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A Fistful of Music Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community January 2013 Welcome to a new year! Why not erase those cold January nights from your mind with some great new music? We are fortunate beyond reckoning for the amazing array of music we have in our library, and continue to add a thousand recordings each year. This time around, we have operas, symphonies, and concertos; techno, punk, and ambient; string bands, blues bands, and local bands. We also have artists who spell their names with symbols other than letters. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, [email protected]. We'll make more. Pop/Rock: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Amun Ra A Thousand Ticking Clocks Pop Am93 T399 Massachusetts synth/rock band fronted by vocalist Emily Shirley. Links: Amun Ra The Amygdaloids Theory of My Mind Pop Am96 T343 A band made entirely out of scientists. Rock on! Links: Amygdaloids | YouTube Fiona Apple Tidal Pop Ap52 T438 We added her latest, so we thought we’d pair it with her first. Links: Apple | AM | YouTube BassNectar Divergent Spectrum Pop B295 D641 2011 release from this dubstep/ techno DJ (aka Lorin Ashton). Links: BassNectar | AM | YouTube Breaker Accept Pop B740 Ac22 Northeast Ohio metal band’s 1999 release compiling some earlier tracks. Links: Breaker | YouTube Captain Kneal and the Noisemakers Captain Kneal and the Noisemakers Pop C175 C175 House/dub music from Cleveland. Links: YouTube The Comas Conductor Pop C730 C755 Alt rock from Chapel Hill. Links: Comas | AM | YouTube Destructor Sonic Bullet Pop D476 So58 Thrash metal from Cleveland. Links: Destructor | AM | YouTube Dream Evil Dragonslayer Pop D810 D787 Scandinavian metal band’s first album, from 2002. Links: Dream | AM | YouTube Eclectic Mayhem Eclectic Mayhem Pop Ec63 Debut by this alt rock/punk group from Cleveland. Links: Eclectic |

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A Fistful of Music

Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community

January 2013

Welcome to a new year! Why not erase those cold January nights from your mind with

some great new music? We are fortunate beyond reckoning for the amazing array of music

we have in our library, and continue to add a thousand recordings each year. This time

around, we have operas, symphonies, and concertos; techno, punk, and ambient; string

bands, blues bands, and local bands. We also have artists who spell their names with

symbols other than letters. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff

Wanser, [email protected]. We'll make more.

Pop/Rock: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments

Amun Ra A Thousand Ticking

Clocks

Pop

Am93

T399

Massachusetts synth/rock band

fronted by vocalist Emily Shirley.

Links: Amun Ra

The Amygdaloids Theory of My Mind Pop

Am96

T343

A band made entirely out of

scientists. Rock on! Links:

Amygdaloids | YouTube

Fiona Apple Tidal Pop

Ap52

T438

We added her latest, so we thought

we’d pair it with her first. Links:

Apple | AM | YouTube

BassNectar Divergent Spectrum Pop

B295

D641

2011 release from this dubstep/

techno DJ (aka Lorin Ashton).

Links: BassNectar | AM | YouTube

Breaker Accept Pop

B740

Ac22

Northeast Ohio metal band’s 1999

release compiling some earlier

tracks. Links: Breaker | YouTube

Captain Kneal and

the Noisemakers

Captain Kneal and

the Noisemakers

Pop

C175

C175

House/dub music from Cleveland.

Links: YouTube

The Comas Conductor Pop

C730

C755

Alt rock from Chapel Hill. Links:

Comas | AM | YouTube

Destructor Sonic Bullet Pop

D476

So58

Thrash metal from Cleveland.

Links: Destructor | AM | YouTube

Dream Evil Dragonslayer Pop

D810

D787

Scandinavian metal band’s first

album, from 2002. Links: Dream |

AM | YouTube

Eclectic Mayhem Eclectic Mayhem Pop

Ec63

Debut by this alt rock/punk group

from Cleveland. Links: Eclectic |

Ec63 YouTube

Grizzly Bear Shields Pop

G889

Sh61

The latest by this post-rock band

from Boston. Links: Bear | AM |

YouTube

Lalah Hathaway Where It All Begins Pop

H284

W560

Most recent release by this neo-soul

singer. Links: Hathaway | AM |

YouTube

Heart Desire Walks On Pop

H351

D460

This one is from the early 90s.

They still have voices. Links: Heart

| AM | YouTube

Dolores Hope Young at Heart Pop

H771

Y84

Bob Hope’s wife was a fine singer,

and sang into the 1990s, which was

her 80s. Links: Hope | YouTube

Journey Greatest Hits Pop

J826

G798

You can’t get more arena rock than

this. Links: Journey | AM |

YouTube

Eddie Levert I Still Have It Pop

L577e

I10

Yes, he does. He sang with the

O’Jays, and then with Levert, but

here is his first solo album. Pure

Philly soul. Links: Levert | AM |

YouTube

Manuok The Old Horse Pop

M319

Ol10

A guy, Scott Mercado, makes

himself sound like a band. Links:

Manuok | AM | YouTube

Matt Pond PA Last Light Pop

M429

L339

2007 release by this indie rock band

from Philadelphia. Links: Matt | AM

| YouTube

Menomena Moms Pop

M527

M739

Alt rock from Oregon. Go figure.

Links: Menomena | AM | YouTube

MGK Lace Up Pop

M579

L116

The first real release by this

Cleveland rapper, also known as

Machine Gun Kelly. Links: MGK |

AM | YouTube

Miles Wow & Flutter Pop

M593

W917

Sax player for the John Knific Trio

does some jazz-oriented rock.

Links: Miles

The Muffs Really Really Happy Pop

M891

R229

Punk-pop from 2004, fronted by

Kim Shattuck. Links: Muffs | AM |

YouTube

Pepe Deluxé Super Sound Pop

P391

Su76

1999 debut by this Finnish

electronic duo. Links: Pepe | AM |

YouTube

Poison Native Tongue Pop

P756

N213

Hair metal by Brett Michaels & Co.,

a bit past their prime. Links: Poison

| AM | YouTube

Rick Ro$$ God Forgives…I Don’t Pop

R733

G540

Nice attitude. Southern gangster

rapper’s latest. Links: Ro$$ | AM |

YouTube

Ringworm The Venomous Grand

Design

Pop

R475

V564

Another case of Ringworm! Or more

metal from Cleveland. Links:

Ringworm | AM | YouTube

Skychief Me Rock You So Hard Pop

Sk91

M460

Debut album from this punk band

from Akron. Links: Skychief |

YouTube

Bob Smith Meet Mortimer Post Pop

Sm52

M472

Bob is a member of the eclectic

folk-jazz band Rio Neon. Here is an

album of mostly instrumental rock

tunes he did with Joe LaRose. Just

two guitars. Links: Smith

Speedy J Ginger Pop

Sp32

G433

1993 album by this Dutch DJ/

techno wizard. Links: Speedy J |

AM | YouTube

Robin Stone Bad Girl Pop

St72

B140

Cleveland singer-songwriter’s 2009

release. She rocks a bit too. Links:

Stone | YouTube

Tech N9ne All 6’s and 7’s Pop

T226

Al51

Hardcore rapper from Kansas City.

Links: Tech | AM | YouTube

Third Class Chloe’s Epitaph is

Chloe

Pop

T348

C450

Youngstown band’s release from

2006. A bit on the punkish side.

Links: Third Class | YouTube

The Vines Highly Evolved Pop

V752

H537

Surely, they don’t mean the music.

2002 debut from these Australian

garage rockers. Links: Vines | AM |

YouTube

Woodside Quinn The Cleveland Mint Pop

W868

C599

Acoustic pop/rock with a sax player,

from 2000. Surprisingly

sophisticated for a young group.

Links: Quinn (from the Internet

Archive)

Yeasayer Yeasayer Pop

Y33

F842

Yay? 2012 album by this indie/

psychedelic rock band. Links:

Yeasayer | AM | YouTube

Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments

Avett Brothers The Carpenter Country

Av36

C225

The latest from this alt-country

group is on some best-of lists for

the year. Links: Avetts | AM |

YouTube

Oliver Buck Rust Belt Blues Country

B855

R922

2007 release by this Northeast

Ohio singer. Links: Buck |

YouTube

Kasey Chambers Barricades and

Brickwalls

Country

C355

B276

Contemporary country courtesy of

Australia. Not her latest, but listen

anyway. Links: Chamber s | AM |

YouTube

Rodney Crowell Life is Messy Country

C886

L626

It sure is. This is from 1992, right

after his divorce from Rosanne

Cash. Links: Crowell | AM |

YouTube

Brian P. Matheny Sundowning Folk Songs about people with problems,

M420

Su72

by this Cleveland folk singer.

Links: Matheny

Jon Mosey Stories & Lies Folk

M853

St74

Akron singer-songwriter and

guitarist. Links: Mosey | YouTube

Jim Payne &

Fergus O’Byrne

How Good is Me Life! Folk

P293

H830

Depends on how much you like

Newfoundland. Songs of the sea

by this Canadian duo. Links:

Payne/O’Byrne | YouTube

Bruce Roper Accidental English Folk

R682

Ac25

Member of Sons of the Never

Wrong comes up with a solo.

Links: Roper | YouTube

Yonder Mountain

String Band

Yonder Mountain

String Band

Country

Y80

Y80

Not so much string band music as

bluegrass. From 2006. Links:

Yonder | AM | YouTube

Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments

Mary Grigolia Grigolian Chants:

Mary Grigolia Sings

Chants, Rounds, and

Prayers

Gospel

G877

G877

Not really gospel music, but where

else are we going to put her?

Links: Grigolia | YouTube

Michael Hill’s Blues

Mob

New York State of

Blues

Blues

H554

N420y

Modern electric blues from this New

York City guitarist. Links: Hill | AM

| YouTube

Robert Lockwood

Jr.

I Got to Find Me a

Woman

Blues

L814

I10

And I hope she told him to change

his attitude. Mississippi/Cleveland

blues at its finest. Links: Lockwood

| AM | YouTube

International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Istan Black & the

Sweets

Fatal Struggle Int

B561

F268

Reggae from Cleveland that isn’t

Carlos Jones. Links: Black |

YouTube

Serge Gainsbourg Le Bon Vivant Int

G128

B640

His first two albums from the late

1950s, repackaged. Main claim to

fame: He sings in French, and

smokes incessantly. Links:

Gainsbourg | AM | YouTube

Putumayo Presents:

¡Baila! A Latin Dance

Party

Int

P987

B150

Start moving! Some Latin groove

to get you through the winter

months.

Putumayo Presents:

Rumba, Mambo,

Cha-Cha-Cha

Int

P987

R864

You’ll just have to listen to figure

out what the difference is between

this and ¡Baila!

Rhythms of Life,

Songs of Wisdom:

Akan Music from

Int

R349a

A compilation of field recordings by

Roger Vetter. Links: Akan | Vetter

Ghana, West Africa

Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Arthur Bliss Christopher

Columbus; Seven

Waves Away;

Baraza; Men of Two

Worlds

FilmMus

B619

C466

Selected music from four different

films, performed by the Slovak

Radio Symphony Orchestra,

conducted by Adriano. Links: Bliss

| Adriano

Gustavo

Santaolalla

Brokeback Mountain FilmMus

Sa59

B787

Original motion picture soundtrack.

Links: Santaolalla

Mission Impossible FilmMus

M691i

Original motion picture soundtrack,

with some of the music composed

by Danny Elfman. Links: Elfman

Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments George Benson That’s Right Jazz

B443

T329

Mid-90s release by this guitarist &

vocalist. Links: Benson | AM |

YouTube

Art Blakey Quintet A Night at Birdland,

Vol. 1

Jazz

B587

N563/1

1954 gig in the famous New York

club, with Clifford Brown and

Horace Silver. Links: Blakey | AM |

YouTube

Joe Blessett Chillin Out in Dark

Places

Jazz

B617

C438

Blessett is a multi-instrumentalist

who mostly works in the studio,

putting down all the tracks himself.

Jazz mixed with R&B, with lots of

electronics. Links: Blessett |

YouTube

Chick Corea/Gary

Burton

Native Sense: The

New Duets

Jazz

C812

N213

One of the many collaborations

between the pianist & vibraphonist.

Links: Corea | AM | Burton | AM |

YouTube

Ergo Multitude, Solitude Jazz

Er38

M919

Well, if you’re going to call your

band Ergo, expect some solitude.

Brett Sroka, trombone & computer,

leads the group. Links: Ergo |

YouTube

Fly Sky & Country Jazz

F678

Sk91

2009 release by this post-bop

group. Links: Fly | AM | YouTube

Hal Galper Trio Tippin’ Jazz

G139

T499

Also post-bop, but more

mainstream than Fly. Links: Galper

| AM | YouTube

The Happy Six Dance-O-Mania,

1919-1923: Harry

Yerkes & the Dawn

Jazz

H211

D195

Early jazz group led by a

xylophonist. Links: Yerkes | AM

of the Jazz Age

Harry James & His

Orchestra

June 6, 1944, the D-

Day Broadcast

Jazz

J231

J953

The trumpeter and his group in full

flower, along with a few tracks

from later in 1944 and 1945.

Links: James | AM | YouTube

Donny McCaslin Declaration Jazz

M128

D357

Saxophonist who ranges from the

mainstream to the experimental.

Links: McCaslin | AM | YouTube

Houston Person A Little Houston on

the Side

Jazz

P431

L723

1999 compilation by this soul-bop

saxophonist. Links: Person | AM |

YouTube

Rippingtons Weekend in Monaco Jazz

R485

W418

Russ Freeman’s group in a 1992

outing of smooth jazz. Links:

Rippingtons | AM | YouTube

Woody Shaw Rosewood Jazz

Sh28

R729

The trumpeter’s best album of the

70s, if not his best ever. Links:

Shaw | AM | YouTube

Mel Tormé Mel Tormé in

Hollywood: Live at

the Crescendo Club

Jazz

T632

M480

Hard to imagine a guy dubbed “The

Velvet Fog” hitting a crescendo, but

regardless, he was a fine vocalist.

From 1992. Links: Tormé | AM |

YouTube

Mark Weinstein Algo Más Jazz

W433

Al38

Jazz on the Brazilian side by the

Brooklyn flautist. Links: Weinstein

| YouTube

Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments Kurt Atterberg Symphony No. 9;

Älven/The River,

Symphonic Poem

Clas

At82

Sy68-9

Performed by the NDR

Radiopilharmonie, conducted by Ari

Rasilainen. Links: Atterberg |

Rasilainen

J. S. Bach The Symphonic

Band of the Belgian

Guides plays

Johann Sebastian

Bach

Clas

B122

Sy68b

A program of 13 pieces, with the

Beligan Guides conducted by

Norbert Nozy. Links: Bach | Nozy

Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No.

2; Piano Concerto

No. 3

Clas

B285

V813c-2

Yehudi Menuhin, violin, with the

Philharmonia Orchestra, conduced

by Wilhelm Furtwängler. Annie

Fischer, piano, with the London

Symphony Orchestra, conducted by

Igor Markevitch. Links: Bartók |

Menuhin | Furtwängler | Fischer |

Markevitch

Ludwig van

Beethoven/ Carl

Maria von Weber

Piano Concerto No.

4; Gross Fuge;

Euryanthe Overture

Clas

B393

P573c-4

Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting

various orchestras in the early

1950s. Links: Beethoven | Weber |

Furtwängler

Georges Bizet Les Pêcheurs de

Perles/ The Pearl

Clas

B552

Performed by the Choir & Orchestra

of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra-

Fishers; Ivan IV

(excerpts)

P333 Comique, conducted by Pierre

Dervaux. Links: Bizet | Dervaux

Ernest Bloch Bloch Performs

Bloch

Clas

B620

B620p

His Sacred Service takes up much

of the disc, but there are a couple

of other choral works. Performed

by the London Philharmonic Choir &

Orchestra. Links: Bloch

Johannes Brahms Three String

Quartets; Italian

Serenade

Clas

B730

St86q

They take up a bit of room, so it’s a

2-disc set. Performed by the

Prague String Quartet. Links:

Brahms | Prague SQ

Eric Coates The Music of Eric

Coates

Clas

C632

M973e

Sir Adrian Boult conducts the BBC

Concert Orchestra in seven pieces.

Links: Coates | Boult

Antonín Dvořák Requiem Clas

D959

R299

Performed by the London

Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir,

conducted by Neeme Järvi. Links:

Dvořák | Järvi

Antonín Dvořák/

Josef Suk

Symphony No. 6;

Serenade for String

Orchestra

Clas

D959

Sy68-6

Vaclav Talich conducted the Czech

Philharmonic in these 1930s

recordings. Links: Dvořák | Suk |

Talich

Charles Gounod Faust Clas

G741

F275

The whole opera, with Nicolai

Gedda, Victoria de los Angeles, and

the Choir & Orchestra of the

National Theatre of the Paris Opera,

conducted by André Cluytens.

Links: Gounod | Gedda | Angeles |

Cluytens

Joseph Haydn Baryton Trios Nos.

5, 96, 97, 113

Clas

H324

B289

Performed by the Geringas Baryton

Trio. Links: Haydn

Michael Haydn Symphonies Nos.

1-3

Clas

H324m

Sy68-1

Joe’s younger brother was also a

prolific composer. Performed by

the Slovak Chamber Orchestra,

conducted by Bohdan Warchal.

Links: Haydn | Warchal

Franz Liszt A Faust Symphony Clas

L699

F275

The BBC Northern Singers &

Symphony Orchestra, conducted by

Jascha Horenstein. Links: Liszt |

Horenstein

Gustav Mahler Das Klagende Lied Clas

M278

K661

Teresa Cahill, soprano, and Janet

Baker, mezzo, among others, with

the BBC Symphony Chorus &

Orchestra, conducted by Gennadi

Rozhdestvensky. Links: Mahler |

Cahill | Baker | GR

Giacomo

Meyerbeer

Les Huguenots Clas

M575

H875

Here’s the full opera, with Joan

Sutherland, and the New

Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted

by Richard Bonynge. Links:

Meyerbeer | Sutherland | Bonynge

W. A. Mozart Così Fan Tutte Clas

M877

C820

Elizabeth Schwarzkopf & Christa

Ludwig are among the stars in this

opera, with Karl Böhm leading the

Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus.

Links: Mozart | Schwarzkopf |

Ludwig | Böhm

W. A. Mozart Organ Works Clas

M877

Or3

Nine pieces, performed by Alessio

Corti. Links: Mozart | Corti

W. A. Mozart Piano Concertos

Nos. 9 & 14

Clas

M877

P573c-9

Dezsö Ránki is the pianist, with the

Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra,

conducted by János Rolla. Links:

Mozart | Ránki | Rolla

Modest

Mussorgsky

Boris Godunov Clas

M977

B644

Martti Talvela & Nicolai Gedda sing

with the Polish Radio National

Symphony Orchestra, conducted by

Jerzy Semkow. Links: Mussorgsky |

Talvela | Gedda | Semkow

Carl Nielsen Symphonies Nos. 2

& 5

Clas

N554

Sy68-2

Each performed by different folks.

The 2nd is by the BBC Welsh

Symphony Orchestra, conducted by

Bryden Thomson. For the 5th,

Jascha Horenstein leads the New

Philharmonia Orchestra. Links:

Nielsen | Thomson | Horenstein

Nicoló Paganini Variations Clas

P140

V426

Five works, with Franco Mezzena on

violin, and Adriano Sebastiani on

guitar. Links: Paganini | Mezzena |

Sebastiani

Hans Pfitzner Concerto for Piano

and Orchestra

Clas

P482

P573c

Volker Banfield is the pianist, with

the Munich Philharmonic, conducted

by Werner Andreas Albert. Links:

Pfitzner | Banfield | Albert

Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5;

Schythian Suite;

Dreams; White

Swan

Clas

P943

Sy68-5

Various orchestras are involved

here, all tied together by the baton

of Gennadi Rozhdestvestvensky.

Links: Prokofiev | GR

Antonín Reicha Chamber Music Clas

R271

C355

Three works, performed by the

Czech Nonet, Vladimirá Klánská,

horn, and Pavel Langpaul, bassoon.

Links: Reicha | Langpaul

Joaquín Rodrigo/

Aram Khachaturian

Concierto Pastoral;

Concerto for Flute

& Orchestra

Clas

R618

C744p

Both performed by Patrick Gallois,

flute, and the Philharmonia

Orchestra, conducted by Ion Marin.

Links: Rodrigo | Khachaturian |

Gallois | Marin

Franz Schubert Symphonies Nos.

1, 3, and 7

Clas

Sch78

Sy68-1

Jonathan Nott leads the Bamberger

Symphoniker. Links: Schubert |

Nott

Valentin

Sylvestrov

Nostalgia: Piano

Works

Clas

Sy57

N842

Jenny Lin at the piano, on these

eight pieces. Links: Sylvestrov | Lin

Louis Spohr Violin Concertos

Nos. 2 & 5

Clas

Sp64

V813c-2

Ulf Hoelscher, violates, while the

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

plays, conducted by Christian

Fröhlich. Links: Spohr | Hoelscher

Johann Strauss, Jr. Eine Nacht in

Venedig /A Night in

Venice

Clas

St81j

N115

Nicolai Gedda is the star, with the

Symphonie-Orchester Graunke,

conducted by Franz Allers. Links:

Strauss | Gedda | Allers

Thibaut de

Champagne

The Songbook of

the King

Clas

T345

So58

Medieval music, performed by

Ensemble Alla Francesca, directed

by Brigitte Lesne. Links: Thibaut |

Alla Frencesca

Robert Volkmann Piano Duets Clas

V885

P573d

Larissa Kondratjewa and Reinhard

Schmiedel get the job done. Links:

Volkmann | Schmiedel

Jan Dismas

Zelenka

Choral Music Clas

Z37

C456

Three works performed by the

Westminster Oratorio Choir,

directed by Janet Davis, and the

Zelenka Chamber Orchestra,

conducted by John Eric Floreen.

Links: Zelenka | Davis | Floreen

More Classical: Artist Title Call # Comments American

Promenade

Orchestra

Opening Night:

French Overtures &

Ballet Music

Clas

Am35p

Op2

Works by Massenet, Adam,

Offenbach, and others. Lowell

Graham is the conductor. Links:

Graham

Boston Symphony

Orchestra

The First Recordings

of the Boston

Symphony Orchestra

Clas

B657s

F519

Karl Muck conducted in 1917,

Serge Koussevitsky in 1928. Links:

Muck | Koussevitsky

Robert Casadesus Robert Casadesus in

Concert

Clas

C261

R540

Orchestral works by Beethoven,

Brahms, & Mozart, with Casadesus

at the piano. Links: Casadesus

Chicago Symphony

Orchestra

Great Soloists Clas

C432s

G798

Works by J. Strauss, Ravel,

Shostakovich, Prokofiev, & others,

with various soloists and

conductors. Links: CSO

Cleveland

Orchestra

A Night in Vienna Clas

C599o

N563

Not to be outdone by that Chicago

crowd, they do a program of J.

Strauss, Suppé, and

Hellmesberger. Conducted by

Franz Welser –Möst. Links:

Welser-Möst

Johanne Couture La Belle Homicide:

Musique Française

du XVIIe Siécle

Clas

C837

B415

Johanne Couture is at the

harpsichord for works by Couperin,

Gallot, Gaultier, and others.

Links: Couture

Viliam Farkaš Bright Strings Clas

F228

B768

The violinist in solo works by

Hubay, Frank, Sarasate, and

others.

Josef Gingold The Artistry of Josef

Gingold

Clas

G433

Ar78

Orchestral and chamber works for

violin by Schubert, Bloch, Francaix,

and others. Links: Gingold

Fabio Shiro

Monteiro

Works for Two

Guitars

Clas

M767

G949

Monteiro plays one, Gen Hasegawa

is on the other, in works by

Castelnuovo-Tedesco and

Santorsola.

Michael

Sachs/Todd

Wilson

Live from Severance

Hall

Clas

Sa14

L744

Works for trumpet and organ by

Neruda, Eben, and others. Links:

Sachs | Wilson

Frederica Von

Stade

French Opera Arias Clas

V897

F888

Arias by Berlioz, Massenet,

Offenbach, and others. The

London Philharmonic pitches in,

conducted by Sir John Pritchard.

Links: Von Stade | Pritchard

Daniel Weeks Women of Firsts Clas

W418

W842

Art songs by 20th century women

composers, performed by the

tenor, with Naomi Oliphant, piano.

Links: Weeks | Oliphant

Miscellaneous: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Brian Eno Lux Misc

En64

L979

Mr. Eno’s tendency to

mispronounce even the simplest of

words has led him to yet another

ambient instrumental album.

Links: Eno | AM | YouTube

Karl Haas The Story of the

Bells

Misc

H111

St76

Another in the Adventures in Good

Music Series from WCLV. Links:

Haas

Williamsburg

Madrigal Singers

Songs for a

Williamsburg

Christmas

Misc

W676

So58

We are assured that none of the

colonially-garbed singers suffered

from yellow fever.

We Wish You a Merry

Christmas!

Misc

W369w

But just a little too late. Holiday

music from the Cleveland Choruses

& Orchestra, conducted by Gareth

Morrell & Christoph von Dohnányi.

The Vinyl Corner: Life at 33 1/3 rpm Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Björn Alkes

Kvartett

Björn Alkes Kvartett LP

Al49

B557

Swedish jazz from the 1970s, led

by the bass player. Links:

YouTube

J. S. Bach Three Organ

Concerti (After

Vivaldi)

BauLP

B1224

C7449o

Performed by Robert Noehren, on

the organ at Trinity Evangelical

Church, Cleveland. Links: Bach |

Noehren

Sergei Barsukov Piano Concerto No.

2; Violin Concerto

LP

B28

The composer is on piano, Georges

Tessier on violin, and two different

No. 3 C7449v-

2

orchestras are involved, one

conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, the

other by Louis Fremaux. Links:

Boult | Fremaux

Franz Berwald/

Johan Wikmanson

String Quartets LP

B4633

Q28-1

Both performed by the Chilingirian

Quartet. Links: Berwald |

Wikmanson | Chilingirian Q

Chamber Music

Society of Lincoln

Center

Live in Concert LP

C3551L

L744

Works by Handel, Britten, Wolf,

and others. Charles Wadsworth,

director. Links: CMSLC

Alexander

Glazunov/ Mili

Balakirev

Symphony No. 4;

Overture on Themes

of Russian Folk

Songs

BauLP

G469

Sy6811-

4

Hans Schwieger conducts the

Kansas City Philharmonic. Links:

Glazunov | Balakirev | Schwieger

Üzeyir Hacibäyli Koroghlu BauLP

H1153

K843

Azerbaijani opera, performed by

the Azerbaijan Opera & Ballet

Theater, conducted by N. Niiazi.

Paul Hindemith Instrumental Music BauLP

H584

In792

Three pieces, including his Concert

Music for Piano, Brass, and Two

Harps. The Berlin Philharmonic

plays, conducted by the composer.

Links: Hindemith

Mihail Jora/ Ion

Dumitrescu

Simfonia;

Simfonietta

BauLP

J75

Sy6811

Both works performed by an

orchestra we don’t have the

energy to type, conducted by Iosif

Conta. Links: Jora | Dumitrescu |

Conta

Ivo Maček &

Stjepan Šulek

Sonate za Violoncello

i Klavir/ Sonatas for

Cello and Piano

BauLP

M151

So57c

The composers accompany Valter

Dešpalj on cello. Links: Šulek |

Dešpalj

Nice Nice LP

N5141

N5141

Progressive rock from Keith

Emerson’s first band, from the late

1960s. Links: Nice | AM | YouTube

Sergei Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky;

War & Peace

LP

P94396

Al253

Music from the films, with a couple

of orchestras, conducted by

Yevgeni Svetlanov and Alexander

Melik-Pashayev. Links: Prokofiev |

Svetlanov | Melik-Pashayev

Sergei Prokofiev Symphonic Suite of

Waltzes; Gypsy

Fantasy

BauLP

P94396

W179

Hans Schwieger is back, with the

Kansas City Philharmonic. Links:

Prokofiev

Genya Ravan They Love Me, They

Love Me Not

LP

R195

T344

We’re sure they do. Pre-punk rock

from New York. Links: Ravan | AM

| YouTube

Nikolay Rimsky-

Korsakov

Zolotoi Petushok/The

Golden Cockerel

BauLP

R469

Z755

Performed by the Moscow Radio

Opera & Symphony, conducted by

Aleksei Kovalyov. Links: N R-K

Theodor Rogalski/

Alfred Mendelsohn

String Quartets BauLP

R63

Q28

Performed by the Cvartetul de

Coarde Muzica. Links: Rogalski |

Mendelsohn

Alexander Scriabin Ruth Laredo Plays

Scriabin

LP

Scr31

On the piano. Preludes and

poems. Links: Scriabin | Laredo

P573

Rodion Shchedrin Ne Toko Liubov/Not

Love Alone

BauLP

Sh29

N24

Opera, performed by the Bolshoi,

with Yuri Ahronovitch conducting.

Links: Shchedrin | Ahronovitch

Sullivan & Gilbert Iolanthe BauLP

Su532

Io5

Comic opera performed by the

Oberlin Gilbert & Sullivan Players.

As far as we can tell, the only

other library to have this is

Oberlin. Links: G&S | Oberlin

Karol

Szymanowski

Karol Szymanowski,

1882-1937

BauLP

Sz93

K1477

A 5-disc set compiling orchestral,

instrumental, and vocal pieces.

Links: Szymanowski

P. I. Tchaikovsky Mazepa BauLP

T2197

M457

Opera, performed by the Bolshoi,

with Vasilii Nebolsin conducting.

Links: Tchaikovsky | Nebolsin

Michael Tippett Symphony No. 1;

Suite for the

Birthday of Prince

Charles

LP

T4994

Sy6811-

1

Colin Davis conducts the London

Symphony Orchestra. The suite

actually commemorates his birth.

Links: Tippett | Davis

Senia & Lara

Trubashnik

Oboe and Piano

Sonatas

BauLP

T761

So57o

The lovely couple perform works

by Saint-Saëns, Jacob, Poulenc,

and Arnold.