there was a girl of buenos aires

Study of a girl's head
Sir Edward John Poynter


There was a girl of Buenos Aires
Who dug The Beatles, call her Iris.
She would listen all their songs
Until the dinner’s gong,
That little girl of Buenos Aires.


A limerick written by niki —
To Loli

el rastro en color

El Rastro en color
Abril, 2007


 Foto de niki

fairport convention: meet on the ledge - the classic years (1967-1975), disc 2

1. Now Be Thankful
2. Bonny Bunch Of Roses
3. Walk Awhile
4. Sloth
5. Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman
6. The Journeyman's Grace
7. John Lee
8. Rosie
9. The Plainsman
10. The Hexhamshire Lass
11. Polly On The Shore
12. Bring 'Em Down
13. Rising For The Moon
14. White Dress
15. Stranger To Himself
16. One More Chance


Fairport Convention: Meet On The Ledge - The Classic Years (1967-1975), Disc 2

sweet inspiration - the songs of dan penn & spooner oldham

1. Out Of Left Field - Percy Sledge
2. I'm Your Puppet - Dionne Warwick
3. Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations
4. A Woman Left Lonely - Charlie Rich
5. I Worship The Ground You Walk On - Etta James
6. I'm Living Good - The Ovations
7. Take Me (Just As I Am) - Solomon Burke
8. Cry Like A Baby - Arthur Alexander
9. It Tears Me Up - Jeanne Newman
10. Slippin' Around With You - Art Freeman
11. I Met Her In Church - Tony Borders
12. Are You Never Coming Home - Sandy Posey
13. Let It Happen - James Carr
14. Everything I Am - The Box Tops
15. Feed The Flame - Ted Taylor
16. Watching The Trains Go By - Tony Joe White
17. In The Same Old Way - Arthur Conley
18. Denver - Ronnie Milsap
19. Dreamer - Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles
20. Good Things Don't Come Easy - Irma Thomas
21. I Need Someone - The Wallace Brothers
22. He Ain't Gonna Do Right - Barbara Lynn
23. Wish You Didn't Have To Go - Tommy Roe
24. Let's Do It Over - Joe Simon


Sweet Inspiration - The Songs of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham

mozart - the symphonies, vol. 3

Symphony in D major, K 97 (73m)
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto — Trio
4. Presto

Symphonie in D major, K. 95 (73n)
5. Allegro
6. Andante
7. Menuetto — Trio
8. Allegro

Symphony No. 11 in D major, K. 84  (73q)
9. Allegro
10. Andante
11. Allegro

Symphony in B flat major, K. Anh. 216  (C11.03)
12. Allegro
13. Andante
14. Menuet — Trio
15. Allegro molto

Symphony in F major, K. 75
16. Allegro
17. Andantino
18. Menuetto — Trio
19. Allegro

Symphony in C major, K. 96 (111b)
20. Allegro
21. Andante
22. Menuetto — Trio
23. Molto allegro


Mozart - The Symphonies, Vol. 3

The English Concert

Trevor Pinnock

shelly manne: 2-3-4 & my fair lady

1. Take The "A" Train
2. Slowly
3. Cherokee
4. Avalon
5. Me And Some Drums
6. The Sicks Of Us
7. Lean On Me
8. Get Me To The Church On Time
9. On The Street Where You Live
10. I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face
11. Wouldn't It Be Loverly
12. Ascott Gavotte
13. Show Me
14. With A Little Bit Of Luck
15. I Could Have Danced All Night


Shelly Manne: 2-3-4 & My Fair Lady


Tracks 1-7: 2-3-4

Shelly Manne — drums on all tracks, plus:

On 1-4:
Coleman Hawkins — tenor sax
Hank Jones — piano
George Duvivier — bass

On 5:
Coleman Hawkins — piano & tenor sax

On 6-7:
Eddie Costa — vibes & piano
George Duvivier — bass


Tracks 8-15: Shelly Manne And His Friends' Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From My Fair Lady

André Previn — piano
Leroy Vinegar — bass
Shelly Manne — drums

la belleza encerrada

La Virgen con el Niño y ángeles, h. 1520
Gérard David




San Francisco de Asís recibiendo los estigmas, h. 1510
Maestro de Hoogstraten




La Vista, 1617
Pedro Pablo Rubens y Jan Brueghel el Viejo




Plato con ciruelas y guindas, h. 1631
Juan van der Hamen




Agnus Dei, 1635-1640
Francisco de Zurbarán


 

Vista del jardín de la Villa Medici en Roma, 1629-1630
Diego Velázquez




Fiesta en un parque, 1712-1713
Jean-Antoine Watteau




Desnudo en la playa de Portici, 1874
Mariano Fortuny y Marsal


La belleza encerrada
De Fra Angelico a Fortuny

Museo Nacional del Prado
21 mayo - 10 noviembre 2013

go from my window

1. Anonymous / Francis Cutting - Greensleeves
2. Anonymous - Robyn
3. Anthony Holborne - Tinternell (or Short Almain)
4. John Dowland - My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
5. William Byrd - My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
6. John Johnson - Walsingham
7. John Dowland - Walsingham
8. John Johnson - The Old Medley
9. John Johnson - Carman's Whistle
10. Anonymous - John, Come Kiss Me Now
11. John Danyel - The Leaves Be Greene
12. Daniel Batchelar - Une Jeune Fillette
13. Thomas Robinson - The Spanish Pavan
14. William Byrd - The Woods So Wild
15. Edward Collard - Go From My Window
16. John Dowland - Go From My Window
17. John Dowland - Loth To Depart


Go from my Window
 
English Renaissance Ballad Tunes for the Lute by John Dowland & his Contemporaries

Nigel North: lute

the “chirping” crickets

1. Oh, Boy!
2. Not Fade Away
3. You've Got Love
4. Maybe Baby
5. It's Too Late
6. Tell Me How
7. That'll Be The Day
8. I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love
9. An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
10. Send Me Some Lovin'
11. Last Night
12. Rock Me My Baby

Bonus Tracks
13. Think It Over
14. Fool's Paradise
15. Lonesome Tears
16. It's So Easy


The “Chirping” Crickets

view of schmiedebergerkamm

View of Schmiedebergerkamm, c.1837
Caspar David Friedrich

koechlin - music for flute

Fourteen Pieces for flute and piano, Op. 157b (1936)
1. Vieille chanson: Andante con moto
2. Gai, assez animé
3. Andante espressivo
4. Moderato con moto
5. Allegro moderato
6. Andante quasi adagio
7. Beau soir: Largo 
8. Andantino
9. Allegro con moto
10. Allegretto quasi andantino
11. Allegretto
12. Danse printanière: Allegretto
13. Marche funèbre: Andante
14. Allegro moderato

Sonata for two flutes, Op. 75 (1920)
15. Assez lent
16. Allegretto scherzando
17. Allegro — Assez lent

Sonata for piano and flute, Op. 52 (1913)
18. Adagio molto tranquillo
19. Mouvement de Sicilienne: Allegretto très moderé mais sans traîner
20. Finale: Animé et gai

L'Album de Lilian, Première série, Op. 139 (1934)
21. Gardez ce teint de jeune fille
22. Fugue sans protocole
23. Valse de la réconciliation
24. Les yeux clairs
25. Joie de plein air
26. Patinant-souriant
27. En route vers le bonheur
28. Pleurs
29. Tout va bien

Four pieces for flute and piano from L'Album de Lilian, Deuxième série, Op. 149 (1935)
30. Sérénade à l'étoile errante
31. Swimming
32. Les yeux du clown
33. Le voyage chimérique

Morceau de lecture for flute and piano, Op. 218 (1948)
34. Adagio


Koechlin - Music for Flute

Fenwick Smith: flute
Martin Amlin: piano

with
Jayne West: soprano in L'Album de Lilian
Leone Buyse: first flute in Sonata for two flutes

fairport convention: meet on the ledge - the classic years (1967-1975), disc 1

1. Chelsea Morning
2. Fotheringay
3. Mr. Lacey
4. Book Song
5. I'll Keep It With Mine
6. Tale In Hard Time
7. Meet On The Ledge
8. Genesis Hall
9. A Sailor's Life
10. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
11. Percy's Song
12. Come All Ye
13. Matty Groves
14. Tam Lin
15. Crazy Man Michael
16. Farewell, Farewell


Fairport Convention: Meet On The Ledge - The Classic Years (1967-1975), Disc 1

mozart - the symphonies, vol. 2

Symphony No. 7 in D major, K 45
1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto — Trio
4. Molto allegro

Symphony No. 8 in D major, K 48
5. Allegro
6. Andante
7. Menuetto — Trio
8. Molto allegro

Symphony No. 9 in C major, K 73 (75a)
9.  Allegro
10. Andante
11. Menuetto — Trio
12. Molto allegro

Symphony in F major, K 76 (42a)
13. Allegro maestoso
14. Andante
15. Menuetto — Trio
16. Allegro

Symphony in B flat major, K. Anh. 214 (45b)
17. Allegro
18. Andante
19. Menuetto — Trio
20. Allegro

Symphony in D major, K 81 (73l)
21. Allegro
22. Andante
23. Allegro molto


Mozart - The Symphonies, Vol. 2 

The English Concert

Trevor Pinnock

gerry mulligan quartet, disc 2

1. My Old Flame  (G)
2. Love Me Or Leave Me [alt tk]  (G)
3. Love Me Or Leave Me  (G)
4. Swinghouse [10" LP take]  (G)
5. Swinghouse [12" LP take]  (G)
6. Jeru  (G)
7. Utter Chaos #2  (G)
8. Darn That Dream  (G)
9. Darn That Dream [alt tk]  (G)
10. I May Be Wrong [12" LP take]  (G)
11. I May Be Wrong [10" LP take]  (G)
12. I'm Beginning To See The Light [10" LP take]  (H)
13. I'm Beginning To See The Light [12" LP take]  (H)
14. The Nearness Of You  (H)
15. Tea For Two  (H)
16. Five Brothers  (I)
17. I Can't Get Started  (I)
18. Ide's Side  (I)
19. Funhouse  (I)
20. My Funny Valentine  (I)


Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Disc 2

The Original Quartet with Chet Baker

Gerry Mulligan — baritone saxophone, piano
Chet Baker — trumpet (B-I)
Jimmy Rowles — piano (B)
Red Mitchell (A), Joe Mondragon (B), Bob Whitlock (C-D), Carson Smith (E-I)  — bass
Chico Hamilton (A, C-E), Larry Bunker (F-I) — drums

michael nesmith: live at the britt festival

1. Two Different Roads
2. Papa Gene's Blues
3. Propinquity
4. Some Of Shelly's Blues
5. Joanne
6. Tomorrow And Me
7. The Upside Of Goodbye
8. Harmony Constant
9. Silver Moon
10. 5 Second Concerts
11. Yellow Butterfly
12. Moon Over The Rio Grande
13. Juliana
14. Laugh Kills Lonesome
15. I Am Not That
16. Rising In Love
17. Rio
18. Different Drum


Michael Nesmith: Live At The Britt Festival

henri salvador!, cd 2 - s'amuse

1. Blouse du dentiste
2. Mais non, mais non
3. Le travail c'est la santé
4. J'aime tes g'noux (Shame, Shame, Shame)
5. Une bonne paire de claques
6. Dracula cha cha cha
7. Faut rigoler
8. Fugue en rire
9. Elle est toujours derrière (Article 214)
10. Hénin-Liétard
11. Zorro est arrivé
12. Veunise
13. Je n'peux pas travailler
14. Dialogue de glace
15. Rock'n roll mops
16. Je bois à ton souvenir (I Drink To Your Memory)
17. Juanita Banana
18. Ma pipe


Henri Salvador!, CD 2 - S'amuse

el trazo español en el british museum

Santo atado a un árbol, 1626
José de Ribera

La Asunción de la Virgen, c. 1555-1561
Alonso Berruguete

Apuntes de dos caballos en corveta y jinete, c. 1630-1640
Atribuido a Diego Velázquez

Cabeza de monje, c. 1635-1655
Atribuido a Francisco de Zurbarán

San Miguel Arcángel, c. 1655-1660
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Vista de Toledo desde la otra orilla del Tajo, c. 1750–1760
Anónimo del s. XVIII

Baile de máscara en el Coliseo, c. 1767
Luis Paret y Alcázar

Don Quijote acosado por monstruos, c. 1812-1820
Francisco de Goya


El trazo español en el British Museum
Dibujos del Renacimiento a Goya

Museo Nacional del Prado
20 marzo - 16 junio 2013

la guitarra española, vol. I (1536-1836)

VIHUELA

Luys de Narváez (c.1500-c.1555)
1. Cuatro diferencias de “Gúardame las vacas”
2. Passeávase el rey moro
3. Tres diferencias de “Guárdame las vacas”
4. Canción del Emperador

López (16th century)
5. Fantasía

Luys Milán (c.1500-c.1561)
6. Pavana II

Alonso Mudarra (1510-1580)
7. Pavana de Alexandre
8. Fantasía X que contrahaze la harpa en la manera de Ludovico

BAROQUE GUITAR

Santiago de Murcia (c.1685-c.1732)
9. Giga
10. Cumbés

Francisco Guerau (c.1649-c.1717)
11. Marionas
12. Canarios

Gaspar Sanz (c.1640-c.1710)  
13. Pavana al ayre español
14. Folías 
15. Lantururú
16. Canarios

CLASSICAL-ROMANTIC GUITAR

Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
17. Andante maestoso    
18. Andante expressivo
19. Introduction and variations on a theme of “The Magic Flute”, op. 9  
     
          
La guitarra española, Vol. I (1536-1836)

José Miguel Moreno: vihuela, guitarra barroca, guitarra clásico-romántica

françoise hardy: the vogue years, disc 1

1. Tous les garcons et les filles
2. J'suis d'accord
3. Le temps de l'amour
4. Ton meilleur ami
5. La fille avec toi
6. L'amour s'en va
7. Je pense à lui 
8. Qui aime t'il vraiment
9. Le premier bonheur du jour
10. Va pas prendre un tambour
11. J'aurais voulu
12. Le sais-tu?
13. L'amour ne dure pas toujours
14. Pourtant tu m'aimes
15. On se quitte toujours
16. Tout me ramène à toi
17. Apprends-le moi
18. C'est le passé
19. Je n'attends plus personne
20. Pas gentille
21. Et même
22. Je veux qu'il revienne
23. Mon amie la rose
24. La nuit est sur la ville
25. Nous étions amies


Françoise Hardy: The Vogue Years, Disc 1