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A Fistful of Music
Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
September 2013
Welcome to the 100th issue of A Fistful of Music! We’ve been doing this newsletter for a long time, and we’re not tired yet. The collection has also reached 13,000 CDs, another milestone. We continue to offer you an extensive and eclectic array of new and old music every month, with more than 130 new items this time around. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, [email protected]. We'll make more.
Pop/Rock: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Arden of Eden Love Street Pop
Ar28 L941
Mary Arden Collins and her group, from 2008. Occasionally featured on TV shows. Links: Arden | YouTube
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Creepin’ on ah Come Up
Pop B641 C861
Cleveland hip hop from way back in 1994. Links: Bone | AM | YouTube
Susan Cowsill Just Believe It Pop C839 J982
Former Partridge Family member goes Americana. Links: Cowsill | AM | YouTube
Anne E. DeChant Effort of the Spin Pop D356 Ef48
1997 release by this Northeast Ohio singer-songwriter now based in Nashville. Links: DeChant | YouTube
Tony DiBenedetto Change of Heart Pop D545 C362
Contemporary Christian pop music from North Olmsted. Links: YouTube
Emeralds Does It Look Like I’m Here?
Pop Em32 D675
Avant-garde electronic music from this Cleveland trio. Links: Emeralds | AM | YouTube
Fall Out Boy Infinity on High Pop F190 In3
This one’s from 1997. Links: Fall Out Boy | AM | YouTube
Filmstrip Everything Can Change
Pop F487 Ev27
A little punk rock from Northeast Ohio. Links: Filmstrip | YouTube
The Fondas Coming Now! Pop F732 C735
Garage rock revival band from Detroit. Links: Fondas | AM | YouTube
Rosco Gordon No More Doggin’: A Proper Introduction to Rosco Gordon
Pop G658 N659
A compilation of early 1950s tracks by this R&B singer. Links: Gordon | AM | YouTube
GrandEvolution All We Have is Now Pop Alternative rock band from
G762 Al51
Worcester, MA, led by Sarah Kollett. Links: GrandEvolution | YouTube
Kraftwerk Autobahn Pop K855 Au82
The German electronic band’s classic 1974 album. Links: Kraftwerk | AM | YouTube
The Libertines Up the Bracket Pop L615 Up10
British punk revival from 2004. Links: Libertines | AM | YouTube
Little Feat Let It Roll Pop L723 L567
One of this Southern band’s later albums, from 1988. Links: Little Feat | AM | YouTube
The Margot Catcher
The Line is a Dot Pop M336 L645
Puzzling geometry, but a pretty good band from Cleveland. Links: Catcher
Jumpin’ Joe Masco From Country to Broadway
Pop M376 F925
File under Easy Listening. Joe is a crooner living in Geauga County, who has taken up singing in his retirement years.
Dan Miraldi Thirsty Pop M672 T349
Young rocker from Cleveland with some serious potential. Links: Miraldi | YouTube
Mocean Worker Mixed Emotional Features
Pop M714 M699
1999 release by this electronic/dance band. Links: Worker | AM | YouTube
Jeffrey Osborne One Love—One Dream
Pop Os1 On2
Contemporary R&B is a relative term. This is from 1988. Links: Osborne | AM | YouTube
The Pointer Sisters The Pointer Sisters in Concert!!!
Pop P755 In10
We guess it requires 3 exclamation points. R&B quartet. Links: Pointers | AM | YouTube
Public Outcry Funny Time’s Over Pop P960 F965
Metal band from the Dover/ Urichsvile, Ohio area. Links: Public Outcry | YouTube
Jon Roket and Los Motor 5
Pontiac Blue Pop R639 P778
They’re a rock band from Cincinnati, but we can’t find much else about them. They are probably defunct.
St. Agnes’ Eve Emotional Eclipse Pop St22e Em69
A band from Massillon, Ohio, that no longer seems to exist. Links: YouTube
Sentenced The Cold White Light Pop Se59 C673
Finnish heavy metal from 2004. Links: Sentenced | AM | YouTube
Sally Shapiro Disco Romance Pop Sh22 D631
Swedish disco music, if you can stand it. From 2007. Links: Shapiro | AM | YouTube
Silk Smooth as Raw Silk Pop Si34 Sm79
1969 album reissue, whose biggest claim to fame is that the bass player was Michael Stanley Gee. Links: Silk |
YouTube Michael Stanley The Hang Pop
St25 H193
And look who pops up next. His album from last year. Links: Stanley | AM | YouTube
Steel Attack Fall into Madness Pop St32 F190
Swedish metal band’s 2002 release. Links: Steel Attack | YouTube
Stratovarius Fright Night Pop St82 F916
Debut album from 1989 by this More Finnish metal. Where do we get this stuff? Links: Stratovarius | AM | YouTube
Tears for Fears The Hurting Pop T222 H948
1983 debut by this British new wave pop duo. Links: Tears | AM | YouTube
Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City
Pop V257 M720
The latest by this popular alternative band. Links: Weekend | AM | YouTube
Kate Voegele The Other Side Pop V856 Ot3
Probably her earliest release, this came out before she left Cleveland for modest pop stardom. Links: Voegele | AM | YouTube
Whirlwind Heat Do Rabbits Wonder? Pop W577 D649
Debut release from 2003 by this noise rock trio from Michigan. Links: Heat | AM | YouTube
Whiskey Daredevils
The Whiskey Daredevils
Pop W578 W578
Local country/rockabilly band with a great sound. Links: Daredevils | YouTube
High School Rock Off, Volume 1
Pop H537r/1
The High School Rock Off is now an annual event, but back in 1999, that was probably not so certain. This CD is from the 3rd annual Rock Off. Links: Rock Off
Mountain Dew High School Rock Off, Volume 2
Pop H537r/2
The following year’s contest.
Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Chet Atkins/Les Paul Chester & Lester Country
At52 C426
The first of the meetings of these two guitarists. Links: Atkins | AM | Paul | AM | YouTube
Norman & Nancy Blake The Hobo’s Last Ride Folk B581 H653
These two met before. Old-time music by two of the best. Links: Blake | AM | YouTube
J. P. Cormier Another Morning Folk C813 An78
Folk music from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Links: Cormier | AM | YouTube
Michael Grady Still Gone Folk Local singer-songwriter’s release from
G755 St54
2006. Links: Grady | YouTube
Hey Mavis Honey Man Folk H511 H757
Northeast Ohio folk group release a great one here. The title track is amazing. Links: Hey Mavis | YouTube | Honey Man at Beachland
Johnny Rodriguez The Hits Country R618 H638
Texas outlaw country. Don’t expect much in the way of Latin music. Links: Rodriguez | AM | YouTube
The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Sam’s Big Rooster Folk Sa95 Sa49
Traditional Cajun music release from 2000. Links: Savoy-Doucet | AM | YouTube
Carrie Underwood Some Hearts Country Un2 So52
We’re sure she’s a very nice person. Her debut. Links: Underwood | AM | YouTube
Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Shemekia Copeland Turn the Heat Up Blues
C790 T849
Soul/blues singer’s debut from 1998. Links: Copeland| AM | YouTube
Colin Linden Still Live Blues L642 St54
Latest release by this Canadian blues singer. Links: Linden | AM | YouTube
Chris Smither Drive You Home Again Blues Sm68 D833
1999 album by this blues revivalist. Links: Smither | AM | YouTube
The Sojourners Let’s All Go On! Gospel So38 L569
Singing group from the Church of Cleveland, performing a variety of hymns.
Walkin’ Cane A World of Blues Blues W154 W893
Austin “Walkin’ Cane” Charanghat, is a Northeast Ohio blues singer, in the Delta style. His wooden leg appears to lend an air of authenticity to his persona. Links: Cane | YouTube
International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Chelo La Voz Ranchera, con
Mariachi Int C419 V949
Consuelo “Chelo” Pérez Rubio, Mexican cumbia and mariachi singer. Links: Chelo | YouTube
Jimmy Cliff Rebirth Int C611 R242
The reggae master is still going strong after all these years. His latest. Links: Cliff | AM | YouTube
Freddie Gomez y Los Grandes Exitos Int Greatest hits album from this prominent
Dinámicos G586 G763
Mexican American singer. Links: Gomez | YouTube
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Visions of Allah Int K527n V825
Qawwali music from this prominent Sufi artist from Pakistan. Links: Khan | AM | YouTube
Magic System Cessa Kiè la Vérité Int M272 C338
Recorded in France, but this group is from Côte d’Ivoire. Links: Magic | AM | YouTube
Septeto Nacional ¡Sin Rumba no hay Son! Int Se63n Si61
Cuban group of long standing, playing son habanero. Links: Septeto | YouTube
Sierra Maestra Sierra Maestra Int Si17 Si17
Another Cuban group, performing son and other traditional styles. Links: Sierra Maestra | AM| YouTube
Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Richard Rodgers/ Lorenz Hart
Pal Joey Musical R616 P170
Broadway revival cast recording, with Vivienne Segal & Harold Lang. Links: Rodgers | Hart | Pal Joey
Tom Petty She’s the One: Songs & Music from the Motion Picture
FilmMus P456 Sh59
Petty wrote the songs, and he and the Heartbreakers performed them. Links: Petty | AM | YouTube
Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Dorothy Ashby In a Minor Groove Jazz
As34 In10
1958 hard bop album by this jazz harpist. Yes, you read it correctly. Links: Ashby | AM | YouTube
David Bixler/ Arturo O’Farrill
The Auction Project Jazz B550 Au22
Saxophonist and pianist get together to combine jazz with Celtic and Latin music. Links: Bixler | AM | O’Farrill | AM | YouTube
Chick Corea Elektric Band
Eye of the Beholder Jazz C812 Ey31
The pianist in fusion mode, from 1988. Links: Corea | AM | YouTube
Eddie Daniels Collection Jazz D228 C685
A best-of set from this clarinetist. Links: Daniels | AM | YouTube
Roberto Fonseca Zamazu Jazz F733 Z14
Some Latin jazz from this pianist. Links: Fonseca | AM | YouTube
Tom Knific Quartet Lines of Influence Jazz K742 L645
2009 release by this Cleveland-born musician now teaching in Michigan. Links: Knific | YouTube
Enoch Light & the Light Brigade
Themes of the Big Bands
Jazz L626 T342
Big band/easy listening conductor from Canton works through the theme songs of a dozen big bands here. Links: Light | AM | YouTube
Dave Morgan The Way of the Sly Man Jazz M821 W364
We think this was his first album. Morgan teaches at YSU. Links: Morgan | YouTube
Ken Peplowski Last Swing of the Century
Jazz P394 L339
Clarinetist from Cleveland with some very big band music. Links: Peplowski | AM | YouTube
Oscar Peterson Trio The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival
Jazz P329 Os1
Concert album from 1956 by this pianist and his group. Links: Peterson | AM | YouTube
Lev Polyakin Russian Blue Jazz P769 R920
Violinist Polyakin is joined by Bob Fraser on guitar, and the Mike Petrone Trio. Links: Polyakin | YouTube
Dewey Redman Quartet
The Struggle Continues Jazz R248 St89
1982 release by this saxophonist on the avant-garde side. Links: Redman | AM | YouTube
SavoirFaire Running Out of Time Jazz Sa94 R875
Free jazz violinist, aka Samuel Williams, making some free jazz-type sounds. Links: SavoirFaire | YouTube
Diane Schuur Deedles Jazz Sch88 D360
Apparently, the title refers to her nickname. We don’t want to know. Links: Schuur | AM | YouTube
McCoy Tyner Song of the New World Jazz T979 So58n
1973 album for larger ensemble. Links: Tyner | AM | YouTube
Dennis van Westerborg The Brian Buchanan Ensemble Plays the Music of Dennis van Westerborg
Jazz W523 B851
Sounds jazzy, doesn’t it? Links: Buchanan | YouTube
Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments Hugo Alfvén Swedish Rhapsodies
Nos. 1-3; A Legend of the Skerries
Clas Al29 Sw34r
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra starts us off, conducted by Petri Sakari. Links: Alfvén | Sakari
Malcolm Arnold Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Clas Ar65 Sy68-3
Richard Hickox conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Links: Arnold | Hickox
Kurt Atterberg Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 Clas At82 Sy68-2
Performed by the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, conducted by Ari Rasilainen. Links: Atterberg | Rasilainen
Milton Babbitt A Composer’s Memorial
Clas B113
28 compositions in memory of the composer by his friends and students.
M642 Links: Babbitt J. C. Bach Symphonies, Op. 6 Clas
B122jc Sy68 Op.6
Johann Christian, one of the many Bach boys, with six works performed by the Hanover Band, conducted by Anthony Halstead. Links: Bach | Halstead
J. S. Bach Cantatas, Vol. 12 Clas B122 C166/12
Cantatas from Leipzig (Nos. 21 & 147), performed by Bach Collegium Japan, directed by Masaaki Suzuki. Links: Bach | Suzuki
Béla Bartók The Wooden Prince; Dance Suite
Clas B285 W854
The Budapest Philharmonic performs the first, conducted by András Kórodi, and the second has the Hungarian State Orchestra playing under János Ferencsik. Links: Bartók | Kórodi | Ferencsik
Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio Clas B393 F448
This is the 1805 version, for the discerning. Performed by the ORF Radio –Symphonieorchester Wien, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Links: Beethoven | de Billy
Ludwig van Beethoven Overtures Clas B393 Ov2
Yoel Levi conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in seven pieces. Links: Beethoven | Levi
Ludwig van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas
Clas B393 P573s/
Whoa! 11 CDs, all filled with Bernard Roberts on piano. Links: Beethoven | Roberts
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8 Clas B393 Sy68-6
Felix Weingartner conducted the Royal Philharmonic for the first, and the Vienna Philharmonic for the second. 1927 and 1936 recordings. Links: Beethoven | Weingartner
Ludwig van Beethoven/ W. A. Mozart
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 61; Symphony No. 39
Clas B393 V813c
Erich Röhn is the violinist, with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. 1940s recordings. Links: Beethoven | Furtwängler
Johannes Brahms Piano Four Hands, Vol. 1
Clas B730 P573f/1
The Duo Crommelynck play some “Hungarian Dances” and some waltzes. Links: Brahms | Crommelynck
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances Clas B730 Un3
More Hungarian Dances? These are performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Isván Bogár. Links: Brahms | Bogár
Anton Bruckner/ Robert Simpson
Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 3 (rehearsal)
Clas B831 Sy68-8
Not sure what the pairing is intended to convey, other than that the conductor in both is Jascha Horenstein. Links: Bruckner | Simpson | Horenstein
Ferruccio Busoni Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2; Concerto
Clas B966
Joseph Szigeti is the violinist, with Mieczysław Horszowski, piano, & the
for Violin & Orchestra V813s-2 Little Orchestra Society, directed by Thomas Scherman. Links: Busoni | Szigeti | Horszowski
Fryderyk Chopin (& others)
19 Polish Songs; other works
Clas C455 So58
That’s how they spell his first name on the insert. Performed by Annette Celine, soprano, with Felicja Blumental, piano. Links: Chopin | Celine | Blumental
Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Hiawatha Clas C679 H520
Late romantic opera, with the Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, conducted by Kenneth Alwyn. Links: Coleridge Taylor | Alwyn
Gaetano Donizetti The Complete Piano Duets
Clas D717 P573d
Mr. Donizetti was quite prolific beyond his operas. Here is a 2-disc set of duets, performed by Larissa Kondratjewa and Reinhard Schmiedel. Links: Donizetti | Kondratjewa | Schmiedel
Niels Gade & J.P.E. Hartmann
Et Folkesagn (A Folk Tale)
Clas G117 F719
A 3-act ballet from the mid-1800s, performed by the Danish Radio Sinfonietta, conducted by Hary Damgaard. Links: Gade | Hartmann
Carlos Gomes Odaléa Clas G585 Od1
19th century Brazilian opera, with the Orquestra e Coro do Teatro Municpal de São Paulo, conducted by Armando Belardi. Links: Gomes | Belardi
Charles Gounod Mireille Clas G741 M675
Opera, with the Orchestre et Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse, conducted by Michel Plasson. Links: Gounod | Plasson
Adalbert Gyrowetz Symphonies Clas G999 Sy68
Three of them, to be exact, performed by the London Mozart Players, conducted by Matthias Bamert. Links: Gyrowetz | Bamert
Joseph Haydn Piano Trios Nos. 18-23 Clas H324 P573t
Performed by Patrick Cohen, piano, Erich Höbarth, violin, & Christophe Coen, cello. Links: Haydn | Cohen | Höbarth
E. T. A. Hoffmann Chamber Music Clas H674 C355
A trio, a quintet, and some duets, with various artists including the Beethoven Trio Ravensburg, and the Parisii-Quartett. Links: Hoffmann
Herbert Howells Hymnus Paradisi; Fantasia for Cello & Orchestra
Clas H839 H997
The Three Choirs Festival Orchestra is joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Donald Hunt for the first piece. The second is performed by Alexander Baillie, cello, & the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Norman Del Mar. Links: Howells | Hunt | Baillie | Del Mar
Leoš Janáček Šárka Clas J251 Sa73
Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Czech Philharmonic. Links: Janáček | Mackerras
Leopold Antonin Kozeluch
Moisè in Egitto (Moses in Egypt)
Clas K849 M728
Oratorio from 1787, with the Rheinische Kantorei, and Das Kleine Konzert, conducted by Hermann Max. Links: Kozeluch | Max
Albéric Magnard Guercoeur Clas M274 G936
Tragic opera, with the Orfeón Donostiarra, & the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, conducted by Michel Plasson. Links: Magnard | Plasson
Janis Mercer Solo & Chamber Works Clas M534 So47
An odd assortment of pieces, including a mass and three shorter works. Various performers. Links: Mercer
Douglas Moore The Ballad of Baby Doe Clas M782 B210
American opera, performed by the cast & orchestra of Central City Opera, conducted by John Moriarty. Links: Moore | Moriarty
W. A. Mozart The Unfinished Mozart Clas M877 In7
28 unfinished chamber works, performed by the Nederlands Solistensemble. Links: Mozart
W. A. Mozart Mozart and Schnabel, Vol. 1
Clas M877 M877/1
Not that they ever met. Schnabel plays three of the piano concertos, with a couple of orchestras & conductors. Links: Mozart | Schnabel
W. A. Mozart/Carl Maria von Weber
Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 26; Konzertstück
Clas M877 P573c-24
Robert Casadesus is the pianist in these recordings from the 1950s, with either the Columbia Symphony Orchestra or the Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by George Szell. Links: Mozart | Weber | Casadesus | Szell
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Complete Works for Piano
Clas P132 P573
A 3-disc set, with pianist Karol Radziwonowicz. Links: Paderewski | Radziwonowicz
Allan Pettersson Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Movement
Clas P452 Sy68-2
Alun Francis conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Links: Pettersson | Francis
Sergei Rachmaninoff Complete Songs Clas R114 So58
Joan Rodgers, Maria Popescu, Alexandre Naoumenko, & Sergei Leiferkus sing, while Howard Shelley plays the piano. Links: Rachmaninoff | Rodgers | Leiferkus | Shelley
Alan Rawsthorne Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Improvisations; Divertimento
Clas R199 V813c
Lots of folks here. The violinists are Theo Olof & Manoug Parikian. There are four orchestras and four conductors. Links: Rawsthorne | Olof | Parikian
Andrew Rindfleisch Choral Works Clas Contemporary works by this faculty
R471 C456
member at CSU. Performed by the Isthmus Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Scott MacPherson. Links: Rindfleisch | MacPherson
Morris Rosenzweig Chamber Music 1997-2003
Clas R727 C355
Five works, performed by Gerald Elias, violin, Carlton Vickers, flute, the Canyonlands Ensemble, & others. Links: Rosenzweig | Elias | Vickers | Canyon
Camille Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila Clas Sa25 Sa49
Another big opera, performed by the choir & orchestra of l’Opéra-Bastille, conducted by Myung-Whun Chung. Links: Saint-Saëns | Chung
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Clas Sa99 Sy68-1
The Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz is responsible, conducted by Ari Rasilainen. Links: Saygun | Rasilainen
Jean Sibelius Furtwängler Conducts Sibelius
Clas Si11 F984c
A couple of historic recordings, with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic. Links: Sibelius | Wilhelm
Louis Spohr Violin Concertos Nos. 10, 7 , & 9
Clas Sp64 V813c-10
Why can’t they be in order? Ulf Hoelscher is the violinist, with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Christian Frölich. Links: Spohr | Hoelscher | Frölich
Carl Stamitz Wind Symphonies Clas St21 W722s
Stamitz was better than almost anybody at this. Performed by Consortium Classicum. Links: Stamitz | Classicum
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Choral Works Clas V465 C456/
A 4-disc set, with music performed by the Corydon Singers, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Corydon Orchestra, & the City of London Sinfonia, all conducted by Matthew Best. Links: RVW | Best
Robert Volkmann String Quartets Nos. 2 and 5
Clas V885 St86q-2
The Mannheimer Steichquartett plays both of them. Links: Volkmann | Mannheimer
Siegfried Wagner Complete Overtures, Vol. 3
Clas W125s Ov2/3
Richard’s son wrote a lot of music. Here are five of his overtures, performed by the Staasphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, conducted by Werner Andreas Albert. Links: Wagner | Albert
More Classical: Artist Title Call # Comments Martha Argerich Martha Argerich Live
from the Concergebouw 1978 & 1979
Clas Ar37 M361L
The pianist plays works by Bach, Chopin, Prokofiev, and others. Links: Argerich | AM | YouTube
Aubrey Brain/Adolf Busch
Aubrey Brain/Adolf Busch
Clas B731 Au17
The horn player and violinist perform various works with various orchestras. They do not seem to play together, which makes us ask why? Links: Brain | Busch
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Soloists of the Orchestra
Clas C432s So47
A 2-disc set with various conductors and soloists from CSO. Links: CSO
Cleveland International Piano Competition
Highlights from the Cleveland International Piano Competition, 2003
Clas C599p H573 2003
Pianists include Kotaro Fukuma, Soyeon Lee, Konstantin Soukevetski, & Andrius Zlabys. Links: Fukuma | Lee | Soukevetski | Zlabys
Les Dèlices Myths & Allegories Clas D379 M999
This Cleveland group plays works by Rebel, Bourgeois, & others. Links: Les Dèlices | YouTube
Folger Consort Divisions on an Ayre: Lute Songs and Instrumental Music circa 1600
Clas F711 D642
Works by Dowland, Gibbons, and others. Links: Folger Consort | AM | YouTube
Erik Bekker Hansen Ingen Blomst I Verdens Lande (Be There None of Beauty’s Daughters)
Clas H198 In4
The tenor sings songs by Helse, Barnekow, Kuhlau, & Bechgaard, with the help of Ellen Refstrup, piano. Links: Hansen
Juilliard Orchestra The Juilliard Orchestra Clas J939o J939
Works by Persichetti, Babbitt, & Diamond, conducted by three different conductors. Links: Juilliard Orch.
Dimitri Mitropoulos Une Légende Clas M697 L523
The conductor in works by Berlioz, Beethoven, Prokofiev, & others. Links: Mitropoulos
Gabriela Montero Piano Recital Clas M764 P573r
The pianist performs works by Chopin, Ginastera, Granados, List, and others. Links: Montero | YouTube
New York Kammermusicker
A Renaissance Tour of Europe
Clas N420k R290
This double reed ensemble performs an extensive program of short pieces by Philidor, Scheidt, and others. Links: NYK | YouTube
Michael Raucheisen Franz Liszt; Hans Pfitzner
Clas R190 F857
The pianist accompanies various singers in works by the two composers in the title. Links: Raucheisen
Isaac Stern The Isaac Stern Collection: The Early Concerto Recordings, Vol. 1
Clas St45 Ea76/1
You’ll get Vol. 2 next time. Performances by the violinist from the late 1940s-early 1950s, with various orchestras. Links: Stern
Kurt Weill Berlin & American Theatre Songs
Clas W429 B455
All performed by the inevitable Ms. Lotte Lenya. Links: Weill | Lenya
Miscellaneous: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Karl L. King Tradition: Legacy of the
March Misc K583 T675
Works by another 20th century march king, this one born in Painesville, Ohio. Performed by the Texas A&M U. Bands, conducted by Timothy Rhea. Links: King
Ned Rorem/José Serebrier
Serebrier & Rorem: A Conversation with Raymond Bisha
Misc R692 Se66
The composer and the conductor are interviewed about the works written by the composer and conducted by the conductor. Got that? Links: Rorem | Serebrier
It Happens Ev’ry Spring: The Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour
Misc M588 2008/1
Old-fashioned radio show created at WCLV Radio, Cleveland, with songs for spring, accompanied by organ. Links: WCLV
Owls of Ohio: Owl Sounds
Misc Ow4
Yes, we have a recording of the sounds of Ohio owls. Created by the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
The Vinyl Corner: Life at 33 1/3 rpm Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments John Antill/Alberto Ginastera
Corroboree, Ballet Suite; Pancambi, Ballet Suite
BauLP An875 C8179
Eugene Goossens conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Links: Antill | Ginastera | Goossens
Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3 BauLP C7916 Sy6811-3
Once again, the London Symphony Orchestra is on the job, with the composer conducting. Links: Copland
Antonín Dvořák The Spectre’s Bride BauLP D959 Sp319
Pleasant thought turned into an opera. The Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra are led by Jaroslav Krombholc. Links: Dvořák | Krombholc
George Enescu/ Ernest Chausson
Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Piano; Poeme
BauLP En279 So57v-3
Enesco is the violinist on both works, with Célinie Chailley-Richez & S. Schlussel on piano. Links: Enescu | Chausson | Chailley-Richez
Alexander Glazunov Works for String Quartet BauLP G469 Q28
Andrei Shishlov & Alexander Balashov play violin, Alexander Galkovsky, viola, & Alexander Korchagin, cello. 3 Als. Links: Glazunov |
Eugen Suchon Krútnava (The Whirlpool) BauLP Su188 K947
20th century opera, with the Bratislava National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra, conducted by Zdenek Chalabala. Links: Suchon | Chalabala
Japanese Concert Artists, Vol. 11
J2716 V11/
A 2-disc set of string quartets by Brahms, Schubert, & Yashiro. Sadly, the performers are not named.
