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A Fistful of Music
Music
Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
December 2004
Another 65 or so CDs to play, enjoy,
argue about, and mull over have arrived. This time around we have
two Jacksons, two Waits, two Hancocks, and two Haydns, easy listening for
the stressed out, music from both sides of the fence, and holiday music
wrapped in lovely red and green. You couldn't ask for more, but if
you want to, please contact Jeff Wanser, wanserjc@hiram.edu
Jingle Bells.
CONTENTS: NEW
CDs: Pop/Rock | International
| Country/Folk | Blues/Gospel
| Musicals/Film Music |
Jazz | Classical
| Miscellaneous |
WEB SITES TO WATCH | THE
OBITS
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NEW CDs NEW
CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs
NEW CDs |
| POP/ROCK: |
Basement
Jaxx. Kish Kash. Pop B291 K642
House/electronica music to
keep you moving through the 3-week
session. Links: Jaxx
| AllMusicGuide |
The
Bottle Rockets. 24 Hours a Day. Pop
B659 T918 At the other end of
the spectrum from the Jaxx we have the
1997 release from these roots rockers.
Links: Rockets
| AllMusicGuide |
The
Innocence Mission. Glow. Pop In6 G519
Off in a third direction we
have the 1995 CD from this folk-pop group
from Lancaster, PA. Mellow.
Links: Mission
| AllMusicGuide |
Joe
Jackson/Graham Maby/Gary Burke. Summer in the City:
Live in New
York. Pop J135 Su64
2000 release. Links: Jackson
| AllMusicGuide |
Luscious
Jackson. Natural Ingredients. Pop
L975 N219 No relation to the
abovementioned Jackson, this is a hip
hop/alt rock group.
Links: AllMusicGuide |
Tony
Martin. Greatest Hits. Pop M365 G798
Romantic pop crooner popular
in the 1940s and 50s. Grandma
probably loved him. Links: AllMusicGuide |
Peter
Nero. For the Nero-Minded/Young and Warm and
Wonderful.
Pop N358 F740
More easy listening from this piano stylist. These two
albums
from 1962 are reissued on one
CD. Links: Nero
| AllMusicGuide |
Aaron
Neville. Nature Boy: The Standards Album.
Pop N416 N219
The
latest from the New Orleans
vocalist. Links: Neville
| AllMusicGuide |
Todd
Rundgren. Something/Anything? Pop
R871 So54 He's still putting out
music, but this is his 1972
classic. For years it was in juke boxes everywhere,
playing incessantly. It still holds
up. Links: Rundgren
| AllMusicGuide |
| Tom
Waits. Closing Time. Pop
W135 C624 His first release from 1973. |
Tom
Waits. Real Gone. Pop
W135 R229 His latest release. It
seemed like a
good idea to have both.
Links: Waits
| AllMusicGuide |
Rufus
Wainwright. Want One. Pop W133 W189
Alt-pop singer songwriter,
Rufus rocks a little harder than folkie
father Loudon. Links: Rufus
| AMG |
Brian
Wilson. Smile. Pop W691
Sm42 The ultimate missing album from
the
60s finally arrives. You can be the
judge as to whether it was worth the wait.
Links: Wilson
| AllMusicGuide |
| COUNTRY/FOLK: |
Eddy Arnold. The
Essential Eddy Arnold. Country Ar64 Es74 20
tracks from
a singer who quietly sold millions of
records from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Links: Arnold | AllMusicGuide |
David Allan Coe.
17 Greatest Hits. Country C650 Se82
One of the bad boys
of country music, back when being bad
meant going to prison rather than just
singing about partying hard. He's
from Akron, too
Links: Coe |
AMG |
Confederate Railroad.
Greatest Hits. Country C760
G798
Country/Southern
rock redneck music. Yeehah!
Links: CR | AllMusicGuide |
Clay Davidson.
Unconditional. Country D281 Un1
Another country/rocker,
who put out a pretty good CD in
2000. Links: Davidson | AllMusicGuide |
Patty Loveless.
On Your Way Home. Country L943 On1
Her latest release,
with a bonus DVD containing three Austin
City Limits performances. Nice.
Links: Loveless |
AllMusicGuide |
Darryl Worley.
Have You Forgotten? Country W893 H298
This has been
criticized for being slapdash
attempt to cash in on patriotism, with only four new
songs and a batch from previous
releases. You can decide for yourself.
Links: Worley | AllMusicGuide |
| CLASSICAL: |
Frank Bridge. Early
Chamber Music. Performed by the Raphael
Ensemble.
Clas B764 Ea76 Includes his
"String Sextet" and "String
Quintet."
Links: Bridge |
Raphael
Ensemble |
Benjamin Britten.
Cello Suites 1-3. Performed by Truls
Mřrk.
Clas B778 C331
Links: Britten |
Mřrk |
Sebastian Currier.
Vocalissimus; Theo's Sketchbook; Whispers.
Performed
by Mosaic. Clas
C936 V851 Recent works. Links: Currier
| Mosaic |
Georges Enesco.
Romanian Poem; Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2.
Performed by
the Romanian Broadcasting Orchestra &
Chorus, conducted by Iosif Conta.
Clas
En27 R661 Not surprisingly, he was a Romanian
composer.
Links: Enesco |
Charles Gounod.
Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile; Petite Symphonie.
Performed by the Orchestre de la
Société des Concerts du Conservatoire,
conducted by Jean-Claude Hartemann, and
the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by
John Barbirolli. Igou G741
M563 19th century choral and orchestral works.
Links:
Gounod
| Hallé
Orchestra |
George Frideric Handel.
Italian Cantatas. Performed by Magdalena Kozená,
mezzo-soprano, and Les Musiciens du
Louvre, conducted by Marc Minkowski.
Clas H191 It1
Links: Handel | Kozená
| Minkowski |
Michael Haydn.
Symphonies 11, 12, 15, 16. Performed by the
Slovak
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Bohdan
Warchal. Igou H325 Sy68 |
Michael Haydn.
Symphonies 26-28. Performed by the same folks
listed above.
Igou H325 Sy68 The other
Haydn's younger brother. Links: Haydn
| Slovak |
Jennifer Higdon.
Concerto for Orchestra; City Scape. Performed
by the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Robert Spano. Clas H534 C744
Premiere recordings of recent
works. Links: Higdon |
Atlanta
SO |
Gustav Holst. The
Planets. with Ralph Vaughan Williams. Fantasias.
Performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra,
conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
Clas H741 P693 Recorded in
the 1990s, and remastered. Links:
Holst
|
Vaughan Williams |
Philarmonia |
Slatkin |
Franz Liszt. Eine
Symphonie zu Dantes Divina Commedia (Dante Symphony);
Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo.
Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Leon Botstein. Clas L699 Sy68 Links:
Liszt
| LSO |
Leon |
Louis Karchin.
American Visions. Clas K144 Am35 Several
recent chamber
works performed by a variety of
musicians. Links: Karchin |
| Alexander Moyzes.
Symphonies 3 & 4. Clas M876
Sy68 |
| Alexander Moyzes.
Symphonies 7 & 8. Clas M876 Sy68 |
| Alexander Moyzes.
Symphonies 9 & 10. Clas M876 Sy68 |
Alexander Moyzes.
Symphonies 11 & 12. Clas M876
Sy68 Whew! All
the above works are performed by the
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Ladislav Slovák.
20th century works. Links: Moyzes |
SRSO |
Giacomo Puccini.
La Bohčme. Performed by Renata Tebaldi, and
the Coro e
Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa
Cecilia, Roma, conducted by Alberto Erede.
Clas P961 B634 We have other
versions of this opera, but this is a classic
recording from 1951.
Links: Puccini |
Tebaldi |
Franz Schubert.
Symphonies 4 & 7(Unfinished). Clas Sch78
Sy68 Performed
by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
Rundfunks, conducted by Carlo
Maria Giulini. We'll never
get used to the renumbering of the symphonies. The
Unfinished Symphony used to be No.
8. Links: Schubert |
Giulini |
Bright Sheng. H'un
(Lacerations) and Other Works. Performed by the
New
York Chamber Symphony, conducted by
Gerard Schwarz, with Peter Serkin on
piano. Clas Sh45
H890 Cheery name for the title piece.
Links: Sheng |
Schwarz |
Serkin |
Il Giardino Armonico.
Viaggio Musicale: Musica Italiana del Seicento.
Clas G349 V650 North
Italian music from the 17th century. Links: GA |
Ben Heppner. Airs
Français. Clas H411 Ai78 Songs by
Berlioz, Meyerbeer,
and others.
Links: Heppner |
Michael Lowenstern.
Spasm: Works for Bass Clarinet. Clas L952
Sp27
Ten 20th century pieces.
Links: Lowenstern |
Regensburger
Domspatzen (Cathedral Choir). Weihnachtskonzert/A
Christmas Concert.
Clas R262 W428
Links: Regensburger |
St.
Paul's Cathedral Choir. Epiphany
at St. Paul's. Clas
St10 Ep45 That's
St. Paul's of London, England.
Links: St.
Paul's |
Music CD
to Accompany the Book American Mavericks, edited by Susan
Key &
Larry Rothe. Clas
Am35 |
| MISCELLANEOUS: |
J.J. Richards.
Emblem of Unity: The Music of J.J. Richards. Misc R391 Em15
Mr. Richards was an early 20th century
composer and conductor of band
music, much of it of the marching
variety. Give him a try if you like Sousa. |
Winter's Solstice VI: A
Windham Hill Sampler. Misc W734/6 We
don't have
numbers I-V, but this compilation of New
Age holiday music will do for now. |
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THE
OBITS THE OBITS THE OBITS
THE OBITS THE OBITS THE OBITS |
Joe
Bushkin (1916-2004): Jazz pianist and composer, he
wrote hit songs for
Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra. |
Cy
Coleman (1929-2004): Composer of Broadway musicals,
including "Sweet
Charity" and "City of
Angels." |
Michel
Colombier (1939-2004): Film composer and music
arranger, he scored
over 100 films, including "White
Nights," & "Purple Rain." |
Terry
Knight (1943-2004): Rock singer and later manager
for Grand Funk
Railroad, one of the most popular rock
groups of the early 1970s. |
Terry
Melcher (1942-2004): Son of Doris Day, member of the
surf group the
Rip Chords, and producer for the Byrds
and Paul Revere & the Raiders. |
Old
Dirty Bastard (1968-2004): Rap artist and founding
member of the Wu
Tang Clan. Funny how the newspapers won't
spell out his name (ODB). |
Frederick
Prausnitz (1920-2004): Conductor of the Peabody
Symphony
Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony
Orchestra, and others. |
| Bill
Reed (1936-2004): Bass singer for the doo-wop group
The Diamonds. |
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