A Fistful of Music

Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community

April 2014

Spring is sort of here, but we could get more snow, so don’t make any picnic plans yet. We are about to end the 12-week term, so let’s go out on a high note. Pick one. This month we have a wide assortment of music coming in your direction, from blues harmonica to Latin bassoon, Japanese symphonies to Russian operas, and two, count them, two artists named Z. Z. 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 Bad Company Here Comes Trouble Pop

B140 H420

1992, pretty late for arena rock, but hey, party on. Links: Bad Company | AM | YouTube

David Bowie Heathen Pop B679 H352

Later Bowie, if you took the Facebook quiz. From 2002. Links: Bowie | AM | YouTube

Peter Case Beeline Pop C266 B392

Former member of the Nerves & the Plimsols in a 2002 release. Links: Case | AM | YouTube

Beth Nielsen Chapman

You Hold the Key Pop C366 Y83

1993 album from this singer-songwriter in the adult contemporary vein. Links: Chapman | AM | YouTube

Chicago Hot Streets Pop C432 H797

Not as a result of them, surely. Their 1978 release. Links: Chicago | AM | YouTube

Cowboy Junkies Lay It Down Pop C838 L451

We’re not sure how Canadian Americana works, but here it is. Links: Junkies | AM | YouTube

Elias and the Error Aren’t We So Lucky to Be Alive?

Pop El42 Ar33

We’re cornering the market on this group, with the 3rd release, from 2012. Links: Elias | YouTube

Godsmack Faceless Pop G549 F118

Boston alt.metal band’s album from 2003. Links: Godsmack | AM | YouTube

Gogl Bordello Pura Vida Conspiracy Pop G557 P970

And you were beginning to think that we wouldn’t add something from this decade. Links: Gogol | AM | YouTube

Ellie Goulding Halcyon Pop What a curious voice! Her 2012

G738 H129

release. Links: Goulding | AM | YouTube

Wanda Hunt Band Wanda Hunt Band Pop H915 W181

What are the odds this was their first album? Traditional R&B from Cleveland. Links: Hunt | YouTube

Iced Earth Night of the Stormrider

Pop Ic2 N563

Thrash metal from Florida, ca. 1992. Links: Earth | AM | YouTube

James Ingram Greatest Hits: The Power of Great Music

Pop In4 P871

Best of from this Cleveland-born R&B singer. Links: Ingram | AM | YouTube

The Jellybricks Goodnight to Everyone

Pop J396 G624

Mechanicsburg, PA group’s fourth release, from 2008. Links: Jellybricks | YouTube

Keelhaul Keelhaul II Pop K247 K247/2

Cleveland hardcore band’s second album, not surprisingly. Links: Keelhaul | AM | YouTube

Bob Mould Silver Age Pop M860 Si39

Sounds like he’s ready for a Cialis commercial. Links: Mould | AM | YouTube

The Pale Pacific Urgency Pop P174 Ur3

It may have been urgent in 2005, but not since. Links: Pacific | YouTube

Radiohead The King of Limbs Pop R118 K585

We’ve got practically everything else by these guys, so why not? From 2011. Links: Radiohead | AM | YouTube

The Said So Leggo Your Ego Pop Sa21 L524

Punk/garage music from Canton by a pretty good bar band. Links: Said So | Buzzard Tracks review

Dee Dee Sharp The Best of Dee Dee Sharp, 1962-1966

Pop Sh23 B464

Don’t throw your back out doing the Mashed Potato. Links: Sharp | AM | YouTube

Terrible Parade Where Were You When the Lights Went Out

Pop T277 W574

Re-release of this Northeast Ohio postpunk group’s output during the 1980s. Links: Parade

Toad the Wet Sprocket

PS (A Toad Retrospective)

Pop T550 P958

Good band, terrible name. A retrospective of their releases. Links: Toad | AM | YouTube

Laura Veirs Year of Meteors Pop V536 Y32

Alternative singer-songwriter’s release from 2005. Links: Viers | AM | YouTube

Z. Z. Ward Til the Casket Drops Pop W219 T450

Contemporary pop/R&B singer. Enjoy. Links: Ward | AM | YouTube

Z Z Top Degüello Pop Z10 D365

We wanted to put these two next to each other, even though they’re nothing alike. Links: Top | AM | YouTube

Projekt Presents: A Dark Cabaret

Pop D248c

A compilation of cabaret rock/pop, including tracks by the Dresden Dolls, Jill Tracy, Katzenjammers, &

others.

Folk/Country: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Andrew Calhoun Phoenix Envy Folk

C128 P565

Contemporary singer-songwriter in a 1996 release. Links: Calhoun | AM | YouTube

Clinton Gregory Freeborn Man Country G862 F875

Bluegrass fiddler does some country music, but can’t hide the high lonesome sound. Links: Gregory | AM | YouTube

Connie Kaldor Small Café Folk K124 Sm18

Canadian singer-songwriter’s 1997 album. Links: Kaldor | AM | YouTube

Tommy Malone Natural Born Days Country M297 N219

Half country, half blues, half rock, by this former guitarist for the Subdudes. Links: Malone | AM | YouTube

Tom Rush The Very Best of Tom Rush: No Regrets

Folk R895t V620

One of the big names from the urban folk revival of the 60s. Links: Rush | AM | YouTube

Frankie Yankovic More Polkas & Waltzes — 20 Hits

Folk Y15 M813

Because Yankovic. Links: Yankovic | AM | YouTube

Blues/Gospel: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Cortelia Clark Blues in the Street Blues

C547 B625

Nashville street singer put down these tracks in the 1960s. Links: Clark | YouTube

James Cotton South Side Boogie Blues C829 So84

Compilation of tracks by this singer & harmonica player, most likely from the 1950s. Not many notes. Links: Cotton | AM | YouTube

Rick Holmstrom Cruel Sunrise Blues H739 C887

Holmstrom, guitarist and singer, gives us a batch of original tunes, with his band and guest, Mavis Staples. Links: Holmstrom | AM | YouTube

Sonny Boy Williamson The Masters Blues W676 M393

Another harmonica player compilation, of older tracks from Bluebird & Columbia Records. Links: Williamson | AM | YouTube

International: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Pierre Bensusan Wu Wei Int French acoustic guitarist and singer,

B443 W950

born in Algeria, is all over the map stylistically. Links: Bensusan | AM | YouTube

Manu Chao La Radiolina Int C364 R118

2007 release by this world artist from Barcelona. Links: Chao | AM | YouTube

Celia Cruz Mi Vida es Cantar Int C889 M580

The Queen of Salsa in a 1998 album. We think she put out at least two each year. Links: Cruz | AM | YouTube

Kakraba Lobi Song of Legaa Int L785 So58L

Gyil music from Ghana by one of its master musicians. Links: Lobi | YouTube

Budhaditya Mukherjee Budhaditya Mukherjee, Sitār

Int M896b B859

Mukherjee performs two ragas, with Anindo Chatterjee, tablā, & Nandu Kamat, tambūrā. Links: Mukherjee | YouTube

Musicals/Film Music: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Rupert Holmes The Mystery of Edwin

Drood Musical H738 M999

2012 new Broadway cast recording of a 1986 musical. Holmes is a former pop singer. Links: Holmes | AM | YouTube

William Walton Richard III; Macbeth; Major Barbara

FilmMus W179 R388

Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in these excerpts from three films. Links: Walton | Marriner

Hans Zimmer Hannibal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

FilmMus Z65 H196

Lecter strikes again, as does Zimmer. Links: Zimmer | AM | YouTube

Jazz: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments The Bickel/Marks Group

The Bickel/Marks Group, with Dave Liebman

Jazz B472 B472

Contemporary jazz group, led by the pianist and the bass player. Liebman is on sax. Links: Bickel | YouTube | Marks | YouTube

Harry Connick, Jr. Blue Light, Red Light Jazz C762 B625

Wasn’t he here last month? Another early one from the New Orleans singer/ pianist. Links: Connick | AM | YouTube

Chick Corea Akoustic Band

Chick Corea Akoustic Band

Jazz C812 C433a

Corea alternated for a while between his acoustic and electric bands. This is from 1989. Links: Corea | AM | YouTube

Burton Greene Trio “On Tour” Jazz G830

Free/experimental jazz from the 1960s, recorded at various universities in New

On10 York. Links: Greene | AM | YouTube Ernie Krivda Ernie Krivda & the Art of

the Trio Jazz K899 Er65

Cleveland sax player works here with Pete Dominguez, bass, & Ron Godale, drums. Links: Krivda | AM | YouTube

Joe Lovano Us Five Cross Culture Jazz L940 C884

Lovano stretches out to experiment with this group on their latest. Links: Lovano | AM | YouTube

Marian McPartland/ Bill Evans

Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, with Guest Bill Evans

Jazz M240 M337/e

1978 broadcast of her NPR show, Piano Jazz. Links: McPartland | AM | YouTube | Evans | AM | YouTube

Jamie Masefield The Jazz Mandolin Project

Jazz M377 J339m

The mando player works with a trio to provide some different instrumentation. Links: Masefield | YouTube

Brad Mehldau Trio Anything Goes Jazz M473 An97

The pianist’s 2004 album with Larry Grenadier and Jorge Rossy. Links: Mehldau | AM | YouTube

Yoko Miwa Trio Live at Scullers Jazz Club Jazz M699y L744

The pianist and her group at Scullers, a major club in Boston. Links: Miwa | AM | YouTube

Thelonious Monk Music of Thelonious Monk

Jazz M749 M749

Monk doesn’t actually appear here. These are Monk compositions played by Junior Mance & Joe Temperley. Links: Monk | Mance | AM | YouTube | Temperley | AM | YouTube

Dave Pomeroy Basses Loaded Jazz P771 B294

Eclectic bass player in a 1996 release. He is also a sometime country musician. Links: Pomeroy | YouTube

Anita O’Day Anita O’Day: Cocktail Hour

Jazz Od1 An55c

A compilation of tracks by this vocalist, most from the 1950s. Links: O’Day | AM | YouTube

Archie Shepp Quintet Lybia Jazz Sh49 L981

Tracks recorded in Rome in 1975, brought together for this album. Links: Shepp | AM | YouTube

Daniel Smith Bassoon Goes Latin Jazz!

Jazz Sm54 B295

We suspect you’ve never heard that sentence before. Links: Smith | AM | YouTube

Classical: Composer Title Call # Comments Malcolm Arnold Overtures Clas

Ar65 Ov2

Ten concert overtures, performed by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba. Links: Arnold | Gamba

Johann Christian Bach

Symphonies, Op. 18 Clas B122jc Sy68 Op.18

One of the Bach boys with six symphonies. The Hanover Band does the job, with Anthony Halstead conducting. Links: Bach | Halstead

Béla Bartók Bartók Plays Bartók Clas B285 B285p

A variety of piano works, played by the composer. Links: Bartók

Arnold Bax Chamber Music Clas B330 C355

A mixed bag of quartets and a quintet, with the English String Quartet, John McCabe, piano, & Skaila Kanga, harp. Links: Bax | ESQ | McCabe | Kanga

Arnold Bax Orchestra Music Clas B330 Or10

A symphony, a scherzo, and a ballad, all played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley. Links: Bax | Handley

Ludwig van Beethoven

Chamber Music for Winds, Vol. 2

Clas B393 C355w/2

Excerpts from Fidelio, and a couple of other works, performed by Consortium Classicum. Links: Beethoven | CC

Franz Benda Six Violin Sonatas Clas B432f V813s

Anton Steck is the violinist, with Christian Rieger on harpsichord in these Baroque pieces. Links: Benda | Steck | Rieger

Johannes Brahms/ Joesph Joachim

Viola Sonatas; Variations on an Original Theme

Clas B730 So57

Rivka Golani is the violist, with Konstantin Bogino on piano. Links: Brahms | Joachim | Golani | Bogino

Paul Desenne Jaguar Songs: 21st-Century Cello

Clas D457 J188

Nancy Green performs these seven works, some of which are for multiple cellos. Links: Desenne | Green

Alphons Diepenbrock

Orchestral Works Clas D565 Or10

Late Romantic suites and overtures, performed by the Residentie Orchestra, the Hague, conducted by Hans Vonk. Links: Diepenbrock | Vonk

Anton Eberl Chamber Music Clas Eb37 C355

18th century quintets and a trio, performed by Consortium Classicum. Links: Eberl | Classicum

Joseph Eybler Strio Trio; String Quintet Clas Ey19 St86t

The Deutsches Streichtrio is joined by Roland Metzger, viola, & Heinrich Braun, double bass. Links: Eybler | DS | Braun

Ernest Farrar Orchestral Works Clas F242 Or10

Farrar was one of those British composers who died in World War I. Here are several pieces, played by Howard Shelley, piano, and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Alasdair Mitchell. Links: Farrar | Shelley

Josef Bohuslav Foerster

Symphony No. 4 Clas F685 Sy68-4

Czech composer’s 1905 symphony, performed by the Czech Philharmonic in 1948, conducted by Rafael Kubelík. Links: Foerster | Kubelík

Louis Glass String Sextet; Piano Quintet

Clas G463 St86s

This late Romantic composer is probably no relation to Philip. Performed by Copenhagen Classic, with Christina

Bjørkøe on piano. Links: Glass | Bjørkøe Percy Grainger Works for Chamber

Ensemble, Vol. 2 Clas G761 C355/2

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble has a go at these short works. Links: Grainger | St. Martin

G. F. Handel Organ Concertos, Op. 7 Clas H191 Or3c

Johannes-Ernst Köhler is the organist, Hannelore Köhler plays harpsichord, and the Kammerorchester der Staatskapelle Weimar plays everything else, conducted by Lothar Seyfarth. Links: Handel | Köhler | Seyfarth

Qunihico Hashimoto

Symphony No. 1; Symphonic Suite

Clas H273 Sy68-1

20th century works, performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ryusuke Numajiri. Links: Hashimoto | Numajiri

Joseph Haydn 24 Menuetti Clas H324 M529

24 minuets played by Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Peter Guth. Links: Haydn | Guth

Michael Haydn Choral Works Clas M324m C456

Two masses and a vespers, with the Choir of Trinity College, directed by Richard Marlow. Links: Haydn | Marlow

Henri Herz Piano Music Clas H447 P573

19th century compositions, played by Philip Martin. Links: Herz | Martin

Charles Ives Symphony No. 4 Clas Iv3 Sy68-4

The John Alldis Choir joins the London Philharmonic, conducted by José Serebrier. Links: Ives | Serebrier

Leoš Janáček The Macropulos Case Clas J251 V491

The Prague National Theatre performs this 3-act opera, conducted by Bohumil Gregor. Links: Janáček | Gregor

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 Clas K842 Or10/1

A prelude, a sinfonietta, and a couple of other pieces, with Werner Andreas Albert conducting the Nordwest-deutsche Philharmonie. Links: Korngold | Albert

Drew Krause Ding Clas K868 D613

Works for percussion ensemble, played by Evan Spritzer, Danny Tunick, the Glass Orchestra, & the McCormick Percussion Ensemble. Links: Krause | Spritzer | Tunick | MPE

Michel de La Barre Pieces pour la Flute Traversiere 1710

Clas L111 P584f

Stephen Preston plays the flute, with Jordi Savall on viola da gamba. Links: La Barre | Preston | Savall

Franz Lehár Lieder, Vol. 1 Clas L527 L623/1

Operetta master with some songs. Singers include Heidi Wolf & Gabriele Rossmanith. Links: Lehár | Rossmanith

Carl Loewe Lieder & Balladen, Vol. 10 Clas L825

Someday we’ll have the whole set in the collection. Ruth Ziesak, soprano, is

L623/10 accompanied by Cord Garben, piano. Links: Loewe | Ziesak | Garben

George Frederick McKay

Violin Concerto; Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes; Sinfonietta No. 4

Clas M192 V813c

Brian Reagin is the violinist, with the National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, conducted by John McLaughlin Williams. Links: McKay | Reagin | Williams

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 Clas M278 Sy68-6

Hans Zender conducts the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken. Links: Mahler | Zender

Bohuslav Martinů/ Antonín Dvořák

Double Concerto; Symphony No. 3; Suite in A Major

Clas M366 D743c

Only the third work is by Dvořák. Jan Panenka is the pianist, with the Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Karel Šejna. Links: Martinů | Dvořák | Panenka | Šejna

Gian Carlo Menotti Songs & Chamber Pieces Clas M527 So58

Karan Armstrong, soprano, is the singer, with Homero Francesch on piano, and other folks on individual works. Links: Menotti | Armstrong | Francesch

Georgi Minchev Selections Clas M661 Se48

We’ve got a symphonic prologue, vocal works, a piano concerto, and other stuff, all played by different musicians. Links: Minchev

Douglas Moore/ Marion Bauer

Douglas Moore/Marion Bauer

Clas M782 D746

Multiple works by both composers, performed by several different orchestras and conductors. Links: Moore | Bauer

W. A. Mozart Diveritmentos in D Major Clas M877 D641

There are two of them, with a march in between. Divertimento Salzburg plays here, appropriately. Links: Mozart

W. A. Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 11, 13, & 14

Clas M877 P573c-11

Anima Eterna backs Jos van Immerseel on piano for these. Links: Mozart | Eterna | Immerseel

W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 29; Concerto for 2 Pianos, Concerto for Piano & Violin (Fragment)

Clas M877 Sy68-29

Performed by the Amsterdam Mozart Players, conducted by Jügen Kussmaul. Links: Mozart | Kussmaul

Vítěslav Novák Orchestral Music Clas N856 Or1

A couple of symphonic poems and an overture, played by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Libor Pešek. Links: Novák | Pešek

George Onslow/ Luigi Cherubini

String Quintets Clas On7 St86q

One from each of these early 19th century composers, played by the Diogenes Quartett. Links: Onslow | Cherubini | DQ

Allan Pettersson Symphony No. 7 Clas P452

Gerd Albrecht leads the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester

Sy68-7 Hamburg. Links: Pettersson | Albrecht Sergey Prokofiev Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 Clas

P943 Sy68-1

No. 4 is the revised 1947 version, if you’re interested. The Scottish National Orchestra performs, conducted by Neeme Järvi. Links: Prokofiev | Järvi

Max Reger Orchestra Music Clas R262 Or10

The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie is back, with Hermann Scherchen at the helm. Links: Reger | Scherchen

Anton Reicha Complete Wind Quintets, Vol. 10

Clas R271a Q45w/10

That’s a lot of wind. Two quintets plus a shorter piece, all played by the Albert Schweitzer Quintett. Links: Reicha | ASQ

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

Orchestra Music Clas R339 Or10

Five works, all played by the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, and conducted by Michail Jurowski. Links: Reznicek | Jurowski

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The Golden Cockerel Clas R469 Z755

The Sofia National Opera Orchestra and Chorus is at work here, with Dimiter Manolov conducting. Links: N R-K

Joaquín Rodrigo Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 5

Clas R618 Or1/5

Two concertos in this volume, with Ricardo Gallén & Joaquín Clerch, guitars, and the Asturias Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maximiano Valdés. Links: Rodrigo | Gallén | Clerch | Valdés

Antonio Rosetti Concertos for Two Horns Clas R728 H783c

18th century works played by Klaus Wallendorf & Sarah Willis, horns, with the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, conducted by Johannes Moesus. Links: Rosetti | Wallendorf | Willis | Moesus

Christopher Rouse Symphony No. 2; Flute Concerto

Clas R762 Sy68-2

Carol Wincenc is on flute in the 2nd work. The Houston Symphony is everywhere, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Links: Rouse | Wincenc | Eschenbach

Jakub Jan Ryba Chamber Music Clas R960 C355

Flute and string quartets intermingled. Jan Ostrý plays flute, with the M. Nostitz Quartet. Links: Ryba | Ostrý

Giovanni Battista Sammartini

Symphonies Clas Sa45 Sy68

Six short ones from the 18th century. The Aradia Ensemble plays, conducted by Kevin Mallon. Links: Sammartini | Mallon

Franz Schmidt/ Richard Strauss

Symphony No. 1; Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo

Clas Sch53 Sy68-1

Neeme Järvi conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in these late Romantic works. Links: Schmidt | Strauss | Järvi

Friedrich Schneider/ Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 17; Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 1

Clas Sch57 Sy68-17

The fact that Schneider wrote 16 other symphonies is amazing. Hiro Kurosaki is the violinist, with Cappella Coloniensis, conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken. Links:

Schneider | Mendelssohn | Kurosaki | Kuijken

Franz Schubert Rosamunde, Incidental Music; Overture to Die Zauberharfe

Clas Sch78 R710

Ileana Cotrubas, soprano, sings with the Rundfunkchor Liepzig, and Staatskapelle Dresden, conducted by Willi Boskovsky. Links: Schubert | Cotrubas | Boskovsky

Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3; Des Sängers Fluch

Clas Sch86 Sy68-3

The Danish National Radio Choir is in on the 2nd work, while the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra plays, conducted by Michael Schønwandt. Links: Schumann | Schønwandt

Dmitri Shostakovich The Bolt Clas Sh82 B639

The complete ballet, with Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Links: Shostakovich | GR

Dmitri Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 Clas Sh82 Sy68-1

Neeme Järvi conducts the Scottish National Orchestra. Links: Shostakovich | Järvi

Jean Sibelius Piano Music, Vol. 5 Clas Si11 P573/5

Pianist Håvard Gimse focuses on miniatures here, with some bagatelles and sketches. Links: Sibelius | Gimse

Bedřich Smetana Libuše Clas Sm39 L616

A 3-act opera by this 19th century composer, with the Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra, conducted by Oliver Dohnányi. Links: Smetana | Dohnányi

Josef Strauss Josef Strauss Edition, Vol. 11

Clas St81j J773/11

The brother of Johann, Jr. also wrote a lot of music. The Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alfred Eschwé, plays some. Links: Strauss | Eschwé

Igor Stravinsky Music for Two Pianos; The Rite of Spring

Clas Sh82 P573s

Benjamin Frith and Peter Hill play a sonata, a concerto, and that other piece. Links: Stravinsky | Frith | Hill

Karol Szymanowski /Grazyna Bacewicz

String Quartets Clas Sz93 St86q

Two by the former, one by the latter. All three played by the Maggini Quartet. Links: Szymanowski | Bacewicz | MQ

Michael Tippett Symphony No. 3; Praeludium for Brass, Bells & Percussion

Clas T499 Sy68-3

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is let loose on these, with Richard Hickox conducting. Links: Tippett | Hickox

Mieczysław Vainberg

Children’s Notebooks 1-3; Trio

Clas V195 C437

Chamber pieces with Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano, & other folks. Links: Vainberg | Sheludyakov

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Symphony No. 9; Piano Concerto in C Major

Clas V465 Sy68-9

Howard Shelley plays the concerto, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bryden Thomson. Links: RVW | Shelley | Thomson

Robert Volkmann String Quartets Nos. 3 & 6

Clas V885 St86q-3

Volkmann is back, sort of, with more works played by the Mannheimer Streichquartett. Links: Volkmann | MS

Siegfried Wagner Dagmar Schellenberger Sings Siegfried Wagner

Clas W125s D133

Shouldn’t take long. Oh, they mean scenes & arias from his operas. Links: Wagner | Schellenberger

Carl Maria von Weber

Chamber Music Clas W388 C355

A quintet and two other works, with Janet Hilton on clarinet, Keith Swallow, piano, and the Lindsay String Quartet. Links: Weber | Hilton | LSQ

Charles Wuorinen Chamber Music Clas W962 C355

Everybody’s getting all chambery. A violin sonata, a string quartet, and a fantasy. Musicians include Benjamin Hudson, violin, & Garrick Ohlsson and the composer on piano. Links: Wuorinen | Hudson | Ohlsson

Jan Dismas Zelenka Missa Dei Patris Clas Z37 M691p

The Thüringischer Akademischer Singkreis works with Friedrich Kircheis, organ, & Virtuosi Saxoniae, conducted by Ludwig Güttler. Links: Zelenka | Kircheis | Güttler

More Classical: Artist Title Call # Comments Baltimore Consort Bright Day Star Clas

B217 B768

Yes, a bit of leftover Christmas music, but you can listen anyway. Links: Baltimore Consort | YouTube

BBC Philharmonic Stokowski Encores Clas B349 En17

Matthias Bamert conducts the orchestra in some of Stokowski’s arrangements of Handel, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, & others. Links: BBC | Bamert | Stokowski

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

Clas C490s In8

Jesús López Cobos conducts works by Hovhaness, Brubeck, and others. Links: CSO | Lópes Cobos

Dante Quartet String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Voces Intimae

Clas D235 St86q

The group performs two quartets by Smetana, and one by Sibelius. Links: Dante Q

James Houlik American Saxophone Clas H815 Am35

Houlik plays works by Gould, Ward, & Peck, with various orchestras. Links: Houlik | YouTube

Itzhak Perlman A Tribut to Jascha Heifetz

Clas P422 T731

The violinist plays a selection of pieces that Heifetz arranged, by Ponce, Ravel, Chopin, and others. Links: Perlman

Het Residentie Orkest 400 Years of Dutch Music, Vol. 7

Clas R311 F825/7

The orchestra remains the same, but works by Escher, Janssen, Loevendie, & Laman all have different conductors.

Rick Stout Decreasing Radius Clas St76 D359

Works for trombone and piano by Schumann, Creston, and others. Stout is accompanied on piano by Christina Dahl. Links: Stout | Dahl | Buzzard Tracks review

Tapiolan Kuoro Sininen ja Valkoinen (Blue and White)

Clas T162 Si65

The choir, directed by Erkki Pohjola, sings 25 pieces, many of them folk songs. Links: TK | Pohjola

Zdeněk & Bedřich Tylsar

Czech Horn Concertos Clas T988 C996h

The two Tylsars play French horns, with the Capella Istropolitana, conducted by František Vajnar, on works by Fiala, Pkorny, & Rosetti. Links: Tylsar | Vajnar

Giants of the Violin Clas G348v

How do they play with their huge fingers? The giants are Sitkovetsky, Oistrakh, & Kogan, with works by Sibelius, Beethoven, & Shostakovich.

Lieder Recital Clas L623r

Historic recordings of works by Strauss, Mahler, & Wolf, sung by various singers, with Wilhelm Furtwängler on piano. Links: Furtwängler.

Miscellaneous: Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Frederick Fennell March World, Vol. 2 Misc

F362 M331/2

Fennell conducts the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra in works by Coates, Alford, Sousa, & others. Links: Fennell

The Vinyl Corner: Life at 33 1/3 rpm Composer/Artist Title Call # Comments Les Baxter & His Orchestra

Ritual of the Savage LP B335 R518

One of those exotica albums from the 1950s, to play in your bachelor pad. Links: Baxter | AM | YouTube

Johnny Cash The Holy Land LP C2688 H7476

One of Cash’s gospel albums from the 1960s. Links: Cash | AM | YouTube

Muzio Clementi Piano Sonatas BauLP C5916 So57p

Vladimir Horowitz plays three sonatas by this early 19th century composer. Links: Clementi | Horowitz

Richard Dimbleby The Voice of Richard Dimbleby

BauLP D592 V8702

Extracts from radio and TV broadcasts by this famous British journalist. Links: Dimbleby

Marty Gold & His Orchestra

Skin Tight LP G5635 Sk33

Apparently, scantily clad women with bongo drums were all the rage in 1960. Space pop. Links: Gold | AM | YouTube

Rauf Hajyiev Symphony No. 1; BauLP Gennadi Cherkasov conducts the USSR

Concerto for Violin & Orchestra

H1277 Sy6811-1

TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra on these 20th century works. Sarvar Ganiev is the violinist. Links: Hajyiev

Paul Hindemith Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metamorphoses

BauLP H584 M4266

The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy, does the work here. Links: Hindemith | Ormandy

Alan Hovhaness Fra Angelico; Requiem & Resurrection

BauLP H829 F84a

Played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the North Jersey Wind Symphony, both conducted by the composer. Links: Hovhaness

Burl Ives On the Beach at Waikiki LP Iv35 On14

This must by Kitsch Month for LPs. Folk singer Ives sings a selection of Hawaiian pop tunes. Links: Ives | AM | YouTube

Giia Kancheli Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 BauLP K1312 Sy6811-4

Jansug Kakhidze conducts the Symphony Orchestra of Georgia. No, not that one, the other one. Links: Kancheli | Kakhidze

Anatol Kos-Anatolskyi/ Mikola Kolessa

Concerto for Harp & Orchestra; Ukrainian Suite

BauLP K8461 C7449h

Natalia Izmailova is the harpist. I. Pain & Kolessa conduct the Lvivskoi Philharmonic. Links: Kos-Anatolskyi | Kolessa

Anatoly Lyadov Orchestra Music BauLP L98 Or19

Seven short symphonic pieces, with Evgenii Svetlanov conducting the Symphony Orchestra of the USSR. Links: Lyadov | Svetlanov

Nikolai Miaskovskii String Quartets Nos. 11 & 13

BauLP M5809 Q28-11

Both performed by the Taneyev Quartet of Leningrad. Links: Miaskovskii | TQ

Rick Nelson Love and Kisses LP N336 L9411

This one is from the mid-60s, after most of his hits, but before he grew his hair long. Links: Nelson | AM | YouTube

Jaan Rääts Symphony No. 3; Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 6

BauLP R111 Sy6811-3

Lemmo Erendi is the violinist in the 2nd work. Neeme Järvi conducts the Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Links: Rääts | Erendi | Järvi

Richard Strauss Schalgobers (Whipped Cream)

BauLP St828r Sch363

Ballet music, performed by the Frankenland State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Erich Kloss. Links: Strauss

Yevgeny Svetlanov Works for Violin & Piano

BauLP Sv38 V813

A couple of sonatinas and other short works, with Eduard Grach on violin, accompanied by the composer on piano. Links: Svetlanov | Grach

Hugo Winterhalter Hugo Winterhalter Goes Gypsy

LP W735 H8749g

More fine tunes from ca. 1960, when easy listening was still a big seller. Links: Winterhalter | AM | YouTube

Narciso Yepes Spanish Music for Guitar

BauLP Y43

The guitarist performs works by Falla, Torroba, Rodrigo, and others. Links:

Sp245 Yepes | YouTube Big Circle Mountain

Square Dancing LP B4804

Square dance music from North Carolina, supplied by Evelyn & Glenn Bennerman, with the Blackhawk Bluegrass Band.

The Hoffnung Music Festival Concert, 1956

BauLP H6759 1956

“An extravagant evening of symphonic caricature devised by Gerard Hoffnung. Links: Hoffnung

Viva Flamenco! Sounds of Spain in Hi-Fi

LP V836f

The delightful musical stylings of Mario Escudero & Company.