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More great music
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Mercedes Sosa, Como la cigarra (text María Elena Walsh); Gracias a la vida ; Razón de
vivir ; Si se calla el cantor (later two written by Victor Heredia)
Violeta Parra, Gracias a la vida (originally her poem) ; Que he sacado con quererte ;
Ausencia ; Yo canto a la diferencia ; La carta
Isabel Parra, Al centro de la injusticia ; Ni toda la tierra entera ; El cantar tiene sentido ;
Ayudame Valentina
Isabel Aldunate, Yo te nombro libertad ; El colibrí
Iqbal Bano, Dashte Tanhai (a poem of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, title “A thought”)
Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit
Sandy Denny, Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues ; Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
Melanie Safka, Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma ; Beautiful People
Aretha Franklin, Chain of Fools ; You Make Me Feel ; Respect
Sara González, De una vez ; Su nombre es pueblo ; Quando miro tus ojos
Janis Joplin, Little Girl Blue ; Summertime ; Ball and Chain; Kozmic Blues ; Me and Bobby
McGee
Nina Simone, Blues for Mama, Here Comes the Sun
[Nina Simone on Janis Joplin]
Joan Baez, The Partisan ; Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti ; Here’s to you, Nicola and Bart
Stevie Nicks, Rhiannon
Soledad Bravo, Santiago de Chile ; Nosotros ; Hasta siempre ; Guerrillera
Grace Slick, Pretty as You Feel ; Come Again Toucan ; Somebody to Love ; Sketches of
China
Joni Mitchell, Hejira ; Coyote ; Chelsea Morning
Patti Smith, Dancing Barefoot ; Privilege (Set me Free) ; Frederick ; Wave
Shirley Bassey, I who have nothing ; The Living Tree ; This is my Life ; I am what I am
Ann Wilson, Crazy on you
Cesaria Evora, Sodade ; Partida ; Ingrata ; Mar Azul
Joan Armatrading, Down to Zero ; Love and Affection ; Freedom
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León Gieco, La memoria ; Sólo le pido a dios (performance with Mercedes Sosa) ; Cancion
del silencio ; Quando me muera quiero ; Cinco siglos igual
Horacio Guarany, Si se calla el cantor ; Recital a la paz ; Luche, luche
Victor Heredía, Razón de vivir ; Sobreviviendo ; Ojos de cielo ; Todavía Cantamos ; Para
que nunca se te olvide ; Bailando con tu sombra ; Plumas verdes
Víctor Jara, El derecho de vivir en paz ; Canto libre ; Manifesto ; A Pablo Neruda (poem 15
– “Me gustas cuando callas porque estas como ausente”) ; Somos cinco mil (poem written
not long before his death, he was killed by the Officials at the National Stadion in Santiago in
1973, see this)
Silvio Rodríguez, Ojalá ; Unicornio ; La maza ; El dulce abismo
Alí Primera, No basta rezar ; La patria es el hombre ; Vamos gente de mi tierra ; Basta de
hipocresia
Pablo Milanés, Para vivir ; El amor de mi vida ; Cunáto gané cuánto perdí ; Yolanda (with
Silvio Rodríguez); No ha sido fácil
Milton Nascimento, Coração de Estudante ; Outro lugar ; Travessia ; Canção da América
Caetano Veloso, O Leãozinho ; Você é linda ; Nosso estranho amor
Daniel Viglietti, A desalambrar ; Solo digo compañeros (Tupac Amaru) ; Desaparecidos
(with Mario Benedetti) ; Canción para mi América (with Isabel and Angel Parra) ; Ronda y
Me matan si no trabajo ; Yo vivo en un tiempo de guerra
Facundo Cabral, No soy de aqui, ni soy de alla ; Este es un nuevo día ; Pobre mi patrón ; Me
gusta la gente simple ; Nada tengo que cuidar/perder ; No estas Deprimido, estas Distraido
Joan Manuel Serrat, Mediterráneo ; Aquellas pequeñas cosas ; A mis amigos ; Caminante
no hay camino ; La mujer que yo quiero
Chico Buarque, O meu amor
Georges Brassens, La mauvaise réputation ; Mourir pour des idées ; Les copains d’abord
; Chanson pour l’auvergnat ; J’ai rendez-vous avec vous ; Auprès de mon arbre ; Il n’y a pas
d’amour heureux ; Brave Margot ; Quand on est con ; Dieu, s’il existe, il exagère ; Ceux qui
ne pensent pas comme nous ; Les Trompettes de la Renomée ; Les amoureux des bancs
publics
Georges Moustaki, Ma liberté, Le metéque ; Ma solitude ; Il est trop tard ; Mon vieux Joseph
; Le temps de vivre ; En Méditerranée
Giorgio Gaber, Io se fossi dio ; Mi fa male il mondo ; Un uomo e una donna ; La libertà ; Io
non mi sento Italiano ; Destra-Sinistra ; O Bella Ciao ; Io accuso ; Far finta di essere sani ;
E tu mi vieni a dire ; Gli inutili ; La Leggerezza ; Il Corrotto ; La Democrazia; Il conformista
; Mi vien da ridere ; Gli intellettuali ; La cacca dei contadini ; Se io sapessi ; Ho visto un re
(with Dario Fo & Enzo Janacci)
Nikos Papazoglou, Nihterino; Molis ksypniso to proi ; To oneiro
Toti Soler, Sardana Flamenca ; Epigrama ; Vida secreta
Here are some of my favorite violinist and piano players:
Ginete Neveu, Christoph Willibald Gluck – “Melodie” from the Opera Orfeo ed Euridice ;
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane ; Richard Strauss – Violin Sonata in E flat Op. 18 ; Ioan
Scarlatescu, Bagatelle ; Manuel de Falla – Dance from the Opera “La Vida Breve”
Fritz Kreisler, Liebesleid ; Robert Schumann – Romance in A Major, Op. 94, No. 2 ; Pyotr
Ilych Tchaikovsky – “Andante Cantabile” from String Quartet No.1 ; Bedřich Smetana,
Bohemian Fantasie
Mischa Elman, Franz Peter Schubert – Serenade ; Robert Schumann – Traumerei ; Josef
Bonime – Danse Hebraique ; Johann Sebastian Bach – Air on the G String from Suite No. 3,
BWV 1068 (arr. Wilhelmj) ; Peter Tchaikowsky – “Mélodie” – Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op.
42/3
Jascha Heifetz, Christoph Willibald Gluck – “Melodie” from the Opera Orfeo ed Euridice ;
Pablo de Sarasate – Zapateado ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Rondo” from Serenade No. 7
(“Haffner”, K. 250) ; Nicolo Paganini – Caprice 24 ; Camille Saint-Saens – Introduction and
Rondo Capriccioso 28 ; Peter Tchaikovsky – “Mélodie” – Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42/3
Isaac Stern, Camille Saint-Saens – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso 28 ; Mendelssohn –
Concerto in E Minor ;
Yehudi Menuhin, Fritz Kreisler – Liebesleid ; Johannes Brahms – Violin Concerto (3rd mvt.)
;
Ivry Gitlis, Fritz Kreisler – Liebesleid ; Peter Tchaikovsky – “Mélodie” – Souvenir d’un lieu
cher, Op. 42/3
Ida Haendel, Camille Saint-Saens – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso 28 ; Johann
Sebastian Bach – Andante from Sonata for Violin Alone in A Minor, BMV 1003 ;
Documentary about Ida Haendel “I am the violin” (2004)
Zino Francescatti, Pablo de Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen ; Claude Debussy – La fille aux
cheveux de lin
Nathan Milstein, Ludwig van Beethoven – Kreutzer Sonata, No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 ;
Paganiniana ; Documentary about Nathan Milstein “Master of Invention”, Part 1, Part 2
David Ojstrakh, Christoph Willibald Gluck – “Melodie” from the Opera Orfeo ed Euridice ;
Fritz Kreisler – Liebeslied ; Mendelssohn – Concerto in E Minor ; Camille Saint-Saens –
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso 28
Itzhak Perlman, Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor Op. 64 (I. P. 13 years old) ; Nicolo
Paganini – Caprice 4 in C minor (Maestoso), 13 (The Devil’s Laughter); Giuseppe Tartini –
Devil’s Trill ; Klezmer ; Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne from Partita 02 in D – part 1 &
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne from Partita 02 in D – part 2 ; Antonio Vivaldi – The
Four Seasons – Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ; Igor Stravinsky – from Suite Italienne (I.
Introduzione: Allegro moderato, II. Serenata: Larghetto, III. Tarantella: Vivace)
Vadim Repin, Peter Tchaikovsky – “Mélodie” – Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42/3 ; Sergei
Rachmaninov – Trio élégiaque No. 1 (with Lang Lang & Mischa Maisky) ;
Hilary Hahn, Jean Sibelius – Violin Concerto (Allegro ma non tanto); Erich Wolfgang
Korngold – Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 (Romanze Andante) ;
Glenn Gould, Johann Sebastian Bach – Goldberg Variations 1-7 ; Alexander Scriabin –
Sonata, No. 5 ; Johann Sebastian Bach – Piano Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV1058 ;
(Playlist) ; (Documentary)
Artur Rubinstein, Plays Chopin ; Plays Rachmaninoff (Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) ;
Franz Liszt – Liebestraum nº3 ; (Playlist)
Vladimir Horowitz, Franz Liszt – Consolation No. 3 in D flat Major ;(Playlist)
Martha Argerich, Frederic Chopin – Polonaise brillante Op. 3 for Piano and Cello (with
Mstislav Rostropovich) ; Frederic Chopin – Polonaise Op. 53 (Heroic) (Competition 1965);
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 ; Astor Piazzolla – Libertango (with Eduardo Hubert)
; Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 ;
Keith Jarret, Johann Sebastian Bach – Italian Concerto, BWV971 (Allegro) ; Autumn
Leaves/Feuilles mortes ; Somewhere Over the Rainbow ; Summertime ; Georgia in My Mind ;
Köln Concert Part 1 ; Vermont Solo – Improvisation ;