. Herb Alpert
16. Hits(Collections-2)
17. Ian Paulin
18. James Taylor(2)
19. John Denver
20. Joan Baez
21. Joni Mitchell
22. Melanie
23. Michael Murphy
24. Nash, Graham
25. Moody Blues(4)
26. Neil Diamond
27. Neil Young(2)
28. Pentangling
29. Peter, Paul and Mary
30. Seals and Crofts(3)
31. Simon & Garfunkel(2)
Simon(2)
Garfunkel(2)
32. Tom Rush
33. Stephen Foster
34. Summer of 42(Movie Sound-Track)
35. Van Morrison
B. CLASSICAL:
1. Collections: Great Composers-12 records
-Piano-1
2. Collections: 4 & singles-Bach-21 records total
3. Beethoven-12
4. Bruggen
5. Berlioz
6. Chopin
7. Dvorak
8. Elgar
9. Faure
10. Handel(5)
11. Haydn(2)
12. Liszt
13. Mahler
14. Mendelssohn
15. Mozart(9)
16. Samartini
17. Schubert
18. Schumann
19. Sibelius
20. Strauss(2)
21. Tchaikovsky(2)
22. Vivaldi(3)
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C. 45s:
1. Abba
2. Beatles
3. Cover
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Elton John(2)
6. Joan Baez
7. Judy Collins
8. Seals & Crofts -Last Indexed on: 1 September 2008
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