Doin' the Friday Shuffle

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1. "Mankind" - Tan Dun - Symphony 1997 (Heaver Earth Mankind)
Classical piece from the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon composer.

2. "The Dream" - Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick - Fiddler on the Roof (Original Broadway Cast)
Zero Mostel in all his glory. Wonderful little scene from the play, with Tevye making up a prophetic dream to get his wife to agree to allow their daughter to marry the man she's chosen.

3. "The Invisibility Cloak and the Library Scene" - John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Moody scene-setting.

4. "Eye to Eye" - John Williams - Jurassic Park
With the Bronto in the tree. Delicate dinosaur music.

5. "Glass Concerto for Violin and Orchestra III" - Philip Glass - Glass Violin Concerto
Energetic minimalism from the master.

6. "Do You Fell Loved" - U2 - Pop
Such an underrated album. Dig the syncopated guitar figure in the intro and the way it meshed with the killer bass line.

7. "Part II - 15 Sehr Langsam" - Gustav Mahler - Symphony #8
A pastoral interlude.

8. "Buzzard Song" - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess
Ella and Louis do Gershwin's opera. This number translates less successfully than some of the other stuff.

9. "Long Road" - Eddie Vedder - America: A Tribute to Heroes
Solemn rock from the 9/11 telethon.

10. "Where or When" - Mandy Patinkin - Experiment
Mandy works his way around the standard with a beautifully understated delicacy.

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