On this day in music history:

Mozart: Don Giovanni by Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming & Georg Solti (1997)

An Italian Songbook by Cecilia Bartoli (1997)

By Request by Renée Fleming (2003)

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs by Renée Fleming & Christian Thielemann (2008)

Whispers from Silence by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2016)

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Album by Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming and Georg Solti,

released September 16, 1997.

Track list: Don Giovanni: Overture - London PO/Sir Georg Solti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Notte E Giorno Faticar (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Leporello, Ove Sei (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ma Qual Mai S’offre, O Dei (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Orsu, Spicciati Presto (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ah Chi Mi Dice Mai (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Chi E la (Stelle Che Vedo) - (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni) - Ann Murray/Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Madamina, Il Catalogo E Questo (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Giovinette Che Fate All’amore (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: Manco Male, E Partita (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ho Capito, Signor Si! (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Alfin Siam Liberati (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: La CI Darem la Mano (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Fermati, Scellerato (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ah Fuggi Il Traditor (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Mi Par Ch’oggi Ol Demonio Si Diverta (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Non Ti Fidar, O Misera (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Don Ottavio, Son Mortal (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Or Sai Chi L’onore (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Come Mai Creder Deggio Dalla Sua Pace (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act One: Lo Deggio Ad Ogni Patto (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Finch’han Dal Vino (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Masetto, Senti Un Po’ (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: Batti, Batti O Bel Masetto (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: (Guarda Un Po’ Come Seppe Questa Strega Sedurmi) (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: (Presto, Presto, Pria Ch’ei Venga) (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Bisogna Aver Coraggio (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Protegga Il Giusto Cielo (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Riposate, Vezzose Ragazze! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Venite Pur Avanti (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ecco Il Birbo Che T’ha Offesa (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Eh Via, Buffone (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Leporello!... Signor? (Don Giovanni, Leporello) - Bryn Terfel/Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah! Taci, Ingiusto Core (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Amico Che Ti Par? (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Deh Vieni Alla Finestra (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: V’e Gente Alla Finestra! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Meta Di Voi Qua Vadano (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Zitto Lascia Ch’io Senta (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Vedrai Carino (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Di Molte Faci Il Lume (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Sola Sola in Buio Loco (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: (Mille Torbidi Pensieri) (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Dunque Quello Sei Tu Ah Pieta Signori Miei (Zerlina, Leporella) - Monica Groop/Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ferma Perfido Germa (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Il Mio Tesoro Intanto (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act Two: In Quali Eccessi O Numi (Dona Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Mi Tradi Quell’alma Ingrata (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah! Questa E Buona! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: O Statua Gentillissima (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Calmatevi Idol Mio (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Crudele?... Non Mi Dir (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Gia la Mensa E Preparata (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: L’ultima Prova Dell’amor Mio (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Don Giaovanni a Venar Teco (Il Commendatore) - Mario Luperi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah Dov’e Il Perfido? (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto) - Fleming/Murray/Groop/Lippert/Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Questo E Il Fin Di Chi Fa Mal! (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira) - Renee Fleming/Ann Murray.

An Italian Songbook

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released September 16, 1997.

Track list: Aragonese; Lovely Moon, Your Silver Light; The Boatman; Ah! Remember, Lovely Irene; Abandonment; Now Adorned With Flowers; Meloncholy, Gracious Nymph; Love And Death; Bolero; The Distaff; The Fervent Desire; Charming Phillis, Come Back; Go, Lucky Rose; Sorrowful Likeness Of My Phyllis; Little Butterfly; To My Mother; For Pity’s Sake, My Godess; I Want To Build A House; The Exile; The Dance.

By Request

Album by Renée Fleming,

Released September 16, 2003.

Track list: O Mio Babbino Caro; Ebben?... Ne Andro Lontana; Porgi, Amor; Come Scoglio; Casta Diva; E Strano... Ah Fors E Lui... Sempre Libera; Un Bel Di Vedremo; Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chemins... Gavotte; Mesicku Na Nebi Hlubokem (O Silver Moon); Vocalise; Cacilie; Marietta’s Lied; Summertime; Bachianas Brasileiras No.5: Aria (Cantilena); You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

Album by Renée Fleming and Christian Thielemann,

released September 16, 2008.

Track list: Frühling; September; Beim Schlafengehen; Im Abendrot; Ach! Wo war ich? Tot? ...; Ein Schönes war; Es gibt ein Reich; Verführung, op. 33 no. 1; Freundliche Vision, op. 48 no. 1; Winterweihe, op. 48 no. 4; Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1; Zweite Brautnacht!

Whispers from Silence

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released September 16, 2016.

Track list: Awakening Breath; Toward the One; Whispers from Silence; Infinite Space; Way of the Heart; Yugen; Peace Within; An Ancient Presence.

On this day in music history:

Rubber Biscuit by The Chips (1956)

Emotional Rain by Lee Aaron (1994)

Spa by Hennie Bekker (1999)

Let There Be Light – Deluxe Edition by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2018)

Rubber Biscuit

Song by The Chips.

Recorded August 3, 1956.

 

Rubber Biscuit is a crazy song I love that gets stuck in my head for days when I rewatch the movie Mean Streets (1973), directed by Martin Scorsese. 

It’s on the soundtrack in the bar scene, with the camera focused and fixed on actor Harvey Keitel.

Now ... if only I could sing it ...

 

Lyrics:

Cow cow hoo-oo

Cow cow wanna dib-a-doo

Chicken hon-a-chick-a-chick hole-a-hubba

Hey fried chuck-a-lucka wanna jubba

Hi-low nay wanna dubba hubba

Day down sum wanna jigga-wah

Dell rown ay wanna lubba hubba

Mull an' a mound chicka lubba hubba

Fay down ah wanna dippa-zippa-dippa

Mm-mmn, do that again!

Doo doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

How rown hibb'n 'n a hibba-lu

How low lubbin 'n a blubba-lubba

Hey ride ricky ticky hubba lubba

Dull ow de moun' chicky hubba lubba

Went down trucka lucka wanna do-uh

How low a zippin 'n a hubba-lu

Hey ride ricky ticky blubba-lu

How low duh woody woody pecker pecker

 

Mm-hmm, did you ever hear

Of a wish sandwich?

Well, that's the kind of a sandwich

That is supposed to take

Two pieces of bread

And wish you had some meat

Doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

Hey ride hibbin' and zippin 'n

How luvva mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna take a recca recca

How low take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna 'n suppa suppa

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride a hippin' and a hubbin' no

High low 'n sum a chicka wha

 

The other day

I ate a ricochet biscuit

Well, that's the kind of biscuit

That's supposed to

Bounce off the wall

Back in your mouth

If it don't bounce back

Shh-mmhh-mmhh

You go hungry

Doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

Hey low a sum did a lubba goin'

Hey ride wanna take a-lubba do

How long long suppa dubba

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna take a lubba hubba

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey down nothin' take a luvva do

Hey ride a sippin' and a hubba dubba

 

Mmm, the other day

I ate a cool water sandwich

And a Sunday-go-to-meeting bun

Doo doo boo

Cow cow lubba 'n a-blubba lubba

Hey ride ricky ticky hubba lubba

How low a wanna suppa do

Hey ride sippin' and hubba lubba

Hey ride a-hubbin' and wan' do

Hey ride a wanna an' recca recca

How low a mail take lubba hubba

Hey down a wanna suppa dubba

Please ride a hubbin' gonna do

 

What you owe for nothin'

Rubber biscuit

Doo doo doo boo

Cow cow ooooooooh

Emotional Rain

Album by Lee Aaron,

released August 3, 1994.

Track list: Odds of Love; Baby Go Round; Fire in Your Flame; Waterfall; Inside; Raggedy Jane; Soul in Motion; Emotional Rain; Judgement Day; Heaven; Cry; Had Enough.

Spa

Album by Hennie Bekker,

released August 3, 1999.

Track list: Comfort; Elusive Sensation; Euphoria; Inner Peace; Revitalized; A State of Bliss.

Let There Be Light – Deluxe Edition

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released August 3, 2018.

Track list: The Way of the White Clouds; First Light; Timeless Journey; Full Moon Night; A Celebration of Life; Sacred Ground; Waves of Light; Tides of Time; A Deeper Light; Dancing in the Light.

On this day in music history:

A Journey for Mankind by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2019)

Flow State by Above & Beyond (2019)

A Journey for Mankind

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released July 19, 2019.

Track list: Dawn at the Coast; Trans-Lunar; A Song for Distant Earth; Shadow of the Moon; Blue Pearl in a Black Sky; Tranquility Base Here; Magnificent Solitude; Trans-earth; Night Sky in Wonder.

Flow State

Album by Above & Beyond,

released July 19, 2019.

Track list: Great Falls; Night Light; Don't Leave; Slow Buchla Sunshine; Energy; Homecoming; Strength From Inside; Rotations; Ebb And Flow; Reflections; Golden; Believer; Small Moments; Flow; Sun In Your Eyes; Common Ground; Solarized.

On this day in music history:

Midnight at the Lost and Found by Meat Loaf (1983)

Flowers Of Fire by Kathy Raimey (2001)

600 Years in a Moment by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2013)

Sound Currents by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2019)

Casta Diva by Cecilia Bartoli (2024)

Midnight at the Lost and Found

Album by Meat Loaf,

released May 17, 1983.

Track list: Razor’s Edge; Midnight at the Lost and Found; Wolf at Your Door; Keep Driving; The Promised Land; You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl; Priscilla; Don’t You Look at Me Like That; If You Really Want to; Fallen Angel.

Flowers Of Fire

Album by Kathy Raimey,

released May 17, 2001.

Track list: Flowers of Fire; Reverie; Questions to the Sea; Farewell to Lee; Shimmer Float.

600 Years in a Moment

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

released May 17, 2013.

Track list: 600 Years; Naked Love; The Journey; Earthbound; Gliding; Tango on Wednesday; Running on Joy; Ancient Albatross; The Lost Ballerina; Antarctica; Captured Freedom; Forgivness.

Sound Currents

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released May 17, 2019.

Track list: A Sound Traveler’s Dream; Following The Current; Canyon Echoes; Star Trails; Timeless Flow; Night Tides; Midnight Mystique; This Side of Silence; Theta Waves.

Casta Diva

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released May 17, 2024.

Track list: “Casta Diva” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Nacqui All’affanno E Al Pianto” - “Non Più Mesta; “Cari Giorni” (Romanza Der Ines); Una Parola.Chiedi All’aura; “Mira, O Norma” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); “Si, Fino All’ore Estreme” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Prendi: L’anel Ti Dono [Edit]; No Mia Vita, Mio Tesoro; O Rendetemi la Speme; Ira Del Ciel; Vaga Luna Che Inargenti; La Danza; No. 12, Voi Che Sapete; Il Cor VI Dono; Se Mai Senti Spirarti Sul Volto; Come Nave in Mezzo All’onde; Di’ Cor Mio; Ma Quando Tornerai.

On this day in music history - Let There Be Light, by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2017):

Let There Be Light

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released November 19, 2017.

Track list:

The Way of the White Clouds; First Light; Timeless Journey; Full Moon Night; A Celebration of Life; Sacred Ground; Waves of Light; Tides of Time; A Deeper Light.