Favorite Movies:
Foreign Films:
Director: Akira Kurosawa;
"The Seven Samurai" (Shichinin no samurai), (1954)
"Ikiru" (To Live), (1952)
"Dersu Uzala," (1974)
Director: Satyajit Ray;
"Pather Panchali" (The Song of the Road), (1955)
"Aparajito" (The Unvanquished), (1956)
"Apu Sansar" (The World of Apu), (1959)
"Mahanagar" (The Big City), (1963)
"Alexander Nevsky," director: Sergei Eisenstein (1938)
"Character," director: Mike van Diem (1997)
"Cyrano de Bergerac," director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1990)
"Henry V," director: Kenneth Branagh (1990)
"King of Hearts," director: Philippe de Broca (1966)
"Kolya," director: Jan Sverak (1996)
"The Last Wave," director: Peter Weir (1977)
"The Mystery of Picasso," director: Henri-Georges Clouzot (1956)
Domestic Films:
"The Best Years of Our Lives," director: William Wyler (1946)
"The Big Sleep," director: Howard Hawks (1946)
"Casablanca," director: Michael Curtiz (1942)
"The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T.," director: Roy Rowland (1953)
"Key Largo," director: John Huston (1948)
"Modern Times," director: Charlie Chaplin (1936)
"A Night At The Opera," (Marx Brothers), director: Sam Wood (1935)
"Singing In The Rain," director: Stanley Donen (1952)
"To Have and Have Not," director: Howard Hawks (1944)
Documentaries:
"The Art of Conducting; Great Conductors of the Past," director: Sue Knussen (1994)
"The Art of Piano; Great Pianists of the 20th Century," (2000)
"The Art of Singing; Golden Voices of the Century," (1997)
"In The Shadow of the Stars," directors: Allie Light, Irving Saraf (1991)
"Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and The Media," directors: Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick (1992)
Favorite Music:
Classical Music:
Anton Arensky: "Piano Trio No. 1 in D min., op 32," (performed by the Beaux Arts Trio)
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Six Suites for Solo Cello," (performed by Heinrich Schiff or Anner Bylsma)
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Goldberg Variations," (performed by Bob van Asperen or Trevor Pinnock)
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Ich habe genug, BWV 82," (performed by Hans Hotter, Matthias Goerne, or William Parker, baritone)
Johann Sebastian Bach: "St. Matthew Passion," (conducted by Karl Richter with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone)
Samuel Barber: "Knoxville, Summer of 1915," (performed by Leontyne Price, Eleanor Steber, or Dawn Upshaw)
Samuel Barber: "Violin Concerto, op 14," (conducted by Andre Previn, performed by Gil Shaham)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Symphony No. 7," (conducted by Otto Klemperer or John Eliot Gardiner)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Piano Sonatas, opp 13, 27 No. 2, 53, and 57 ("Pathetique," "Moonlight," "Waldstein," and "Appasionata")," (performed by Wilhelm Kempff)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Piano Sonatas, opp 13, 27 No. 1 and No. 2, ("Pathetique," and "Moonlight")," (performed by Emil Gilels)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Piano Sonatas, opp 31 no. 2 and no. 3, 81a, ("Tempest," and "Les Adieux")," (performed by Murray Perahia)
Franz Biebl: "Ave Maria," (performed by Chanticleer)
Ernest Bloch: "Concerto Grosso No. 1" (conducted by Neville Marriner or Howard Hanson)
Ernest Bloch: "Suite for Viola and Piano," (performed by Yizhak Schotten and Katherine Collier)
Lili Boulanger: "Psaume 24," and "Psaume 130 (Du fond de l'Abime)," (conducted by Igor Markevitch or Yan Pascal Tortelier)
Lili Boulanger: "D'une matin de printemps," and "D'une soir triste," (conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier)
Johannes Brahms: "Symphony No. 4," (conducted by Bruno Walter or Carlos Kleiber)
Johannes Brahms: "German Requiem," (conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli or John Eliot Gardiner)
Johannes Brahms: "Piano Quartet in G min., op 26," and "Piano Quartet in C min., op 60," (performed by Emmanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo and Yo Yo Ma)
Johannes Brahms: "Piano Trio No. 1 in B, op 8," (performed by Julius Katchen, Josef Suk, and Janos Starker)
Johannes Brahms: "Lieder," (performed by Thomas Allen or Hans Hotter)
Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes," (opera) (conducted by Benjamin Britten with Peter Pears, tenor)
Benjamin Britten: "Curlew River," (chamber opera) (conducted by Benjamin Britten with Peter Pears, tenor)
Frederic Chopin: "Waltzes," (performed by Dinu Lipatti or Artur Rubinstein)
Frederic Chopin: "Mazurkas," (performed by Artur Rubinstein)
Rebecca Clarke: "Viola Sonata," (performed by Patricia McCarty and Virginia Eskin or Yizhak Schotten and Katherine Collier)
Rebecca Clarke: "Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano," (performed by the Hartley Trio)
Rebecca Clarke: "Songs," (performed by Patricia Wright, soprano, Jonathon Rees, and Kathron Sturrock)
Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring, (version for 13 instruments)," (conducted by Aaron Copland)
Antonin Dvorak: "Rusalka," (opera) (conducted by Vaclav Neumann with Gabriela Benackova, soprano)
Antonin Dvorak: "String Quartet in F, op 96, (American)," (performed by the Keller Quartet)
Antonin Dvorak: "Piano Trio in F min., op 65," (performed by Emmanuel Ax, Young Uck Kim, and Yo Yo Ma)
Jeanne-Louise Farrenc: "Nonetto, op 38," (performed by the Consortium Classicum)
Gerald Finzi: "Earth and Air and Rain," (song cycle) and "Before and After Summer," (song cycle), (performed by Stephen Varcoe and Clifford Benson)
Gerald Finzi: "Dies Natalis, op 8," (performed by Rebecca Evans or Ian Bostridge)
Carlisle Floyd: "Susannah," (opera) (conducted by Kent Nagano with Cheryl Studer, soprano and Samuel Ramey, bass)
Carlo Gesualdo: "Responsoria," (performed by the Hilliard Ensemble)
Carlo Gesualdo: "Quinto Libro dei Madrigali," (conducted by Anthony Rooley, performed by the Consort of Musicke)
Pavel Haas: "Sarlatan," (opera) (conducted by Israel Yinon with Vladimir Chmelo, baritone)
Adolf Henselt: "Piano Concerto, op 16," (conducted by Martyn Brabbins, performed by Marc Andre Hamelin)
Herbert Howells: "Requiem," and "Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing," (conducted by Matthew Best and performed by Corydon Singers)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Violin Concerto, op 35" (conducted by Andre Previn, performed by Gil Shaham)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Piano Concerto in C sharp, op 17," (conducted by Osmo Vanska, performed by Marc Andre Hamelin)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Piano Trio, op 1," (performed by the Beaux Arts Trio)
Gustav Mahler: "Kindertotenlieder," (song cycle) (performed by Janet Baker or Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau)
Gustav Mahler: "Symphony No. 2, (Resurrection)," (conducted by Simon Rattle with Arleen Auger, soprano, Janet Baker, mezzo soprano)
Gustav Mahler: "Symphony No. 10," (edition by Remo Mazzetti, conducted by Leonard Slatkin)
Frank Martin: "Petite Symphonie Concertante," (conducted by Armin Jordan or Neville Marriner)
Bohuslav Martinu: "Nonet," (performed by the Dartington Ensemble or the Berlin Ensemble)
Thomas Morley: "Miraculous Love's Wounding," and "O Griefe, Even on the Bud," (madrigals) (performed by the Hilliard Ensemble)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," (opera) (conducted by Colin Davis with Ingvar Wixell, baritone)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Le Nozze di Figaro," (opera) (conducted by Georg Solti with Samuel Ramey, bass)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Piano Concerto No. 20 in D min., K 466," (conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, performed by Malcolm Bilson)
Modest Mussorgsky: "Pictures At An Exhibition," (orchestrated by Ravel), (conducted by Herbert von Karajan)
Francis Poulenc: "Piano Concerto," (conducted by James Conlon, performed by Francois-Rene Duchable)
Ned Rorem: "Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, 1960" (performed by the Huntingdon Trio)
Ned Rorem: "Songs," (performed by Susan Graham)
Robert Schumann: "Piano Quintet in E flat, op 44," (performed by the Beaux Arts Trio with Samuel Rhodes and Dolf Bettelheim)
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Symphony No. 5," (conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy)
Dmitri Shostakovich: "String Quartet No. 8, op 110" (performed by the Brodsky Quartet or the Fitzwilliam Quartet)
Jean Sibelius: "Symphony No. 2," (conducted by Herbert Blomstedt)
Jean Sibelius: "Symphony No. 7," (conducted by Herbert Blomstedt or Anthony Collins)
Germaine Tailleferre: "Concertino for Harp and Orchestra," (conducted by Joann Falletta, performed by Gillian Benet)
Eduard Tubin: "Symphony No. 4," (conducted by Neeme Jarvi)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Ten Blake Songs," (song cycle) and "On Wenlock Edge," (song cycle), (performed by Ian Partridge, tenor)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Songs of Travel," (song cycle), (performed by Thomas Allen, baritone)
Giuseppe Verdi: "Rigoletto," (opera) (conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli with Renato Bruson, baritone)
Giuseppe Verdi: "Simon Boccanegra," (opera) (conducted by Claudio Abbado with Mirella Freni, soprano and Piero Cappuccilli, baritone)
Giuseppe Verdi: "Te Deum," (conducted by John Eliot Gardiner or Arturo Toscanini)
Tomas Luis de Victoria: "O Quam Gloriosum," and "O Magnum Mysterium," (conducted by David Hill and performed by the Westminster Cathedral Choir)
Jazz Music:
Louis Armstrong: "Giants of Jazz," (Time-Life)
Count Basie: "Giants of Jazz," (Time-Life)
Gene Bertoncini: "The Art of the Duo," (Stash)
Art Blakey: "A Night At Birdland," (Blue Note)
Tina Brooks: "The Complete Blue Note Recordings," (Mosaic)
John Coltrane: "A Love Supreme," (Impulse)
John Coltrane: "Giant Steps," (Atlantic)
John Coltrane: "Blue Train," (Blue Note)
Miles Davis: "Kind of Blue," (Columbia)
Miles Davis: "Round About Midnight," (Columbia)
Miles Davis: "Birth of the Cool," (Capitol)
Bill Evans: "Waltz for Debby," (Riverside)
Duke Ellington, "The Blanton-Webster Band," (RCA)
Duke Ellington, "The Ellington Era, Volumes 1 and 2," (Columbia)
Tommy Flanagan: "Giant Steps," (Enja)
Tommy Flanagan: "Thelonica," (Enja)
Herbie Hancock: "Maiden Voyage," (Blue Note)
Johnny Hartman: "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman," (Impulse)
Abdullah Ibrahim: "Water From An Ancient Well," (Blackhawk)
J.J. Johnson: "The Eminent J.J. Johnson, Volumes 1 and 2," (Blue Note)
Sheila Jordan: "Portrait of Sheila," (Blue Note)
Wynton Marsalis: "Think of One," (Columbia)
Modern Jazz Quartet: "European Concert," (Atlantic)
Modern Jazz Quartet: "Pyramid," (Atlantic)
Thelonius Monk: "The Complete Blue Note Recordings," (Mosaic)
Tete Montoliu: "Lush Life," (Steeplechase)
Herbie Nichols: "The Complete Blue Note Recordings," (Mosaic)
Charlie Parker: "Now's The Time," (Verve)
Joe Pass: "Catch Me," (Pacific Jazz)
Bud Powell: "The Amazing Bud Powell, Volumes 1 and 2," (Blue Note)
John Scofield: "Time On My Hands," (Blue Note)
Wayne Shorter: "Adam's Apple," (Blue Note)
Horace Silver: "Blowin' The Blues Away," (Blue Note)
Horace Silver: "The Trio Sides," (Blue Note)
Lucky Thompson: "Lucky Strikes," (Prestige)
Lucky Thompson and Tommy Flanagan: "Lucky Meets Tommy And Friends," (Fresh Sound)
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