Saturday Night Tunes

For my friends (and the three or so detractors), I thought I’d share a bit of music what you all:

Fritz Wunderlich – Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You are my Heart’s Delight)

I like opera, and I love German lieder (their song tradition). This combines both rather nicely. The song was written in the 1920s by Hungarian composer Franz Lehar, with words written by Fritz Löhner-Beda and Ludwig Herzer. I have been fortunate enough to woo more than one bird with this lovely song (of course, it helps if the lady in question’s musical taste goes beyond “Slap da b**ch and f**k the Ho!”

Alexandrov Ensemble – Suliko

Believe it or not, this was the favorite song of the Ossetian butcher Iosef Dzugashvili, known to the world as Stalin (may his memory disappear). It’s a Georgian folk tune, and this ensemble does a fine interpretation.

Wir – So And Slow It Grows [The Orb In Atlas Mix]

Wir were the side project of legendary post-punk outfit Wire (Wir actually stands for “Where is Robert?”, as drummer Robert Gotobed was not in the band for this album). Alex Patterson (The Orb) does a nice remix of the material. For the original, see here.

Mtiebi Male Choir – Christ Is Risen

Beautiful polyphony from Georgia.