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A Fistful of Music
Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
September 2012
Welcome to the new Fistful, with a new format, slightly new look, and as ever, new music.
As usual, the first issue of the new academic year brings a lot of new items. This time
around we have Akron punk, Canton metal, jazz vocalists, fiddle wizards, and a wide
assortment of classical music. We continue building the Northeast Ohio music collection,
and so look for those little green stickers that tell you we’re keeping it local. Any
comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, wanserjc@hiram.edu. We'll
make more.
Pop/Rock: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel is
Wiser than the
Driver of the Screw
and Whipping Cords
will Serve You…
Pop
Ap52
Id4
Fifty shades of Fiona! The lengthy
and odd title belies the apparent
quality of her latest album. Links:
Apple | AM | YouTube
Bizarros Can’t Fight Your
Way Up Town from
Here
Pop
B551
C166
Some of the best punk music (if one
can conceive of such a category)
came out of Akron. Links: Bizarros
| AM | YouTube
Mike Bloomfield/Al
Kooper/Steve Stills
Super Session Pop
B623
Su76
Classic blues rock from the 1960s.
Links: Bloomfield | YouTube |
Kooper | AM | YouTube | Stills | AM
| YouTube
Kate Bush The Whole Story Pop
B963
W620
Her first best-of collection, from
1986. Links: Bush | AM | YouTube
Cats on Holiday Workin’ Man Pop
C294
W892
2007 release by this Cleveland
roots band. Links: Cats | YouTube
Alex Cortiz Mesmerising Pop
C818
M561
A little ambient/electronic/triphop
music from 2003. Links: Cortiz |
YouTube
Susan Cowsill Lighthouse Pop
C839
L626
Before they moved away and
became famous, the Cowsills lived
in Canton. Susan has since gone
Americana. Links: Cowsill | AM |
YouTube
Vic Damone 16 Most Requested
Songs
Pop
D187
How they got up to 16 we’ll never
know. Classic Italian-American
Si97 crooner. Links: Damone | AM |
YouTube
Finneus Superstar & the
Ballerina
Pop
F497
Su76
Americana band from Chicago.
Links: Finneus | YouTube
Glasvegas Glasvegas Pop
G465
G465
Debut album from 2006. Links:
Glasvegas | AM | YouTube
The Go-Betweens The Friends of
Rachel Worth
Pop
G536
F915
Aussie/English new wave/
alternative rock from 2000. Links:
Go-Betweens | AM | YouTube
Robin Guthrie Continental Pop
G984
C767
Experimental guitarist with his own
style. Links: Guthrie | AM |
YouTube
The Halos Nag Pop
H162
N131
New York doo-wop, from the early
1960s. They only had one official
hit, but backed other artists on
some big ones. Links: Halos | AM
Ryan Humbert Old Souls New
Shoes
Pop
H881
Ol10
Local singer-songwriter has been
making a name for himself lately.
Links: Humbert | YouTube
Inhale/Exhale The Lost, the Sick,
the Sacred
Pop
In4
L889
Christian metal from Canton. We
are at a loss to explain. Links:
Inhale | AM | YouTube
Joan Jett & the
Blackhearts
I Love Rock n’ Roll Pop
J510
I10
No need for adjectives. Just rock &
roll from the early 80s. Links: Jett |
AM | YouTube
Janis Joplin Janis Joplin’s
Greatest Hits
Pop
J745
J255
Seems like every library should
have this. Links: Joplin | AM |
YouTube
The Matadors Horrorbilly 9000 Pop
M411
H786
Rockabilly/zombie music from
Canada. Links: Matadors | YouTube
Mazzy Star So Tonight that I
Might See
Pop
M459
So10
Psychedelic dream pop from the
early 90s. Links: Mazzy | AM |
YouTube
Midnight Syndicate Born of the Night Pop
M584
B645
Is “gothy” a real word? Spooky
stuff from NE Ohio. Links: Midnight
| AM | YouTube
Moloko I Am Not a Doctor Pop
M738
Ia6
English dance pop from the late
90s. Links: Moloko | AM | YouTube
Ryan Montbleau
Band
Heavy on the Vine Pop
M763
H352
The latest from this contemporary
singer songwriter. Links: Montbleau
| YouTube
Alison Moyet Essex Pop
M874
Es75
Another British alternative pop
artist. This album is from the mid-
90s. Links: Moyet | AM | YouTube
Mudvayne The End of All
Things to Come
Pop
M884
En21
Is one allowed to perform heavy
metal in Peoria? Links: Mudvayne |
AM | YouTube
Stevie Nicks Bella Donna Pop Former Fleetwood Mac singer’s
N539
B414
most famous solo album. We did
not realize she is older than the
editor. Links: Nicks | AM | YouTube
NRBQ Wild Weekend Pop
N879
W643
Somewhere between a bar band
and a comedy team lies NRBQ.
Links: NRBQ | AM | YouTube
The Pines Dark So Gold Pop
P653
D248
The latest from this dark Americana
band from Minnesota. Links: Pines
| AM | YouTube
Bonnie Raitt Slipstream Pop
R137
Sl37
The most recent release by this
bluesy rocker. Links: Raitt | AM |
YouTube
Mark Ronson & the
Business Intl.
Record Collection Pop
R669
R245
If we can use “gothy,” then we can
also use “turntabley.” Links:
Ronson | AM | YouTube
Sleigh Bells Reign of Terror Pop
Sl25
R272
New release by this experimental
noise pop group. Links: Sleigh | AM
| YouTube
The Silos When the
Telephone Rings
Pop
Si36
W574
These guys have been under the
radar for decades. Alt.country
turned garage band. Links: Silos |
AM | YouTube
Simian Mobile Disco Attack Decay
Sustain Release
Pop
Si42
At81
No commas, just dance/club music.
Links: SMD | AM | YouTube
Paul Simon So Beautiful or So
What
Pop
Si54
So10
Mr. Simon gets all spiritual on us in
his latest venture. Links: Simon |
AM | YouTube
Small Faces Ultimate Collection Pop
Sm18
Ul8
A 2-disc set of their sessions for
Decca & Immediate Records. Links:
Small Faces | AM | YouTube
Underoath Lost in the Sound of
Separation
Pop
Un2
L899
Their name makes us giggle,
because it reminds us of Underoos.
Christian metal band. Links:
Underoath | AM | YouTube
Usher Confessions Pop
Us3
C760
Not so new (2004), but one of his
best. Links: Usher | AM | YouTube
Velvet Underground White Light/White
Heat
Pop
V548
W583
Classic underground from the 60s,
with Lou Reed and John Cale.
Links: Velvet | AM | YouTube
Josh Wink Profound Sounds,
Vol. 1
Pop
W728
P943
Late 90s tunes from one of the
major figures in the Techno scene.
Links: Wink | AM | YouTube
Zola Jesus Stridulum EP Pop
Z74
St85
Indie/electronic music from the
mind of Nika Roza Danilova. Links:
Zola | AM | YouTube
Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Kenny Baker A Baker’s Dozen Country Starting this section with some fine
B174 B177
bluegrass fiddling. Links: Baker |
AM | YouTube
Cactus Rose You Might Just Fall in Love
Country C113 Y83
Cleveland country music by this
duo of Gregory Allen Stiles and
Janet Johnson. Links: YouTube
Cadillac Sky Gravity’s Our Enemy Country C114 G789
More bluegrass, from Nashville/
Texas. Their web site tells us
they’ve quit playing together.
Links: Cadillac | AM | YouTube Richard Dyer-Bennet Richard Dyer-Bennet,
Vol. 2 Folk D988 R382/2
More folk songs from this mainstay
of the 1940s-50s scene. Links:
Dyer-Bennet | AM | YouTube
Mike Farley Right This Time Country F229 R449
His debut album from 1997, linking
country and rock, but this one is
more country. Links: Farley | AM |
YouTube Hey Mavis Red Wine Folk
H499 R245
Cleveland-area band that combines
folk with a bit of jazz and pop.
Links: Mavis | YouTube
Robin Lacy Have No Fear Folk L119 H298
We needed a fresh chunk of
zydeco. Links: Lacy | YouTube
Bobby Mackey Ten Shades of Green Country M194 T250
We needed a fresh chunk of classic
country music. This guy has his
own bar, in northern Kentucky.
Links: Mackey | YouTube Valorie Miller Autumn Eyes Folk
M619 Au86
North Carolina folksinger/
songwriter in her latest release.
Links: Miller | YouTube
Northern Portage Church Basement Tapes Folk N814 C473
No links here. This group is
extremely local, and the church
basement it was recorded in is
across the street.
Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Elvin Bishop Getting’ My Groove Back
Blues B541 G335
Former Butterfield Blues Band guitarist, his solo act in 1970 was the first concert attended by the editor. Links: Bishop | AM | YouTube
Mississippi Mass Choir It Remains to be Seen… Gospel M691m It10
100 voices, so there’s a lot of singing going on. Links: MMC | AM | YouTube
Shakura S’aida Brown Sugar Blues Sa21 B815
Blues singer from Brooklyn by way
of Toronto. Links: S’aida | AM |
YouTube
E. C. Scott Masterpiece Blues Sco83
Another blues singer, a little more
on the funk side. Links: Scott | AM
M393 | YouTube
International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Gilberto Gil Banda Larga Cordel Int G370 B220
One of the honchos of the Brazilian
tropicalia style. Links: Gil | AM |
YouTube
Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider
Silent City Int K124 Si33
Iranian musician who plays the
Persian spiked fiddle, teams with an
avant-garde group. Links: Kalhor |
YouTube
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Trenchtown Days: Birth of a Legend
Int M343 T722
His early stuff from the 60s sounds
a bit different. Links: Marley | AM |
YouTube
Vieux Farka Touré The Secret Int T645v Se25
Malian musician who combines
traditional and Western music.
Links: Touré | AM | YouTube
Savina Yannatou Songs of an Other Int Y17 So58
Greek singer who veers from
Mediterranean folk music to
classical and jazz. Links: Yannatou |
AM | YouTube
Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Patrick Doyle Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording
FilmMus D776 H396
Doyle is a prolific film composer. This was his first big release. Links: Doyle | AM
Elliot Goldenthal Interview with the Vampire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
FilmMus G566 In8
Goldenthal is also prolific. This was hardly his first. Goldenthal | AM
Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Mike Baggetta Quartet Source Material Jazz B146 Sou84
Neo-bop jazz guitarist and group
lay down some good grooves.
Links: Baggetta | YouTube
Bryan and the Aardvarks
Heroes of Make Believe Jazz B840 H432
Contemporary jazz group led by
Bryan Copeland. Nice of them to
quote a certain editor’s review.
Links: Aardvarks Rondi Charleston Who Knows Where the
Time Goes Jazz C380 W620
Jazz vocalist in the cabaret
tradition. She’s definitely not shy.
Links: Charleston | YouTube
John Coltrane Settin’ the Pace Jazz 1958 release by this saxophone colossus,
C722 Se78
with Red Garland, Paul Chambers, & Arthur Taylor. Links: Coltrane | AM | YouTube
Harry Connick, Jr. Twenty Jazz C762 T918
We’re not sure why he called it
that. It wasn’t his 20th album, and
there aren’t 20 songs. Links:
Connick | AM | YouTube Bill Evans Peace Pieces Jazz
Ev15 P313
Evans compositions, as interpreted by Herbie Mann, flute, and friends. Links:
Evans | AM | YouTube | Mann | AM
| YouTube Orrin Evans Freedom Jazz
Ev16 F875
New release by this “young lion”
pianist. Links: Evans | AM |
YouTube
Tom Fries Band Mellow Blend Jazz F915 M489
Northeast Ohio musician who presents a “mellow blend of jazz, Latin, and Dixieland.” Links: Fries
Erroll Garner Eroll Garner’s Serenade to Laura
Jazz G186 Er79s
Classic jazz piano from the mid-
1950s. Links: Garner | AM |
YouTube
Robert Glasper Double Booked Jazz G463 D743
Progressive pianist’s release from
2009. Links: Glasper | AM |
YouTube
Tom Knific The Muse Jazz K742 M972
The latest from this bassist from
Northeast Ohio. Links: Knific |
YouTube
Larry McDonough Quartet
Simple Gifts Jazz M147 Si57
2005 release from this pianist who
likes to play with time signatures.
Links: McDonough | YouTube
Kitty Margolis Evolution Jazz M336 Ev64
Vocalist’s release from 1993. Links:
Margolis | AM | YouTube
Mark Murphy Mark Murphy Jazz M955 M340
A compilation of some of the
singer’s best. Links: Murphy | AM |
YouTube
Jimmy Owens The Monk Project Jazz Ow2 M749
The trumpeter’s tribute to
Thelonious Monk. Links: Owens |
AM | YouTube
Planet Z Planet Z, Featuring Susan Aquila
Jazz P693 P693
Electric violin gone serious fusion, to the point where Aquila sounds like a guitar goddess. Links: Planet Z | Aquila |
YouTube Sonny Rollins Moving Out Jazz
R657 M869
The tenor sax great works with Thelonious Monk and Kenny Dorham in these 1954 sessions. Links: Rollins | AM | YouTube
Esperanza Spalding Radio Music Society Jazz Sp18
Latest effort from this young bassist
who combines jazz, R&B, and
R118 whatever else she likes. Links:
Spalding | AM | YouTube Frank Vignola Quintet Kong Man Jazz
V686 K836
Jazz guitarist puts out some nice
post-bop with his group. Links:
Vignola | AM | YouTube
Ben Webster See You at the Fair Jazz W391 Se31
The fair in question is the 1964-65 World’s Fair in New York, although it wasn’t recorded there, but in New Jersey. Links: Webster | AM | YouTube
Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments
Eugene D’Albert Piano Works Clas Al14 P573
Three pieces, performed by Alexandra Oehler. Links: D’Albert | Oehler
Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
String Quartets Clas Ar69 St86q
Early 19th century works performed by the Guarneri Quartet. Links: Arriaga | Guarneri Q
Matthew Barber/ Christopher Bailey
Interface Chapel; Balladei
Clas B233m In8
New music. The first is performed by members of the Ossia New Music Ensemble, the second by Shiau-uen Ding, piano. Links: Barber | Bailey | Ossia | Ding
Béla Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin; Two Portraits; Two Pictures
Clas B285 M672
The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra performs, conducted by either János Sándor or Miklós Erdélyi (but not at the same time). Links: Bartók | Sándor | Erdélyi
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio Clas B393 F448
Opera, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Karl Böhm. Links: Beethoven | Böhm
Ludwig van Beethoven/ Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2
Clas B393 P573c-1
Géza Anda is at the piano, with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Rafael Kubelik. Links: Beethoven | Brahms | Anda | Kubelik
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonatas Nos. 3, 7, and 12
Clas B393 P573s-3
Performed by Sviatoslav Richter, the first recorded in 1975, the others in 1959, all in Prague. Links: Beethoven | Richter
Georges Bizet L’Arlesienne; Jeux d’Enfants
Clas B552 Ar51
The BRTN Philharmonic is working here, with Alexander Rahbari, conductor. Links: Bizet | Rahbari
Anton Bruckner Mass in F Minor Clas B831 M381
The Rundfunkchor Berlin is at work here, directed by Michael Gläzer, with the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Heinz Rögner. Links:
Bruckner | Rögner
Ferruccio Busoni The Complete Two Piano Programme
Clas B966 P573
Daniell Revenaugh and Lawrence Leighton Smith double team on this Busoni works, with some added Mozart transcriptions by Busoni. Links: Busoni | Revenaugh | Leighton Smith
John Cage Four Walls Clas C117 F825
Music for a dance-play, with Richard Bunger on piano, and vocals by Jay Clayton. Links: Cage | Bunger | Clayton
John Cage In a Landscape Clas C117 In10
Prepared piano music, performed by Stephen Drury. Links: Cage | Drury
Muzio Clementi The Complete Sonatas, Vol. 2: The Earliest Sonatas
Clas C591 P573s/2
Costantino Mastroprimiano sits at the piano for three discs-worth of music. Links: Clementi | Mastroprimiano
Edward Joseph Collins
Music of Edward Joseph Collins, Vol. 1
Clas C693 M973/1
A variety of works, played by Earl Wild or Gunnar Johansen, piano, or the Manhattan String Quartet. Links: Collins | Wild | Johansen | MSQ
David Congo Fusions—Electrocoustic Music
Clas C760 F986
Layered piano and electronic processing, all done by the composer. Links: Congo
Franz Danzi Complete Symphonies Clas D238 Sy68
Six of them, to be exact, performed by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, conducted by Howard Griffiths. Links: Danzi | Griffiths
Antonín Dvořák Violin Concerto; Legends
Clas D959 V813c
Richard Tognetti is the violinist, with the Northdic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christian Lindberg. Links: Dvořák | Lindberg
Gabriel Fauré Requiem Clas F274 R299
The Cambridge Singers join members of the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by John Rutter. Links: Fauré | Rutter
Zdeněk Fibich Šárka Clas F443 Sa73
19th century opera, performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Zdeněk Chalabala. Links: Fibich | Chalabala
Paul Gilson/August De Boeck
De Zee; Symphony in G Clas G428 M531
Works by two early 20th century Belgian composers, performed by the BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels, conducted by Karl-Anton Rickenbacher. Links: Gilson | De Boeck | Rickenbacher
Hermann Goetz/ Jósef Wieniawski
Piano Concertos Clas G555 P573c-2
Hamish Milne is at the keys for this pairing, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michał Dworzyński. Links: Goetz | Wieniawski | Milne | Dworzyński
Joseph Haydn Symphonies Nos. 45, 46, 47
Clas H324 Sy68-45
The Hanover Band, conducted by Roy Goodman, does all the work. Links: Haydn | Goodman
Gustav Holst First Choral Symphony; A Choral Fantasia
Clas H741 C456s-1
Different performers on these two pieces. The first includes the BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. The second has the London Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, with the John Alldis Choir. Links: Holst | Sargent | Boult
Hyacinthe Jadin Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Clas J174 P573s
Late 18th century works, with Cécile Wang at the piano. Links: Jadin | Wang
Leos Janácek Lachian Dances; The Fiddler’s Child; The Ballad of the Blanik Hill; & other works
Clas J251 L117
Performances from 1949-1954, by the Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra & the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bretislav Bakala. Links: Janácek | Bakala
Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda
Concerto Overture No. 17; Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Clas K126 Or1
19th century works performed by Die Kölner Akademie, conducted by Michael Alexander Willens. Links: Kalliwoda | Willens
Rodolphe Kreutzer Violin Concertos Nos. 17, 18, & 19
Clas K888 V813c
Axel Strauss is the violinist, with the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Mogrelia. Links: Kreutzer | Strauss | Mogrelia
Franz Lehár Wo die Lerche Singt (Where the Lark Sings)
Clas L527 W810
Operetta, performed by the Chor und Grosses Wiener Rundfunkorchester, conducted by the composer in Vienna, 1942. Links: Lehár
Rolf Liebermann Die Schule der Frauen (The School for Women)
Clas L621 Sch81
The Vienna Philharmonic is at it again, with this 1957 performance conducted by George Szell. Links: Liebermann | Szell
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9; Lieder from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Clas M278 Sy68-9
Brigitte Fassbaender & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sing the lieder, with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, conducted by Hans Zender. Links: Mahler | Fassbaender | Fischer-Dieskau | Zender
Bohuslav Martinů Nipponari; Magic Nights; Czech Rhapsody
Clas M366 N627
Songs based on Japanese and Chinese themes, with Dagmar Pecková & Ĺubica Rybárska, sopranos, Ivan Kusnjer, baritone, a choir, & the Prague Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek. Links: Martinů | Bělohlávek
W. A. Mozart Betulia Liberata Clas M877 B466
Oratorio, performed by the Coro Polifonico di Milano, & the Orchestra dell Angelicum di Milano, conducted by Carlo
Felice Cillario. Links: Mozart | Cillario
W. A. Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail/ The Abduction from the Seraglio
Clas M877 En82
Ernst Haefliger & Maria Stader starred in this 1954 production, performed by the RIAS Symphonie Orchester Berlin, conducted by Ferenc Fricsay. Links: Mozart | Haefliger | Stader | Fricsay
W. A. Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 11, and 12
Clas M877 P573c-9
Michael Studer plays piano here, with a couple of different orchestras and conductors. Links: Mozart | Studer
Vítězslav Novák/ Klement Slavický
In the Tatra Mountains; Moravian Dance Fantasias; Rhapsodic Variations
Clas N856 T188
All performed by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karel Ančerl. Links: Novák | Slavický | Ančerl
George Onslow Complete Piano Trios, Vols. 3 & 4
Clas On7 P573t/3-4
A 2-disc set, with six trios, all with the Trio Cascades. Links: Onslow | Trio Cascades
Ignaz Pleyel Piano Trios Clas P717 P573t
Only four trios here, with Trio 1790 in charge. Links: Pleyel | Trio 1790
Hieronymus Praetorius
Vesper for St. Michael’s Day
Clas P883 V636m
Weser-Renaissance Bremen is responsible, with Manfred Cordes conducting. Links: Praetorius
Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella Clas P943 C490
The complete ballet, performed by the USSR Radio and TV Large Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Links: Prokofiev | GR
Sergei Prokofiev/ Dmitri Shostakovich
Ivan the Terrible; The Execution of Stepan Razin
Clas P943 Iv1
The first is an oratorio, performed by the Russian State Yurlov Choir & the London Philharmonic, conducted by Maxim Shostakovich. The second has the BBC Chorus working with the Moscow Radio Orchestra, conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. Links: Prokofiev | D. Shostakovich | M. Shostakovich | GR
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus Arcticus; String Quartet No. 4; Symphony No. 5
Clas R194 C168
You might discern from the composer’s name that he’s Finnish. 20th century works, performed by the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Max Pommer, and the Sirius String Quartet. Links: Rautavaara | Pommer | Sirius SQ
Maurice Ravel/ Claude Debussy
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; La Valse; La Damoiselle Élue; Boléro
Clas R196 V248
The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst presents three pieces by Ravel, one by Debussy. Links: Ravel | Debussy | Franz
Joaquín Rodrigo Guitar Music, Vol. 1 Clas R618 G949/1
Works for one and two guitars, with Jérémy Jouve & Judicaël Perroy. Links: Rodrigo | Jouve | Perroy
Gioachino Rossini Messa di Gloria Clas R736 M562g
The Cracow Concert Choir is joined by the New Polish Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Winston Dan Vogel. Links: Rossini | Vogel
J. Mark Scearce The 99 Beautiful Names of God
Clas Sce13 N622
Contemporary piano works, performed by John Cheek. Links: Scearce | Cheek
Arnold Schoenberg/ Anthony Suter
Hymns to Forgotten Moons
Clas Sch63 P615
Performed by Marco Schindelmann, Sprechstimme, and the University of Redlands Faculty chamber Ensemble. The major work on here is Pierrot Lunaire. Links: Schoenberg | Suter | Schindelmann
Franz Schubert Fierrabras Clas Sch78 F463
A short opera, with Fritz Wunderlich in the lead role, and the Berner Stadtorchester, conducted by Hans Müller-Kray. Links: Schubert | Wunderlich | Müller-Kray
Robert Schumann Piano Quintets Clas Sch86 P573q
Two of them, both featuring Peter Rösel on piano, and the Gewandhaus-Quartett. Links: Schumann | Rösel | Gewandhaus
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Clas Sh82 C331c
Mstislav Rostropovich is on the cello in these performances from the 1960s with the USSR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Evgeni Svetlanov. Links: Shostakovich | Rostropovich | Svetlanov
Christian Sinding Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3
Clas Si63 V813c-1
Andrej Bielow takes the violin, with the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, conducted by Frank Beermann. Links: Sinding | Bielow | Beermann
Wilhelm Stenhammar
String Quartets Nos. 3-6
Clas St425 St86q-3
Romantic pieces from Norway, performed by the Oslo String Quartet. Links: Stenhammar | Oslo SQ
Igor Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements; Le Baiser de la Fee
Clas St82 Sy68t
Historic performances, with the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, both conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. Links: Stravinsky | Furtwängler
Ralph Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge; Job Clas V465 On10
The first features Richard Lewis, tenor. London Philharmonic, Sir Adrian Boult conducting. Links: RVW | Lewis | Boult
Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore Clas V584 T758
1956 performance, with Marial Callas, and the La Scala Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Links: Verdi | Callas | Karajan
Ladislav Vycpálek/ Otakar Ostrčil
Cantata of the Last Things of Man; Suite for Large Orchestra
Clas V990 C166
The first is based on Moravian folk songs. Performed by the Prague Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, with Karel Ančerl at
the helm. Links: Vycpálek | Ostrčil | Ančerl
Richard Wagner Symphony in C Major; Siegfried Idyll
Clas W125 Sy68
Heinz Rögner conducts the Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Berlin in these orchestral works. Links: Wagner | Rögner
More Classical: Artist Title Call # Comments
Ames Piano Quartet Ames Piano Quartet Clas Am36q Am36p
Great title aside, they perform quartets by Mozart, Hummel, and Beethoven. Links: Ames PQ | YouTube
Jean-François Antonioli Works for Piano & Orchestra
Clas An88 P573
Works by Busoni and Raff, with Antonioli at the piano, and the orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne, conducted by Lawrence Foster. Links: Antonioli | Foster
Chicago Symphony Chorus
A Fortieth Anniversary Celebration
Clas C432c F776
Another 2-disc set from the CSO, with works by Mozart, Bach, Handel, & lots of other folks, conducted by everybody. Links: CSO
Peter Damm Französische Musik für Horn und Klavier/French Music for Horn and Piano
Clas D185 F859
Damm is the horn player, accompanied by Peter Rösel, piano, on works by Saint-Saëns, Gounod, Dukas, and others. Links: Damm | Rösel
Annie Birgit Garde Jeg Vil Taende en Stjerne for Dig.
Clas G166 J388
Romantic Danish songs by Weyse, Heise, and others. Links: YouTube
Beniamino Gigli Historical Recordings (1927-1951)
Clas G367 H629
A varied selection of arias from operas by Verdi, Bizet, Handel, and others. Links: Gigli | AM | YouTube
Jeanne Golan American Handstands: Works by Composer-Pianists
Clas G562 Am35
Works by Del Tredici, Moe, Cipullo, & Ornstein. Links: Golan
Christopher Herrick Organ Fireworks IV Clas H434 Or3/4
A varied program, with works by Buck, Bourgeois, Batiste, & others, played on the Organ of St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York City. Links: Herrick | YouTube
Greg McCallum Southern Quilt Clas M124 So88
A selection of piano works by Gottschalk, Frazelle, Harris, Still, and the performer. Links: McCallum
José Miguel Moreno Canto del Cavallero Clas M815 C168
Mr. Moreno plays a variety of 16th century music on the vihuela. Links: Moreno | YouTube | Vihuela
North Texas Wind Symphony
Hemispheres Clas N811t H373
The title work, by Joseph Turrin, and several other pieces by several other composers. Links: NTWS | Turrin
Robert Shaw Festival Singers
Evocation of the Spirit Clas R540 Ev61
Varied program, with choral works by Górecki, Pärt, Martin, Barber, & Schoenberg. Directed by who else? Links: Shaw
Mary Springfels “Bass”ically French: Music of Marais, Corrette, and Philidor
Clas Sp84 B294
Springfels plays viola da gamba, with Michael McCraw on baroque bassoon. Links: Springfels
Hans-Peter & Volker Stenzl
Brahms/Liszt/Reger Clas St42 B730
Works for two pianos. Links: Stenzl
Eileen Strempel (In) Habitation: Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers
Clas St83 In1
Strempel sings, accompanied by Sylvie Baudette, piano, songs by Cloud, Fabregas, Laitman, and others. Links: Strempel
Rachel Talitman The Golden Age of Harp and French Bassoon
Clas T144 G565
The harpist gets first billing here, with Luc Loubry on bassoon. Works by Dauprat, Labarre, & others.
Flemish Rhapsodies Clas F629r
Okay, you may not think much of the title. However, we were playing this at home, and a spouse entered the room and said, “What is that? It’s beautiful!” Pieces by Brusselmans, Roussel, & other Flems, performed by the BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels, conducted by Alexander Rahbari. Links: Rahbari
Konzertante Russische Musik/Concertante Russian Music
Clas K837r
Works by Bortnyansky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, and others, performed by the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim, conducted by Paul Angerer. Links: Angerer
Russian Futurism, Vol. 2 Clas R920f/2
This volume is devoted to orchestral works by Alexander Goedicke. Performed by the Russian Philharmonic, conducted by Konstantin Krimets. Links: Goedicke | Krimets
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Stephen Foster American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster
Misc F817 Am35
Thomas Hampson does the singing here, with musical help from Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, & David Alpher, making this an odd mix of styles. Links: Foster | Hampson | AM | YouTube
Steve Howe Time Misc As much as we wanted to put the latest
H838 T482
release by the guitarist for Yes in the Rock section, we just can’t. This is New Age, with a bit of classical. Great guitar, but different genre. Links: Howe | AM | YouTube
Paul Winter Prayer for the Wild Things
Misc W734 P898
“An Earth music celebration of the Northern Rockies…” Enjoy. Links: Winter | AM | YouTube
The Vinyl Corner: Life at 33 1/3 rpm Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Herb Alpert Rise LP Al1744 R492
1979 release by the sometime jazz, sometime pop trumpeter and crew. This one is jazz. Links: Alpert | AM | YouTube
J. S. Bach 6 Suites/Sonatas for Solo Cello
BauLP B1224 Su39c
Performed by Miloš Sádlo. Links: Bach | Sádlo
Bethany Beardslee An 18th Century Vocal Recital
BauLP B3803 Ei44
The soprano performs songs by Haydn, Pergolesi, and Storace. Links: Beardslee
John Alden Carpenter/ Edward Burlingame Hill
Sea-Drift; Stevensoniana
BauLP C226 Se111
Two American composers’ works, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karl Krueger. Links: Carpenter | Hill | Krueger
Aleksandr Dargomyzhski
Songs BauLP D2481 So58
19th century pieces, with Alexander Vedernikov, bass. Links: Dargomyzhski | Vedernikov
David Frost The Frost Report on Britain
BauLP F9292 F9292
Comedy pieces from the mid-1960s, with John Cleese (before Monty Python). Links: Frost | Cleese
Reinhold Glière Shakh-Senem: Fragments from the Opera; Concerto for Voice and Orchestra
BauLP G498 Sh157
Grigori Stolyarov & the composer conduct the first work, with the Moscow Radio Orchestra. The second is performed by the Kiev State Philharmonic, conducted by Stepan Turchak. Links: Glière
Mikhail Glinka Ivan Susanin BauLP G499 Z616
Opera, performed by the Chorus & Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, conducted by Mark Ermler. Links: Glinka | Ermler
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Concerto for Harpsichord & Strings; Sonata for 2 Violins & Continuo, No. 4
BauLP G5644 C7449h
Eliza Hansen plays harpsichord, with the Strings of the Pfalz Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Stepp. The 2nd piece is performed by the Camerata Instrumentale of the Hamburg Telemann
Society. Links: Goldberg | Hansen
Benny Hill Golden Hour of Benny Hill
BauLP H5504 G5654
Some would say that a golden hour would be without Benny Hill. Nevertheless, more British comedy. Links: Hill | AM
Sergei IAkovenko Romansy (Romance) BauLP Ia5 R6626
The baritone performs songs by Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, and others.
Dmitry Kabalevsky Piano Works BauLP K111 P573
A sonata, a rondo, and some other pieces, with Aleksei Skavronsky at the piano. Links: Kabalevsky | Skavronsky
Spike Milligan The Best of Milligan’s Wake
BauLP M6215 B4646
Comedy bits from a British TV series from the 1960s. Links: Milligan | AM
Margarita Miroshnikova
Margarita Miroshnikova, soprano
BauLP M679 M3362
`Songs by Ippolitov-Ivanov, Shaporin, and others.
Peter Sellers The Parkinson Interview BauLP Se4891 P2298
Comedy and song from a 1974 British TV show. Links: Sellers | AM
Steptoe and Son BauLP St454
Comedy pieces from the British TV show that inspired All in the Family. Links: Steptoe
Igor Stravinsky The Fairy’s Kiss (Le Baiser de la Fée)
BauLP St829 B165
The Cleveland Orchestra stepped up to bat here, conducted by the composer. Links: Stravinsky
Dave Valentin Jungle Garden LP V2346 J958
Mid-1980s release by this jazz flautist. Links: Valentin | AM | YouTube
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