Autumn is on the Way

It’s time to load up the old mp3 player with autumn songs.  I made a classical playlist and one for all other fall inspired music.  These are great for walking on cool evenings, sitting by the fireplace with a good book, driving through the mountains with the changing colors of the trees, or sitting at a vineyard sipping wine among the autumn-leaved grapevines.  My favorite vacations have always been at this time of year.  A special weekend in Santa Fe one October is especially memorable since the aspen trees were in full splendor.  An amazing performance by Andrea Bocelli to get you in the mood is on Youtube. Other Youtube clips are shown in the playlists. 

Classical Playlist (Listed by composer and missing some annotations here and there, but what the heck!) 

• Elgar:Cello Concerto in E minor (adagio) 
• Vivaldi: Four Seasons-Autumn
• Tchaikovsky: The Seasons ( October and November)
• Brahms: Clarinet Quintet (adagio)
• Vaughn Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
• Grieg:Lyric Pieces #1 Opus 12-Arietta
• Smetana: Ma Vlast Vltava
• Chopin: Nocturne #7 C sharp minor Op 27 and Prelude No 15 in D flat Op 28 (Raindrop)
• Gershwin: Prelude #2
• Mozart: Piano Concerto #23 (adagio), String Quartet No. 17 in B flat minor, and Sonata in C Major -2nd Movement K545
• Piazzolla: Otono Porteno
• Schumann: Romance for Piano in F sharp major-Einfach
• Debussy: The Little Shepherd
• Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp minor  Opus 3

Jazz, Pop, Folk, New Age….(Listed by my favorite performances.  Can you imagine how many times “Autumn Leaves” has been recorded?  It is always a toss up between Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald for “Autumn in New York.”)

• Frank Sinatra:  September of My Years
• Ellie Fitzgerald: Autumn in New York
• Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis: Autumn Leaves
• Andrea Bocelli: ‘Les Feuilles Mortes’ (Autumn Leaves)
• John Coltrane: Autumn Serenade
• Mel Torme: Lullaby of the Leaves
• Nat King Cole: September Song
• Peggy Lee: September in the Rain
• Barry Manilow: When October Goes
• Neil Young: Harvest Moon
• Roseanne Cash: September When it Comes
• Rod Stewart: Maggie May
• George Winston: Forbidden Forest
• Plain White T’s: A Lonely September
• Small Faces: Autumn Stone
• The Vines: Autumn Shade
• Paulo Nutini: Autumn
• From Autumn to Ashes: Autumn’s Monologue
• Yo La Tengo: Autumn Sweater
• Natalie Imbruglia: Come September
• Guns and Roses: November Rain
• Earth Wind and Fire: September
• Green Day: Wake Me Up When September Ends
• U2: October
• Simon and Garfunkel: Leaves That are Green
• Fall out Boy: Grand Theft Autumn
• The Moody Blues: Forever Autumn