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A Fistful of Music
Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
April 2014
Spring is sort of here, but we could get more snow, so don’t make any picnic plans yet. We are about to end the 12-week term, so let’s go out on a high note. Pick one. This month we have a wide assortment of music coming in your direction, from blues harmonica to Latin bassoon, Japanese symphonies to Russian operas, and two, count them, two artists named Z. Z. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, [email protected]. We'll make more.
Pop/Rock: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Bad Company Here Comes Trouble Pop
B140 H420
1992, pretty late for arena rock, but hey, party on. Links: Bad Company | AM | YouTube
David Bowie Heathen Pop B679 H352
Later Bowie, if you took the Facebook quiz. From 2002. Links: Bowie | AM | YouTube
Peter Case Beeline Pop C266 B392
Former member of the Nerves & the Plimsols in a 2002 release. Links: Case | AM | YouTube
Beth Nielsen Chapman
You Hold the Key Pop C366 Y83
1993 album from this singer-songwriter in the adult contemporary vein. Links: Chapman | AM | YouTube
Chicago Hot Streets Pop C432 H797
Not as a result of them, surely. Their 1978 release. Links: Chicago | AM | YouTube
Cowboy Junkies Lay It Down Pop C838 L451
We’re not sure how Canadian Americana works, but here it is. Links: Junkies | AM | YouTube
Elias and the Error Aren’t We So Lucky to Be Alive?
Pop El42 Ar33
We’re cornering the market on this group, with the 3rd release, from 2012. Links: Elias | YouTube
Godsmack Faceless Pop G549 F118
Boston alt.metal band’s album from 2003. Links: Godsmack | AM | YouTube
Gogl Bordello Pura Vida Conspiracy Pop G557 P970
And you were beginning to think that we wouldn’t add something from this decade. Links: Gogol | AM | YouTube
Ellie Goulding Halcyon Pop What a curious voice! Her 2012
G738 H129
release. Links: Goulding | AM | YouTube
Wanda Hunt Band Wanda Hunt Band Pop H915 W181
What are the odds this was their first album? Traditional R&B from Cleveland. Links: Hunt | YouTube
Iced Earth Night of the Stormrider
Pop Ic2 N563
Thrash metal from Florida, ca. 1992. Links: Earth | AM | YouTube
James Ingram Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music
Pop In4 P871
Best of from this Cleveland-born R&B singer. Links: Ingram | AM | YouTube
The Jellybricks Goodnight to Everyone
Pop J396 G624
Mechanicsburg, PA group’s fourth release, from 2008. Links: Jellybricks | YouTube
Keelhaul Keelhaul II Pop K247 K247/2
Cleveland hardcore band’s second album, not surprisingly. Links: Keelhaul | AM | YouTube
Bob Mould Silver Age Pop M860 Si39
Sounds like he’s ready for a Cialis commercial. Links: Mould | AM | YouTube
The Pale Pacific Urgency Pop P174 Ur3
It may have been urgent in 2005, but not since. Links: Pacific | YouTube
Radiohead The King of Limbs Pop R118 K585
We’ve got practically everything else by these guys, so why not? From 2011. Links: Radiohead | AM | YouTube
The Said So Leggo Your Ego Pop Sa21 L524
Punk/garage music from Canton by a pretty good bar band. Links: Said So | Buzzard Tracks review
Dee Dee Sharp The Best of Dee Dee Sharp, 1962-1966
Pop Sh23 B464
Don’t throw your back out doing the Mashed Potato. Links: Sharp | AM | YouTube
Terrible Parade Where Were You When the Lights Went Out
Pop T277 W574
Re-release of this Northeast Ohio postpunk group’s output during the 1980s. Links: Parade
Toad the Wet Sprocket
PS (A Toad Retrospective)
Pop T550 P958
Good band, terrible name. A retrospective of their releases. Links: Toad | AM | YouTube
Laura Veirs Year of Meteors Pop V536 Y32
Alternative singer-songwriter’s release from 2005. Links: Viers | AM | YouTube
Z. Z. Ward Til the Casket Drops Pop W219 T450
Contemporary pop/R&B singer. Enjoy. Links: Ward | AM | YouTube
Z Z Top Degüello Pop Z10 D365
We wanted to put these two next to each other, even though they’re nothing alike. Links: Top | AM | YouTube
Projekt Presents: A Dark Cabaret
Pop D248c
A compilation of cabaret rock/pop, including tracks by the Dresden Dolls, Jill Tracy, Katzenjammers, &
others.
Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Andrew Calhoun Phoenix Envy Folk
C128 P565
Contemporary singer-songwriter in a 1996 release. Links: Calhoun | AM | YouTube
Clinton Gregory Freeborn Man Country G862 F875
Bluegrass fiddler does some country music, but can’t hide the high lonesome sound. Links: Gregory | AM | YouTube
Connie Kaldor Small Café Folk K124 Sm18
Canadian singer-songwriter’s 1997 album. Links: Kaldor | AM | YouTube
Tommy Malone Natural Born Days Country M297 N219
Half country, half blues, half rock, by this former guitarist for the Subdudes. Links: Malone | AM | YouTube
Tom Rush The Very Best of Tom Rush: No Regrets
Folk R895t V620
One of the big names from the urban folk revival of the 60s. Links: Rush | AM | YouTube
Frankie Yankovic More Polkas & Waltzes — 20 Hits
Folk Y15 M813
Because Yankovic. Links: Yankovic | AM | YouTube
Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Cortelia Clark Blues in the Street Blues
C547 B625
Nashville street singer put down these tracks in the 1960s. Links: Clark | YouTube
James Cotton South Side Boogie Blues C829 So84
Compilation of tracks by this singer & harmonica player, most likely from the 1950s. Not many notes. Links: Cotton | AM | YouTube
Rick Holmstrom Cruel Sunrise Blues H739 C887
Holmstrom, guitarist and singer, gives us a batch of original tunes, with his band and guest, Mavis Staples. Links: Holmstrom | AM | YouTube
Sonny Boy Williamson The Masters Blues W676 M393
Another harmonica player compilation, of older tracks from Bluebird & Columbia Records. Links: Williamson | AM | YouTube
International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Pierre Bensusan Wu Wei Int French acoustic guitarist and singer,
B443 W950
born in Algeria, is all over the map stylistically. Links: Bensusan | AM | YouTube
Manu Chao La Radiolina Int C364 R118
2007 release by this world artist from Barcelona. Links: Chao | AM | YouTube
Celia Cruz Mi Vida es Cantar Int C889 M580
The Queen of Salsa in a 1998 album. We think she put out at least two each year. Links: Cruz | AM | YouTube
Kakraba Lobi Song of Legaa Int L785 So58L
Gyil music from Ghana by one of its master musicians. Links: Lobi | YouTube
Budhaditya Mukherjee Budhaditya Mukherjee, Sitār
Int M896b B859
Mukherjee performs two ragas, with Anindo Chatterjee, tablā, & Nandu Kamat, tambūrā. Links: Mukherjee | YouTube
Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Rupert Holmes The Mystery of Edwin
Drood Musical H738 M999
2012 new Broadway cast recording of a 1986 musical. Holmes is a former pop singer. Links: Holmes | AM | YouTube
William Walton Richard III; Macbeth; Major Barbara
FilmMus W179 R388
Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in these excerpts from three films. Links: Walton | Marriner
Hans Zimmer Hannibal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
FilmMus Z65 H196
Lecter strikes again, as does Zimmer. Links: Zimmer | AM | YouTube
Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments The Bickel/Marks Group
The Bickel/Marks Group, with Dave Liebman
Jazz B472 B472
Contemporary jazz group, led by the pianist and the bass player. Liebman is on sax. Links: Bickel | YouTube | Marks | YouTube
Harry Connick, Jr. Blue Light, Red Light Jazz C762 B625
Wasn’t he here last month? Another early one from the New Orleans singer/ pianist. Links: Connick | AM | YouTube
Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Jazz C812 C433a
Corea alternated for a while between his acoustic and electric bands. This is from 1989. Links: Corea | AM | YouTube
Burton Greene Trio “On Tour” Jazz G830
Free/experimental jazz from the 1960s, recorded at various universities in New
On10 York. Links: Greene | AM | YouTube Ernie Krivda Ernie Krivda & the Art of
the Trio Jazz K899 Er65
Cleveland sax player works here with Pete Dominguez, bass, & Ron Godale, drums. Links: Krivda | AM | YouTube
Joe Lovano Us Five Cross Culture Jazz L940 C884
Lovano stretches out to experiment with this group on their latest. Links: Lovano | AM | YouTube
Marian McPartland/ Bill Evans
Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, with Guest Bill Evans
Jazz M240 M337/e
1978 broadcast of her NPR show, Piano Jazz. Links: McPartland | AM | YouTube | Evans | AM | YouTube
Jamie Masefield The Jazz Mandolin Project
Jazz M377 J339m
The mando player works with a trio to provide some different instrumentation. Links: Masefield | YouTube
Brad Mehldau Trio Anything Goes Jazz M473 An97
The pianist’s 2004 album with Larry Grenadier and Jorge Rossy. Links: Mehldau | AM | YouTube
Yoko Miwa Trio Live at Scullers Jazz Club Jazz M699y L744
The pianist and her group at Scullers, a major club in Boston. Links: Miwa | AM | YouTube
Thelonious Monk Music of Thelonious Monk
Jazz M749 M749
Monk doesn’t actually appear here. These are Monk compositions played by Junior Mance & Joe Temperley. Links: Monk | Mance | AM | YouTube | Temperley | AM | YouTube
Dave Pomeroy Basses Loaded Jazz P771 B294
Eclectic bass player in a 1996 release. He is also a sometime country musician. Links: Pomeroy | YouTube
Anita O’Day Anita O’Day: Cocktail Hour
Jazz Od1 An55c
A compilation of tracks by this vocalist, most from the 1950s. Links: O’Day | AM | YouTube
Archie Shepp Quintet Lybia Jazz Sh49 L981
Tracks recorded in Rome in 1975, brought together for this album. Links: Shepp | AM | YouTube
Daniel Smith Bassoon Goes Latin Jazz!
Jazz Sm54 B295
We suspect you’ve never heard that sentence before. Links: Smith | AM | YouTube
Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments Malcolm Arnold Overtures Clas
Ar65 Ov2
Ten concert overtures, performed by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba. Links: Arnold | Gamba
Johann Christian Bach
Symphonies, Op. 18 Clas B122jc Sy68 Op.18
One of the Bach boys with six symphonies. The Hanover Band does the job, with Anthony Halstead conducting. Links: Bach | Halstead
Béla Bartók Bartók Plays Bartók Clas B285 B285p
A variety of piano works, played by the composer. Links: Bartók
Arnold Bax Chamber Music Clas B330 C355
A mixed bag of quartets and a quintet, with the English String Quartet, John McCabe, piano, & Skaila Kanga, harp. Links: Bax | ESQ | McCabe | Kanga
Arnold Bax Orchestra Music Clas B330 Or10
A symphony, a scherzo, and a ballad, all played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley. Links: Bax | Handley
Ludwig van Beethoven
Chamber Music for Winds, Vol. 2
Clas B393 C355w/2
Excerpts from Fidelio, and a couple of other works, performed by Consortium Classicum. Links: Beethoven | CC
Franz Benda Six Violin Sonatas Clas B432f V813s
Anton Steck is the violinist, with Christian Rieger on harpsichord in these Baroque pieces. Links: Benda | Steck | Rieger
Johannes Brahms/ Joesph Joachim
Viola Sonatas; Variations on an Original Theme
Clas B730 So57
Rivka Golani is the violist, with Konstantin Bogino on piano. Links: Brahms | Joachim | Golani | Bogino
Paul Desenne Jaguar Songs: 21st-Century Cello
Clas D457 J188
Nancy Green performs these seven works, some of which are for multiple cellos. Links: Desenne | Green
Alphons Diepenbrock
Orchestral Works Clas D565 Or10
Late Romantic suites and overtures, performed by the Residentie Orchestra, the Hague, conducted by Hans Vonk. Links: Diepenbrock | Vonk
Anton Eberl Chamber Music Clas Eb37 C355
18th century quintets and a trio, performed by Consortium Classicum. Links: Eberl | Classicum
Joseph Eybler Strio Trio; String Quintet Clas Ey19 St86t
The Deutsches Streichtrio is joined by Roland Metzger, viola, & Heinrich Braun, double bass. Links: Eybler | DS | Braun
Ernest Farrar Orchestral Works Clas F242 Or10
Farrar was one of those British composers who died in World War I. Here are several pieces, played by Howard Shelley, piano, and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Alasdair Mitchell. Links: Farrar | Shelley
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Symphony No. 4 Clas F685 Sy68-4
Czech composer’s 1905 symphony, performed by the Czech Philharmonic in 1948, conducted by Rafael Kubelík. Links: Foerster | Kubelík
Louis Glass String Sextet; Piano Quintet
Clas G463 St86s
This late Romantic composer is probably no relation to Philip. Performed by Copenhagen Classic, with Christina
Bjørkøe on piano. Links: Glass | Bjørkøe Percy Grainger Works for Chamber
Ensemble, Vol. 2 Clas G761 C355/2
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble has a go at these short works. Links: Grainger | St. Martin
G. F. Handel Organ Concertos, Op. 7 Clas H191 Or3c
Johannes-Ernst Köhler is the organist, Hannelore Köhler plays harpsichord, and the Kammerorchester der Staatskapelle Weimar plays everything else, conducted by Lothar Seyfarth. Links: Handel | Köhler | Seyfarth
Qunihico Hashimoto
Symphony No. 1; Symphonic Suite
Clas H273 Sy68-1
20th century works, performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ryusuke Numajiri. Links: Hashimoto | Numajiri
Joseph Haydn 24 Menuetti Clas H324 M529
24 minuets played by Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Peter Guth. Links: Haydn | Guth
Michael Haydn Choral Works Clas M324m C456
Two masses and a vespers, with the Choir of Trinity College, directed by Richard Marlow. Links: Haydn | Marlow
Henri Herz Piano Music Clas H447 P573
19th century compositions, played by Philip Martin. Links: Herz | Martin
Charles Ives Symphony No. 4 Clas Iv3 Sy68-4
The John Alldis Choir joins the London Philharmonic, conducted by José Serebrier. Links: Ives | Serebrier
Leoš Janáček The Macropulos Case Clas J251 V491
The Prague National Theatre performs this 3-act opera, conducted by Bohumil Gregor. Links: Janáček | Gregor
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 Clas K842 Or10/1
A prelude, a sinfonietta, and a couple of other pieces, with Werner Andreas Albert conducting the Nordwest-deutsche Philharmonie. Links: Korngold | Albert
Drew Krause Ding Clas K868 D613
Works for percussion ensemble, played by Evan Spritzer, Danny Tunick, the Glass Orchestra, & the McCormick Percussion Ensemble. Links: Krause | Spritzer | Tunick | MPE
Michel de La Barre Pieces pour la Flute Traversiere 1710
Clas L111 P584f
Stephen Preston plays the flute, with Jordi Savall on viola da gamba. Links: La Barre | Preston | Savall
Franz Lehár Lieder, Vol. 1 Clas L527 L623/1
Operetta master with some songs. Singers include Heidi Wolf & Gabriele Rossmanith. Links: Lehár | Rossmanith
Carl Loewe Lieder & Balladen, Vol. 10 Clas L825
Someday we’ll have the whole set in the collection. Ruth Ziesak, soprano, is
L623/10 accompanied by Cord Garben, piano. Links: Loewe | Ziesak | Garben
George Frederick McKay
Violin Concerto; Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes; Sinfonietta No. 4
Clas M192 V813c
Brian Reagin is the violinist, with the National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, conducted by John McLaughlin Williams. Links: McKay | Reagin | Williams
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 Clas M278 Sy68-6
Hans Zender conducts the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken. Links: Mahler | Zender
Bohuslav Martinů/ Antonín Dvořák
Double Concerto; Symphony No. 3; Suite in A Major
Clas M366 D743c
Only the third work is by Dvořák. Jan Panenka is the pianist, with the Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Karel Šejna. Links: Martinů | Dvořák | Panenka | Šejna
Gian Carlo Menotti Songs & Chamber Pieces Clas M527 So58
Karan Armstrong, soprano, is the singer, with Homero Francesch on piano, and other folks on individual works. Links: Menotti | Armstrong | Francesch
Georgi Minchev Selections Clas M661 Se48
We’ve got a symphonic prologue, vocal works, a piano concerto, and other stuff, all played by different musicians. Links: Minchev
Douglas Moore/ Marion Bauer
Douglas Moore/Marion Bauer
Clas M782 D746
Multiple works by both composers, performed by several different orchestras and conductors. Links: Moore | Bauer
W. A. Mozart Diveritmentos in D Major Clas M877 D641
There are two of them, with a march in between. Divertimento Salzburg plays here, appropriately. Links: Mozart
W. A. Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 11, 13, & 14
Clas M877 P573c-11
Anima Eterna backs Jos van Immerseel on piano for these. Links: Mozart | Eterna | Immerseel
W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 29; Concerto for 2 Pianos, Concerto for Piano & Violin (Fragment)
Clas M877 Sy68-29
Performed by the Amsterdam Mozart Players, conducted by Jügen Kussmaul. Links: Mozart | Kussmaul
Vítěslav Novák Orchestral Music Clas N856 Or1
A couple of symphonic poems and an overture, played by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Libor Pešek. Links: Novák | Pešek
George Onslow/ Luigi Cherubini
String Quintets Clas On7 St86q
One from each of these early 19th century composers, played by the Diogenes Quartett. Links: Onslow | Cherubini | DQ
Allan Pettersson Symphony No. 7 Clas P452
Gerd Albrecht leads the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester
Sy68-7 Hamburg. Links: Pettersson | Albrecht Sergey Prokofiev Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 Clas
P943 Sy68-1
No. 4 is the revised 1947 version, if you’re interested. The Scottish National Orchestra performs, conducted by Neeme Järvi. Links: Prokofiev | Järvi
Max Reger Orchestra Music Clas R262 Or10
The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie is back, with Hermann Scherchen at the helm. Links: Reger | Scherchen
Anton Reicha Complete Wind Quintets, Vol. 10
Clas R271a Q45w/10
That’s a lot of wind. Two quintets plus a shorter piece, all played by the Albert Schweitzer Quintett. Links: Reicha | ASQ
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
Orchestra Music Clas R339 Or10
Five works, all played by the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, and conducted by Michail Jurowski. Links: Reznicek | Jurowski
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Golden Cockerel Clas R469 Z755
The Sofia National Opera Orchestra and Chorus is at work here, with Dimiter Manolov conducting. Links: N R-K
Joaquín Rodrigo Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 5
Clas R618 Or1/5
Two concertos in this volume, with Ricardo Gallén & Joaquín Clerch, guitars, and the Asturias Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maximiano Valdés. Links: Rodrigo | Gallén | Clerch | Valdés
Antonio Rosetti Concertos for Two Horns Clas R728 H783c
18th century works played by Klaus Wallendorf & Sarah Willis, horns, with the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, conducted by Johannes Moesus. Links: Rosetti | Wallendorf | Willis | Moesus
Christopher Rouse Symphony No. 2; Flute Concerto
Clas R762 Sy68-2
Carol Wincenc is on flute in the 2nd work. The Houston Symphony is everywhere, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Links: Rouse | Wincenc | Eschenbach
Jakub Jan Ryba Chamber Music Clas R960 C355
Flute and string quartets intermingled. Jan Ostrý plays flute, with the M. Nostitz Quartet. Links: Ryba | Ostrý
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Symphonies Clas Sa45 Sy68
Six short ones from the 18th century. The Aradia Ensemble plays, conducted by Kevin Mallon. Links: Sammartini | Mallon
Franz Schmidt/ Richard Strauss
Symphony No. 1; Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo
Clas Sch53 Sy68-1
Neeme Järvi conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in these late Romantic works. Links: Schmidt | Strauss | Järvi
Friedrich Schneider/ Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 17; Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 1
Clas Sch57 Sy68-17
The fact that Schneider wrote 16 other symphonies is amazing. Hiro Kurosaki is the violinist, with Cappella Coloniensis, conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken. Links:
Schneider | Mendelssohn | Kurosaki | Kuijken
Franz Schubert Rosamunde, Incidental Music; Overture to Die Zauberharfe
Clas Sch78 R710
Ileana Cotrubas, soprano, sings with the Rundfunkchor Liepzig, and Staatskapelle Dresden, conducted by Willi Boskovsky. Links: Schubert | Cotrubas | Boskovsky
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3; Des Sängers Fluch
Clas Sch86 Sy68-3
The Danish National Radio Choir is in on the 2nd work, while the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra plays, conducted by Michael Schønwandt. Links: Schumann | Schønwandt
Dmitri Shostakovich The Bolt Clas Sh82 B639
The complete ballet, with Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Links: Shostakovich | GR
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 Clas Sh82 Sy68-1
Neeme Järvi conducts the Scottish National Orchestra. Links: Shostakovich | Järvi
Jean Sibelius Piano Music, Vol. 5 Clas Si11 P573/5
Pianist Håvard Gimse focuses on miniatures here, with some bagatelles and sketches. Links: Sibelius | Gimse
Bedřich Smetana Libuše Clas Sm39 L616
A 3-act opera by this 19th century composer, with the Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra, conducted by Oliver Dohnányi. Links: Smetana | Dohnányi
Josef Strauss Josef Strauss Edition, Vol. 11
Clas St81j J773/11
The brother of Johann, Jr. also wrote a lot of music. The Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alfred Eschwé, plays some. Links: Strauss | Eschwé
Igor Stravinsky Music for Two Pianos; The Rite of Spring
Clas Sh82 P573s
Benjamin Frith and Peter Hill play a sonata, a concerto, and that other piece. Links: Stravinsky | Frith | Hill
Karol Szymanowski /Grazyna Bacewicz
String Quartets Clas Sz93 St86q
Two by the former, one by the latter. All three played by the Maggini Quartet. Links: Szymanowski | Bacewicz | MQ
Michael Tippett Symphony No. 3; Praeludium for Brass, Bells & Percussion
Clas T499 Sy68-3
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is let loose on these, with Richard Hickox conducting. Links: Tippett | Hickox
Mieczysław Vainberg
Children’s Notebooks 1-3; Trio
Clas V195 C437
Chamber pieces with Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano, & other folks. Links: Vainberg | Sheludyakov
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 9; Piano Concerto in C Major
Clas V465 Sy68-9
Howard Shelley plays the concerto, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bryden Thomson. Links: RVW | Shelley | Thomson
Robert Volkmann String Quartets Nos. 3 & 6
Clas V885 St86q-3
Volkmann is back, sort of, with more works played by the Mannheimer Streichquartett. Links: Volkmann | MS
Siegfried Wagner Dagmar Schellenberger Sings Siegfried Wagner
Clas W125s D133
Shouldn’t take long. Oh, they mean scenes & arias from his operas. Links: Wagner | Schellenberger
Carl Maria von Weber
Chamber Music Clas W388 C355
A quintet and two other works, with Janet Hilton on clarinet, Keith Swallow, piano, and the Lindsay String Quartet. Links: Weber | Hilton | LSQ
Charles Wuorinen Chamber Music Clas W962 C355
Everybody’s getting all chambery. A violin sonata, a string quartet, and a fantasy. Musicians include Benjamin Hudson, violin, & Garrick Ohlsson and the composer on piano. Links: Wuorinen | Hudson | Ohlsson
Jan Dismas Zelenka Missa Dei Patris Clas Z37 M691p
The Thüringischer Akademischer Singkreis works with Friedrich Kircheis, organ, & Virtuosi Saxoniae, conducted by Ludwig Güttler. Links: Zelenka | Kircheis | Güttler
More Classical: Artist Title Call # Comments Baltimore Consort Bright Day Star Clas
B217 B768
Yes, a bit of leftover Christmas music, but you can listen anyway. Links: Baltimore Consort | YouTube
BBC Philharmonic Stokowski Encores Clas B349 En17
Matthias Bamert conducts the orchestra in some of Stokowski’s arrangements of Handel, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, & others. Links: BBC | Bamert | Stokowski
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit
Clas C490s In8
Jesús López Cobos conducts works by Hovhaness, Brubeck, and others. Links: CSO | Lópes Cobos
Dante Quartet String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Voces Intimae
Clas D235 St86q
The group performs two quartets by Smetana, and one by Sibelius. Links: Dante Q
James Houlik American Saxophone Clas H815 Am35
Houlik plays works by Gould, Ward, & Peck, with various orchestras. Links: Houlik | YouTube
Itzhak Perlman A Tribut to Jascha Heifetz
Clas P422 T731
The violinist plays a selection of pieces that Heifetz arranged, by Ponce, Ravel, Chopin, and others. Links: Perlman
Het Residentie Orkest 400 Years of Dutch Music, Vol. 7
Clas R311 F825/7
The orchestra remains the same, but works by Escher, Janssen, Loevendie, & Laman all have different conductors.
Rick Stout Decreasing Radius Clas St76 D359
Works for trombone and piano by Schumann, Creston, and others. Stout is accompanied on piano by Christina Dahl. Links: Stout | Dahl | Buzzard Tracks review
Tapiolan Kuoro Sininen ja Valkoinen (Blue and White)
Clas T162 Si65
The choir, directed by Erkki Pohjola, sings 25 pieces, many of them folk songs. Links: TK | Pohjola
Zdeněk & Bedřich Tylsar
Czech Horn Concertos Clas T988 C996h
The two Tylsars play French horns, with the Capella Istropolitana, conducted by František Vajnar, on works by Fiala, Pkorny, & Rosetti. Links: Tylsar | Vajnar
Giants of the Violin Clas G348v
How do they play with their huge fingers? The giants are Sitkovetsky, Oistrakh, & Kogan, with works by Sibelius, Beethoven, & Shostakovich.
Lieder Recital Clas L623r
Historic recordings of works by Strauss, Mahler, & Wolf, sung by various singers, with Wilhelm Furtwängler on piano. Links: Furtwängler.
Miscellaneous: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Frederick Fennell March World, Vol. 2 Misc
F362 M331/2
Fennell conducts the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra in works by Coates, Alford, Sousa, & others. Links: Fennell
The Vinyl Corner: Life at 33 1/3 rpm Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Les Baxter & His Orchestra
Ritual of the Savage LP B335 R518
One of those exotica albums from the 1950s, to play in your bachelor pad. Links: Baxter | AM | YouTube
Johnny Cash The Holy Land LP C2688 H7476
One of Cash’s gospel albums from the 1960s. Links: Cash | AM | YouTube
Muzio Clementi Piano Sonatas BauLP C5916 So57p
Vladimir Horowitz plays three sonatas by this early 19th century composer. Links: Clementi | Horowitz
Richard Dimbleby The Voice of Richard Dimbleby
BauLP D592 V8702
Extracts from radio and TV broadcasts by this famous British journalist. Links: Dimbleby
Marty Gold & His Orchestra
Skin Tight LP G5635 Sk33
Apparently, scantily clad women with bongo drums were all the rage in 1960. Space pop. Links: Gold | AM | YouTube
Rauf Hajyiev Symphony No. 1; BauLP Gennadi Cherkasov conducts the USSR
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra
H1277 Sy6811-1
TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra on these 20th century works. Sarvar Ganiev is the violinist. Links: Hajyiev
Paul Hindemith Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metamorphoses
BauLP H584 M4266
The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy, does the work here. Links: Hindemith | Ormandy
Alan Hovhaness Fra Angelico; Requiem & Resurrection
BauLP H829 F84a
Played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the North Jersey Wind Symphony, both conducted by the composer. Links: Hovhaness
Burl Ives On the Beach at Waikiki LP Iv35 On14
This must by Kitsch Month for LPs. Folk singer Ives sings a selection of Hawaiian pop tunes. Links: Ives | AM | YouTube
Giia Kancheli Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 BauLP K1312 Sy6811-4
Jansug Kakhidze conducts the Symphony Orchestra of Georgia. No, not that one, the other one. Links: Kancheli | Kakhidze
Anatol Kos-Anatolskyi/ Mikola Kolessa
Concerto for Harp & Orchestra; Ukrainian Suite
BauLP K8461 C7449h
Natalia Izmailova is the harpist. I. Pain & Kolessa conduct the Lvivskoi Philharmonic. Links: Kos-Anatolskyi | Kolessa
Anatoly Lyadov Orchestra Music BauLP L98 Or19
Seven short symphonic pieces, with Evgenii Svetlanov conducting the Symphony Orchestra of the USSR. Links: Lyadov | Svetlanov
Nikolai Miaskovskii String Quartets Nos. 11 & 13
BauLP M5809 Q28-11
Both performed by the Taneyev Quartet of Leningrad. Links: Miaskovskii | TQ
Rick Nelson Love and Kisses LP N336 L9411
This one is from the mid-60s, after most of his hits, but before he grew his hair long. Links: Nelson | AM | YouTube
Jaan Rääts Symphony No. 3; Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 6
BauLP R111 Sy6811-3
Lemmo Erendi is the violinist in the 2nd work. Neeme Järvi conducts the Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Links: Rääts | Erendi | Järvi
Richard Strauss Schalgobers (Whipped Cream)
BauLP St828r Sch363
Ballet music, performed by the Frankenland State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Erich Kloss. Links: Strauss
Yevgeny Svetlanov Works for Violin & Piano
BauLP Sv38 V813
A couple of sonatinas and other short works, with Eduard Grach on violin, accompanied by the composer on piano. Links: Svetlanov | Grach
Hugo Winterhalter Hugo Winterhalter Goes Gypsy
LP W735 H8749g
More fine tunes from ca. 1960, when easy listening was still a big seller. Links: Winterhalter | AM | YouTube
Narciso Yepes Spanish Music for Guitar
BauLP Y43
The guitarist performs works by Falla, Torroba, Rodrigo, and others. Links:
Sp245 Yepes | YouTube Big Circle Mountain
Square Dancing LP B4804
Square dance music from North Carolina, supplied by Evelyn & Glenn Bennerman, with the Blackhawk Bluegrass Band.
The Hoffnung Music Festival Concert, 1956
BauLP H6759 1956
“An extravagant evening of symphonic caricature devised by Gerard Hoffnung. Links: Hoffnung
Viva Flamenco! Sounds of Spain in Hi-Fi
LP V836f
The delightful musical stylings of Mario Escudero & Company.