A Fistful of Music

Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community

November 2014

We have returned with another batch of hot, yummy music fresh from the oven for your delight! With this issue, we have finally reached 1,000 items in our Northeast Ohio Music Collection. Look for the green sticker when browsing the collection, or click on the link. Normally, our classical music offerings would be heavy on the “B’s,” but this month we are featuring the letters “K” and “G” as well. However, nearly all letters are represented, so look for your favorite. Warning: Next month we will be adding lots of holiday music. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, wanserjc@hiram.edu. We'll make more.

Pop/Rock: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Arctic Monkeys AM Pop

Ar27 Am1

Latest release by these British indie rockers. Links: Monkeys | AM | YouTube

Avant Face the Music Pop Av15 F118

Cleveland R&B artist in his 7th and most recent album. Links: Avant | AM | YouTube

Bleachers Strange Desire Pop B615 St81

Experimental indie band from New York. Links: Bleachers | AM | YouTube

Eric Clapton Back Home Pop C539 B126

Clapton just keeps putting out albums. Here’s one from 2005. Links: Clapton | AM | YouTube

Critical Mass Give It Up, Let It Go! Pop C869 G449

Late 90s ska band from San Francisco. Links: Mass | YouTube

Cruzados After Dark Pop C889 Af89

80s California band that had some good tunes. Links: Cruzados | AM | YouTube

The Dreadful Yawns

Early Pop D810 Ea76

Acoustic neo-psychedelic band from Cleveland. Links: Yawns | AM | YouTube

Brian Eno/Karl Hyde

Someday World Pop En64 So52

Two experimental/electronic artists get together and make a rock album. Go figure. Links: Eno | AM | YouTube | Hyde | AM | YouTube

Genesis Calling All Stations Pop Post-Phil Collins release by this British

G286 C134

prog-rock group. Links: Genesis | AM | YouTube

Ersel Hickey The Rockin’ Bluebird Pop H526 R591

There is nobody else in our library catalog named Ersel. Late 1950s rockabilly. Links: Hickey | AM | YouTube

Chris Isaak Heart Shaped World Pop Is1 H351

Biggest album from this latter-day rockabilly artist who channels Roy Orbison. Links: Isaak | AM | YouTube

Marti Jones Match Game Pop J721 M413

Singer-songwriter originally from Uniontown, Ohio, in a 1986 release. Links: Jones | AM | YouTube

Carole King The Living Room Tour

Pop K580 L761

Concert recordings from her 2004 tour. Links: King | AM | YouTube

Ladytron Light & Magic Pop L128 L626

Synth pop and Shoegaze all at once, from 2002. Links: Ladytron | AM | YouTube

Dawn Landes Bluebird Pop L233 B625

Latest from this singer-songwriter in an Americana vein. She’s also a sound engineer. Links: Landes | AM | YouTube

Lykke Li I Never Learn Pop L612 I10

More new stuff, this from a Swedish dance pop singer. Links: Li | AM | YouTube

Maureen McGovern Greatest Hits Pop M177 G798

1990 best of set from this singer from Youngstown. Links: McGovern | AM | YouTube

Midnight Syndicate Vampyre: Symphonies from the Crypt

Pop M584 V258

Goth rock movie music for movies that haven’t been made. Links: Midnight | AM | YouTube

Lou Reed/Joseph Arthur

Lou Pop R251 L920

Akron native and Reed protégé gives us a tribute. Links: Reed | AM | YouTube | Arthur | AM | YouTube | Buzzard Tracks Review

REO Speedwagon Life As We Know It Pop R298 L626

Late 80s arena rock from this classic band. Links: REO | AM | YouTube

Leo Sayer All the Best Pop Sa99 Al51

British singer-songwriter who had his hits in the 70s. Some would say this is a blank CD. Links: Sayer | AM | YouTube

Richard Thompson Electric Pop T377 El25

Recent album from this British folk rocker and former leader of Fairport Convention. Links: Thompson | AM | YouTube

The Very Best MTMTMK Pop V620 M879

Latest release by this Mali/British duo of electronic Afro-pop. Links: Very Best | AM | YouTube

Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments The Carter Family On Border Radio, Vol. 3 Country

C245 On1/3

More transcriptions from 1939 played on XET Radio, Monterrey, Mexico. Links: Carters | AM | YouTube

Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams and other Favorite Tunes

Country C268 J619w

Most were released in 1960, but there are bonus tracks. The “other” includes songs by Cash. Links: Cash | AM | YouTube

Lisa & Heather Malyuk 13 Tunes Folk M299 T349

Guitar, fiddle, hammered dulcimer, & banjo uke from this sister duo from Northeast Ohio. Links: Malyuks | YouTube | Buzzard Tracks Review

Red Clay Ramblers It Ain’t Right Folk R245c It10

1986 release by these North Carolina string band revivalists. Links: Ramblers | AM | YouTube

Hank Snow I’m Movin’ On & Other Great Country Hits

Country Sn61 Im10

Major country star in the 1950s and 1960s, Snow was secretly Canadian. Links: Snow | AM | YouTube

Wynn Stewart The Very Best of Wynn Stewart, 1958-1962

Country St49 V620

Early hits from this West Coast country star. Links: Stewart | AM | YouTube

Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Buddy Guy Living Proof Blues

G990 L761

Latest from this blues guitarist, still going strong in his mid-70s. Links: Guy | AM | YouTube

Leadbelly Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In

Blues L469 G995

Another in the series of Alan Lomax’s recordings of Leadbelly for the Library of Congress. Links: Leadbelly | AM | YouTube

Little Milton Feel It Blues L725 F321

Soul/blues singer and guitarist who had major hits for Chess in the 1950s, this is from 2001. Links: Milton | AM | YouTube

Delbert McClinton Never Been Rocked Enough

Blues M459 N414

Texas roadhouse blues with a country tinge. This one’s from 1992. Links: McClinton | AM | YouTube

International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Bacilos Caraluna Int

B125 C176

2002 release by this Colombian band based in Miami. Links: Bacilos | AM | YouTube

Mocedades 15 Años de Musica Int M714 Q43

Best of set from this Spanish vocal group from Bilbao. Links: Mocedades | AM | YouTube

Jerry O’Sullivan The Gift Int Os8 G366

Uillean pipes from this Irish American artist. Links: O’Sullivan | AM | YouTube

Salieu Suso Griot Int Su81 G885

Mandinka kora musician from Gambia, West Africa. Links: Suso | YouTube

Quichua Mashis Tantanacui Int Q40 T159

Traditional music from northern Ecuador. Links: QM | YouTube

Cheng Yu Chinese Masterpieces of the Pipa & Qin

Int Y90 C441

British-based Chinese artist who plays various stringed instruments. Links: Yu | YouTube

Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Joe Kinosian Murder for Two Musical

K624 M940

Original cast recording from Chicago. Links: Kinosian | Murder

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Escape Me Never; Another Dawn

FilmMus K842 Es14

Music from two films, performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William Stromberg. Links: Korngold | Stromberg

Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Tony Bennett Here’s to the Ladies Jazz

B439 H421

No, Lady Gaga is not on this one. Bennett sings songs popularized by female singer. Links: Bennett | AM | YouTube

Harry Connick, Jr. We Are in Love Jazz C762 W369

Maybe we aren’t. 1990 release by this New Orleans vocalist and piano player. Links: Connick | AM | YouTube

Eldar Virtue Jazz El21 V819

The young piano virtuoso plays too many notes once again. Last name Djangerov. Links: Eldar | YouTube

Duke Ellington Homage to Duke Jazz El56 H750d

Dave Grusin and company play some of Duke’s classic tracks. Links: Ellington | AM | YouTube| Grusin | AM | YouTube

Holly Hofmann Low Life: The Alto Flute Project

Jazz H677 L950

The latest by this flute player from Painesville has her working the alto flute. Links: Hofmann | AM | YouTube | Buzzard Tracks Review

Hal Kemp & His Orchestra

The Hot Sides, 1926-1931

Jazz K320 H797

Compilation of this early dance band leader’s tunes. Trumpeter Bunny Berigan got his start here. Links: Kemp | AM | YouTube

Joe McBride Lookin’ for a Change Jazz M122 L872

Smooth jazz piano from this Cleveland area musician, originally from Missouri. Links: McBride | AM | YouTube

Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire Jazz M277 B532

Classic fusion jazz from the early 1970s, with John McLaughlin. Links: MO | AM | YouTube

Jimmy Scott Moon Glow Jazz Sco84 M778

Cleveland resident and one of the most unusual jazz singers around. Links: Scott | AM | YouTube

Sonny Stitt Quartet Personal Appearance Jazz St59 P432

Major sax player in the Charlie Parker tradition, and his group, from 1957. Links: Stitt | AM | YouTube

Harry Warren Harry Who?: A Tribute to Harry Warren

Jazz W252 H249

A selection of Warren’s finest, sung by Jay Clayton, avant-garde jazz vocalist, originally from Youngstown. Links: Warren | AM | Clayton | AM | YouTube | Buzzard Tracks review

Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments Adolphe Adam La Filleule des Fées

(The Fairies’ God-Daughter)

Clas Ad13 F482

Ballet performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Mogrelia. Links: Adam | Mogrelia

Alexander Alyabiev The Music of Alexander Alyabiev

Clas Al41 M973

What kind of music, you may ask? Two romances and a trio, with some other works thrown in, by various musicians. Links: Alyabiev

Kurt Atterberg Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

Clas At82 Sy68-1

Ari Rasilainen conducts the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt in the 20th century works by this Swedish composer. Links: Atterberg | Rasilainen

J. S. Bach Angel Romero Plays Bach

Clas B122 An43

Solo works for cello, violin, and keyboard, arranged for guitar. Links: Bach | Romero

J. S. Bach Mass in B Minor Clas B122 M381b

We added one recently, but here’s another. Robert Shaw leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus. Links: Bach | Shaw

Béla Bartók Kossuth; Quintet for Piano & Strings

Clas B285 K847

The Budapest Symphony Orchestra plays the first, with György Lehel conducting. Csilla Szabó, piano works with the Tatrai

Quartet on the other. Links: Bartók | Lehel | Tatrai Q

Arnold Bax Piano Quintet; String Quartet No. 2

Clas B330 P573q

Performed by the Mistry Quartet, with the addition of David Owen Norris, piano. Links: Bax | Mistry Q | Norris

Lord Berners The Triumph of Neptune; & other works

Clas B457 T739

Four other orchestral works to be exact. Barry Wordsworth conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Links: Berners | Wordsworth

Alexander Borodin String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Clas B644 St86q-1

Fascinating that his day job was in chemistry. The Shostakovich Quartet plays these works. Links: Borodin

Johannes Brahms Choral Music Clas B730 C456

Four works, with Robert Shaw once again leading the Atlanta Symphony & Chorus. Links: Brahms | Shaw

Tomás Bretón Piano Trio; String Quartet

Clas B756 P573t

György Oravecz is the pianist, with the New Budapest Quartet, or parts thereof. Links: Bretón | Oravecz | NBQ

Benjamin Britten Paul Bunyan Clas B778 P281

An operetta, with Soloists, Chorus, & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Minnesota, led by Philip Brunelle. Links: Britten | Brunelle

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 6 Clas B831 Sy68-6

Wolfgang Sawallisch leads the Bavarian State Orchestra. Links: Bruckner | Sawallisch

Jean-Baptiste Cardon Harp Sonatas Clas C179 H230s

Late 18th century works, with Irina Donskaya, and some vocal work by Marina Philippova. Links: Cardon

Frederic Chopin Nocturnes Clas C455 N672

A selection (there are more) of ten, played by Vlado Perlemuter, piano. Links: Chopin | Perlemuter

Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3; Music for the Theatre

Clas C791 Sy68-3

Yoel Levi conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Links: Copland | Levi

Henry Cowell Instrumental, Chamber and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

Clas C838 In7/1

Ten works, we think, for solo piano, quartet, vocalists, and other folks. Everything is played by one or more musicians from the group Continuum. Links: Cowell | Continuum

César Cui Kaleidoscope; Violin Sonata

Clas C896 K124

Russian Romantic works, with Peter Sheppard, violin, and Aaron Short, piano. Links: Cui | Sheppard

Franz Danzi Flute Concertos Clas D238 F675c

Early 19th century works, with András Adorján, flute, and the Munich Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Hans Stadlmair. Links: Danzi | Adorján | Stadlmair

Claude Debussy L’Enfant Prodigue Clas Cantatas, with Jessye Norman, Ileana

(The Prodigal Son); La Damoiselle Elue (The Blessed Damozel)

D354 En28

Cotrubas, and others, singing with the Südfunkchor und Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stutgart, conducted by Gary Bertini. Links: Debussy | Norman | Cotrubas | Bertini

Felix Draeseke Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Gudrun Overture

Clas D783 Sy68-1

The NDR Radiophilharmonie does the heavy lifting, with Jörg-Peter Weigle conducting. Links: Draeseke | Weigle

Edward Elgar Suites: Wand of Youth; Nursery

Clas El31 Su39

Bryden Thomson conducts the Ulster Orchestra for these three pieces. Links: Elgar | Thomson

Ernest Fanelli Symphonic Pictures Clas F213 Sy68p

A couple of works from the early 20th century, with Adriano conducting the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Links: Fanelli | Adriano

Albert Rudolf Fäsy Orchestral Works Clas F266 Or10

Two preludes, a suite, and a symphonic poem by this 19th century Swiss composer, all played by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adriano. Links: Fäsy | Adriano

John Field Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

Clas F456 P573c-2

John O’Conor is the pianist, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras. Links: Field | O’Conor | Mackerras

Gerald Finzi Suite from ‘Love’s Labours Lost’; Clarinet Concerto; Prelude for String Orchestra

Clas F499 Or10

A bunch of stuff, with William Boughton conducting the English String Orchestra. Alan Hacker is the clarinetist. Links: Finzi | Boughton | Hacker

Josef Bohuslav Foerster Eva Clas F685 Ev11

1899 opera, with the Cracow Philharmonic, conducted by Jaroslav Kyzlink. Links: Foerster | Kyzlink

Carlo Giorgio Garofalo Violin Concerto; Romantic Symphony

Clas G190 V813c

Sergei Stadler is the violinist, with the New Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joel Spiegelman. Links: Garofalo | Stadler | Spiegelman

Roberto Gerhard Symphony No. 4; Pandora Suite

Clas G315 Sy68-4

Matthias Bamert conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in this 20th century work. Links: Gerhard | Bamert

Alexander Glazunov Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6

Clas G469 Sy68-4

Russian performances, with Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducting the USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony. Links: Glazunov | Rozhdestvensky

Mikhail Glinka Chamber Music Clas G499 C355

A septet, a serenade, a divertimento, and a sextet, all played by the Russian National Symphony Orchestra Soloists Ensemble. Links: Glinka

Carl Goldmark Overtures Clas András Kórodi conducts the Budapest

G569 Ov2

Philharmonic in four works. Links: Goldmark | Kórodi

Percy Grainger Tuneful Percussion Clas G761 T834

Lots of banging, performed by the percussion ensemble Woof! Links: Grainger

Alexander Gretchaninov

Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4

Clas G799 Sy68-2

The USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra does the job here, conducted by Edvard Chivzhei and Algis Žuraitis. Links: Gretchaninov

Jesús Guridi Amaya Clas G962 Am15

20th century lyric drama, with the Bilbao Choral Society and Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Theo Alcántara. Links: Guridi | Alcántara

Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Piano Music, Vol. 1 Clas G874 P573/1

Early 20th century pieces, played by Michael Lewin. Griffes | Lewin

G. F. Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music; Suites

Clas H191 M973f

Two of Handel’s most-performed works, with Martin Pearlman leading Boston Baroque. Links: Handel | Pearlman

Joseph Haydn Symphonies Nos. 82-87

Clas H324 Sy68-82

Otherwise known as the Paris Symphonies. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Concentus Musicus Wien. Links: Haydn | Harnoncourt

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

Oratorium nach Bildern der Bibel (Oratorio based on Stories from the Bible)

Clas H396 Or10b

Elke Mascha Blankenburg conducts the Choir & Orchestra of Kölner Kurrende. Links: Hensel | Blankenburg

Heinrich von Herzogenberg

Missa op. 87 in E minor

Clas H449 M691

Late 19th century work performed by the Bachchor Mainz, and Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland Pfalz, conducted by Ralf Otto. Links: Herzogenberg | Otto

Alfred Hill String Quartets Nos. 5, 6, and 11

Clas H550 St86q-5

Early 20th century works performed by the Australian String Quartet. Links: Hill | ASQ

Stevan Hristić/ Josip Slavenski

The Legend of Ohrid; Balkanophonia

Clas H858 Oh6

Two curious works, the first from a ballet. Moshe Atzmon conducts the Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR. Links: Hristić | Slavenski | Atzmon

Alan Hovhaness Celestial Gate Clas H829 C330

A mixed program of orchestral and chamber works, performed by I Fiamminghi, conducted by Rudolf Werthen. Links: Hovhaness | Werthen

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Piano & Violin Concerto; Violin Concerto

Clas H883 V813c

Alexander Trostiansky is the violinist, with Polina Osetinskaya, piano, & the Russian Philharmonic, with Gregory Rose conducting. Links: Hummel | Rose | Trostiansky | Osetinskaya

Leoš Janáček Katya Kabanova Clas J251 K159

Opera, with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Prague National Theatre, conducted by Jaroslav Krombholc. Links: Janáček | Krombholc

Josquin Desprez Psalmvertonungen (Psalm Settings)

Clas J789 P958

Choral works from the late 15th and early 16th centuries, performed by Weser-Renaissance Bremen, conducted by Manfred Cordes. Links: Josquin | Cordes

Dmitri Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Clas K111 C670

20th century opera, with the Soloists, Choir & Orchestra of the Stanislavsky & Nemirovich-Dantchenko Moscow Music Theatre, conducted by Georgy Zhemchuzhin. Have we tantalized you yet? Links: Kabalevsky | Zhemchuzhin

Vassily Kalinnikov Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Clas K124 Sy68-1

Veronika Dudarova conducts these late 19th century works, with the Symphony Orchestra of Russia. Links: Kalinnikov | Dudarova

Giya Kancheli Symphonies No.s 4 & 5

Clas K131 Sy68-4

Dzansug Kakhidze conducts the State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia in these modern works. Links: Kancheli | Kakhidze

Miechyslaw Karłowicz Violin Concerto in A Major; Symphony in E Minor

Clas K146 V813c

Late Romantic works, with Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, violin, on the first piece. Two orchestras, two conductors. Links: Karłowicz | Kulka

Aram Khachaturian Two Concertos for Cello & Orchestra

Clas K526 C331c

Marina Tarasova saws the log, while Veronika Dudarova leads the Symphony Orchestra of Russia. Links: Khachaturian | Dudarova

Theodor Kirchner Piano Music Clas K633t P573

Four 19th century pieces by this prolific composer, played by David Ianni. Links: Kirchner | Ianni

Konradin Kreutzer Gesänge aus Goethe’s ‘Faust’

Clas K888 So58g

Words by Goethe, music by Kreutzer. Alison Browner, mezzo soprano, Stephan Genz, baritone, and Michail Schelomianski, bass, work with Thomas Hans, piano & Freiburger Vokalensemble. Links: Kreutzer | Browner | Genz | Schelomianski

Franz Krommer Partitas for Wind Ensemble

Clas K921 P258w

The Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble is at work on these late18th-early 19th century works. Links: Krommer | MTWE

Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen

Holger Danske Clas K964 H716

18th century Danish opera, with Thomas Dausgaard conducting the Danish National Symphony & Choir. Links: Kunzen | Dausgaard

Karol Kurpińsky Overtures; Clarinet Concerto

Clas K966 Ov2

19th century works performed by three different orchestras and conductors. Links: Kurpińsky

Charles Lucien Lambert Sr./ Lucien-Léon Guillaume Lambert Jr.

Selected Works Clas L172 Se48

Music from two Louisiana composers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Performed by the Hot Springs Music Festival, conducted by Richard Rosenberg. Links: Lambert Sr. | Lambert Jr. | Rosenberg

Franz Lehár Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)

Clas L527 L977

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf takes the title role, with Lovro von Matacic leading the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus. Links: Lehár | Schwarzkopf | Matacic

Anatoli Liadov Orchestral Works Clas L980 Or10

Ten short works, with, once again, Veronika Dudarova conducting the Symphony Orchestra of Russia. Links: Liadov | Dudarova

Franz Liszt Symphonic Poems Clas L699 Sy68p

Three of them, with János Ferencsik conducting the Hungarian State Orchestra. Links: Liszt | Ferencsik

Carl Loewe Die Drei Wünsche (The Three Wishes)

Clas L825 D813

19th century opera, performed by the Stuttgarter Choristen & Rundfunk-orchester des SWF, conducted by Peter Falk. Links: Loewe

Jean-Baptiste Lully Atys Clas L969 At98

Giant 5-act Baroque opera, with Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie. Links: Lully | Christie

Hans Christian Lumbye Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

Clas L970 Or1/3

We continue to add to this series as we stumble across the CDs. Giiordano Bellincampi conducts the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra. Links: Lumbye | Bellincampi

Ma Sicong Symphony No. 2; Song of the Mountain Forest

Clas M110 Sy68-2

20th century works by this Chines composer, performed by the Shanghai Philharmonic, led by Cao Peng. Links: Ma | Cao

Edward MacDowell Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Clas M148 P573c

The London Philharmonic, conducted by Paul Freeman, is joined by Donna Amato, piano. Links: MacDowell | Freeman | Amato

Gustav Mahler Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

Clas M278 Sy68-8

Rafael Kubelik is at the helm of the Symphonie-Orchesterdes Bayerischen Rundfunks. Links: Mahler | Kubelik

Arthur Meulemans Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Pliny’s Fountain; May Night

Clas M570 Sy68-2

20th century Belgian works, with Frédéric Devreese conducting the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Links: Meulemans | Devreese

Alexander Moyzes Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Clas M876 Sy68-1

Composed 1929-1941. Ladislav Slovák conducts the Slovak Radio Symphony. Links: Moyzes | Slovák

W. A. Mozart Horn Concerti Clas M877 H783c

Played by Eric Ruske, who looks like Fabio on the cover, with Charles Mackerras leading the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Links: Mozart | Ruske | Mackerras

Modest Mussorgsky Sorochinsky Fair Clas M977 So69

A comic opera, performed by the Chorus & Orchestra of the Stanislavsky Theatre, conducted by V. Esipov. Links: Mussorgsky

Ignacy Jan Paderewski/ Henryk Melcer

Piano Concertos Clas P132 P573c

Tadeusz Strugala conducts two different orchestras, and two different pianists: Piotr Paleczny & Michael Ponti. Links: Paderewski | Melcer | Strugala | Paleczny | Ponti

Niccolo Paganini Guitar Trios: Terzetto Concertante; Terzetto

Clas P140 G949t

Strangely, performed by the Paganini Trio. The other instruments are violin and cello. Links: Paganini

Marcel Poot Symphony No. 6; Pygmalion Suite; other works

Clas P799 Sy68-6

Stop giggling. This distinguished 20th century Belgian composer’s works are performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frédéric Devreese. Links: Poot | Devreese

Gavriil Popov Symphonic Suite No. 1; Symphony No. 5

Clas P814 Sy68s-1

You’re laughing again. Gurgen Karapetian conducts the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, while Edvard Chivzhei leads the Moscow Radio & TV Symphony. Links: Popov

Sergei Prokofiev Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

Clas P943 Sy68-1

Yoel Levi conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Links: Prokofiev | Levi

Einojuhani Rautavaara Symphony No. 7 Clas R194 Sy68-7

Contemporary Finnish work, with Hannu Koivula conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Links: Rautavaara | Koivula

Maurice Ravel Orchestra Music Clas R196 Or10

All the usual suspects are here. Played by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paavo Järvi. Links: Ravel | Järvi

Franz Xaver Richter Six Grandes Symphonies (1744), Vol. 2

Clas R418 Sy68/2

Aapo Häkkinen conducts the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra. Links: Richter

Ned Rorem Three Symphonies Clas R692 Sy68

All played by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by José Serebrier. Links: Rorem | Serebrier

Gioachino Rossini La Donna del Lago Clas R736 D718

Melodrama, with Ricardo Muti conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Links: Rossini | Muti

Anton Rubinstein Symphony No. 2; Ballet Music from Feramors

Clas R825 Sy68-2

Romantic Russian music in a more German style, with Igor Golovchin conducting the State Symphony Orchestra. Links: Rubinstein

Vladimir Ryabov Symphony No. 4; Concertos of Waltzes

Clas R350 Sy68-4

Vladimir Ziva conducts the Moscow Symphony Orchestra in these contemporary works. Links: Ziva

Philipp Scharwenka Chamber Music, Vol. 1 Clas Sch17 C355/1

A piano trio, a caprice, a sonata, and some other stuff, with the Romantic Chamber Group of London presiding. Links: Scharwenka

Peter Schickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach)

The Short-Tempered Clavier & Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard

Clas Sch31 Sh81

Humorous takes on classical themes. He gets help from Christopher O’Riley (of Northeast Ohio) and Dennis James. Links: Schickele | O’Riley

Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden)

Clas Sch78 St86q-14

It’s a long one. Performed by Brandis-Quartett, Berlin. Links: Schubert | Brandis Q

Anton Schweitzer Alceste Clas Sch97 Al16

An 18th century Singspiel by this contemporary of Mozart, with the Erfurt Opera Chorus & Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Stephan Wehr. Links: Schweitzer | Wehr

Rodion Shchedrin Carmen Suite for Strings & Percussion; Russian Photographs; Veličanie

Clas Sh29 Or10

Three orchestral works, performed by the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, conducted by Misha Rachlevsky. Links: Shchedrin | Rachlevsky

Vissarion Shebalin Orchestra Music Clas Sh32 Or10

A collection of two concertios, a sinfonietta, and a symphony, played by different orchestras, conducted by four different conductors. Links: Shebalin

Dmitri Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Clas Sh82 L128

Mstislav Rostropovich conducts the London Philharmonic. Links: Shostakovich | Rostropovich

John Stainer The Crucifixion Clas St15 C887

19th century oratorio, with the BBC Singers & the Leith hill Festival Singers, conducted by Brian Kay. Links: Stainer | Kay

Johann Strauss, Jr. Aschenbrödel; Ballet Music from Ritter Pásmán; Blue Danube

Clas St81j As24

Mostly ballet music here, with Richard Bonynge conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Links: Strauss | Bonynge

Richard Strauss Symphony for Winds Clas Wolfgang Sawallisch is back, this time

(Second Sonatina) St81r So57w-2

with the Munich Wind Academy. Links: Strauss | Sawallisch

Gilbert & Sullivan Yeoman of the Guard; Trial by Jury

Clas Su53 Y42

Charles Mackerras conducts the Chorus & Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Links: G&S | Mackerras

Franz von Suppé Overtures, Vol. 6 Clas Su76 Ov2/6

9 works, all performed by the Slovak State Orchestra, conducted by Christian Pollack. Links: Suppé | Pollack

Karol Szymanowski Piano Works, Vol. 1 Clas Sz93 P573/1

We’ve got other piano works by KS, but not with Anu Vehviläinen playing. Links: Szymanowski | Vehviläinen

Alexandre Tansman Violin Concerto; and other works

Clas T159 V813c

Beata Halska is the violinist, with the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Le Monnier. Links: Tansman | Halska | Le Monnier

P. I. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1; Concert Fantasy

Clas T219 P573c-1

Sergiu Comissiona conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, with Jerome Lowenthal on piano. Links: Tchaikovsky | Comissiona | Lowenthal

Nikolai Tcherepnin Orchestra Music Clas T219n Or10

Two long works, two short works, with Igor Blashkov conducting the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Links: Tcherepnin

Michael Tippett The 4 Symphonies Clas T499 Sy68

A collection, with Colin Davis and Georg Solti conducting different symphonies. Links: Tippett | Davis | Solti

Richard Wagner Did Walküre Clas W125 W154

Don’t worry, we’ve got more Wagner coming along. This one has Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Links Wagner | Solti

Siegfried Wagner Bruder Lustig (Brother Lustig)

Clas W125s B831

One of his 15 operas, with Georg Fritzsch conducting the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Links: Wagner | Fritzsch

Carl Maria von Weber Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn (Peter Schmoll & His Neighbors)

Clas W388 P441

Gerhard Markson conducts the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra in this early 19th century opera. Links: Weber | Markson

Haydn Wood Orchestra Music Clas W850 Or10

Part of the label’s British Light Music series, these nine pieces are performed by the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Leaper. Links: Wood | Leaper

Carl Michael Ziehrer Selected Dances & Marches, Vol. 3

Clas Z63 Or1/3

We either top off, or bottom out, with light music from Vienna. Christian Pollack leads the Razumovsky Sinfonia. Links: Ziehrer | Pollack

More Classical: Artist Title Call # Comments John Barbirolli Barbirolli Q Clas

B234 B234

A 4-disc set of performances by this prominent conductor, from the 1930s-1940s. Works by Purcell, Beethoven, Bruch, Sibelius, & others. Links: Barbirolli | YouTube

English String Orchestra Butterworth, Parry, Bridge

Clas En36s B982

Four works by the first composer, one by each of the others. Wiliam Boughton conducts. Links: Boughton

Sarah Francis English Music for Oboe and Strings

Clas F847 En36o

Francis is the oboist, with some help from the English String Quartet. Works by Bax, Holst, Moeran, & Jacob. Links: Francis

Andrew Hardy Russian Violin Concertos Clas H222 R920v

The violinist plays works by Rakov, Kabalevsky, & Shebalin with the help of the Symphony Orchestra of Russia, conducted by Veronika Dudarova. Links: Hardy | Dudarova

Ian Hobson The London Piano School, Vol. 1: Georgian Classicists

Clas H653 L846/1

Works by J.C. Bach, Clementi, Dussek, and others. Links: Hobson | YouTube

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

First Contemporary Chinese Composers Festival, 1986

Clas H757 F519

Works by Tan Dun, Huang Anlun, & others, with Kenneth Schermerhorn & Jordan King conducting. Links: Schermerhorn

David Jolley Adagio & Allegro: German Romantic Works for Horn

Clas J683 Ad11

Chamber works by Schumann, Schubert, Strauss, Reinecke, & Weber. Links: Jolley

Benjamin Luxon Elgar & Delius Songs Clas L979 El31s

Fifteen by Elgar, twelve by Delius. The baritone is joined by David Willison, piano. Links: Luxon | Willison

Jozsef Molnar Alphorn Concertos Clas M738 Al74c

It’s a tough job, but somebody has to play these works by Leopold Mozart, Deatwyler, & others. The award goes to Mr. Molnar, accompanied by a couple of different orchestras, conducted by Urs Schneider. Links: Molnar | Schneider

Polish National Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw

A Polish Concert Clas P767r P759

Works by Noskowski, Lipínski, & Karłowicz, conducted by Witold Rowicki. They get some help from the Warsaw Strings. Links: Rowicki

Carl Schuricht Schuricht Q Clas Sch87 Sch87

A 4-disc set of performances by this conductor, from 1939-1954. Works by Beethoven, Mahler, Bruckner, & others. Links: Schuricht | YouTube

John Wallace Trumpet Music from the Clas Works by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, & others.

Italian Baroque W155 T773

The trumpeter is joined by The Wallace Collection & the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Simon Wright. Links: Wallace | Wright

Miscellaneous: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Enoch Light & His Orchestra

Stereo 35mm/Far Away Places, Vol. 2

Misc L626 T349/2

The two follow-up albums to the first ones back-to-back. Early 60s easy listening, but technically experimental. Light was from Canton, Ohio. Links: Light | AM | YouTube

Peter Nero Classic Connections Misc N358 C569

A collection of pop tunes based upon classical compositions, played with the help of the Rochester Philharmonic. Links: Nero | AM | YouTube

Michael Flanders & Donald Swan

The Complete Flanders & Swann

Misc Sw24 C738/

A 3-disc set of the British comedy duo’s humorous songs from the 1950s & ‘60s. Links: F & S | AM | YouTube

The Vinyl Corner: Life at 33 1/3 rpm Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments John Antes Three Trios for Two

Violins & Cello BauLP An863 T7373v

Moravian music from colonial America, performed by Isidore Cohen, Werner Torkanowsky, & Seymour Barab. Linsk: Antes | Cohen | Torkanowsky | Barab

Alexander Archangelsky

The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

BauLP Ar489 D6422j

Nicholas Afonsky directs the Cathedral Choir of the Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral of New York City. Links: Archangelsky

Sergei Balasanian/ Vardapet Komitas

Pesni Armenii (Armenian Music)

BauLP B216 P437

Sonatinas and folk songs arranged for piano, and played by Samvel Alumian. Links: Balasanian | Komitas

Kresimir Baranovich/ Fran Lhotka

Licitarsko Srce (The Gingerbread Heart); The Devil in the Village

BauLP B2315 G433

The two composers conduct their own works, with two different orchestras. Links: Baranovich | Lhotka

Vytautas Barkauskas/ Jurgis Juozapaitis

Symphony No. 2; Symphony “Rex”

BauLP B24 Sy6811-2

J. Domarkas conducts the Lietuvos TSR Valst. Philharmonic in these works by Lithuanian composers. Links: Barkauskas | Juozapaitis

Vincenzo Bellini Il Pirata LP B4172 P664

Montserrat Caballé sings, with Gianandrea Gavazzeni conducting the Orchestra & Chorus of Radiotelevisione Italiana Rome. Links: Bellini | Caballé | Gavazzeni

Hector Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict LP B4558 B3807

Janet Baker sings, with Colin Davis leading the London Symphony Orchestra. Links: Berlioz | Baker | Davis

Georges Bizet The Pearl Fishers LP B552 P333

Mattiwilda Dobbs sings, with René Leibowitz conducting the Paris Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra. Links: Bizet | Dobbs | Leibowitz

Dmitri Bortniansky Choral Concertos BauLP B6487 C7449c

Five numbered works (he wrote more than 30), performed by the Chamber Chorus of the Moscow Conservatory, conducted by Valery Polyansky. Links: Bortniansky | Polyansky

Antonín Dvořák Rusalka LP D959 R89

Josef Keilberth conducts the Saxon State Orchestra in this opera. Links: Dvořák | Keilberth

Gang Busters Gangbusters 1950’s BauLP G1545 B1547

Two Gang Busters radio programs from the 50’s, when radio was no longer king. Links: Gang Busters

Aminollah Hossein Symphony, Arya BauLP H7949 Sy6811

Pierre Dervaux conducts the Orchestre National de L’Opera de Monte Carlo. Links: Hossein | Dervaux

Fritz Kreisler Francescatti Plays Kreisler

BauLP K876 F8449

The violinist performs a selection of pieces, with the help of Artur Balsam, piano. Links: Kreisler | Francescatti | Balsam

Giacomo Puccini Tosca LP P961 T6391

Maria Callas stars, with Victor de Sabata conducting the Teatro alla Scala. Links: Puccini | Callas | Sabata

Gioacchino Rossini Il Viaggio a Reims LP R736 V65

Claudio Abbado conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Links: Rossini | Abbado

Georgy Sviridov Romances and Songs BauLP Sv37 So58

Evgeny Nesterenko, bass gives these a try, with the composer at the piano. Links: Sviridov | Nesterenko

P. I. Tchaikovsky Pikovaia Dama (The Queen of Spades)

LP T2197 P639

Boris Khaikin conducts the Chorus & Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater. Links: Tchaikovsky | Khaikin

Henryk Wieniawski Works for Violin BauLP W6366 V813

Performed by Steven Staryk, violin, and Adela Kotowska, piano. Links: Wieniawski | Staryk

Catholic Mission Music in California

BauLP C2868m

Works from the late 1700s, performed by Coro Hispanico de Mallorca, conducted by Padre Juan Thomas.