Post by erik on Dec 30, 2023 22:11:11 GMT -5
As we close out 2023, and welcome in what we hope will be a prosperous New Year in 2024, here is the music I will be hearing to ushering it in:
Beethoven: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (CHORAL)/IV: PRESTO/ALLEGRO ASSAI (ODE TO FREEDOM)--Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Choruses, and Soloists/LEONARD BERNSTEIN
DON'T TALK (PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER)--Linda Ronstadt (which always sounds good on a cold California evening [IMHO])
THE WOMAN IN ME--Donna Summer (for the same reasons as Linda's)
ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001)--Eumir Deodato
MANHATTAN SKYLINE/FROM "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER"--David Shire
AULD LANG SYNE--Kenny G.
IMAGINE--John Lennon
THEME FROM "NEW YORK, NEW YORK"--Frank Sinatra
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL--Ray Charles
DON'T STOP--Fleetwood Mac
TONIGHT (BALCONY SCENE)/FROM "WEST SIDE STORY" (2021)--Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler
CELEBRATION--Kool and the Gang
ON BROADWAY--George Benson
THE WHOLE WORLD IS CELEBRATING--Chris Faren (from the 1984 cult sci-fi film NIGHT OF THE COMET):
MIDNIGHT, THE STARS, AND YOU--Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and his Orchestra (heard in THE SHINING):
Schubert: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (GREAT)/I: ANDANTE--ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO--San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/HERBERT BLOMSTEDT
Copland: SYMPHONY NO. 3/IV: MOLTO DELIBERATO (FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN)--St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/LEONARD SLATKIN
IT'S JUST ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S EVE--Barry Manilow:
and last, but not least,
FUNKY NEW YEAR--The Eagles:
Beethoven: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (CHORAL)/IV: PRESTO/ALLEGRO ASSAI (ODE TO FREEDOM)--Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Choruses, and Soloists/LEONARD BERNSTEIN
DON'T TALK (PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER)--Linda Ronstadt (which always sounds good on a cold California evening [IMHO])
THE WOMAN IN ME--Donna Summer (for the same reasons as Linda's)
ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001)--Eumir Deodato
MANHATTAN SKYLINE/FROM "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER"--David Shire
AULD LANG SYNE--Kenny G.
IMAGINE--John Lennon
THEME FROM "NEW YORK, NEW YORK"--Frank Sinatra
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL--Ray Charles
DON'T STOP--Fleetwood Mac
TONIGHT (BALCONY SCENE)/FROM "WEST SIDE STORY" (2021)--Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler
CELEBRATION--Kool and the Gang
ON BROADWAY--George Benson
THE WHOLE WORLD IS CELEBRATING--Chris Faren (from the 1984 cult sci-fi film NIGHT OF THE COMET):
MIDNIGHT, THE STARS, AND YOU--Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and his Orchestra (heard in THE SHINING):
Schubert: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (GREAT)/I: ANDANTE--ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO--San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/HERBERT BLOMSTEDT
Copland: SYMPHONY NO. 3/IV: MOLTO DELIBERATO (FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN)--St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/LEONARD SLATKIN
IT'S JUST ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S EVE--Barry Manilow:
and last, but not least,
FUNKY NEW YEAR--The Eagles: