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A Fistful of Music
Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
March/April 2017
We continue to fall behind with Fistful, as you can tell. We should have a May issue before the end of the semester, to catch up with things. But while we may be overwhelmed, the music keeps flowing. There are hundreds of new recordings to listen to, and you might find nearly anything in the collection. Well, no Klingon folk songs yet, but we’re working on it. 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 Altered Images I Could Be Happy:
The Best of Altered Images
Pop Al79 I11
Greatest hits from this Scottish New Wave band. Links: Images | AM | YouTube
April’s Motel Room Black 14 Pop Ap68 B561
Terrible name for a band. Probably why it was their only album. From 1994. AM | YouTube
Dan Auerbach/The Arcs
Yours Truly, the Arcs Pop Au34 Y88
Side project by the Black Keys member. Links: Arcs | AM | YouTube
Barenaked Ladies Rock Spectacle Pop B237 R590
Another horrid name, but this Canadian band made it work for them. Links: Ladies | AM | YouTube
Basement Jaxx Rooty Pop B291 R679
Some electronica from 2001. We wish somebody could spell. Links: Jaxx | AM | YouTube
The Beatles On Air: Live at the BBC, Vol. 2
Pop B380 On10/2
Music and interviews with the band on British radio. We’ll get Vol. 1 when it’s on sale. Links: Beatles | AM | YouTube
Berlin The Best of Berlin Pop B455 B464
Another New Wave greatest hits album. Must be the season. Links: Berlin | AM | YouTube
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Big Brother & the Holding Company, Featuring Janis Joplin
Pop B480b B480
Their first album from 1967, before Janis broke out. Links: Brother | AM | YouTube
David Bowie Blackstar Pop B679 B567
His last album, and one of his best in years. Links: Bowie | AM | YouTube
Burning Sage Purification Pop Progressive rock band from
B935s P974
Cleveland in a 2003 release. Links: Burning Sage | YouTube
Eric Clapton August Pop C539 Au45
Always prolific, this one is from 1986. Links: Clapton | AM | YouTube
Leonard Cohen The Future Pop C660 F989
1992 release by one of the biggest songwriters of the last half century. Links: Cohen | AM | YouTube
Jim Croce Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
Pop C871 P566
Soft rock singer-songwriter who burned up the charts in the early 1970s, then died. Links: Croce | AM | YouTube
Deftones Around the Fur Pop D362 Ar67
Alternative post-grunge rap-metal, if that makes any sense. They’re from California, which puts it in perspective. Links: Deftones | AM | YouTube
Drive-By Truckers American Band Pop D833 Am35
Latest from this Americana band. They got yelled at this time for being political. Links: Truckers | AM | YouTube
Justin Townes Earle
Single Mothers Pop Ea75 Si64
Singer-songwriter and roots rocker, with his 2014 release. Links: Earle | AM | YouTube
Electric Light Orchestra
A New World Record Pop El25 N420
Clever pun in the title. 1976 album with lots of hits. Links: ELO | AM | YouTube
Faces Five Guys Walk into a Bar…
Q Pop F118 F586
Big-box compilation of their career, including radio and concert tracks. Links: Faces | AM | YouTube
Michael Feinstein Isn’t It Romantic Pop F327 Is6
Singer of songs and pianist in a 1988 release. Links: Feinstein | AM | YouTube
Fuel Natural Selection Pop F952 N219
Alternative metal from Tennessee. This album is from 2003. Links: Fuel | AM | YouTube
The Greenhornes Dual Mono Pop G838 D850
Garage rock from Cincinnati, from 2002. Links: Greenhornes | AM | YouTube
Heart Little Queen Pop H351 L721
The Wilson Sisters, from 1977. Links: Heart | AM | YouTube
Henning Gravrok Band
Ord Pop H393 Or2
Norway has synth pop/jazz bands too, not just death metal. Links: Gravrok | YouTube
Leela James A Change is Gonna Come
Pop J234 C362
Debut album from 2005 by this contemporary R&B singer. Links: James | AM | YouTube
L. L. Cool J G.O.A.T. Pop L110 G534
Cool models Sinatra on this 2000 album, with guest star duos. Links: Cool J | AM | YouTube
La Sera Sees the Light Pop Katy Goodman, formerly of the
L333 Se36
Vivian Girls, in a 2012 release. Links: La Sera | AM | YouTube
Marillion Somewhere Else Pop M338 So54
2007 release by this long-running British prog rock band. Links: Marillion | AM | YouTube
Kylie Minogue Greatest Hits, 87-97 Pop M666 G798
Who knew she had more than two hits? Double-disc set. Links: Minogue | AM | YouTube
Morcheeba Big Calm Pop M799 B480
British trip hop from 1998. Links: Morcheeba | AM | YouTube
Jason Mraz Yes! Pop M879 Y48
We’ve been told that he’s cute. 2014 album from this contemporary singer-songwriter. Links: Mraz | AM | YouTube
Peter Mulvey Letters from a Flying Machine
Pop M919 L569
Singer-songwriter with a folk strain. This one’s from 2009. Links: Mulvey | AM | YouTube
Mystikal Prince of the South…The Hits
Pop M999 P935
Best of package by this rapper from New Orleans. Links: Mystikal | AM | YouTube
The Paragons/The Jesters/ The Shells / The Dubs
The Paragons and the Jesters Meet the Shells and the Dubs
Pop P212 P212
It’s a battle of the doo-wop groups! 1950s R&B vocal magic. Links: Paragons | Jesters | Shells | Dubs
Pere Ubu Live at the Longhorn, April 1, 1978
Pop P413 L744L
Avant-garde rock band from Cleveland at the height of their weirdness. Links: Ubu | AM | YouTube
Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool Pop R118 M778
Hey, look! New Radiohead! Their first release in five years. Links: Radiohead | AM | YouTube
Kimm Rogers Two Sides Pop R631k T930
Northeast Ohio rocker went to L.A. to make her fortune. Made three albums. Links: Rogers | YouTube
Seatrain Seatrain; Marblehead Messenger
Pop Se18 Se18
Two LPs from 1971 on one CD. At the time, this was alternative rock, combining roots with jazz. Links: Seatrain | AM | YouTube
The Seeds Singles As & Bs: 1965-1970
Pop Se32 Si64
Los Angeles garage rock at its finest. Links: Seeds | AM | YouTube
Patti Smith Gone Again Pop Sm63 G588
Major punkster, but this is a later album, from 1996. Links: Smith | AM | YouTube
Social Distortion White Light, White Heat, White Trash
Pop So13d W582
How can it not be punk when one of the members is named Chuck Biscuits? Links: Distortion | AM | YouTube
Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Pop Sp48 T917
Prog rock concept album from 1970 (that means you’re supposed to listen to the whole thing). Links: Spirit | AM | YouTube
Michael Stanley Band
Live at the Ritz, NYC 1983
Pop St25 L744r
Hiram’s own rock star, back when he was making hits rather than just great albums. Links: Stanley | AM | YouTube
Steely Dan Pretzel Logic Pop St32 P927
Fagen & Becker from 1974, with their usual blend of smooth jazz-flavored rock. Extra points for knowing where the band name comes from. Links: Dan | AM | YouTube
James Taylor Dad Loves His Work Pop T215 D120
That familiar voice, rolling out in this 1981 album. Links: Taylor | AM | YouTube
U2 Pop Pop U1 P810
Some think they’re the best band ever. Others just think Irish arena rock. Links: U2 | AM | YouTube
Rachel Unthank & the Winterset
Cruel Sister Pop Un8r C887
Indie pop combined with British folk, to create some very alternative music. Links: Unthank | AM | YouTube
Luther Vandross One Night with You: The Best of Love, Vol. 2
Pop V287 B464/2
Classic 80s R&B from this guy who can’t stop singing about love. Links: Vandross | AM | YouTube
Chris Velan Solidago Pop V540 So44
Canadian singer-songwriter in a 2009 release. Links: Velan | YouTube
The Who The Kids Are Alright Pop W620 K541
This was actually a movie soundtrack, but we put it here because that’s where all the other Who albums are. Links: Who | AM | YouTube
Widespread Panic ‘Til the Medicine Takes
Pop W633 T450
Bluesy jam band from Georgia in a 1999 release. Links: Panic | AM | YouTube
Martin Zellar Born Under Pop Z38 B645
Alternative country-rock from a former member of the Geardaddies. Links: Zellar | AM | YouTube
Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Catie Curtis Truth from Lies Folk
C941 T777
Contemporary singer from Boston with a mid-90s release. Links: Curtis | AM | YouTube
Malcolm Dalglish Jogging the Memory Folk D157 J595
More hammered dulcimer, because you know you can’t get enough. Links: Dalglish | AM | YouTube
The Dillards The Best of the Darlin’ Boys
Country D581 B464
Progressive bluegrass, featuring the Dillard brothers, and friends. Links: Dillards | AM | YouTube
Don Flemons American Songster: Prospect Hill
Folk F629 Am35
Former (perhaps still) member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops does his own brand of old-time music. Links: Flemons | YouTube
Robert Earl Keen Walking Distance Country K250 W154
Late 1990s release by this Texas singer-songwriter with attitude. Links: Keen | AM | YouTube
Toby Keith 35 Biggest Hits Country K269 T349
Yes, we occasionally add mainstream country music. But not that often. Links: Keith | AM | YouTube
Dan Levenson & Kim Murley
New Frontier: Instrumentals from China & America
Folk L576 N420f
Cleveland-area banjo artist is joined by a hammered dulcimer player to give us contrasting tunes. Links: Levenson | YouTube
Mary McCaslin Broken Promises Folk M128 B787
She’s been on the folk scene for many years, with most of her recordings from the 1970s. This one’s from the 90s. Links: McCaslin | AM | YouTube
Jon Mosey Up Around the Bend Folk M853 Up10
Local boy makes albums. Good ones too. Links: Mosey | YouTube
No Strings Attached Bellinzona Folk N659s B417
They sound attached. String band music from 2004. Links: No Strings | AM | YouTube
Tim O’Brien/ Darrell Scott
Real Time Country Ob6 R229
Two bluegrass musicians walk into a bar…. Links: O’Brien | AM | YouTube | Scott | AM | YouTube
Sturgill Simpson A Sailor’s Guide to Earth Country Si58s Sa21
They’re calling him “neo-outlaw.” What he sounds like is country mixed with prog rock. Links: Simpson | AM | YouTube
Chris Stapleton Traveller Country St27 T697
AllMusic calls him a “Nashville-endorsed outlaw.” Ouch, that must hurt. Links: Stapleton | AM | YouTube
Sean Watkins 26 Miles Country W327 T918
The quietest third of Nickel Creek has released several solo albums. Here’s one. Links: Watkins | AM | YouTube
David Wilcox The Very Best of David Wilcox
Folk W643 V620
Originally from Cleveland, this baritone folksinger has been around long enough to have put out LPs. Links: Wilcox | AM | YouTube
Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Blue Lunch Above the Fold Blues
B625L Local blues band with their most recent release. Links: Blue Lunch | YouTube
Ab76 Charles Brown In a Grand Style Blues
B812 In10
Blues pianist and balladeer who started in the late 1940s. This album is from 1999. Links: Brown | AM | YouTube
The Ford Blues Band Fords & Friends Blues F750 F750
Patrick and Robben Ford work together here in a 1996 release. Modern electric/ eclectic. Links: Ford | AM | YouTube
Aretha Franklin Gospel Greats Gospel F874 G694
What can one say? Some of her early gospel recordings. Links: Franklin | AM | YouTube
Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Blues K163 J769
Former member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna has been going it alone for years. This oddball album is from 1979. Links: Kaukonen | AM | YouTube
Leadbelly Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Blues L469 N669
He saw a lot of trouble. Another installment in the Library of Congress recordings series. Links: Leadbelly | AM | YouTube
Liz McComb Liz McComb Gospel M134 L768
Local gospel singer in her fourth album. Links: McComb | AM | YouTube
Pinetop Perkins Pinetop Perkins with the Blue Ice Band
Blues P419 P653
Blues pianist, with a specialty in boogie woogie. Links: Perkins | AM | YouTube
International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Andrea Hoag/Loretta Kelley/ Charlie Pilzer
Hambo in the Snow: A Nordic Winter Celebration
Int H650 H174
Some traditional Scandinavian music to chill you or warm you depending upon your attitude. Links: Hoag | Kelley | Pilzer
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán: Aniversario 100
Int M764 An55
The band has been around for more than a century, and put out dozens of albums. Here’s one. Links: Vargas | AM | YouTube
Paddy O’Brien Mixing the Punch: Irish Traditional Music
Int Ob6 M699
Button box player with friends, from 2012. Links: O’Brien | AM | YouTube
Maggie Sansone/Sue Richards/Bonnie Rideout
Music in the Great Hall: Instrumental Music from the Ancient Celtic Lands
Int Sa58 M973g
More Celtic music from this trio playing hammered dulcimer, Celtic harp, and fiddle. Links: Sansone | Richards | Rideout
Tannahill Weavers Epona Int T157 Ep66
Scottish group that combines bagpipes with modern instruments. Links: Weavers | AM | Youtube
Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Georges Auric Lola Montez; Notre-
Dame du Paris; Esmeralda; Farandole
FilmMus Au65 L836
Suites from four films from the 1940s-1950s, scored by Auric. Adriano conducts the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Links: Auric
Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: The Original Score
Musical B458 W520 2002
Starring Betsi Morrison & Mike Eldred, with Kenneth Schermerhorn conducting the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Links: Bernstein | Eldred | Schermerhorn
Alice Faye You’ll Never Know Musical F291 Y83
Ms. Faye was a popular singer in the 1930s, and this tribute collects songs she recorded from Broadway. Links: Faye
James Horner The Mask of Zorro FilmMus H784 M379
Music from the motion picture, as they continue to say. Links: Horner
Harry Warren Harry Warren FilmMus W252 H249
A Smithsonian collection of songs by Warren from various films. Singers include Judy Garland, Ginger Rogers, & Tony Bennett. Links: Warren | AM
Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Oscar Alemán Swing Guitar
Masterpieces, 1938-1957
Jazz Al25 Sw64
A rival of Django Reinhardt, with quite the amazing guitar. Links: Alemán | AM | YouTube
Karrin Allyson By Request: The Best of Karrin Allyson
Jazz Al59 B990
A collection from her various albums, sung in English or Portuguese. Links: Allyson | AM | YouTube
Newman Taylor Baker Drum Suite Life Jazz B175 D844
Some avant-garde solo work from this drummer, from 2013. Links: Baker | YouTube
George Benson Love Remembers Jazz B443 L941
The guitarist/singer gives us some love songs, with a whole batch of assisting musicians. Links: Benson | AM | YouTube
Ruby Braff Ad Lib Blues Jazz B730 Ad10
A collection of early 1950s recordings by the trumpeter and various small groups. He was swing rather than bop. Links: Braff | AM | YouTube
Les Brown & His Band of Renown
Best of the Capitol Years
Jazz B813 B464
Brown recorded for Capitol Records mostly during the 1950s, and was one of the later big bands. Links: Brown | AM | YouTube
Benny Carter They All Had Rhythm, ’45-‘46
Jazz C245 T344
Live performances from the sax player with several Los Angeles bands in the mid-1940s. Links: Carter | AM | YouTube
George Chisholm Timeless Historical Presents George Chisholm: The Early Days, 1935-1944
Jazz C447 T482
Scottish trombonist who made his fortune in England, which is why you never heard of him. Links: Chisholm | AM | YouTube
Jimmy Cobb’s Mob Only for the Pure at Heart
Jazz C633 On5
1998 album by this drummer and his group, featuring Peter Bernstein on guitar. Links: Cobb | AM | YouTube
Zez Confrey Piano Music Jazz C760 P573 1998
Ragtime/novelty piano wizard’s works from the 1920s-1930s. Played by Eteri Andjaparidze. Links: Confrey | AM | Andjaparidze
Jan Garbarek I Took Up the Runes Jazz G163 I10
If you thought this was all going to be old stuff, you were wrong. Here’s some contemporary European jazz from this Norwegian sax player. Links: Garbarek | AM | YouTube
Jazz is Dead Great Sky River Jazz J339d G798
This is curious. A Grateful Dead cover band that interprets their songs in jazz fusion style. Get the joke? Links: Jazz | AM | YouTube
Abbey Lincoln Who Used to Dance Jazz L638 W620
1997 release by this vocalist, with Marc Cary on piano, & other folks chiming in. Links: Lincoln | AM | YouTube
Claire Martin Every Now and Then: The Very Best of Claire Martin
Jazz M363 V620
Ireland should be represented, and so we’ve included this vocalist. Links: Martin | AM | YouTube
Red Nichols Morning Glory Jazz N518 M828
Late 1940s recordings of the trumpeter and his band. More of a trad-to-swing style. Links: Nichols | AM | YouTube
Freddie Redd Quintet Shades of Redd Jazz R246 Sh12
Recorded for Blue Note in 1960 by this pianist, with Jackie McLean, Tina Brooks, & others. Links: Redd | AM | YouTube
Diane Schuur Midnight Jazz Sch88 M584
A 2003 release with the vocalist on piano, with a combo and guest singers. Links: Schuur | AM | YouTube
Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra
What’s Cookin’ Charlie? ’41-‘47
Jazz Sp49 W558
Yes, they used to talk like that. Big band music, some sweet, some hot. Links: Spivak | AM | YouTube
Kay Starr Wheel of Fortune Jazz St28 W560
Starr was a big band singer who continued to record with small combos in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Links: Starr | AM | YouTube
Bob Wilber & the Bob Wilber & the Jazz Wilbur finds a band in France and does
Tuxedo Big Band Tuxedo Big Band W641 B630
songs arranged by Fletcher Henderson for Benny Goodman, but never actually recorded. Swing. Links: Wilber | AM | YouTube
Ken Wiley Visage Jazz W648 V820
Jazz with a French horn. Recorded in the 1980s, but released on CD in 2002. Links: Wiley | YouTube
Wolverines Wolverines Classic Jazz Orchestra
Jazz W839 W839
Young revivalists’ recording from the mid-1970s. Links: Wolverines
RCA Victor 80th Anniversary, Vol. 1: 1917-1929
Jazz R219v v.1
A selection from the early days of the RCA label, including tracks by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, and others. Links: RCA
Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments Hugo Alfvén Symphony No. 4; En
Skärgårdsägen Clas Al29 Sy68-4 1991
Two orchestral works, with Neeme Järvi conducting the Stockholm Philharmonic. Links: Alfvén | Järvi
Alexander Alyabiev String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Clas Al41 St86
Early 19th century works by this less than well-known Russian composer. The Beethoven Quartet performs. Links: Alyabiev
Anton Arensky Concerto for Piano & Orchestra; Twelve Etudes for Piano
Clas Ar33 P573c 1996
Late Romantic works, performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Freeman. Richard Alston is at the piano. Links: Arensky | Freeman | Alston
Thomas Arne Solo Cantatas; Six Cantatas for a Voice & Instruments; Advice to Cloe
Clas Ar62 C166 2006
Lots of vocalizing on these 18th century works. Mária Zádori, soprano, & Timothy Bentch, tenor, are the culprits. Links: Arne | Zádori | Bentch
C.P.E. Bach Oden (Sacred Songs) Clas B122c Od26 2012
The most eclectic of J.S. Bach’s sons, with a batch of songs performed by Julian Redlin, bass, and Jörn Boysen, harpsichord. Links: Bach | Redlin | Boysen
J. S. Bach Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1052-1054
Clas B122 H234c Bwv1052 2000
Our call numbers are getting longer as we add more recordings. Robert Levin is the harpsichorder, with Helmuth Rilling conducting the Bach-Collegium Stutgart. Links: Bach | Levin | Rilling
J. S. Bach Mass in B-Minor Clas B122
Performed by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, conducted by Ton
M381b 1995
Koopman. Links: Bach | Koopman
Belá Bartók Early Works and Rarities
Clas B285 R182 2000
Various pieces, with Andrea Meláth, soprano, Emese Virágh & István Kassai, piano, & the Honvéd Ensembe Male Choir. Links: Bartók | Meláth | Kassai
Arnold Bax Boult Conducts Bax Clas B330 B665c 1992
Orchestral works, including three symphonic poems, from the early part of the 20th century. Adrian Boult leads the London Philharmonic. Links: Bax | Boult
Amy Beach Cabildo; Six Short Pieces
Clas B352 C111
Premiere recording of this short opera in 1995. Ransom Wilson conducts Great Performers at Lincoln Center. Links: Beach | Wilson
Ludwig van Beethoven Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus)
Clas B393 C330
Charles Mackerras conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in this ballet. Links: Beethoven | Mackerras
Ludwig van Beethoven Mass in C Major; other works
Clas B393 M381-C 1996
Sacred choral works, with the Corydon Singers and Corydon Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Best. Links: Beethoven | Best
Ludwig van Beethoven Eroica-Variationen (Eroica Variations); Leichte Variationen; 32 Variationen
Clas B393 V426p
53 variations in all, which is frankly a lot to absorb in less than 45 minutes. Bruno Leonardo Gelber is the pianist. Links: Beethoven | Gelber
Hector Berlioz/ Franz Liszt
Symphonie Fantastique; Les Préludes
Clas B455 Sy68f 1993
Georg Solti runs the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on these 19th century works. Links: Berlioz | Liszt | Solti
Leonard Bernstein Candide Clas B458 C161 1987
Comic operetta based on Voltaire’s work. Max Adrian and Barbara Cook are the stars. Links: Bernstein | Adrian | Cook
Franz Berwald 4 Symphonies Clas B463 Sy68 1985
He only wrote four, so they stopped there. Neeme Järvi conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Links: Berwald | Järvi
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2; Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Clas B730 Sy68-2 1990
Wolfgang Sawallisch and the London Philharmonic take a crack at these works. Links: Brahms | Sawallisch
Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 2; Suite for Orchestra & Organ
Clas B830 V813c-2 1997
Jochen Brusch is the violinist, and Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen the organist. Norbert Kirchmann conducts the Tübinger Ärzteorchester. Links: Bruch | Brusch |
Mikkelsen Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 Clas
B831 Sy68-7 1992
Franz Welser-Möst was a busy boy before joining the Cleveland Orchestra. Here he conducts the London Philharmonic. Links: Bruckner | F W-M
Ferruccio Busoni Doktor Faust Clas B966 D685 1989
Late Romantic opera, starring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the title role. Ferdinand Leitner conducts the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Links: Busoni | D F-D | Leitner
Giovanni Caruso Guitarmosaics Clas C251g G949 2011
Contemporary composer, playing his own works, presumably on his own guitar. Links: Caruso
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Trio No. 1; Quintet No. 1
Clas C277 P573t-1 1996
20th century works performed by members of the Arman Ensemble. Deniz Arman Gelenbe is the pianist. Links: M C-T | Gelenbe
Gustave Charpentier Louise (abridged) Clas C383g L930
Not the more famous Charpentier, this one is from the 20th century. Abridged version of this opera, with Nino Vallin in the lead role. Eugene Bigot conducts Les Choeurs Raugel & Orchestra, Paris in a 1935 recording. Links: Charpentier | Vallin | Bigot
Luigi Cherubini Medea Clas C424 M467 2000
1961 recording with Maria Callas & Jon Vickers in the lead roles. Thomas Schippers conducts the Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scalla, Milan. Links: Cherubini | Callas | Vickers | Schippers
Frédéric Chopin The Piano Sonatas Clas C455 P573s 1999
All three, plus some other pieces to fill up the 2nd CD. Leif Ove Andsnes is the pianist. Links: Chopin | Andsnes
Domenico Cimarosa Le Astuzie Femminili (Feminine Wiles)
Clas C490 As89
Mario Rossi conducts the RAI Orchestra, Naples, in this 1959 recording. Graziella Sciutti has the lead role. Links: Cimarosa | Rossi | Sciutti
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor/ Arthur Somervell
Violin Concertos Clas C679 V813c 2005
One each, for this series, The Romantic Violin Concerto. Anthony Marwood violins, while Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Links: Coleridge-Taylor | Sovervell | Marwood | Brabbins
Frederick Delius Appalacia; Sea Drift Clas British composer who spent a lot of time
D379 Ap48 2012
in Florida wrote works based on American themes. The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay and the Florida Orchestra, conducted by Stefan Sanderling play. Links: Delius | Sanderling
David Diamond Suite from the Ballet TOM; This Sacred Ground; Symphony No. 8
Clas D541 Se48 1994
Vol. 4 of a series of discs devoted to Diamond’s work by the Delos label. Gerard Schwarz leads the Seattle Symphony & Chorale. Links: Diamond | Schwarz
Ernó Dohnányi Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade for String Trio
Clas D682 P573q 1996
20th century works, all performed by the Schubert Ensemble of London, with William Howard at the piano. Links: Dohnányi | Howard | Schubert Ens.
Antonín Dvořák Král a Uhlíř (King and Charcoal Burner)
Clas D959 K859 1996
A comic opera, with René Tuček & Dalibor Jedlička in the title roles. Josef Chaloupka leads the Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra. Links: Dvořák | Tuček | Jedlička
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8; The Golden Spinning Wheel
Clas D959 Sy68-8 1992
We have endless Dvořák coming through (that’s a good thing). Jiři Bèlohlávek conducts the Czech Philharmonic. Links: Dvořák | Bèlohlávek
Sixten Eckerberg Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 3
Clas Ec56 P573c-1 1986
20th century works by this neglected Swedish composer. Hans Pålsson is the piano guy, with Jorma Panula leading the Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Links: Eckerberg | Pålsson | Panula
Edward Elgar The Starlight Express Suite; King Arthur Suite
Clas El31 St28e
A very suite CD. George Hurst conducts the Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Links: Elgar | Hurst
Kenneth Fuchs Orchestra Music Clas F951 Or10 2012
Five works by this 20th century composer, with JoAnn Falletta leading the London Symphony Orchestra. Links: Fuchs | Falletta
Jack Gallagher Symphony No. 2; Quiet Reflections
Clas G135 Sy68-2 2015
Contemporary composer, teaching at the College of Wooster. His music is played by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted once again by JoAnn Falletta. Links: Gallagher | Falletta
Luis Gianneo Piano Works, Vol. 3 Clas G348 P573/3
A sonata, some preludes, and other works from the early 20th century. Several pianists are at work here, including Elena Dabul. Links: Gianneo | Dabul
Alexander Glazunov Symphony No. 6; Poème Lyrique
Clas G469 Sy68-6 1987
Romantic Russian works, with Neeme Järvi yet again, this time leading the Bamberger Symphoniker. Links: Glazunov | Järvi
Reinhold Gliere The Bronze Horseman-Suite; Zaporoshy Cossacks
Clas G498 B789 1995
How can you go wrong with Cossacks? Dmitry Liss conducts the Ural Philharmonic. Links: Gliere | Liss
Percy Grainger Jungle Book Clas G761 J958 1996
Song cycle based on Kipling’s work. Libby Crabtree and John Mark Ainsley sing along with Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton. Links: Grainger | Crabtree | Ainsley | Layton
Edvard Grieg The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3
Clas G871 P573/3
Eva Knardahl continues the survey, with more Lyric Pieces. Links: Grieg | Knardahl
George Frideric Handel Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Clas H191 C744g Op.6 2013
You may wonder why it’s important to distinguish by Opus number for Handel’s concerti grossi. Because there are so damned many. Op. 6 alone takes up 3 discs. Kevin Mallon works the Arcadia Ensemble to death. Links: Handel | Mallon
George Frideric Handel Operatic Arias Clas H191 Op2a
Arias from seven of his operas (he wrote a lot), with David Daniels, countertenor, & the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Roger Norrington. Links: Handel | Daniels | Norrington
Hamilton Harty The Children of Lir; Ode to a Nightingale
Clas H259 C437
The first is an orchestral poem, the second a work for soprano & orchestra. Heather Harper vocalizes with the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Bryden Thomson. Links: Harty | Harper | Thomson
Joseph Haydn String Quartets, Op. 50 (Prussian Quartets)
Clas H324 St86q Op.50 1987
Presumably because he wrote them in Prussia. Six in all, performed by the Tatrai Quartet. Links: Haydn | Tatrai Q
Joseph Haydn Symphonies Nos. 72-83 Clas H324 Sy68-72 1991
These take up 4 discs, so Philharmonia Hungarica is rather busy here. Antal Dorati conducts. Links: Haydn | Dorati
Henry VIII All Goodly Sports: The Complete Music of Henry VIII
Clas H396e Al51
Busy guy. When he wasn’t getting rid of his wives, he composed. Vocal and instrumental music performed by Sirinu.
Links: Henry VIII | Sirinu Vagn Holmboe Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 Clas
H732 Sy68-6 1992
20th century works by this Danish composer. Owain Arwel Hughes conducts the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. Links: Holmboe | Hughes
Johan Nepomuk Hummel
Chamber Music Clas H883 C355 1993
A trio and two sonatas by this early 19th century composer. András Adorján, flute, Boris Pergamenschikow, cello, & Pavel Gililov, piano, manage it all. Links: Hummel | Adorján | Bergamenschikow | Gililov
Heinrich Isaac Missa Paschalis Clas Is12 M691p
A mass written around 1500. Performed by Ensemble Officium, directed by Wilfried Rombach. Links: Isaac | Rombach
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Orchestra Music Clas K842 Or10 1996
Works for cello, piano, and string orchestra by this 20th century composer best known for his film scores. Matthias Bamert leads the BBC Philharmonic. Links: Korngold | Bamert
Rodolphe Kreutzer Violin Concertos No. 9 & 13; other works
Clas K888 V813c-9
Early 19th century compositions, with Saskia Lethiec on violin, and José Ferreira Lobo conducting Orquestra do Norte. Links: Kreutzer | Lethiec | Lobo
Constant Lambert Pomona; Tiresias Clas L172 P772
Two ballets, from 1927 and 1950, with David Lloyd-jones conducting the English Northern Philharmonia. Links; Lambert | Lloyd-Jones
Teresa LeVelle The Shadowlands Clas L576 Sh12
A variety of contemporary chamber works by this American composer. Various musicians. Links: LeVelle
Franz Liszt Complete Tone Poems, Vol. 2
Clas L699 Sy68p/2
We’ve already added the first volume, and here are two more discs full. Bernard Haitink leads the London Philharmonic. Links: Liszt | Haitink
Barton McLean Soundworlds Clas M223b So84
Contemporary works for various instruments and computer. Links: McLean
Albéric Magnard Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Clas M274 Sy68-1 1999
Late Romantic works, with Thomas Sanderling conducting the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. Links: Magnard | Sanderling
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 10 Clas M278 Sy68-10 1992
His last, unfinished, symphony, finished by several others in the spirit of his work. Simon Rattle conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Links: Mahler | Rattle
Bohuslav Martinů Památník Lidicím (Memorial to Lidice); Polní Mše (Field Mass); Symphony No. 4
Clas M366 P190
A wide array of works by this 20th century composer. Jiří Bělohlávek conducts the Czech Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra. Links: Martinů | Bělohlávek
Bohuslav Martinů Complete Music for Violin & Orchestra, Vol. 2
Clas M366 V813o/2
A very nice series. Bohuslav Matoušek is the violinist, with Christopher Hogwood leading the Czech Philharmonic. Links: Martinů | Matoušek | Hogwood
Felix Mendelssohn Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4; Hebrides Overture
Clas M522 Sy68-4 1991
Pulled from previously released recordings, Georg Solti conducts the Israel Philharmonic, while Peter Maag conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Links: Mendelssohn | Solti | Maag
Nikolai Miaskovsky String Quartets Nos. 3, 10, & 13
Clas M580 St86q 1988
Early 20th century works performed by the Leningrad Taneiev Quartet (They’ve probably changed their name by now). Links: Myaskovsky
Ann Millikan The Music of Ann Millikan
Clas M621 M973
Contemporary works for small ensemble performed by the California EAR Unit. Links: Millikan | EAR
Lorenz Christoph Mizler
20 Lieder & Oden Clas M699 L623 2013
Songs by a somewhat obscure Baroque composer. That shouldn’t stop you. Klaus Mertens, baritone, Sibylla Rubens, soprano, & some instrumentalists backing. Links: Mizler | Mertens | Rubens
E. J. Moeran String Quartet in A Minor; Sonata for Violin & Piano
Clas M722 St86q 1986
Works from the first half of the 20th century. The Melbourne String Quartet performs the first work, with Donald Scotts & John Talbot on the second. Links: Moeran | Scotts | Talbot
Alexander Mosolov The Music of Alexander Mosolov
Clas M855 M973
Various works by this 20th century composer, including suites, choral works, and a piano concerto. Various musicians. Links: Mosolov
Mihály Mosonyi Piano Works, Vol. 4 Clas M855 P573/4
19th century pieces, with many based in Hungarian folk songs. István Kassai is the pianist. Links: Mosonyi | Kassai
Moritz Moszkowski Piano Works, Vol. 3 Clas M855 P573/3
19th century works, with Seta Tanyel at the keyboard. Links: Moszkowski | Tanyel
W. A. Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the Seraglio)
Clas M877 En82 1999
Christine Schäfer, Patricia Petibon, & Ian Bostridge star in this opera, with William Christie leading Les Arts Florissants. Links: Mozart | Schäfer | Petibon |
Bostridge | Christie W. A. Mozart Die Zauberflöte (The
Magic Flute) Clas M877 Z19 1959
Starring Erika Köth, Lisa Della Casa, & Walter Berry. George Szell leads the Vienna Philharmonic. Links: Mozart | Köth | Della Casa | Szell
Hikari Oe Music of Hikari Oe, Vol. 1
Clas Oe10 M973/1
Short contemporary pieces, performed by Akiko Ebi, piano, & Hiroshi Koizumi, flute. We’ll add vol. 2 soon. Links: Oe | Ebi
Nicoló Paganini The 6 Violin Concertos Clas P140 V813c 1988
3-disc set of these 19th century works, with Salvatore Accardo on the violin. Charles Dutoit conducts the London Philharmonic. Links: Paganini | Accardo | Dutoit
George Perle Eight Pieces (1938-1997)
Clas P421 Ei44p
Piano music, with Michael Brown at the keyboard. Links: Perle | Brown
Piero Pezzè Chamber Music Works Clas P469 C355 2014
Contemporary pieces, with Andrea Rucli & Ferdinando Mussutto, piano, Nicola Bulfone, clarinet, & Lucio Degani, violin. Links: Pezzè | Rucli | Mussutto | Bulfone | Degani
Walter Piston Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6; Sinfonietta
Clas P678 Sy68-2 1990
20th century works, all conducted by Gerard Schwarz, and played by two different orchestras. Links: Piston | Schwarz
Ignaz Pleyel Strings & Winds Clas P717 St86w
Quintets and quartets, with Orsolya Kaczander, flute, & Lajos Lencsés, oboe. Links: Pleyel | Kaczander | Lencsés
James Primosch Sacred Songs Clas P935 Sa14 2014
Contemporary works, sung by Susan Narucki & William Sharp, with the 21st Century Consort, conducted by Christopher Kendall. Links: Primosch | Narucki | Sharp | Kendall
Sergei Prokofiev Maddalena Clas P943 M262 1988
A one-act opera from his early years. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts the USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (back in 1986). Links: Prokofiev | Rozhdestvensky
Giacomo Puccini La Fanciulla del West (Girl of the West)
Clas P961 F215
Opera based on the American play Girl of the Golden West. 1956 performance with Antonino Votto conducting La Scala. Gigliola Frazzoni plays Minnie. Links: Puccini | Votto | Frazzoni
Valentin Rathgeber Tafel-Confect Clas R188 T123
18th century works, performed by Canto Tanto, and Das Neu Eröffnete Orchestre. Jürgen Sonnentheil leads. Links:
Rathgeber | Sonnentheil Maurice Ravel/ Eugen Suchon
String Quartets Clas R196 St86q 1999
Curious pairing, but we’re sure they have their reasons. Played by the Moyzes Quartet. Links: Ravel | Suchon | Moyzes Q
Alan Rawsthorne Selections Clas R199 Se48 2008
A mixed program of his works, orchestral, and vocal. David Lloyd-Jones leads the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Links: Rawsthorne | Lloyd-Jones
Carl Reinthaler 26 Lieder Clas R277 L623 2014
19th century songs, performed by Peter Schöne, baritone, and Günther Albers, piano. Links: Reinthaler | Schöne | Albers
Carl Gottlieb Reissiger 2 Piano Trios Clas R278 P573t
More 19th century works, with Trio Art Nouveau responsible. Links: Reissiger
Ottorino Respighi Roman Trilogy Clas R312 R661 1998
Fountains, Pines, & Festival are all here. Daniele Gatti conducts the Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Links: Respighi | Gatti
Sigmund Romberg Mario Lanza Sings Songs from The Student Prince & The Desert Song
Clas R663 M339
The title says it all. Operetta tunes by a singer who appeared regularly on TV on the Ed Sullivan Show back in the 1950s. Links: Romberg | Lanza
Hans Rott Symphony in E Major Clas R747 Sy68-e 1992
Late 19th century work, with Leif Segerstam conducting the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Links: Rott | Segerstam
Anton Rubinstein The Demon Clas R825 D397 1995
Russian opera, performed by the Wexford Festival Opera Chorus & the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Alexander Anissimov. Links: Rubinstein | Anissimov
Erzherzog Rudolph von Österreich/ Joseph Miroslav Weber
Septets Clas R835 Se63
Two obscure 19th century composers, each with a septet to his name. Dieter Klöcker leads Consortium Classicum. Links: Rudolph | Weber | Klöcker
Frederic Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated! 36 Variations on a Chilean Folk Song
Clas R998 P390
Modern piano work, with Ole Kiilerich at the keyboard. Links: Rzewski | Kiilerich
Camille Saint-Saëns Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Clas Sa25 Sy68-2 1990
Romantic period works, with Gillian Weir on the organ for No. 3, and Yan Pascal Tortelier conducting the Ulster Orchestra. Links: Saint-Saëns | Weir | Tortelier
Domenico Scarlatti Sonate Clas Sc74d H234s 2013
18th century sonatas written for harpsichord, but played on the guitar by Lucio Dosso. Links: Scarlatti
Robert Schumann Fantasie; Bunte Blätter (Colored Leaves)
Clas Sch86 F217 2005
One long work and a set of shorter ones, all for piano, and all played by Matthias Kirschnereit. Links: Schumann | Kirschnereit
Dmitri Shostakovich Hypothetically Murdered: Orchestral Suite; Four Romances; Five Fragments
Clas Sh82 H999
Works from the 1930s, with Dimitri Kharitonov, bass, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra led by Mark Elder. Links: Shostakovich | Elder
Jean Sibelius Piano Works Clas Si11 P573 1995
Sonatinas, rondinos, a sonata, and Finlandia arranged for piano. Marita Viitasalo presides over the keyboard. Links: Sibelius | Viitasalo
Friedrich Silcher Die Loreley Clas Si32 L885
19th century choral work about a big rock on the Rhine. Performed by the Südfunk-Chor, & the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Uroš Lajovic. Links: Silcher | Lajovic
Nikos Skalkottas Instrumental Music Clas Sk13 In7 1998
A violin concerto, dances for strings, and other works. Georgios Demertzis is the violinist, with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, led by Nikos Christodoulou. Links: Skalkottas | Demertzis
Bedřich Smetana Ma Vlast (My Country) Clas Sm39 M110 1988
Smetana’s most popular work, consisting of six symphonic poems, one of which is the Czech national anthem. Rafael Kubelik conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Links: Smetana | Kubelik
Johann (Janos) Spech Chamber Music: Music of Hungarian Parlours
Clas Sp31 C355 2007
Early 19th century music for those of leisure. Anikó Horváth & Ágnes Ratkó, fortepiano, Katalin Halmai, mezzo-soprano. Links: Spech | Ratkó
Louis Spohr Notturno for Winds & Janissary Music; Nonet for Strings and Winds
Clas Sp64 N672
Medium-sized forces required for these 19th century works. Dieter Klöcker heads Consortium Classicum. Links: Spohr | Klöcker
Charles Villiers Stanford
Symphony No. 3; Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Clas St24 Sy68-3 1987
Vernon Handley manages the Ulster Orchestra for these two 20th century works. Links: Stanford | Handley
Richard Strauss Violin Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Duett-Concertino for Clarinet
Clas St81r C744
Boris Belkin, violin, & Gordon Hunt, oboe, are the main soloists. Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Radio
& Bassoon 1993 Symphonie Orchester Berlin. Links: Strauss | Belkin | Hunt | Ashkenazy
Igor Stravinsky The Three Symphonies Clas St82 Sy68-1 1982
Sir Alexander Gibson conducts the Scottish National Orchestra. Links: Stravinsky | Gibson
Arthur Sullivan The Prodigal Son; Boer War Te Deum
Clas Su53 P942 2003
Certainly a product of the Empire. The first is an oratorio, the second a choral work. Ronald Corp leads the New London Orchestra & London Chorus. Links: Sullivan | Corp
Franz von Suppé Overtures, Vol. 5 Clas Su76 Ov2/5
His overtures proliferate. Christian Pollack conducts the Slovak State Philharmonic in these 19th century works. Links: Suppé | Pollack
Karol Szymanowski Lieder Clas Sz93 L623
Songs from the early 20th century, sung by Claudia Barainsky, soprano, with Axel Bauni, piano. Links: Szymanowski | Barainsky | Bauni
Piotyr Tchaikovsky/ Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 1
Clas T219 P573c-1 1988
Makes sense to pair these. Sviatoslav Richter is the pianist, with Karel Ančerl conducting two different Orchestras. Links: Tchaikovsky | Prokofiev | Richter | Ančerl
Václav Jan Tomášek Piano Music of Václav Jan Tomášek
Clas T591 P573 1997
We’re not sure if this is all of it. However, Phyllis Moss plays everything here. Links: Tomášek
Joaquín Turina Chamber Music Clas T846 C355 2012
A piano trio and quartet, a violin sonata, and other works, all performed by the Nash Ensemble. Links: Turina | Nash
Mieczysław Vainberg Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Clas V195 C355s-1
20th century works, performed by the Umeå Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thord Svedlund. Links: Vainberg | Svedlund
Giuseppi Verdi Arias Clas V584 Ar41h
Songs from eight of his operas, sung by Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Links: Verdi | Hvorostovsky
Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata Clas V584 T698 2000
One of his most popular operas, with Renata Tebaldi & Giacinto Prandelli starring. Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the Chorus & Orchestra of RAI, Milan, 1952. Links: Verdi | Tebaldi | Prandelli | Giulini
Giovanni Battista Viotti Orchestra Music Clas V814
A violin concerto and two sinfonias from the late 18th-early 19th centuries. The
Or10 1993
Bayerisches Kammerorchester München presides. Links: Viotti
Richard Wagner Das Liebesmahl der Apostel: Choral & Orchestral Works
Clas W125 L621 1997
The choral works are sung by several men’s choral groups, or Männerchöre. Michel Plasson leads the Dresden Philharmonic. Links: Wagner | Plasson
Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde Clas W125 T738 1988
Reissued on CD in 1988, but recorded in concert in 1937. Lauritz Melchior & Kirsten Flagstad star, with Thomas Beecham leading the Covent Garden Opera & Chorus. Links: Wagner | Melchior | Flagstad | Beecham
Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Clarinet Concertino
Clas W388 C544c-1 1983
Early 19th century works, with Eduard Brunner on clarinet, and Oleg Caetani conducting the Bamberger Symphniker. Links: Weber | Brunner | Caetani
Samuel Wesley Organ Works Clas W516 Or3 2007
19th century works, performed on the Father Henry Willis Organ of St. Michael and All Angels, Tenbury Wells, by James McVinnie. Links: Wesley | McVinnie | Organ
Gioseffo Zarlino Canticum Canticorum Salomonis; Selected Motets
Clas Z18 C168c
Sacred choral music from mid-16th century Venice. Michael Noone leads Ensemble Plus Ultra. Links: Zarlino | Noone
Jan Dismas Zelenka Confitebor tibi Domine; Laudate pueri; Capriccios
Clas Z37 C760
Early 18th century vocal works, with Peter Schreier, tenor, & Olaf Bär, baritone. Ludwig Güttler conducts Virtuosi Saxoniae. Links: Zelenka | Schreier | Bär | Güttler
More Classical: Artist Title Call # Comments Victoria de Los Angeles The Art of Victoria de
Los Angeles Clas An43 Ar75
2-disc set of concert and studio recordings from 1949-1955 of arias from operas by Mozart, Wagner, Puccini, & others. Links: Angeles
Malcolm Bilson Malcolm Bilson Plays Dussek, Cramer, Haydn
Clas B498 M292
On the piano. Sounds like a chess tournament. Two sonatas and some variations, all from the late 18th-early 19th centuries. Links: Bilson
Bochmann String Quartet
British String Quartets Clas B631sq B777
The group plays works by Bridge, Bush, and Wesley. Links: Bochmann
The Brook Street Band Oxford Water Music Clas B790s
Chamber works by Handel (of course), Corelli, and others, on period
Ox2 instruments. Links: Brook Street Zara Dolukhanova/ Nina Svetlanova
Song Cycles Clas D699 So58c
The soprano and pianist perform works by Tariverdiev, Shchedrin, & Gavrilin, all 20th century composers. Links: Dolukhanova | Svetlanova
Howard Dunn Fiesta! Clas D922 F465
Dunn leads the Dallas Wind Symphony in works by H. Owen Reed, Morton Gould, & others. Links: Dunn | DWS
Ensemble Villancico ¡Una Tonadilla Nueva! Baroque Music from Ecuador
Clas En77v B268e
Peter Pontvik leads the group in works by Hidalgo, Blasco, and Anonymous. Links: Villancico | Pontvik
Beniamino Gigli The Gigli Edition, Vol. 2
Clas G367 G367/2
Recordings by this famous tenor from 1919-1922, in Milan, New York, and Camden, NJ? Links: Gigli
Thomas Hampson The Very Best of Thomas Hampson
Clas H188 V620
We’ll be the judge of that. Nevertheless, a generous 2-disc set of arias and songs by the baritone. Links: Hampson
Christopher Herrick Organ Fireworks 5 Clas H434 Or3/5
We have other volumes in this series. Here he plays works by Alain, Sibelius, Nielsen, & others, on the organ of Turku Cathedral, Finland. Links: Herrick
Myra Hess Hess Clas H463 H463
Apparently that’s all you need to know. 1958-1961 recordings of the pianist with the London Philharmonic, playing concertos by Beethoven & Mozart. Links: Hess
Invocation The Romantic Muse: English Music in the Time of Beethoven
Clas In8 R662
The group plays works by Linley, Attwood, Webbe, Wesley, & others.
Emma Johnson Clarinet Quintets Clas J631 C544q
Johnson works with several other musicians to present works by Mozart & Weber. Links: Johnson
Chantal Juillet Violin Concertos Clas J939 V813c 1993
The violinist plays works by Stravinsky & Szymanowski, with help from the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Dutoit. Links: Juillet | Dutoit
The King’s Consort The Coronation of King George II
Clas K611c C816g 2001
Music to accompany the coronation of 1727, composed by Handel, Purcell, and others. Links: King’s Consort
Max Lifchitz American Debuts: Piano Music by American Composers
Clas L626m Am35d
Most of the works are quite new, by Ziffrin, Stewart, Mason, and others. Links: Lifchitz
Christian Lindberg The Romantic Trombone
Clas L640c R662t
They mean the Romantic Period, not romance. Works by Ropartz, Jongen, Stojowski, & others, with Roland
Pontinen at the piano. Links: Lindberg | Pontinen
Antoinette Lohmann & Vaughan Schlepp
Sonatas & Variations for Fortepiano & Violin
Clas L832 So57
18th century works by Danzi & Mozart. Links: Lohmann | Schlepp
Antonio Meneses/ Maria João Pires
The Wigmore Hall Recital
Clas M524 W639
The cellist and pianist play works by Schubert, Brahms, & Mendelssohn in this famous recital hall. Links: Meneses | Pires
Drew Minter A Wind Blows from the East: Four German Medieval Tales
Clas M668 W722
Minter provides both voice and harps for these works. Links: Minter
Roland Muhr Justin Heinrich Knecht, Leopold Mozart, Johann Ernst Eberlin
Clas M895 J984
They couldn’t come up with a title that wasn’t the names of all the composers? Muhr plays works for organ from the 18th century. Links: Muhr
Münchner Klaviertrio Piano Trios Clas M921k P573t
The group plays works by César Franck and Edouard Lalo. Links: Münchner K.
Paul Nicholson English 18th Century Keyboard Concertos
Clas N520 En36c
Nicholson works with the harpsichord, fortepiano, & organ to play works by Handel, Roseingrave, & others. The Parley of Instruments does the rest. Links: Nicholson | Parley
Marielle Nordmann Concerti pour Harpe (Harp Concertos)
Clas N758 H230c
Works by Handel, Vivaldi, Haydn, & others, with the Orchestre d’Auvergne, conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Links: Nordmann | Kantorow
Laurence Perkins Bassoon Concertos Clas P419 B295c
The bassoonist is joined by the Manchester Camerata, conducted by Douglas Boyd, in works by Mozart, Stamitz, & Weber. Links: Perkins | Boyd
Joshua Pierce Rondo Brillante: Early Romantic Works for Piano & Orchestra
Clas P611 R668
Works by Reinecke, Hummel, Czerny, & others. Bystrik Rezucha conducts the Slovak State Philharmonic. Links: Pierce | Rezucha
Ruggiero Ricci Ruggiero Ricci Clas R359 R843
A 2-disc set with works for violin & piano by Sibelius, Bach, Himemith, & others. Sylvia Rabinoff is the pianist. Links: Ricci
Marcy Rosen Sonatas of Thuille, Tovey and Dohnányi
Clas R722m So57
The cellist plays a sonata by each composer, with the aid of Frances Rowell, second cello, and Lydia Artymiw, piano. Links: Rosen | Rowell | Artymiw
Mstislav Rostropovich Rostropovich Clas R739 R739
Another clever title. The cellist plays works by Shostakovich and Haydn with the help of various folks. Links: MR
Peter Schreier Klassische und Clas Songs by Mozart, Weber, Schubert,
Romantische Lieder zur Gitarre
Sch72 L623 1989
Brahms, & others, sung by the tenor, with guitar accompaniment by Konrad Ragossnig. Links: Schreier | Ragossnig
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf The Beginning of a Legend
Clas Sch96 B394
Concert, radio, & studio recordings from early in her career, 1938-1954. She sings Mozart, Verdi, and others. Links: Schwarzkopf
Seattle Symphony The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes & Deems Taylor
Clas Se18s M973f
Sounds personal. Gerard Schwarz conducts the orchestra in works by these 20th century American composers. Links: Seattle Symphony
Melvyn Tan Piano Works Clas T153 P573 1989
Which makes sense, because Tan plays the fortepiano. Schubert and Beethoven are the featured composers. Links: Tan
Vilmos Tátrai Joy of the Hungarian Nation: Music from the 18th-19th Centuries
Clas T188 J840
The composer leads the Hungarian Chamber Orchestra in works by Wranitzky, Csermák, & Rósavölgyi. Links: Tátrai
Renata Tebaldi My First Record Clas T223 M990r
Arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Gounod, & others, recorded 1949-1950. Links: Tebaldi
Michael Thompson The Golden Echo: Concertos for Horns
Clas T375 G565
Along with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Warren-Green, Thompson plays works by Vivaldi, Rosetti, & others. Links: Thompson | Warren-Green
TransAtlantic Ensemble Havana Moon Clas T687e H298
The group plays works by D’Rivera, Jofre, Villa-Lobos, & others. Links: TransAtlantic
Ingolf Turban Freundschaft (Friendship)
Clas T841 F896
Works for violin and piano by Robert Schumann & Ferdinand David, who were BFFs in the 19th century. Turban is the violinist, with Lukas Maria Kuen on piano. Don’t know if they’re friends. Links: Turban | Kuen
The Viennese Ladies’ Opera Ball Orchestra
Wiener Opernball-Damenkappele
Clas W636o W636 1991
The ladies perform a variety of works by the Strauss family, Lanner, and others.
Choir of Westminster Abbey
Music from the Reign of King James I
Clas W528a M973j
That’s the 1600s, if you’re not up on your English kings. Choral works by Gibbons, Tomkins, and others. Links: Abbey
All in a Garden Green: Four Seasons of English Music
Clas Al51g 2012
Lots of short works by Purcell, Byrd, Morley, & others, performed by Le Tendre Amour. Links: Tendre
Miscellaneous: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards
The Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards
Misc B221cg R263
As one might expect, they play marches, this time of the European and American variety. Links: Coldstream Guards
Polly Bergen Bergen Sings Morgan/ The Party’s Over
Misc B453 B453m
Popular actress and singer put out several albums of easy listening in the 1950s. Here are two on one CD. Links: Bergen | AM | YouTube
Isobel Buchanan The White Cliffs of Dover: Wartime Favourites
Misc B851 W582
The soprano performs a variety of songs popular during World War II. Links: Buchanan | YouTube
Mickey Hart & Planet Drum
Supralingua Misc H251 Su76
Grateful Dead drummer in another New Age/world fusion album. Links: Hart | AM | YouTube
Adrian Legg Guitars and Other Cathedrals
Misc L524 G949
Eclectic guitarist with another album. Links: Legg | AM | YouTube
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Complete National Anthems of the World, Vol. 5: Pakistan—Syria
Misc Sl58r An86/5
Peter Breiner conducts 43 national anthems. Links: Breiner
Van and Schenck Pennant-Winning Battery of Songland: Breakthrough Recordings, 1916-1918
Misc V260 P381
Pop music from the very early days of recording, by famous vaudevillians. Links: Van & Schenck | AM
The Vinyl Corner: Life at 33 1/3 rpm Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments E. Power Biggs The Organ in America BauLP
B484 Or352
Biggs plays some early American tunes on some early American organs. Links: Biggs
Karla Bonoff Restless Nights LP B64411 R3132
Second album from this singer-songwriter, popular in the 1970s & 1980s. Links: Bonoff | AM | YouTube
Roy Bookbinder/ Fats Kaplan
Git-Fiddle Shuffle LP B6443 G4473
Blues and old-time music from a duo on the Greenwich Village scene, from 1975. Links: Bookbinder |AM | YouTube
Bram Tchaikovsky Pressure LP B7318 P9266
1980 release by this New Wave/power pop group from England. Links: Bram | AM | YouTube
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge LP C779 R5101
The singer-songwriter’s first album, from 1971. Links: Coolidge | AM | YouTube
Norman Dello Joio/ Dan Welcher
Homage to Haydn; Concerto for Flute &
BauLP D381
The Louisville Orchestra is at work here, with conductors Leonard Slatkin &
Orchestra H750 Jorge Mester. Francis Fuge plays flute. Links: Dello Joio | Welcher | Slatkin | Mester
Joseph Haydn Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 BauLP H3249 So57p/4
John McCabe is the pianist once again for this nearly endless series. Links: Haydn | McCabe
Dr. Hook Rising LP D78 R4941
The man with the eye patch & his band in a 1980 release. We’re still trying to figure out how they survived disco. Links: Hook | AM | YouTube
Peter Frampton Premonition LP F8439 P917
A later LP, from 1986. Frampton comes back alive again. Links: Frampton | AM | YouTube
Dobie Gray Midnight Diamond LP G7917 M5848
Smooth R&B singer, with some big hits in the 1970s. Links: Gray | AM | YouTube
Daryl Hall & John Oates Ooh Yeah! LP H1403 Oo10
Even later than Frampton, this one is from 1988. Links: Hall & Oates | AM | YouTube
The Hollies What Goes Around LP H7247 W5563
A band that managed to reinvent itself several times, this 1983 release has Graham Nash back. Links: Hollies | AM | YouTube
Ironhorse Ironhorse LP Ir64 Ir64
A side project of Randy Bachman of BTO (and Guess Who). From 1979. Links: Ironhorse | AM | YouTube
Dave Mason Old Crest on a New Wave
LP M3812 Ol13
Talk about reinvention. 1980 release by this original member of Traffic. Links: Mason | AM | YouTube
Randy Meisner Randy Meisner LP M4789 R1599
Member of the Eagles for a while, then Poco, Meisner was never the star. Here he gets to be in this 1982 release. Links: Meisner | AM | YouTube
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Feelin’ Allright LP N42062 F3211
California country rock band associated with the Grateful Dead. This one’s from 1980. Links: Riders | AM | YouTube
Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4 BauLP Sy6811-4 1965
John Barbirolli leads the Hallé Orchestra. Links: Nielsen | Barbirolli
Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark
Crush LP Or19m C8889
1980s British synth pop. They were big, now they’re oldies. Links: OMD | AM | YouTube
Graham Parker & the Shot
Steady Nerves LP P225 St312
The only British rocker more sarcastic than Elvis Costello. And he rocked better too. From 1985. Links: Parker | AM | YouTube
Hubert Parry Orchestral Works BauLP Four works by this late Romantic
P2497 Or19 1972
English composer, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult. Links: Parry | Boult
Vincent Persichetti/ Wallingford Riegger
Symphony No. 8; Study in Sonority
BauLP P431 Sy6811-8 1970
Two later 20th century works, with Jorge Mester conducting the Lousiville Orchestra, famous for its support of contemporary music. Links: Persichetti | Riegger | Mester
Ignaz Pleyel Trios for Flute, Cello & Piano
BauLP P717 T7373f 1972
Three works, performed by the North German Chamber Trio. Links: Pleyel
Sergei Prokofiev/ Dmitri Kabalevsky
Piano Concerto No. 3; Piano Concerto No. 3
BauLP P94396 C7449p-3 1964
Wonder why they paired these up? Emil Gilels is the pianist, with the State Radio Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin and the 2nd composer. Links: Prokofiev | Kabalevsky | Gilels | Kondrashin
Pure Prairie League If the Shoe Fits LP P972 If10
Popular country rock band from the 1970s. This one’s from the mid-point of the decade. Links: PPL | AM | YouTube
Rodrigo Riera A Recital of 16th and 17th Century Guitar Music
BauLP R445 R2439
Short pieces by ten different composers, and he throws in a couple he wrote himself. Links: Riera
Gioacchino Rossini Four Quartets for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, & Bassoon
BauLP R736 Q28f-4
Quartets Nos. 4, 1, 6, & 5, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute, Jacques Lancelot, clarinet, Gilbert Coursier, horn, & Paul Hongne, bassoon. Links: Rossini | Rampal | Lancelot | Coursier | Hongne
Albert Roussel/ Maurice Ravel
Piano Concertos BauLP R763 C7449p
One from each. Maria Littauer is the pianist, with Alois Springer conducting the Hamburg Symphony. Links: Roussel | Ravel | Springer
Savoy Brown Live in Central Park LP Sa95 L744c
1972 concert recording, released on vinyl in 1985. British blues rock at its finest. Links: Savoy Brown | AM | YouTube
Boz Scaggs Down Two then Left LP Sca32 D757
1977 album from this Canton, Ohio-born blue-eyed soul artist. Links: Scaggs | AM | YouTube
Franz Schubert Vierhändige Klaviermusik (Compositions for Piano Duet)
BauLP Sch782 P573f 1966
Five works, with Paul Badura-Skoda and Jörg Demus on piano. Links: Schubert | Badura-Skoda | Demus
Robert Schumann Papillons; Sonata in G Minor; Carnival of
BauLP Sch865
The jacket title is Richter in Italy, with Sviatoslav at the piano. Links:
Vienna P1982 Schumann | Richter Roger Sessions/ Benjamin Lees
Symphony No. 3; Concerto for String Quartet & Orchestra
BauLP Se72 Sy6811-3 1968
Igor Buketoff conducts the Royal Philharmonic for both of these 20th century works. Links: Sessions | Lees | Buketoff
John Stewart Dream Babies Go to Hollywood
LP St495 D81
1980 album from this folkie turned pop-rocker. Links: Stewart | AM | YouTube
Richard Strauss Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 13
BauLP St828 Q28 1971
Performed by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Quartet, including Eduard Mrazek, piano. Links: Strauss
Dylan Thomas Selections from His Writings, Read by the Poet
BauLP T3625 Se4852
The poet himself reads a story and five poems. Links: Thomas
Boris Tishchenko/ Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Cello, Winds & Percussion; Trio No. 2
BauLP T524 C7449c 1969
Mstislav Rostropovich is the star of this recording, working with the Leningrad Philharmonic, conducted by Igor Blazhkov, & with Mikhail Vaiman, violin, and Pavel Serebryakov, piano. Links: Tishchenko | Shostakovich | Blazhkov | Rostropovich | Vaiman | Serebryakov
Tina Turner Foreign Affair LP T858 F7611
1989 album by this rocker/R&B singer. Links: Turner | AM | YouTube
Robert Volkmann Konzertstück for Piano & Orchestra; Concerto for Cello & Orchestra
BauLP V8852 K8376 1975
Two symphonies for this 19th century composer, with Jerome Rose & Thomas Blees in the soloist roles. Links: Volkmann | Rose
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