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A Fistful of Music
Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
November 2016
November seems to be Classical Music Humor Month. The Stamitz Quartet plays Dvořák,
the Beethoven Quartet plays Shostakovich, the Shostakovich Quartet plays Tchaikovsky,
and the Gabrieli Quartet plays Sibelius. Got that straight? Perhaps it wasn’t so funny. Plus
we’ve got cowboys, Philly soul, jazz singers, and two guys named Wolfgang. Any comments,
questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, [email protected]. We'll make more.
Pop/Rock: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Babyface A Collection of His
Greatest Hits
Pop
B119
C685
This was released in 2000, and
covers his hits from 1986 on.
Links: Babyface | AM | YouTube
The Bergamot Haven Pop
B452
H298
Indie folk-rock from Brooklyn, and
oh-so hipster. Links: Bergamot |
YouTube
Björk Telegram Pop
B556
T235
1997 album from Iceland’s most
famous rock star (we think). Links:
Björk | AM | YouTube
Mary J. Blige What’s the 411? Pop
B618
W558
Hip hop/soul artist’s debut album,
from 1992. Links: Blige | AM |
YouTube
Dokken Back for the Attack Pop
D685
B126
Los Angeles pop metal from 1987.
At least there’s no umlaut in their
name. Links: Dokken | AM |
YouTube
Drive-by Truckers Decoration Day Pop
D833
D358
Alt.country/indie rock, or whatever
the label is these days for
Americana. Links: Truckers | AM |
YouTube
Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind Pop
D992
T482
Gritty and bitter Dylan, from the
late 1990s. Probably about right.
Links: Dylan | AM | YouTube
Filter The Sun Comes Out
Tonight
Pop
F489
Su71
Cleveland industrial rock from a few
years back. Links: Filter | AM |
YouTube
Guided by Voices Alien Lanes Pop
G941
Al42
Robert Pollard & Co., from Dayton
with some lo-fi alternative rock.
Links: Voices | AM | YouTube
Heart Heart Pop
H351
This was a big one for them in the
mid-80s. Odd that they didn’t have
H351 an album with this title until #9.
Links: Heart | AM | YouTube
Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry
Mob
Pop
D123
Y88
Is there such a thing as neo-new
wave? Bunch of Brits from 2007.
Links: Chiefs | AM | YouTube
Kiss Kiss Pop
K643
K643
Glam rockers’ very first album,
from 1974. We ignored it, or tried
to. Links: Kiss | AM | YouTube
Love and Rockets Love and Rockets Pop
L941r
L941
Need some goth rock? Third album
from this band formed by members
of Bauhaus. Links: Rockets | AM |
YouTube
Lydia Loveless Somewhere Else Pop
L943
So54
Hard to believe that this alternative
country rocker is from Coshocton.
Links: Loveless | AM | YouTube
Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards
Ecstasy
Pop
M220
F960
2008
Reissue of her 1993 album with an
additional CD, plus a DVD. Links:
McLachlan | AM | YouTube
Maroon 5 Overexposed Pop
M347
Ov2
2012 album by this pop/rock band
led by Adam Levine. Links: Maroon
| AM | YouTube
Maze, featuring
Frankie Beverly
Silky Soul Pop
M456
Si34
Smooth R&B, combining the best of
the Philly sound with California
vibes. Links: Maze | AM | YouTube
Meat Puppets Rise to Your Knees Pop
M463
R492
2007 release by this indie/punk
band from Arizona. Links: Puppets |
AM | YouTube
Harold Melvin &
the Blue Notes
If You Don’t Know
Me By Now: The Best
of
Pop
M498
If10
Classic Philly soul, this collects their
1970s hits. Links: Melvin | AM |
YouTube
Alanis Morissette Supposed Former
Infatuation Junkie
Pop
M826
Su76
1998 album from this Canadian
indie singer-songwriter. Links:
Morissette | AM | YouTube
Moxy Früvous Thornhill Pop
M872
T393
More Canadians? Combine garage
rock with folk and comedy. Links:
Moxy | AM | YouTube
The Sonics Psycho-Sonic Pop
So58
P959
Classic 60s garage rock from the
Northwest. Links: Sonics | AM |
YouTube
Rod Stewart Downtown Train Pop
St49
D759
A selection of hits from his
Storyteller Anthology. Links:
Stewart | AM | YouTube
Tin Huey Disinformation Pop
T490
D631
Part of the late 70s new wave/punk
explosion out of Akron. This one’s
from 1999. Links: Huey | AM |
YouTube
Sloan Wainwright Cool Morning Pop
W133s
C776
Deep-voiced singer-songwriter, and
part of the Wainwright dynasty.
Links: Wainwright | AM | YouTube
Weezer Weezer (Green
Album)
Pop
W419
Just another band from California.
Links: Weezer | AM | YouTube
W419g
Jah Wobble/Bill
Laswell
Radioaxiom: A Dub
Transmission
Pop
W812
R118
The bassist from Public Image Ltd.
& the avant-garde guitarist link up.
Links: Wobble | AM | YouTube |
Laswell | AM | YouTube
Neil Young & Crazy
Horse
Sleeps with Angels Pop
Y86
Sl25
Endlessly productive rocker, this
one’s from 1994. Links: Young | AM
| YouTube
The Ronn Records
Story
Pop
R669r
A collection of tracks from the
Louisiana record label, featuring
R&B/soul artists Toussaint McCall,
Barbara West, & others.
Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Nanci Griffith Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
Folk G875 Ot3
Folk/country singer-songwriter on the progressive side. Links: Griffith | AM | YouTube
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. The Live Album Country K250 L744
Outlaw country from Houston. This one’s from 1988. Links: Keen | AM | YouTube
Michael Martin Murphey
Cowboy Songs Country M951 C838
Neo-traditionalist who leans on the western side of country western. Links: Murphy | AM | YouTube
New Grass Revival Anthology Country N420g An86
Progressive bluegrass band featuring such notables as Sam Bush and Bela Fleck. Links: Revival | AM | YouTube
Jimmy Wakely Jimmy Wakely, 1942-1952
Country W138 J564
No, those are not his birth and death dates. Recordings from that decade by this cowboy singer. Links: Wakely | AM | YouTube
Tammy Wynette Remembered
Country T152w
A tribute to Ms. Wynette, with songs performed by Elton John, Rosanne Cash, George Jones, Faith Hill, and others. Links: Wynette | AM | YouTube
Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Buddy Guy The Complete Chess Studio Recordings
Blues G990 C425
Two discs of Chicago-style electric guitar, recorded in the 1960s. Links: Guy | AM | YouTube
CeCe Winans Throne Room Gospel W720 T416
2003 album from this gospel singer who throws in a touch of R&B. Links: Winans | AM | YouTube
Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-
Blues R679b
Four discs of classic blues, folk, and gospel from the famous and the
1950 unknown. Ernest Stoneman, Gid Tanner, Mamie Smith, Blind Willie McTell, & many others.
Jook Joint Blues: Good Time Rhythm & Blues, 1943-1956
Blues J740j
Yet another 4-disc set, focused on a later period than the one above. Lightnin’ Slim, Earl Hooker, Sonny Boy Holmes, Lafayette Thomas, & many others.
International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy
Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy
Int M289 T598
Irish music from these popular musicians. Links: Makem | AM | YouTube | Clancy | AM | YouTube
Emilia-Romagna Int Em45r
Part of Alan Lomax’s Italian Treasury series, these are field recordings from this mountainous part of Italy. Links: Lomax
Rough Guide to Colombian Street Party
Int R755cs
A collection that shows the variety of Colombian music, traditional and modern.
Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia
Int R755e
Another compilation of old and new, but this includes a separate CD by a group called Invisible System. Intriguing. Links: Invisible | YouTube
Rough Guide to Latin Rare Groove, Vol. 1
Int R755r/1
Favorite tracks of DJs and collectors, previously uncollected. An extra CD by a group called Spanglish Fly is included. Links: Fly | YouTube
Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Boston Pops Orchestra Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990
Musical B657p M973n
John Williams conducts tunes from a variety of musicals. Links: Pops | Williams
Bernard Herrmann Citizen Kane; and other films
FilmMus H436 C498
Music from five films that he scored, performed by the London Philharmonic & the National Philharmonic, and conducted by the composer. Links: Herrmann
Arthur Honegger Les Misérables (Complete Film Score, 1934)
FilmMus H756 M687
Adriano conducts the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Links: Honegger | Adriano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Adventures of Robin Hood; Requiem for a Cavalier
FilmMus K842 Ad96s
Music from two Errol Flynn films, conducted by the composer. Links: Korngold
Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments
Michel Camilo Rendezvous Jazz C146 R292
1993 trio album from this Cuban pianist & bandleader. Links: Camilo | AM | YouTube
Miles Davis Aura Jazz D295 Au61
Late Davis, recorded in 1985 in Copenhagen, and issued in 1989. Links: Davis | AM | YouTube
Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra
All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Jazz D738 Al51/1
1940s tracks, when big bands were king and Sinatra sang for Dorsey’s band. Two more volumes to come. Links: Dorsey | AM | YouTube | Sinatra | AM | YouTube
Ella Fitzgerald/ Joe Pass
Speak Love Jazz F576 Sp31
This is actually the third album from these two. 1983 session with Pass on guitar. Links: Fitzgerald | AM | Pass | AM | YouTube
Joe Henderson Inner Urge Jazz H383 In6
Recorded in 1964, the tenor sax player is joined by McCoy Tyner, piano, Bob Cranshaw, bass, & Elvin Jones, drums. Links: Henderson | AM | YouTube
J. J. Johnson Standards: Live at the Village Vanguard
Jazz J633 St24
A venue that every jazz musician wants to record in, this is a 1988 session. Johnson on trombone in a quintet format. Links: Johnson | AM | YouTube
Pat Martino Live at Yoshi’s Jazz M366 L744y
A curious trio, with Martino on guitar, Joey DeFrancesco on Hammond B-3, and Billy Hart on drums. Links: Martino | AM | YouTube
Ben Neuman Introductions Jazz N397 In8
Another jazz trio, with Neuman on piano. Dennis Carroll plays bass, and George Fuldas is the drummer. From 2009. Links: Neuman
The Savoy Orpheans, Savoy Havana Band, & the Sylvians
Everybody Stomp, 1923-1927
Jazz Sa95o Ev27
A fascinating document of jazz bands that played at the Savoy Hotel in London during the 1920s. Links: Orpheans
Esperanza Spalding Emily’s D+Evolution Jazz Sp18 Em46
Bassist and jazz singer making a huge splash with her jazz/R&B/anything approach. Links: Spalding | AM | YouTube
Gennett Jazz, 1922-1930
Jazz G287j
A 4-disc set of early tracks from this label in Richmond, Indiana. Performers include the Wolverine Orchestra, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and the State Street Ramblers. Links: Gennett
Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Concertos for Jew’s Harp, Mandora & Orchestra
Clas Al15 J556c
A mandora is a bass lute, common in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Hans Stadlmair conducts the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Links: Stadlmair | Albrechtsberger
Arnold Bax Tone Poems, Vol. 2 Clas B330 T612/2
It seems there were others…. Bryden Thomson conducts the Ulster Orchestra in four 20th century works. Links: Bax | Thomson
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quintets, Vol. 1 Clas B393 St86q/1
Three quintets, all played by the Metamorphosis Quintet. Links: Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 1
Clas B393 Sy68-1 1983
The Hanover Band is at work here, with Mary Verney on piano for the second work. Links: Beethoven | Hanover | Verney
Franz Benda Concertos for Flute and Orchestra
Clas B432 F675c
18th century works, with András Adorján on flute, with the Ars Rediviva Ensemble Prag, conducted by Milan Munclinger. Links: Benda | Adorján | Munclinger
Franz Berwald Septet; String Quartet Clas B463 Se63 1993
The Lysell Quartet is joined by Sölve Kingstedt, clarinet, Jens-Christoph Lemke, bassoon, & others for these 19th century works. Links: Berwald | Kingstedt | Lemke
Rutland Boughton Bethlehem Clas B662 B465
Well, we’re getting closer to Christmas. A 20th century choral drama, with the Holst Singers, & the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Alan Melville. Links: Boughton | Melville
Havergal Brian Symphonies Nos. 20 & 25; Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme
Clas B760 Sy68-20
Andrew Penny leads the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in these 20th century works. Links: Brian | Penny
Benjamin Britten The Burning Fiery Furnace: A Parable for Church Performance
Clas B778 B935
A curious item. Peter Pears plays Nebuchadnezzar, and the composer leads the British Opera Group. Links: Britten | Pears
Ignacio Cervantes The Danzas for Piano Clas C337 P573
41 short pieces by this 19th century Cuban composer, performed by Rubén Peláez. Links: Cervantes | Peláez
Domenico Cimarosa L’Italiana in Londra (The Italian Girl in London)
Clas C490 It1
Late 18th century comic opera, with Patrizia Orciani as the Girl. Carlo Rizzi leads the Orchestra Sinfonica di Piacenza. Links: Cimarosa | Orciani |
Rizzi
Bernhard Crusell Emma Johnson Plays Crusell: Concertos for Clarinet & Orchestra
Clas C888 C544c
Early 19th century works, with Emma Johnson on clarinet, and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by three different people. Links: Crusell | Johnson
David Diamond Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto No. 2; The Enormous Room
Clas D541 Or10 1993
Ilkka Talvi is the violinist in the 2nd piece, with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony. Links: Diamond | Talvi | Schwarz
Franz & Karl Doppler Compositions for Flute: Doppleriade
Clas D723 F675
Brother composers from the 19th century, these were recorded on the centenaries of their deaths. Many flautists are responsible. Links: Doppler | Doppler
Antonín Dvořák/ Zoltán Kodály
Requiem; Symphonic Variations; Psalmus Hungaricus
Clas D959 R299 2001
The first two are by Dvořák. István Kertész leads the London Symphony Orchestra, with the Ambrosian Singers & the Brighton Festival Chorus. Links: Dvořák | Kodály | Kertész
Antonín Dvořák String Quartets, Vol. 6: Nos. 9 & 12
Clas D959 St86q/6
Performed by the Stamitz Quartet. Links: Dvořák | Stamitz Q
John Eccles The Judgement of Paris; Three Mad Songs
Clas Ec27 J897
Not the city. A masque first performed in 1701. This time it’s done by the Early Opera Company, directed by Christian Curnyn. Links: Eccles | Curnyn
Johann Friedrich Edelmann
4 Quartets for Keyboard & Strings
Clas Ed27 K520q
18th century works, with Miklós Spányi on piano, Eriks Petölfi & László Paulik on violin, & Balázs Bozzai as the sad little violist. Links: Edelmann | Spányi | Paulik
John Field The Complete Piano Concertos
Clas F456 P573c
A 3-disc set with John O’Conor strapped to the piano, and Janos Fürst conducting the New Irish Chamber Orchestra. Links: Field | O’Conor | Fürst
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Clas F685 V813c 2008
Ivan Ženatý is the violinist on these early 20th century works, with Jiři Bělohlávek conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Links: Foerster | Ženatý | Bělohlávek
Jean Françaix Orchestra Music Clas F887 Or10 2004
Three works by this 20th century composer. Thierry Fischer conducts the Ulster Orchestra. Links: Françaix | Fischer
Mauro Giuliani Le Rossiniane, Vol. 1 Clas G448
Guitar pieces based on works by Rossini. Frédéric Zigante is the guitarist. Links:
R736/1 Giuliani | Zigante
Alexander Glazunov Orchestral Works, Vol. 17
Clas G469 Or1/17
A batch of shorter pieces, including the composer’s take on some of Chopin’s works. Vladimir Ziva conducts the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Links: Glazunov | Ziva
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Piano Music, Vol. 2 Clas G716 P573/2
Lots of short works here, all played by Philip Martin. Links: Gottschalk | Martin
Percy Grainger To the Fore! Percy Grainger’s Great Symphonic & Band Music
Clas G761 T550
Do not boo. The works are played by the Michigan State University Symphonic Band, conducted by Keith Brion. Links: Grainger | Brion
Edvard Grieg The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
Clas G871 P573/1
Quite a few more to come. This first disc contains part of the Lyric Pieces, performed by Eva Knardahl. Links: Grieg | Knardahl
Johan Halvorsen Fossegrimen; Norway’s Greeting to Theordore Roosevelt
Clas H169 F794
Music for a play about a fiddler. Arve Moen Bergset plays the Hardanger fiddle, with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Terje Mikkelsen. The last piece is a hoot. Links: Halvorsen | Bergset | Mikkelsen
Howard Hanson Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 Clas H198 Sy68-3 1990
Gerard Schwarz conducts the Seattle Symphony in these 20th century works. Links: Hanson | Schwarz
Gustav Holst The Planets: The Composer’s own Two Piano Version
Clas H741 P693p
Here’s an interesting variation on the usual orchestral arrangement. Richard Rodney Bennett and Susan Bradshaw are the pianists. Links: Holst | Bennett | Bradshaw
Herbert Howells Lambert’s Clavichord; Howell’s Clavichord
Clas H839 L172
A lot of pieces for clavichord. John McCabe plays the piano. Links: Howells | McCabe
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Masses, Vol. 3 Clas H883 M381/3
The series continues, with Collegium Musicum 90, conducted by Richard Hickox. Links: Hummel | Hickox
Leoš Janáček Orchestral Suites from the Operas, Vol. 2
Clas J251 Su39/2
From two operas, with Peter Breiner conducting the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Links: Janáček | Breiner
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Symphony in F Sharp; Sechs Einfache Lieder; Mariettas Lied
Clas K842 Sy68 1996
Barbara Hendricks sings in the latter two works, while Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra. Links: Korngold | Hendricks | Welser-Möst
Joseph Martin Kraus Symphonies; Violin Concerto
Clas K868 Sy68 1992
18th century works, with Edith Peinemann on violin, and Martin Sieghart conducting the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Links: Kraus | Peinemann | Sieghart
Johann Baptist Krumpholtz
Sonatas: Chamber Music with Harp
Clas K943 So57h
More 18th century pieces, with Andrea Vígh, harp, Vilmos Szabadi, violin, & Csaba Onczay, cello. Links: Krumpholtz | Vígh | Szabadi | Onczay
Franz Liszt Symphonic Poems: Transcriptions for Two Pianos, Vol. 2
Clas L699 Sy68p/2
Three works, performed by the Budapest Piano Duet. Links: Liszt
Hans Christian Lumbye Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Clas L970 Or1/1
We’ve added several volumes of this series, and finally found the first. 19th century light music played by the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Giordano Bellincampi. Links: Lumbye | Bellincampi
Hamish MacCunn Selections Clas M139 Se48
Orchestral and vocal works by this late Romantic composer. Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Links: MacCunn | Brabbins
Gustav Mahler Symphonies Nos. 10 & 5
Clas M278 Sy68-10 2003
Rudolf Barshai is the conductor of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. He also did the reconstruction and instrumentation for No. 10 (which was unfinished). Links: Mahler | Barshai
Bohuslav Martinů Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2
Clas M366 P573/2
Eight pieces from his approximately 80 piano works. Giorgio Koukl plays the keys. Links: Martinů | Koukl
Felix Mendelssohn The Concertos for Two Pianos
Clas M522 P573ct 1992
Stephen Coombs and Ian Munro are the pianistos. Jerzy Maksymiuk conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Links: Mendelssohn | Coombs | Munro | Maksymiuk
Johann Kaspar Mertz Bardenklange (Sounds of the Bard)
Clas M558 B236
19th century guitar works. James Reid does all the work. Links: Mertz | Reid
Moritz Moszkowski Piano Works, Vol. 2 Clas M855 P573/2
Seta Tanyel plays six works by this Romantic period composer. Links: Moszkowski | Tanyel
W. A. Mozart Masonic Music Clas M877 M380 1990
Lots of Lieder, sung by Werner Krenn, Tom Krause, and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus. István Kertész conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Links: Mozart | Krenn | Krause | Kertész
W. A. Mozart/ P. I. Le Nozze di Figaro Clas The last piece is by Tchaikovsky, in
Tchaikovsky Overture; Symphonies Nos. 33 & 38; Suite No. 4, “Mozartiana”
M877 N879o 2006
honor of Mozart. Václav Talich leads the Czech Philharmonic & the Slovak Philharmonic. Links: Mozart | Talich | Tchaikovsky
W. A. Mozart Vesperae de Dominica; Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
Clas M877 V636 1989
Two big sacred choral works, with the Hilliard Ensemble, and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Cleobury. Links: Mozart | Cleobury
Carl Nielsen Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Nos. 1 & 2
Clas N554 V813s 1989
Lydia Mordkovitch is the violinist, with Clifford Benson on piano. Links: Nielsen | Mordkovitch | Benson
Paul Okkenhaug Tonar Frå Trødelag Clas Ok3 T610
Orchestral music, songs, and chamber works for cello & piano. Ole Krisitan Ruud conducts the Trondheim Nye Kammerorkester. Links: Okkenhaug | Ruud
Niccolo Paganini Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No. 5; Terzetto for Violin, Cello & Guitar
Clas P140 V813c-5
Mincho Minchev is the violinist, with the Plovdiv Philharmonic, conducted by Dobrin Petkov. Links: Paganini | Minchev | Petkov
Boris Parsadanian Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Clas P250 Sy68-1
Two works from this 20th century composer. Evgeni Svetlanov conducts two different orchestras. Links: Parsadanian | Svetlanov
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi
Il Martirio di San Adriano
Clas P677 M366
An oratorio from 1692. Francesco Baroni conducts the Comagnia de Musici. Links: Pistocchi
Francis Poulenc / Claude Bolling
L’Histoire de Babar le Petít Éléphant; Le Vent Tourbillon
Clas P863 H629
Poulenc’s work is for spoken word and orchestra, concerning the famous Babar the Elephant. Pascal Le Guern recites, with the Orchestre de Pícardíe. Links: Poulenc | Bolling
Sergei Prokofiev The Tale of the Stone Flower
Clas P943 Sk19
Complete ballet on two discs, performed by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, led by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. Links: Prokofiev | Rozdestvensky
Sergei Rachmaninov Aleko Clas R114 Al25 1995
A one-act opera from 1892. Roman Kofman leads the Donetsk Philharmonic. Links: Rachmaninov | Kofman
Joachim Raff Works for Violin & Piano, Vol. 1
Clas R122 V813/1
Igolf Turban, violin, & Jascha Nemtsov, piano, play four works by this 19th century composer. Links: Raff | Turban | Nemtsov
Antonín Reicha Lenore Clas R271a L548
A dramatic cantata from the 19th century, with Camilla Nylund in the title role. The Prague Chamber Choir & Virtuosi di Praga are conducted by Frieder Bernius. Links: Reicha | Nylund | Bernius
Ottorino Respighi Concerto Gregoirano; Poema Autunnale
Clas R312 C744g
Two works for violin & orchestra. Takako Nishizaki is the violinator, with Choo Hoey conducting the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Links: Respighi | Nishizaki | Hoey
Ferdinand Ries Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas, Vol. 2
Clas R445 P573s/2
Two of each by this early 19th century composer, played by Susan Kagan. Links: Ries | Kagan
Joaquín Rodrigo Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 7
Clas R618 Or1/7
The series continues with four works for voice and orchestra. José Ramón Encinar conducts the Orchestra & Chorus of the Comunidad de Madrid. Links: Rodrigo | Encinar
Johan Helmich Roman Cantatas Clas R661 C166 1993
Music for mostly weddings and funerals by this 18th century composer. Eric Ericson conducts the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble and a chamber choir. Links: Roman | Ericson
Gioachino Rossini Messa di Lugo; Vespro Lughese; Arias from Messa di Milano
Clas R736 M562L
Sacred choral works, the Czech Chamber Soloists Brno & the Czech Chamber Choir, directed by Gabriele Bellini. Links: Rossini | Bellini
Anton Rubinstein Piano Music, Vol. 2: Soirées Musicales
Clas R825 P573/2
More from this prolific 19th century Russian composer. The piano is played by Joseph Banowetz. Links: Rubinstein | Banowetz
Franz Schmidt Symphony No. 4; Variations on a Hussar’s Song
Clas Sch53 Sy68-4 2006
Franz Welser-Möst leads the London Philharmonic in these early 20th century works. Links: Schmidt | Welser-Möst
Franz Schubert Complete Overtures, Vol. 2
Clas Sch78 Ov2/2
We’ve got nine here, with Christian Benda fronting the Prague Sinfonia. Links: Schubert | Benda
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartets, Vol. 5 Clas Sh82 St86q/5
Nos. 9-11 here, performed by the Beethoven Quartet. Links: Shostakovich
Jean Sibelius Piano Quintet; String Quartet
Clas Si11 P573q 1989
The Gabrieli String Quartet is joined by pianist Anthony Goldstone for the first work. Links: Sibelius | Gabrieli SQ | Goldstone
Christian Sinding Songs, Vol. 1 Clas Per Vollestad, baritone, sings these late
Si63 So58/1
Romantic works, while Sigmund Hjelset plays the piano. Links: Sinding | Vollestad | Hjelset
Johannes Spech Three String Quartets Clas Sp31 St86q
Not a household name from 1800 or so. Performed by the Festetics String Quartet. Links: Spech | Festetics
Louis Spohr Music for Violin & Harp, Vol. 1
Clas Sp64 M973v/1
Spohr wrote quite a bit of this sort of chamber music to perform with his wife, who played harp. Here, Sophie Langdon & Hugh Webb do the playing. Links: Spohr | Langdon | Webb
Charles Villiers Stanford
Symphony No. 5; Irish Rhapsody No. 4
Clas St24 Sy68-5 1988
Vernon Handley conducts the Ulster Orchestra in these two works. Links: Stanford | Handley
Johann Strauss, Sr. Edition, Vol. 3 Clas St81j Ed48/3
This is part of a series by Daddy Strauss, with waltzes & gallops galore. Ernst Märzendorfer conducts the Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina. Links: Strauss | Märzendorfer
Karol Szymanowski Piano Works, Vol. 4 Clas Sz93 P573/4
Wow, there are a lot of continuing series in this list. Martin Roscoe plays preludes, variations, and mazurkas. Links: Szymanowski | Roscoe
P. I. Tchaikovsky Five Early Pieces for String Quartet; String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Clas T219 St86q 1992
All performed by the Shostakovich Quartet. Links: Tchaikovsky
Johann Baptist Vanhal Stabat Mater; Symphony in D Major
Clas V311 St11
Václav Neumann conducts the Prague Chamber Choir & Orchestra. Links: Vanhal | Neumann
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Flos Campi; Suite for Viola & Orchestra
Clas V465 F666 1985
Frederick Riddle is featured on viola, and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir sings on the first work. Norman del Mar leads the Bouremouth Sinfonietta. Links: RVW | Riddle | del Mar
Jan Václav Voříšek / Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
Symphony in D Major; Symphony in D Minor
Clas V915 Sy68-d
We’re sure these two works are paired up for a reason. Charles Mackerras conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Links: Voříšek | Arriaga | Mackerras
Richard Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Clas W125 F642 2004
One of Wagner’s non-Ring operas, about the ghost ship. Bruno Weil conducts the Cappella Coloniensis. Links: Wagner | Weil
Siegfried Wagner Der Bärenhäuter (The Man in a Bear’s Skin)
Clas W125s
A fairy-tale opera by Richard’s kid. Konrad Bach conducts the Thüringian
B237 Symphony Orchestra Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. Links: Wagner
Robert Ward The Crucible Clas W216 C887 1989
1962 opera, performed by the New York City Opera, conducted by Emerson Buckley. Links: Ward | Buckley
Osias Wilenski Carmen’s Revenge; 3 Movements for Flute & Piano
Clas W647 C211
2008 opera based on Bizet’s work. María Rosa López plays the title role, fronting a small orchestra & chorus. The composer plays piano with Albert Mora on flute for the 2nd work. Links: Wilenski | López | Mora
Mikolaj Zielenski Communiones (Magnificat); Fantasias; Orffertoria
Clas Z63m C737
Renaissance choral works from Poland, with Capella Bydgostiensis Pro Musica Antiqua, & the Polish Radio Choir. Links: Zielenski
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American String Project American String Project, Live 2010
Clas Am35s Am35
The group celebrates its 10th anniversary with this 2011 release, playing works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Verdi, & others. DVD included. Links: ASP
Deutsche Bläsersolisten (German Wind Soloists)
Romantic Wind Music Clas D489b R662w
Works by Schubert, Weber, & Lachner from the 19th century. Links: DB
Wilhelm Furtwängler & the Berliner Philharmoniker
1940-1942 Clas F984 1940-42
Works by Bruckner, Gluck, and Beethoven, played in Berlin during World War II. Links: Furtwängler
Marc Grauwels/ Catherine Michel
Romantic Music for Flute and Harp
Clas G779 R662f
Now doesn’t that sound nice? Works by Rossini, Chopin, Donizetti, & others. Links: Grauwels | Michel
Mary Warnecke Piano Recital Clas W241 P573r
1994 recording of works by Schubert, Chopin, & Liszt.
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Red Army Chorus Best of the Original Ensemble
Misc An81 R245b
The group sings a mix of opera choruses, folk songs, and anthems. Links: Red Army Chorus
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
Fool Britannia Misc B762 F739
Claiming to be an original cast recording, it is a set of comedy songs sung by Newley, Peter Sellers, & other strange British comedians. Links: Bricusse |
Newley
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Christmas with the Pops Misc C490 C464
Yes, Christmas is now officially unavoidable. Erich Kunzel presides. Links: Pops
Dallas Brass Christmas Brass Misc D161b C464
And here we go again. Links: Dallas Brass | YouTube
Adrian Legg Wine, Women & Waltz Misc L524 W725
No, this is not Christmas music. Legg is an eclectic guitarist who crosses genres. Links: Legg | AM | YouTube
A Century of Recorded Poetry: In Their Own Voices
Misc C333p/ 1-2
A 2-disc set of poems read by the authors. Yeats, Stein, Graves, Hughes, Roethke, and lots of others.
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Yuri Alexandrov Selections BauLP Al253 Se4852
A cantata and a piano suite, with Maxim Shostakovich conducting the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Links: Shostakovich
Serge Balasanian Selections BauLP B183 Se4852
A cello sonata, a rhapsody, and some Armenian folk music, featuring various performers. Natalia Gutman is the cellist. Links: Balasanian | Gutman
Thomas Beecham The 1975 Edition BauLP B3917 1975
A 4-disc set of the conductor’s performances, including works by Beethoven, Handel, and Boccherini. Links: Beecham
Frank Bridge Piano Quintet; Phantasie Trio
BauLP B7641 C3551 1979
Early 20th century works, played by the Music Group of London. Links: Bridge
Ferruccio Busoni/ Sergei Bortkievich
Indian Fantasy; Piano Concerto in B Flat Major
BauLP B966 In249
Two late Romantic works for piano & orchestra. Marjorie Mitchell is the pianist, with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conducted by William Strickland. Links: Busoni | Bortkievich | Strickland
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Selections BauLP D2481 Se4852
A mixed program of works by this 19th century composer—fragments from an opera, songs, and orchestral fantasies. Evgeni Akulov & Abram Stasevich conduct. Links: Dargomyzhsky | Akulov
Glass Tiger The Thin Red Line LP G4638 T3483
80s Canadian band, with appropriate hair and synth-rock style for the decade. Links: Glass | AM | YouTube
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2
BauLP G8719 P345s 1959
Popular works, with Odd Grüner-Hegge conducting the Oslo Philharmonic. Links: Grieg | Grüner-Hegge
Johann-Michael Haydn Missa pro Defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo
BauLP H3249m M6911s
A requiem from 1771. Performed by the Salzburger Rundfunk-und Mozarteumchor, & the Mozarteum Orchester. Links: Haydn
Niccolo Paganini/ Camille Saint-Saëns
Violin Concerto No. 2; Violin Concerto No. 1
BauLP P14 C7449v-2 1964
Ruggiero Ricci is the featured violinist, with Max Rudolf conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Links: Paganini | Saint-Saëns | Ricci | Rudolf
Gerry Rafferty Gerry Rafferty LP R123 G321
His first album from the mid-70s, after leaving Steeler’s Wheel. Links: Rafferty | AM | YouTube
Scritti Politti Cupid & Psyche 85 LP Scr38 C92
Soul/jazz/rock from the mid-80s. Links: Scritti | AM | YouTube
Georgi Sviridov Piano Music BauLP Sv37 P573 1983
Anatoli Ugorski is the pianist for these 20th century Russian works. Links: Sviridov | Ugorski
David Toradze Symphony No. 2 BauLP T63 Sy6811-2
Neeme Järvi conducts the State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR. And a choir too! Links: Toradze | Järvi
Uriah Heep Equator LP Ur32 Eq28
1984 release by this British prog band. Links: Heep | AM | YouTube
Pancho Vladigerov Orchestra Music BauLP V843 Or19
Symphonic dances, sketches, and other works, all performed by the Symphony Orchestra of the BRT, conducted by Alexander Vladigerov. Links: Vladigerov | Vladigerov
Bob Welch The Other One LP W442 Ot3
1979 album by this guitarist and one time member of Fleetwood Mac. Links: Welch | AM | YouTube
Kim Wilde Another Step LP W644 An789
Mid-80s dance/pop by this British singer. Links: Wilde | AM | YouTube
Volodymyr Zolotukhin Concert Overture; Symphony No. 1
BauLP Z756 Or19
Two larger works by this 20th century composer. The Ukrainian State Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra presides, with V. Gnedash conducting.
Piano Trios by Soviet Composers
BauLP P573t 1980
Works by Chaikovsky & Shostakovich, played by Alexander Bonduryansky, piano, Vladimir Ivanov, violin, & Mikhail Utkin, cello. Links: Bonduryansky |
Ivanov | Utkin