List of Tracks for Swedlow Exhibit Listening Stations - By Year

1954

1. Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
   John Barnett, conductor
   August 3, 1954
   
2.  “I Only Have Eyes for You” by Harry Warren
   Benny Goodman, clarinet
   Leroy Anderson, conductor
   August 7, 1954
   
3.  “Trumpeter's Lullaby” by Leroy Anderson
   Leroy Anderson, conductor
   August 7, 1954
   
4.  “Largo al factotum” from Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
   Robert Merrill, baritone
   William Steinberg, conductor
   August 19, 1954
   
5.  “Nature Boy” by Eden Ahbez
   Nat "King" Cole, vocalist; Nat King Cole Trio
   Meredith Willson, conductor
   August 21, 1954
   
6.  “Villanelle” by Eva Dell'Acqua
   Lily Pons, soprano
   Pierre Monteux, conductor
   September 2, 1954
   
7.  "Je suis titania" from Mignon by Ambroise Thomas
   Lily Pons, soprano
   Pierre Monteux, conductor
   September 2, 1954 

1955

1. “It Might as Well be Spring” from State Fair by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
   Jane Powell, vocalist
   John Green, conductor
   July 9, 1955
   
2.  “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” from Oklahoma by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
   Gordon MacRae, vocalist
   John Green, conductor
   July 9, 1955
   
3.  “When You Wish Upon a Star” from Pinocchio by Leigh Harline
   Cliff Edwards “Ukulele Ike,” vocalist
   Sonny Burke, conductor
   July 14, 1955
   
4.  Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 104 - I. Allegro by Antonín Dvořák
   Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
   Eduard van Beinum, conductor
   July 19, 1955
   
5. Symphony No. 4 in A major, Opus 90 “Italian” – IV. Presto by Felix Mendelssohn
   Eduard van Beinum, conductor
   July 21, 1955
   
6.  “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Leontyne Price, soprano & William Warfield, bass-baritone
   Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
   August 4, 1955
   
7.  “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
   Leontyne Price, soprano
   Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
   August 4, 1955 
   
8.  “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
   William Warfield, bass-baritone
   Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
   August 4, 1955
   
9.  “Bess, You Is My Woman” from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
   Leontyne Price, soprano & William Warfield, bass-baritone
   Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
   August 4, 1955
   
10.  Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) - II. September by Richard Strauss
    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
    Izler Solomon, conductor
    August 9, 1955
    
11.  “Deh vieni, non tardar” from The Marriage of Figaro
    by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
    Izler Solomon, conductor
    August 9, 1955
    
12.  Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 77 - I. Allegro non troppo
    by Johannes Brahms
    Yehudi Menuhin, violin
    Enrique Jordá, conductor                                                      
    August 11, 1955
    
13.  Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 - I. Preludio by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Yehudi Menuhin, violin
    August 11, 1955
    
14.  “Almost Like Being in Love” by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 13, 1955
    
15.  “That’s My Girl” by Duke Ellington
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 13, 1955
    
16.  “Sand and the Sea” by Hal Hester and Barry Parker
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 13, 1955
    
17.  “Unforgettable” by Irving Gordon
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 13, 1955
    
18.  “Coplas de Curro Dulce” by Fernando Obradors
    Bidu Sayão, soprano
    Carlos Chávez, conductor
    August 18, 1955
    
19.  “Take the ‘A’ Train” by Duke Ellington
    Dave Brubeck Quartet
    August 19, 1955
    
20.  “Mamblues” by Cal Tjader
    Cal Tjader, vibraphone & his Afro-Cuban Group
    August 19, 1955
    
21.  “I Get a Kick Out of You” by Cole Porter
    André Previn, piano
    August 19, 1955
    
22.  “I Cried for You” by Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman
    Billie Holiday, vocalist
    August 19, 1955
    
23.  “Them There Eyes” by Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey, Doris Tauber
    Billie Holiday, vocalist
    August 19, 1955
    
24.  “Lover Man” by Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman
    Billie Holiday, vocalist
    August 19, 1955
    
25.  “Clair de lune” by Claude Debussy
    Walter Gieseking, piano
    August 23, 1955
    
26.  “Unchained Melody” by Alex North
    John Green, conductor
    August 27, 1955
    
27.  “Quiet Village” by Les Baxter
    Les Baxter, piano
    John Green, conductor
    August 27, 1955
    
28. Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona
    Leo Diamond, harmonica
    John Green, conductor
    August 27, 1955
    
29.  "O Fortuna" and "Fortune plango vulnera" (Fortuna imperatrix mundi)
    from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
    Roger Wagner Chorale
    Leopold Stokowski, conductor
    August 30, 1955
    
30.  Tanz and "Floret silva nobilis" from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
    Roger Wagner Chorale
    Leopold Stokowski, conductor
    August 30, 1955
    

1956

1. "Ouvre ton coeur" from Ivan the Terrible by Georges Bizet
   Marian Anderson, contralto
   Eugene Ormandy, conductor                                              
   July 12, 1956
   
2.  “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” by Obie Edwin Philpot
   Marian Anderson, contralto
   Raymond McFeeters, piano                                                
   July 12, 1956
   
3. “Voi lo sapete” from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni
   Inge Borkh, soprano
   Eugene Ormandy, conductor
   July 19, 1956
   
4. “Songs My Mother Taught Me” by Antonín Dvořák
   Inge Borkh, soprano
   Eugene Ormandy, conductor
   July 19, 1956
   
5.  “Begin the Beguine” by Cole Porter
   Patricia Morison, soprano; Byron Palmer, baritone
   David Rose, conductor
   July 21, 1956
   
6. Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74, “Pathétique” - III. Allegro molto vivace
   by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
   Igor Markevitch, conductor
   July 24, 1956
   
7.  “Nessun dorma” from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
   Richard Tucker, tenor
   Wilfrid Pelletier, conductor
   August 2, 1956
   
8.  “But Not For Me” by George & Ira Gershwin
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   August 3, 1956
   
9.  “Makin’ Whoopee” by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   August 3, 1956
   
10.  “Just One of Those Things” (instrumental) by Cole Porter
    August 3, 1956
    
11.  “There Will Never Be Another You” by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 3, 1956
    
12.  “April in Paris” (instrumental) by Yip Harburg and Vernon Duke
    August 3, 1956
    
13.  “Route 66” by Bobby Troup
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 3, 1956
    
14.  “Pick Yourself Up” by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 3, 1956
    
15.  “Miss Otis Regrets” by Cole Porter
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 3, 1956
    
16.  “Ask Me” by Sunny Skylar
    Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
    August 3, 1956
    
17. “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
    Dorothy Kirsten, soprano
    Carmen Dragon, conductor
    August 4, 1956
    
18.  “Un bel di” from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
    Dorothy Kirsten, soprano
    Carmen Dragon, conductor
    August 4, 1956
    
19.  “Willow Weep for Me” by Ann Ronell
    Art Tatum, piano
    August 15, 1956
    
20.  “Begin the Beguine” by Cole Porter
    Art Tatum, piano
    August 15, 1956
    
21.  Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73 - III. Allegretto grazioso by Johannes Brahms
    Bruno Walter, conductor
    August 21, 1956
    
22.  The Planets, Opus 32 - lll. Mercury, The Winged Messenger by Gustav Holst
    Leopold Stokowski, conductor
    August 28, 1956
    
23.  “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
    Renata Tebaldi, soprano
    Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor
    August 30, 1956
    
24.  “Oh! My Papa” by Paul Burkhard
    Eddie Fisher, vocalist
    Hugo Winterhalter, conductor
    September 1, 1956
    
25.  “If I'm Elected” by Al Frisch
    Eddie Fisher, vocalist
    Hugo Winterhalter, conductor
    September 1, 1956
    

1957

1. “When I Fall in Love” by Victor Young and Edward Heyman
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   July 12, 1957
   
2.  “Where or When” by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   July 12, 1957
   
3. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Opus 68 - ll. Andante sostenuto by Johannes Brahms
   Georg Solti, conductor
   August 6, 1957
   
4. Wesendonck Lieder - V. “Träume” by Richard Wagner
   Birgit Nilsson, soprano
   William Steinberg, conductor
   August 29, 1957
   
5.  Wesendonck Lieder - IV. “Schmerzen” by Richard Wagner
   Birgit Nilsson, soprano
   William Steinberg, conductor
   August 29, 1957

1958

1. Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 73, “Emperor” - I. Allegro
   by Ludwig van Beethoven
   Rudolf Serkin, piano
   Eugene Ormandy, conductor                                                    
   August 19, 1958
   
2.  “Just One of Those Things” by Cole Porter
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   August 29, 1958
   
3.  “Mona Lisa” by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   August 29, 1958
   
4.  “Too Young” by Sidney Lippman and Sylvia Dee
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   August 29, 1958
   
5.  “El Bodeguero” by Richard Egües
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   August 29, 1958
   
6. “Noche de ronda” by Maria Teresa Lara and Agustín Lara
   Nat “King” Cole, vocalist
   August 29, 1958
   

1959

1. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92 - III. Presto by Ludwig van Beethoven
   Herbert von Karajan, conductor
   July 7, 1959
   
2.  Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 61 - I. Allegro ma non troppo
   by Ludwig van Beethoven
   Berl Senofsky, violin
   André Cluytens, conductor
   July 9, 1959
   
3.  Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 by Maurice Ravel
   André Cluytens, conductor                                                                                               
   July 14, 1959
   
4.  “But Not for Me” by George & Ira Gershwin
   Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist
   Nelson Riddle, conductor
   July 24, 1959
   
5.  “They Can't Take That Away from Me” by George & Ira Gershwin
   Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist
   Nelson Riddle, conductor
   July 24, 1959
   
6.  “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off” by George & Ira Gershwin
   Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist
   Nelson Riddle, conductor
   July 24, 1959 
   
7.  Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra - I. Allegro maestoso by Franz Liszt
   Iturbi, piano & conductor
   August 4, 1959
   
8.  “’Til There Was You” from The Music Man by Meredith Willson
   Rini Willson, soprano
   Meredith Willson, piano
   August 15, 1959
   
9.  “76 Trombones” from The Music Man by Meredith Willson
   Meredith Willson, conductor
   August 15, 1959
   
10.  Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 83 - ll. Allegro appassionato
    by Johannes Brahms
    Leon Fleisher, piano
    Thomas Schippers, conductor
    August 18, 1959
    
11.  “Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
    Eileen Farrell, soprano
    Thomas Schippers, conductor
    August 20, 1959
    
12. Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 35 – I. Allegro moderato
    by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Michael Rabin, violin
    Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
    August 25, 1959
    
13.  Waltz from Sleeping Beauty by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Andre Kostelanetz, conductor
    August 25, 1959
    
14. Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 30 - I. Allegro ma non tanto
    by Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Van Cliburn, piano
    Edouard van Remoortel, conductor
    September 4, 1959
    
15.  “Everybody Loves a Lover” by Robert Allen and Richard Adler
    Shorty Rogers and his Band                                                                        
    October 3, 1959
    
16.  “Fine and Mellow” by Billie Holiday
    Nina Simone, vocalist                                                                                                   
    October 3, 1959
    
17.  “For All We Know” by J. Fred Coots and Sam M. Lewis
    Nina Simone, vocalist                                                                                                  
    October 3, 1959
    
18. “I Loves You Porgy” by George Gershwin
    Nina Simone, vocalist                                                                                                  
    October 3, 1959
    
19.  “Mack the Knife” by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
    Bobby Darin, vocalist                                                                         
    October 3, 1959
    
20. "That’s All” by Bob Haymes and Alan Brandt
    Bobby Darin, vocalist                                                                        
    October 3, 1959