la belle voilée

1. La belle voilée duchesse de la valliere allemande de Mr. V. Gallot
2. La tonnerre courante de Gallot Vieux
3. La comminge, Sarabande de Gallot le Vieux
4. Folies d'Espagne
5. Allemande du Vieux Gallot [Tombeau du Mareschal de Turenne]
6. La Coquette de Gallot
7. La Nopce de Gallot
8. La Comete, Chaconne de V. Gallot
9. Chaconne du vieux Gaultier
10. Tombeau de Mr. Le Prince de Condé
11. Courante de Mr. Gallot, Le Vieux
12. La Tontinne courante du Vieux Gallot
13. Le petit seraille chaconne de Gallot le V.
14. Dialogue de Gallot
15. Prelude
16. L'Amant malheureux de Gallot
17. Courante la Cigogne
18. Sarabande la piece de huict heurs
19. Canarie les Castagnettes
20. Allemande de Launay
21. Chaconne, ou Cascades de Mr. de Launay


La Belle Voilée

17th Century French Lute Music by Jacques Gallot and others


Catherine Liddell, lute

two poems of the masters

Poems of the Masters
China’s Classic Anthology of T’ang and Sung Dynasty Verse
Translated by Red Pine
Copper Canyon Press, 2003


Thoughts on a Quiet Night
Li Pai

Before my bed the light is so bright
it looks like a layer of frost
lifting my head I gaze at the moon
lying back down I think of home

[Ranked with Tu Fu as one of China’s two greatest poets, Li Pai left behind over one thousand poems. This is one of his most famous, and critics sigh at the effortlessness of his technique and his ability to transport the reader not only to a place but also to a state of mind. When the Chinese see the moon, it reminds them that friends and family members living elsewhere are looking at the same moon.]


In Reply
The Ancient Recluse

Somehow I ended up beneath pines
sleeping in comfort on boulders
there aren’t any calendars in the mountains
winter ends but who counts the years

[Nothing is known of the author of this poem, other than he lived in the Chungnan Mountains south of Ch’ang-an and called himself T’ai-shang ying-che (The Ancient Recluse). Here, he replies to someone who has asked him why and how long he had been living there.]


English translation and notes by Red Pine


Versión castellana de niki:


Pensamientos en una noche serena
Li Pai

Ante mi lecho la luz es tan brillante
que parece como una capa de escarcha
levanto la cabeza para mirar a la luna
me acuesto y pienso en el hogar

[Li Pai, considerado junto a Tu Fu como uno de los dos mayores poetas chinos, dejó más de mil poemas. Éste es particularmente célebre, y los críticos suspiran por la facilidad de la técnica del poeta y su destreza para transportar al lector tanto a un lugar como a un estado de ánimo. Cuando los chinos contemplan la luna, se acuerdan de que los amigos y familiares que se encuentran lejos están observando también esa misma luna.]


En respuesta
El Anciano Ermitaño

De algún modo acabé bajo los pinos
durmiendo a gusto sobre piedras
no hay calendarios en las montañas
el invierno da fin pero quién cuenta los años

[Nada se sabe del autor de este poema, excepto que vivió en los montes de Chungnan, al sur de Ch’ang-an, y se hacía llamar T’ai-shang ying-che (El Anciano Ermitaño). En estos versos replica a uno que le preguntó por qué y desde cuándo vivía allí.]

the merry-go-round: listen, listen - the definitive collection

1. Live
2. Time Will Show The Wiser
3. On Your Way Out
4. Gonna Fight The War
5. Had To Run Around
6. We're In Love
7. You're A Very Lovely Woman
8. Where Have You Been All My Life
9. Early In The Morning
10. Low Down
11. A Clown's No Good
12. Gonna Leave You Alone
13. Mother Earth
14. Pardon Me
15. Textile Factory
16. Someone Died
17. Come Ride, Come Ride
18. Let's All Sing
19. Holly Park
20. Mary Will You Take My Hand
21. The Man He Was
22. In Days Of Old
23. 'Til The Day After
24. Saturday Night
25. She Laughed Loud
26. Listen, Listen
27. Missing You
28. Highway
29. Time Will Show The Wiser [Mono 45]


The Merry-Go-Round: Listen, Listen - The Definitive Collection

the bobby fuller four: never to be forgotten - the mustang years, disc 1

1. Let Her Dance
2. Julie
3. A New Shade Of Blue [Stereo Version]
4. Only When I Dream [Stereo Version]
5. You Kiss Me
6. LIttle Annie Lou
7. I Fought The Law [Stereo Version]
8. Another Sad And Lonely Night
9. Saturday Night
10. Take My Word
11. Fool Of Love
12. Never To Be Forgotten
13. My True Love [Unreleased Alternate Take]
14. You're In Love [Unreleased]
15. Our Favorite Martian [Bobby Fuller & The Fanatics]
16. Those Memories Of You [Bobby Fuller & The Fanatics]
17. Think It Over [Unreleased]
18. Pamela [Unreleased]
19. Wolfman [The Shindigs]
20. Thunder Reef [The Shindigs]
21. It's Love, Come What May
22. Gallenkamp Shoe Comercial


The Bobby Fuller Four: Never To Be Forgotten - The Mustang Years, Disc 1

the legendary joão gilberto

1. Chega De Saudade
2. Desafinado
3. Samba De Uma Nota Só
4. O Pato
5. Bolinha De Papel
6. O Amor Em Paz
7. Trêvo De 4 Folhas
8. O Barquinho
9. Lobo Bobo
10. Bim Bom
11. Hó-Bá-Lá-Lá
12. Aos Pés Da Cruz
13. É Luxo Só
14. Outra Vez
15. Coisa Mais Linda
16. Este Seu Olhar
17. Trenzinho (Trem De Ferro)
18. Brigas, Nunca Mais
19. Saudade Fez Um Samba
20. Amor Certinho
21. Insensatez
22. Rosa Morena
23. Morena Boca De Ouro
24. Maria Ninguém
25. A Primeira Vez
26. Presente De Natal
27. Samba Da Minha Terra
28. Saudade Da Bahia
29. Corcovado
30. Só Em Teus Braços
31. Meditacão
32. Você E Eu
33. Dora Lice
34. Discussão
35. Se é Tarde Me Perdoa
36. Um Abraço No Bonfá
37. Manhã De Carnaval
38. Medley: O Nosso Amor / A Felicidade


The Legendary João Gilberto

The Original Bossa Nova Recordings (1958-1961)

a veiled light in rembrandt

Artist in his Studio, c.1628




Self Portrait at an Early Age, 1628




Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630




The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632




The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, known as the 'Night Watch', 1642




Girl at a Window, 1645




Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653




De Staalmeesters (The Syndics of the Clothmakers’ Guild), 1662

rameau - une symphonie imaginaire

“Zaïs”, Pastorale héroïque, 1748
1. Ouverture qui peint le debrouillement de Cahos et le choc des Elemens lorsqu'ils sont séparés


“Castor et Pollux”, Tragédie en musique, 1737
2. Scène funèbre (Acte II, scène 2)


“Les Fêtes d'Hébé”, Opéra-ballet, 1739
3. Air tendre (Deuxième Entrée: La Musique, scène 5)


“Dardanus”, Tragédie en musique, 1739
4. Tambourins I & II (Prologue)


“Le Temple de la Gloire”, Opéra-ballet, 1745
5. Air tendre pour les Muses (Acte I)


“Les Boréades”, Tragédie en musique, 1763
6. Contredanse en Rondeau (Acte I, scène 4)


“La Naissance d'Osiris”, Acte de ballet, 1754
7. Air gracieux


“Les Boréades”
8. Gavottes I & II pour les Heures et les Zéphirs (Acte IV, scène 4)


“Platée”, Ballet bouffon, 1745
9. Orage (Acte I, scène 6)


“Les Boréades”
10. Prélude (Acte V, scène 1)


“Six Concerts en sextuor” - Concert nº 6
11. La Poule


“Les Fêtes d'Hébé”
12. Musette en Rondeau (Danse de Terpsichore) - Tambourin en Rondeau (Troisième Entrée: La Danse)


“Hippolyte & Aricie”, Tragédie en musique, 1733 (version de 1742)
13. Ritournelle (Acte III)


“Naïs”, Pastorale héroïque, 1749
14. Rigaudons I & II (Prologue: L'Accord des dieux)


“Les Indes galantes”, Opéra-ballet, 1735-1736
15. Danse des Sauvages. Rondeau (Quatrième Entrée: Les Sauvages)


“Les Boréades”
16. Entrée de Polymnie (Acte IV, scène 4)


“Les Indes galantes”
17. Chaconne (Quatrième Entrée: Les Sauvages)


Rameau - Une Symphonie Imaginaire

Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski




Marc Minkowski
Photo: Lilian Birnbaum

the very best of william bell

1. You Don't Miss Your Water
2. Any Other Way
3. Share What You Got (But Keep What You Need)
4. Never Like This Before
5. Everybody Loves A Winner
6. Eloise (Hang On In There)
7. Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday
8. A Tribute To A King
9. Every Man Oughta Have A Woman
10. Private Number
11. I Forgot To Be Your Lover
12. My Baby Specializes
13. My Whole World Is Falling Down
14. Happy
15. Born Under A Bad Sign
16. All For The Love Of A Woman
17. Save Us
18. Lovin' On Borrowed Time
19. I've Got To Go On Without You
20. Gettin' What You Want (Losin' What You Got)


The Very Best Of William Bell

dusty springfield: complete a and b sides 1963-1970, disc 2

1. Once Upon A Time
2. Something Special
3. My Colouring Book
4. Summer Is Over
5. Don't Say It Baby
6. Baby Don't You Know
7. I'll Love You For A While
8. If It Hadn't Been For You
9. Every Ounce Of Strength
10. I'm Gonna Leave You
11. Go Ahead On
12. The Corrupt Ones
13. The Look Of Love
14. Small Town Girl
15. No Stranger Am I
16. The Colour Of Your Eyes
17. Just A Little Lovin'
18. Earthbound Gypsy
19. Bad Case Of The Blues
20. Spooky


Dusty Springfield: Complete A And B Sides 1963-1970, Disc 2

the kelmscott chaucer

Frontispiece, from 'The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly Imprinted' (Kelmscott Press, 1896)
Types, ornaments, and initials designed by William Morris
Woodcut illustration designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones


Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open eye,
So priketh hem nature in hir corages;
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially, from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke,
That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke.




Kelmscott Manor
Woodcut by William Morris for News from Nowhere (Kelmscott Press, 1892)

more on the way

Fairy, illustration from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', published by Heinemann, 1908
Arthur Rackham


I have only two dreams left,
But there are more on the way.
It seems as if of everything,
Of pains, and loves, and songs, and dreams,
There would be more on the way.


A poem by niki

one toke over the line - the best of brewer & shipley

1. People Love Each Other
2. One Toke Over The Line
3. Tarkio Road
4. Fifty States Of Freedom
5. Shake Off The Demon
6. Have A Good Life
7. Witchi-Tai-To
8. Yankee Lady
9. All Along The Watchtower
10. Oh Mommy
11. Rise Up (Easy Rider)
12. Ruby On The Morning
13. The Light
14. Lady Like You


One Toke Over The Line - The Best Of Brewer & Shipley

dusty springfield: complete a and b sides 1963-1970, disc 1

1. I Only Want To Be With You
2. Stay Awhile
3. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
4. Losing You
5. Your Hurtin' Kind Of Love
6. In The Middle Of Nowhere
7. Some Of Your Lovin'
8. Little By Little
9. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
10. Goin' Back
11. All I See Is You
12. I'll Try Anything (To Get You)
13. Give Me Time
14. What's It Gonna Be
15. I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
16. I Will Come To You
17. Son Of A Preacher Man
18. Am I The Same Girl
19. Brand New Me
20. Morning Please Don't Come
21. How Can I Be Sure


Dusty Springfield: Complete A And B Sides 1963-1970, Disc 1

música en tiempos de goya

Dos coplas castizas anónimas (ca.1780)
1. El Zorongo del Navío
2. El Dulce de América

José Castell (ca.1710-ca.1785)
3. El hombre en el matrimonio

Anónimo
4. Overtura a dos violines (Allegro-Andante-Allegro)

Pablo Esteve (ca.1730-ca.1790)
Agraviado Arianate
5. Rezitado
6. Copla

Antonio Guerrero (ca.1710-1776)
7. Ruiseñor que volando

Blas de Laserna (1751-1816): Coplas de teatro
8. El Meloncillo (en la comedia La bella Serrana, 1775?)
9. Contradanza del aire
10. Quando Bastiana (en la comedia El abuelo y la nieta)
11. Piensa en la Nobia el Nobio (Seguidillas boleras, en la comedia El abuelo y la nieta)
12. Porfía por porfía (en la comedia La bella Serrana)
13. Contradanza del avestruz
14. Ay, Cupidillo (en la comedia Ahí va ese disparate, 1780?)

Francisco Courcelle (1702-1778)
15. Lamentación 2ª del Viernes Santo de Tiple Solo, violines con sordina y violón obligado (1768)

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
16. Sinfonía para dos violines y baxo en la menor (Allegro-Adagio-Allegro)

Nicolás Conforto (mitad del XVIII)
Il Barbaro m'affretta
17. Recitativo
18. Aria


Música en tiempos de Goya

La Real Cámara
Emilio Moreno

Marta Almajano: soprano
Emilio Moreno: violín
Enrico Gatti: violín
Wouter Möller: violonchelo
Juan Carlos de Mulder: guitarra
Guido Morini: clave, órgano positivo
José Manuel Hernández: violonchelo
Pedro Estevan: percusión




Las floreras, o La primavera, 1786
Francisco de Goya

nieves de marzo

En primer término, la Torre de la Mina (s. XVII), en el municipio de Bustarviejo (Madrid). Al fondo de la imagen se aprecia el embalse de Manzanares el Real.


Foto de niki

louis armstrong: hot fives and sevens, vol. 4

1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
2. Mahogany Hall Stomp
3. Ain't Misbehavin'
4. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue?
5. That Rhythm Man
6. Sweet Savannah Sue
7. Some of These Days
8. Some of These Days
9. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
10. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
11. After You've Gone
12. I Ain't Got Nobody
13. Dallas Blues
14. St. Louis Blues
15. Rockin' Chair
16. A Song Of The Islands
17. Bessie Couldn't Help It
18. Blue Turning Grey Over You
19. Dear Old Southland
20. Rockin' Chair
21. I Can't Give You Anything But Love


Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives And Sevens, Vol. 4

mi bici

Foto de niki

chagall

El circo azul, 1950-1952




Las tres y media (El poeta), 1911




El poeta tumbado, 1915




El circo rojo, 1956-1960




La danza, 1950-1952


Chagall

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Fundación Caja Madrid
Del 14 de febrero al 20 de mayo de 2012

a choice collection of lessons and ayres 1663-1756

1. From 'Musick's Handmaid' published by John Playford - (1663)
(a) The Grange
(b) The Lord Mock's March (Thomas Gibbs)
(c) Gerald's Mistress

2. Matthew Locke - Suite No.4 in D major, from 'Melothesia' (1673)
Prelude: Almain: Corant: Saraband: Rant

3. From the second part of 'Musick's Handmaid' revised and corrected by Henry Purcell (1689)
(a) A new Irish Tune [Lillibullero] H. Purcell
(b) [Ground : Socca pur] [G.B. Draghi]

4. Henry Purcell - Suite No. 2 in G minor from 'A Choice collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinnet' (1696)
Prelude: [Almand]: Corant: Saraband

5. John Blow - [Mortlack's Ground]
from the second part of 'Musick's Handmaid' (1689)

6. Maurice Greene - Overture in D major from 'Six Overtures for the Harpsichord
or Spinnet' (c.1745)
Allegro: Andante: Presto

7. Thomas Arne - Sonata No. 6 in G, from '8 Sonatas or Lessons for The Harpsichord' (1756)
Affetuoso (G minor): Presto (G major)

8. James Nares - Lesson No. 2 in D major from 'Eight Setts of Lessons for the Harpsichord' (1747)
Allegro: Larghetto: Allegro: Jigg - Presto

9. Domenico Paradies - Sonata No. 6 in A major from '12 Sonate di Gravicembalo' (1754)
Vivace: Allegro


A Choice Collection Of Lessons And Ayres 1663-1756

Music by Gibbs, Anon, Locke, H. Purcell, Blow, Greene, Arne, Nares, Paradies, Draghi

Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord