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A Fistful of Music
Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
Issue # 101, October 2013
Welcome to October, and a new issue of Fistful. We continue our efforts to bring you just about anything and everything, and we’re beginning to think we’re getting someplace. This time around we have jazz singers and opera singers, classic rock and Rachmaninoff, Mozart and Mitch Miller, the conducting firm of Bamert, Hickox, Järvi, & Jurowski, and and the first volley of 10-inch LPs. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, [email protected]. We'll make more.
Pop/Rock: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Gregg Allman No Stranger to the
Dark: The Best of Gregg Allman
Pop Al62 N659
Not exactly a greatest hits package, since he had so few. Links: Allman | AM | YouTube
Blue Merle Burning in the Sun Pop B625m B935
Nashville pop/rock with a twang, from 2005. Links: Merle | AM | YouTube
Blue Öyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult Pop B625o B625
The very first by this group back in 1972. Famous for cowbell. Links: Cult | AM | YouTube
Jim Brickman Destiny Pop B762 D474
1999 release by this Clevelander who tickles the ivories. Links: Brickman | AM | YouTube
Cats on Holiday Cats on Holiday Pop C294 C294
Cleveland area roots rock band. Strangely, not their first album. Links: Cats | YouTube
Cellbound Fallen Angels of Sui Caedere
Pop C330 F191
Goth metal from Northeast Ohio. Are they running out of bizarre names for albums? Links: Cellbound | YouTube
Cobra Verde Haven’t Slept All Year
Pop C639 H298
This seems to have been the Cleveland group’s last release, from 2008. Links: Cobra | AM | YouTube
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash Pop C883 C883
Supergroup’s first release, from 1969, before being joined by Neil Young Links: CSN | AM | YouTube
Daft Punk Random Access Memories
Pop D131 R159
The latest by this French electronica outfit with the helmets. Links: Punk | AM | YouTube
Deadbeat Poets American Stroboscope
Pop D340
Latest album by this power pop supergroup form Northeast Ohio.
Am35 Links: Poets | YouTube | Buzzard Tracks
Devo Duty Now for the Future
Pop D497 D955
Reissue of their 1979 album. Links: Devo | AM | YouTube
Antoine Dunn Truth of the Matter Pop D922 T777
Debut album by this up-and-coming R&B singer. Links: Dunn | YouTube | Buzzard Tracks
Flaming Lips The Terror Pop F611 T278
For you naysayers out there, yes, we buy new stuff too. Links: Lips | AM | YouTube
Foxygen We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Pop F836 W369
See, here’s even more! Neo-psychedelic music from, where else, California. Links: Foxygen | AM | YouTube
Holding Mercury Downfall of an Empire
Pop H713 D758
2008 release by this Chicago area band. Links: Mercury | YouTube
R. Kelly Untitled Pop K298 Un8
Much has been said about Mr. Kelly. We’ll just say that this is from 2009. Links: Kelly | AM | YouTube
The David Mayfield Parade
The David Mayfield Parade
Pop M453d D280
Debut album by this Kent/Akron/ Nashville Americana artist. Links: Mayfield | YouTube
Lou Ragland I Travel Alone Pop R127 I10/
Classic R&B/Funk compilation from this Cleveland musician. Links: Ragland | AM | YouTube | Buzzard Tracks
Rainer Maria Long Knives Drawn Pop R134 L850
2003 release by this Madison, Wisconsin band. Likely defunct. Links: Maria | AM | YouTube
Rhye Woman Pop R349 W840
Never let it be said that we don’t have the latest in Danish electronica. Links: Rhye | AM | YouTube
Rise Against Appeal to Reason Pop R492 Ap48
Punk revivalists from Chicago in this 2008 release. Links: Rise | AM | YouTube
Rogue Wave Nightingale Floors Pop R635 N564
New stuff from this lo-fi group from California. Links: Wave | AM | YouTube
Shades of Grey As Is Pop Sh12 As10
There are at least two bands with this name. Ours is from Northeast Ohio, and long gone. From 1996.
Starsailor Silence is Easy Pop St28 Si33
Britpop from 2004. Links: Starsailor | AM | YouTube
Tame Impala Lonerism Pop T151 L847
Grammy nominee from last year. We had a Chevy Impala once. It wasn’t tame. Links: Impala | AM | YouTube
Thao & the Get We the Common Pop The latest from this alternative/
Down Stay Down T329 W369
indie group Links: Thao | AM | YouTube
Third Class The Red Wheelbarrow
Pop T348 R245
Second album by this indie pop trio from Youngstown. They promise more. Links: Class | YouTube
Kurt Vile Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Pop V711 W139
My, what a lovely name. Not sure if it’s real. Links: Kurt | AM | YouTube
Bobby Vinton Please Love Me Forever/My Elusive Dreams
Pop V794 P710
In anticipation of the retirement community. From the 60s. Links: Vinton | AM | YouTube
Yo La Tengo Fade Pop Y70 F120
Latest release by this Jersey band. Links: Tengo | AM | YouTube
Surf Legends and Rumors, 1961-1964
Pop Su77L
A collection of surf rock instrumentals by some obscure groups, such as the Rumblers, the Blazers, and the Pastel Six.
Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments BeauSoleil L’Ècho Folk
B384 Ec44
1994 release by this progressive Cajun band. Links: BeauSoleil | AM | YouTube
Hugh Blumenfeld Dad Folk B626 D120
The veteran folksinger takes on fatherhood, with some extra syrup. Links: Blumenfeld | AM | YouTube
C. J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
The Big Squeeze Folk C421 B480
Band fronted by the son of the original King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier. Links: Chenier | AM | YouTube
Patty Griffin Downtown Church Country G875 D759
Religion is the theme, but this album is also a lot like her other stuff. Links: Griffin | AM | YouTube
The Hodges Brothers Bogue Chitto Flingding: Old Time Mississippi Country Music
Country H665 B634
Bogue Chitto is the town they come from, and this is part country, part old-time. Links: Hodges | YouTube
Jim Lauderdale Pretty Close to the Truth
Country L364 P927
Prolific country roots musician with few hits but lots of critical respect. Links: Lauderdale | AM | YouTube
Lee Roy Parnell Tell the Truth Country P242 T237
Texas roots/honky tonk musician from Abilene. Links: Parnell | AM | YouTube
Charlie Robison Life of the Party Country R569 L626
Another Texas singer-songwriter that flies under the radar. Links: Robison | AM | YouTube
Sons of the Never Wrong
King Fisher King Folk So59
Latest release by this Chicago trio that describes its music as “literate, witty folk music.” Links: Wrong |
K581 AM | YouTube Tony Trischka Band Bend Country
T738 B432
Progressive bluegrass banjo master’s work from 1999. Links: Trischka | AM | YouTube
Uncle Earl Waterloo, Tennessee Country Un1 W299
2007 release by this supergroup of women in fok/country/Americana. Links: Uncle | AM | YouTube
Josée Vachon Ça Fait Rire les Enfants Folk V137 C110
New Englander of French Canadian ancestry does some children’s songs. Links: Vachon | YouTube
Joemy Wilson Dulcimer Lullabies Folk W694 D887
She’s done Celtic, Christmas, and Beatles. Now lullabies, on the the hammered dulcimer. Links: Wilson | AM | YouTube
Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Muddy Waters Blues Sky Blues
M883 B625s
A compilation by this remarkable blues guitarist and singer. This year would be his 100th birthday. Links: Muddy | AM | YouTube
The Prayer Warriors Alley Suites Gospel P898 Al54
Gospel group from Cleveland that occasionally sings Pink Floyd songs. Links: Warriors | YouTube
Otis Taylor Respect the Dead Blues T216 R312
The singer/guitarist describes his music as “trance blues.” Links: Taylor | AM | YouTube
International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Bomba Estéreo Blow Up Int
B639 B623
2009 release by this Colombian group that combines cumbia with electronica. Links: Bomba | YouTube
Mamadou Diabate Behmanka Int D540m B395
Malian jelli, or griot, who is a master kora player. Links: Diabate | AM | YouTube | Kora
Jorge Negrete Brillantes Int N312 B769
A compilation by this popular Mexican singer from the 1940s, doing rancheras and mariachi. Links: Negrete | AM | YouTube
Abel Quintero y sus Luceros
Descarga de Corridos Int Q42 D453
Corridos (some of them narcocorridos) from this Mexican Norteño group. Links: Quintero | YouTube
Solas Shamrock City Int So42
The latest album by this Irish-American band of some renoun.
Sh17 Links: Solas | AM | YouTube
Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Simon Boswell William Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
FilmMus B657 W670
Late 90s film, with songs featuring a bunch of opera singers. Links: Boswell
Donna McKechnie Inside the Music Musical M193 In7
This is listed as an “original cast recording,” so we guess it’s a one-woman show. Links: McKechnie | AM | YouTube
Johnny Mathis/Henry Mancini
The Hollywood Musicals FilmMus M426 H729
Johnny sings, Henry plays the piano, on a bunch of standards from the movies. Links: Mathis | AM | YouTube | Mancini | AM | YouTube
Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments The Benoit/Freeman Project
The Benoit/Freeman Project
Jazz B440 B440
David Benoit & Russ Freeman put together a good-sized band to play some stuff. Links: Benoit | AM | Freeman | AM | YouTube
Jay Clayton The Peace of Wild Things
Jazz C579 P313
Sometimes you run across experimental jazz by a vocalist. Here’s some by a Northeast Ohio singer. Links: Clayton | AM | YouTube
Harry Connick, Jr. Come By Me Jazz C762 C734
Not exactly experimental, but vocal nonetheless. From the late 90s. Links: Connick | AM | YouTube
Doris Day Doris Day, with Les Brown: Best of the Big Bands
Jazz D330 D734
Now, we get even less experimental. The film actress began her career as a big band singer. Links: Day | AM | YouTube
Eric Dolphy Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot, Vol. 1
Jazz D698 Er42/1
The sax player was joined by Booker Little on trumpet and other fine folks, in 1961. Links: Dolphy | AM | YouTube
Sam Donahue & His Orchestra
Hollywood Hop Jazz D714 H729
Big band music by this Detroit sax player & bandleader, recorded from 1940-1948. Links: Donahue
Los Guachos Filtros Jazz G930 F489
Lots of big names in this pick-up band, including Ben Monder, guitar, and Miguel Zenon, sax. Links: YouTube
Billie Holiday Early Lady Day, 1933-1937
Jazz H717 Ea76
Nice compilation of her 1930s recordings. Links: Holiday | AM | YouTube
Henry Johnson Quartet An Evening at Sea Jazz J632 Ev23
Guitarist and his group recorded at the Floating Jazz Festival (a jazz cruise) in 1999. Links: Johnson | AM | YouTube
Stan Kenton Live from the Las Vegas Tropicana
Jazz K413 L744
Recorded in 1959, and pulled from a couple of different albums. Links: Kenton | AM | YouTube
Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra (NOJO)
NOJO Jazz N394 N699
Experimental big band music (?) from 1995. Links: NOJO | YouTube
Eric Reed Something Beautiful Jazz R251 So54
The post-bop pianist with a title that is very descriptive. Links: Reed | AM | YouTube
Vanessa Rubin New Horizons Jazz R824 N420
Straightahead vocalist from Cleveland, who likes the standards. Links: Rubin | AM | YouTube
Josh Rzepka Into the Night Jazz R997 In8
Cleveland area trumpeter, who plays jazz and classical, with combo. Links: Rzepka | YouTube
David Sanborn Pearls Jazz Sa51 P316
The alto sax player’s take on a bunch of standards, with the help of some heavier than usual side men. Links: Sanborn | AM | YouTube
Paul Winter Sextet New Jazz on Campus Jazz W734 N420j
Before he started in with wolves and whales, Winter was a good hard bop sax player. This one’s from 1963. Links: Winter | AM | YouTube
Phil Woods Unheard Herd Jazz W866 Un3
The saxophonist works with the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra on a tribute to Woody Herman. Links: Woods | AM | YouTube
Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments Carl Friedrich Abel Piano Concertos, op.
11 Clas Ab34 P573c
Sabine Bauer plays piano and harpsichord (but not at the same time), with La Stagione Frankfurt, conducted by Michael Schneider. Links: Abel | Bauer | Schneider
William Alwyn Symphony No. 5; Sinfonietta for Strings; Piano Concerto No. 2
Clas Al95 Sy68-5
Howard Shelley is at the piano for the 3rd work. The London Symphony Orchestra is everywhere, conducted by Richard Hickox. Links: Alwyn | Shelley | Hickox
Enrique Fernandez Arbós
La Obra Orchestral (Orchestral Works)
Clas Ar18 Or10
Late 19th & early 20th century works by this Spanish composer, played by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, conducted by either Jesús López Cobos
or the composer (1928 recordings). Links: Arbós | López Cobos
Kurt Atterberg Piano Concerto; Rhapsody; Ballade & Passacaglia
Clas At82 P573c
Love Derwinger is at the keys, with the Radio Philharmonie Hannover des NDR, conducted by Ari Rasilainen. Links: Atterberg | Derwinger | Rasilainen
Samuel Barber/ George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 2; Adagio for Strings; Symphony in F Sharp Minor
Clas B233 Sy68-2
Neeme Järvi conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for these orchestral works. Links: Barber | Bristow | Järvi
Arnold Bax Orchestral Music Clas B330 Or10
A violin concerto, a symphonic poem, an overture, and incidental music. Performed by Lydia Mordkovitch, violin, & the London Philharmonic, conducted by Bryden Thomson. Links: Bax | Mordkovitch | Thomson
Alexander Borodin Prince Igor Clas B644 P935
Opera, with Orchestra & Chorus of the National Opera Theatre of Sophia, conducted by Jerzy Semkov. Links: Borodin | Semkov
Giovanni Bottesini Bottesini Collection, Vol. 1
Clas B659 B659/1
Various works for strings and orchestra. Performed by the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Litton. Links: Bottesini | Litton
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartets Clas B730 P573q
The Borodin Trio is joined by Luba Edlina, piano, and Rivka Golani, viola, for 2 discs-worth of music. Links: Brahms | Edlina | Borodin Trio
Ernst von Dohnányi Violin Concerto; American Rhapsody
Clas D682 V813c
Or, Erno, if you prefer. Ulf Wallin plays violin, with the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, conducted by Alun Francis. Links: Dohnányi | Wallin | Francis
George Dyson Symphony in G Clas D995 Sy68
20th century work, performed by the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Richard Hickox. Links: Dyson | Hickox
Edward Elgar The Black Knight; Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands
Clas El31 B561
Performed by the London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox. Links: Elgar | Hickox
Zedněk Fibich/ Bedřich Smetana
Symphony No. 1; Vysehrad; Vltava
Clas F443 Sy68-1
Neeme Järvi conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Smetana wrote the 2nd & 3rd works. Links: Fibich | Smetana | Järvi
John Field Piano Concertos No. 7; Divertissement No. 1; Rondeau; etc.
Clas F456 P573c-7
Mostly short pieces, except for the concerto. Míċeál O’Rourke, piano, works with the London Mozart Players, conducted by Matthias Bamert. Links: Field | O’Rourke | Bamert
Rheinhold Glière Bronze Horseman Suite; Horn Concerto
Clas G498 B789
Richard Watkins supplies the horn, the BBC Philharmonic the rest of the instruments. Sir Edward Downes conducts. Links: Glière | Watkins | Downes
Johann Ernst Hartmann Complete Symphonies Clas H255 Sy68
That would be four. Lars Ulrik Mortensen plays harpsichord and conducts Concerto Copenhagen in these 18th century works. Links: Hartmann | Mortensen
Joseph Haydn Missa in Aungustiis (Nelson Mass); Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Clas H324 M691
The Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus and the Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia take care of these, conducted by Béla Drahos. Links: Haydn | Drahos
Hildegard of Bingen A Feather on the Breath of God
Clas H545 F313
Emma Kirkby, soprano, joins with Gothic Voices for a selection of Hildegard’s sequences and hymns. Links: Hildegard | Kirkby | Gothic Voices
Gustav Holst Orchestral Music Clas H741 Or10
Six shorter works, including two concertos and two suites. Performed by the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Richard Hickox, again. Links: Holst | Hickox
Herbert Howells Songs Clas H839 So58
Singers include Lynne Dawson, Catherine Pierard, John Mark Ainsley, & Benjamin Luxon, all accompanied by Julius Drake, piano. Links: Howells | Dawson | Ainsley | Luxon | Drake
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
L’Enchantment d’Oberon; Le Retour à Londres; Piano Concerto; etc.
Clas H883 P573c
The London Mozart Players are back, but with Howard Shelley at the piano and in charge. Links: Hummel | Shelley
Leoš Janáček/ Zoltán Kodály
Glagolitic Mass; Psalmus Hungaricus
Clas J251 G456
Two choral works, performed by the Danish National Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Links: Janáček | Kodály | Mackerras
Aram Khachaturian Symphony No. 2; Gayaneh
Clas K526 Sy68-2
The Royal Scottish Orchestra handles these, conducted by Neeme Järvi (again?). Links: Khachaturian | Järvi
Uuno Klami Karelian Rhapsody; Kalevala Suite; Sea Pictures
Clas K662 Or10
Orchestral works, with Petri Sakari conducting the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Links: Klami | Sakari
Conradin Kreutzer Das Nachtlager in Granada (A Night in Granada)
Clas K888 N129
A 19th century opera, with the Kölner Rundfunkchor & Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Helmuth Froschauer. Links: Kreutzer | Froschauer
Franz Krommer Symphonies Clas K921 Sy68
Only two, but they’re good ones. Matthias Bamert conducts the London Mozart Players. Links: Krommer | Bamert
Edouard Lalo Cello Concerto; Cello Sonata; Chants Russes
Clas L157 C331c
Maria Kliegel plays the cello, Bernd Glemser the piano, and the Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia all the other instruments, conducted by Michael Halász. Links: Lalo | Kliegel | Glemser | Halász
George Lloyd Symphony No. 11 Clas L776 Sy68-11
A 5-movement work, played by the Albany Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer. Links: Lloyd
Carl Loewe Lieder & Balladen, Vol. 3
Clas L825 L623/3
Another in the long series (we have more). Roman Trekel sings baritone, and Cord Garben plays piano. Links: Loewe | Trekel | Garben
Douglas Moore Carry Nation: An American Opera
Clas M782 C238
The New York City Opera gets to do this one, conducted by Samuel Krachmalnick. Links: Moore | Krachmalnick
W. A. Mozart La Finta Semplice Clas M877 F499
Opera buffa, with the Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (couldn’t they shorten this?), conducted by Peter Schreier. Links: Mozart | Schreier
Carl Nielsen Orchestral Music Clas N554 Or10
The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra is at it again, this time with 8 works, conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Links: Nielsen | GR
Johannes Ockeghem Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini; & other works
Clas Oc4 M691e
The other works include two short pieces by Ockeghem, & works by Obrecht & Josquin. Performed by The Clerk’s Group, directed by Edward Wickham. Links: Ockeghem | Clerk’s
Carl Orff Die Kluge; Der Monde Clas Or3 K713
Two shorter operas by this 20th century composer, with Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. Links: Orff | Sawallisch
Charles Hubert H. Parry Symphony No. 5; From Death to Life; Elegy for Brahms
Clas P249 Sy68-5
All performed by the London Philharmonic under the guiding hand of Matthias Bamert. Links: Parry | Bamert
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 5; Violin Concerto
Clas P442 Sy68-5
Ulf Wallin is on violin in the 2nd piece. Michail Jurowski conducts the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Links: WP-B | Wallin | Jurowski
Hans Pfitzner String Quartets Clas P482 St86q
Performed by the Franz Schubert Quartet. Clearly they are fickle. Links: Pfitzner
Ignace Pleyel Symphonies Clas P717 Sy68
We’ve got three here, all performed by Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Uwe Grodd. Links: Pleyel | Grodd
Sergey Prokofiev Eugene Onegin Clas P943 Eu43
Our feelings about this opera are a bit onegin, offegin. Performed by Sinfonia 21, conducted by Sir Edward Downes. Links: Prokofiev | Downes
Sergey Rachmaninov Vesna (Spring); Kolokola (The Bells)
Clas R114 V635
Performed by the Danish National Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dmitri Kitajenko. Links: Rachmaninov | Kitajenko
Dan Rager Bridge to a Millennium Clas R126 B764
Rager conducts his own works with the Cleveland Philharmonic Winds. Wait, who’s that in the back? Andre Pongracz is in the percussion section! Links: Rager | CP
Ture Rangström Symphonies Clas R163 Sy68/
A 3-disc set, with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michail Jurowski. Links: Rangström | Jurowski
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 4; Vom Pagen und der Königstochter
Clas Sch86 Sy68-4
The 2nd work is a choral ballad. The Danish National Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra are involved, along with Michael Schønwandt. Links: Schumann | Schønwandt
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 Clas Sh82 Sy68-10
Kurt Sanderling conducts the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Links: Shostakovich | Sanderling
Ethel Smyth Complete Piano Works Clas Sm96 P573
A 2-disc set, with Liana Serbescu at the piano. Links: Smyth | Serbescu
Richard Strauss Symphony in F Minor; Six Songs
Clas St81r Sy68
Eileen Hulse does some singing, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra does some playing, with Neeme Järvi in charge. Links: Strauss | Hulse | Järvi
P. I. Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden Clas T219 Sn26
Mr. Järvi is back again, this time with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Links: Tchaikovsky | Järvi
Thomas D. A. Tellefsen The Complete Works for Solo Piano
Clas T237 P573
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg has the honor of playing 4 CDs worth of this 19th century composer’s works. Links: Tellefsen | Steen-Nøkleberg
Michael Tippett Divertimento on “Sellinger’s Round;” Little Music for String Orchestra; etc.
Clas T499 D641
Four works altogether, with the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Richard Hickox (again?). Links: Tippett | Hickox
Giovanni Battista Viotti Violin Concertos Nos. Clas Bet you didn’t know he wrote so many!
19 & 22 V814 V813c-19
Rainer Kussmaul plays violin, with the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, conducted by Johannes Goritzki. Links: Viotti | Kussmaul | Goritzki
Jaromír Weinberger Schwanda (The Bagpiper)
Clas W430 Sch94
20th century opera, performed by the Munich Radio Orchestra, conducted by Heinz Wallberg. Links: Weinberger | Wallberg
Olly Wilson/ John Harbison
Sinfonia; Symphony No. 1
Clas W695 Si63
The Boston Symphony Orchestra plays these modern works, under the baton of Seiji Ozawa. Links: Wilson | Harbison | Ozawa
Dag Wirén Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Concerto Overtures Nos. 1 & 2
Clas W743 Sy68-2
Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (they’re everywhere!). Links: Wirén | Dausgaard
More Classical: Artist Title Call # Comments Sir Thomas Beecham Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducts Favourite Overtures
Clas B391 Si76f
Works by Mendelssohn, Rossini, and others, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Links: Beecham
Hèléne Grimaud The Very Best of Hèléne Grimaud
Clas G881 V620
The pianist plays works by Schumann, Rachmaninov, & Brahms. Links: Grimaud | AM | YouTube
Clemens Krauss Clemens Krauss Conducts
Clas K868c C591
And what, you may ask, does he conduct? The answer: Beethoven and Schubert, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. All recorded in 1950. Links: Krauss
James Loughran The Last Night of the Proms
Clas L929 L339
The conductor leads us through the last night of the annual British festival in 1997, with works by Sullivan, Ibert, Elgar, Parry, & others. Links: Proms | Loughran
Royal Ballet Sinfonia Tribute to Madam Clas R812b T731m
The Madam referred to is Dame Ninette de Valois, dancer and teacher. Ballet music by Bliss, Boyce, and others, with Barry Wordsworth conducting. Links: RBS | Valois | Wordsworth
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
1959 Royal Festival Concert
Clas R812 1959
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Beethoven’s 7th and works by Mendelssohn & others. Links: RPO | Beecham
David Russell David Russell Plays Baroque Music
Clas R912
The guitarist performs works by Loiellet, Vivaldi, Handel, & Scarlatti. Links:
D280 Russell | AM | YouTube Bo Skovhus Songs by the Sea Clas
Sk58 So58
The baritone sings pieces by Heise, Stenhammar, Nielsen, and others. Links: Skovhus | AM | YouTube
Isaac Stern Early Concerto Recordings, Vol. 2
Clas St45 Ea76/2
Told you we’d have the 2nd volume. Works by Lalo, Bruch, Sarasate, and others, from the 1940s and 1950s. Links: Stern | AM | YouTube
Lada Valešová Intimate Studies Clas V237 In8
Piano works by Janáček, Haas, Martinü, and Suk. Links: Valešová
Elena Vassilieva An Anthology of Finnish Songs
Clas V448 An86f
The soprano sings works by Sibelius, Madetoja, Merikanto, & others, with the help of Jacques Schab, piano. Links: Vassileiva
Russian Concert Band Music
Clas R920c
Pieces by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and others, performed by the Stockholm Concert Band, conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Links: Gennady
Miscellaneous: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Mannheim Steamroller Halloween Misc
M316 H158
Lots of holiday-inspired music here, from the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” to “Rock & Roll Graveyard.” Also a disc of sound effects. Links: Steamroller | AM | YouTube
Peaceful Ocean Surf Misc P313o
Nature sounds, should the mood strike you.
Shine on Harvest Moon: American Popular Songs from the Dawn of the Century
Misc Sh63h
Putting this in the Pop/Rock section would seem incongruous, so here it is. Performed by JoNell Aron, soprano, and Stephen Aron, guitar. Links: Aron | YouTube
The Vinyl Corner: Life at 33 1/3 rpm Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Janine Andrade Janine Andrade, violin BauLP
An249 J255
Short pieces by Mondonville, Ries, Pergolesi, and others.
Bohuslav Ĉernohorský / Jan Kuchař
Toccata; Fugues; Fantasies
BauLP C3357 T561o
All organ works, performed by František Michálek, Jiři Ropek, and Milan Šlechia. Links: Ĉernohorský | Kuchař | Michálek | Ropek
Zdenek Fibich/ Viězslav Twilight: An Idyll; In BauLP The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra plays
Novák the Tatras F443 T922
here, conducted by Karel Šejna, or Karel Ančerl. Links: Fibich | Novák | Šejna | Ančerl
Josef Foerster From Shakespeare, Orchestral Suite
BauLP F685 F9257
Jiří Bezděkovsky, violin, is joined by the Prague Symphony Radio Orchestra, conducted by Václav Jiráček. Links: Foerster
Jenö Hubay Hubay Müveket Hegedül
BauLP H8611 H8611
Emil Telemányi plays violin on several short works, accompanied by Anette Schiöler-Telmányi on piano. Links: Hubay
Oldřich Kredba Harpsichord Recital BauLP K871 H234r
Kredba plays works by Jelinek, Vaňhal, and others. Not much online about Mr. Kredba.
Franz Krommer Concerto for Oboe & Orchestra
BauLP K921 C7449o
František Hanták plays oboe, with the Brno Radio Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Antonín Devátý. Links: Krommer | Hanták | Devátý
Bohuslav Martinů Piano Trio; Variations for Violoncello & Piano
BauLP M3669 T7373p
The Czech Trio performs the first. Saša Večtomov & Josepf Páleníček play the second. Links: Martinů | Večtomov
Giacomo Meyerbeer/ Aleksandr Glazunov
Fackeltanz No. 1; Valse de Concert No. 1
BauLP M5759 F1191-1
If anyone can do the Fackeltanz, please let us know. Franz André conducts L’Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge. Links: Meyerbeer | Glazunov
Mitch Miller European Holiday BauLP M6167 Eu7467
50s purveyor of vapid pop music arranged a musical. We rejoice. Links: Miller | AM | YouTube
Johann Nepomuk Hummel/ Juraj Družecký
Military Septet; Oktet; Partita
BauLP H8836 Se63
The Bratislava Chamber Harmony plays these, conducted by Justus Pavlík. Links: Hummel | Družecký
Robert Miller Sound Forms for Piano BauLP M6176 So841
The pianist plays works by Cowell, Cage, Johnston, and Nancarrow. Links: Miller
Niccoló Paganini Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
BauLP P14 C7449-1
Ruggiero Ricci is on violin, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Collins. Links: Paganini | Ricci | Collins
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade BauLP R469 Sch24
Pierre Monteux conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Links: NR-K | Monteux
Pablo de Sarasate Aaron Rosand Plays the Music of Sarasate
BauLP Sa715 Aa75
Works for violin and piano. Rosand gets help from Michal Walevski on the keys. Links: Sarasate | Rosand
Louis Spohr Symphony No. 3 BauLP Sp64
Georg Schlemm conducts the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Frankfurt. Links:
Sy6811-3
Spohr
Richard Strauss Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel
BauLP St81r D7143
The Bamberger Symphony does the playing, while Jascha Horenstein & Heinrich Hollreiser do the conducting. Links: Strauss | Horenstein | Hollreiser
P. I. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 BauLP T2197 Sy6811-5
Lovro von Matacic conducts the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Links: Tchaikovsky | Matacic
Showpieces for the Virtuoso Orchestra
BauLP Sh829v
The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by George Szell, doing works by R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, & others. Links: Szell