A Fistful of Music
Music
Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
May 2005
Welcome to the last newsletter of the academic year! In honor
of the season, we've tried to make it sunny-looking. We would like
to thank all the people who gave us ideas during the year, and
especially those who donated CDs to add to the collection. We have
big plans for next year, including moving the collection to a new, more
convenient location! As usual, comments and suggestions should be
sent to Jeff Wanser, wanserjc@hiram.edu
CONTENTS: NEW CDs: Pop/Rock
| International | Country/Folk
| Blues/Gospel | Musicals/Film
Music | Jazz | Classical
| Miscellaneous |
WEB SITES TO WATCH | THE
OBITS
|
NEW CDs NEW
CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs
NEW CDs |
| POP/ROCK: |
Ray Charles. Forever
Gold. Pop C380 F762 Hardly
a complete retrospective,
but it has some hits, and that's not
bad. Links: Charles
| AllMusicGuide |
Harvey Danger.
Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? Pop H262
W574
Seattle alt-pop wiseguys.
Links: Danger
| AllMusicGuide |
Hem. Eveningland.
Pop H370 Ev23
Latest release from this contemporary
alt-rock/alt-pop/alt-folk group.
You pick a category. Links: Hem
| AMG |
Rickie Lee Jones.
The Evening of My Best Day. Pop J724 Ev23
2003
release by this eclectic
singer-songwriter. Links: Jones
| AllMusicGuide |
Midnight Oil.
Scream in Blue: Live. Pop M584
Scr21 Some of you probably
remember this Aussie band when they had
hits a few years back. They're still
around, and the lead singer is still
bald. Links: Oil
| AllMusicGuide |
Over the Rhine.
Amateur Shortwave Radio. Pop Ov2 Am15
This Cincinnati
group has been around for long enough to
have put out a CD of live radio
performances. Sounds just like
them. Links: Rhine
| AllMusicGuide |
The Wallflowers.
Breach. Pop W157 B740
2000 release from this roots rock
band. Links: Wallflowers
| AllMusicGuide |
Wilco. A
Ghost is Born. Pop W642
G346 More roots rock. In this case, we
have their latest release.
Links: Wilco
| AllMusicGuide |
The Wrens. The
Best of the Wrens. Pop W928 B464 Not
the New Jersey
rock group, but the Bronx doo-wop
group. Great harmonies. Links: AMG |
Harlem Holiday: New York
Rhythm & Blues. 7 Volumes. Pop H226
V1
Pop H226 V2
Pop H226
V3 Pop H226 V4
Pop H226
V5
Pop H226 V6
Pop H226
V7 Hard-core 1950s doo-wop from one of its
geographic centers, featuring groups both
famous and virtually unknown, from
the Five Satins and the Mello-Kings to
the Fabulons and the Loungers. And all
just in time for summer beach
music. |
| INTERNATIONAL: |
Rodolfo Biagi y su
Orquesta Típica. Pura Clase. Int
B470 P972 Historic
tangos from the 1930s and 40s.
Warning! 5 accordion alert! Links: Biagi |
Los Intocables del Norte.
Me Haces Falta. Int In8 M460
Untouchables?
This band from Sinaloa looks pretty good
in their nice suits
and white hats. |
La Musgańa. El
Diablo Cojuelo. Int M971 D540 Folk
group from Madrid.
Links: La Musgańa
| AllMusicGuide |
Tońa La Negra.
Tońa La Negra. Int T610 T610
Compilation of recordings by
this popular Mexican
vocalist. Links: AllMusicGuide |
Song of the Outcast: An
Introduction to Flamenco. Int T641
So58 CD to
accompany the book by Robin Totten. |
| MUSICALS/FILM
MUSIC: |
Michael Chertock.
Christmas at the Movies. FilmMus C424
C464 It's not
exactly the season for this, but here it
is anyway. Piano interpretations of
Christmas movie themes, from Home
Alone to Miracle on 34th Street.
Links: Chertock |
| JAZZ: |
Chet Baker Sextet.
Chet Baker Sextet. Jazz B171 C426
West Coast cool
jazz trumpeter and group in a mostly 1955
release, with some bonus tracks
from 1959. Links: Baker
| AllMusicGuide |
François Carrier Trio +
1. Compassion. Jazz C234 C738
Canadian alto sax
player and friends do post bop/free
jazz. Links: Carrier |
Robert Dick. Third
Stone from the Sun. Jazz D550
T348 Jazz flute takes on
music by Jimi Hendrix. Unusual, to
say the least. Links: Dick |
AMG |
Duke Ellington.
Piano in the Foreground. Jazz El56
P573 Small group efforts
from 1957 and 1961.
Links: Ellington
| AllMusicGuide |
Dizzy Gillespie.
To Diz, With Love. Jazz G412 T550
Live 1992 tribute,
featuring Doc Cheatham, Wynton Marsalis,
and others. Links: Dizzy
| AMG |
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis.
Consummation. Jazz J726 C766
Reissue of a 1970
release by this hard bop duo on cornet
and drums. Links: Jones
|
AllMusicGuide
| Lewis
| AllMusicGuide |
Ivo Perelman. Bendito
of Santa Cruz. Jazz P414 B435
Avant-garde sax work
on some Brazilian folk tunes. With
Matthew Shipp on piano. Links: Perelman
AllMusicGuide
| Shipp
| AllMusicGuide |
Ned Rothenberg.
Power Lines. Jazz R744 P871 Power
Lines is actually the
name of the group (a nonet?) headed by
Rothenberg. Links: Ned |
AMG |
George Shearing Quintet.
Back to Birdland. Jazz Sh31 B126
British pianist
with a unique sound.
Links: Shearing
| AllMusicGuide |
Swing to Bop Guitar:
Guitars in Flight 1939-1947. Jazz
Sw64 A compilation of
historic tracks by influential guitarists
such as Les Paul, George Barnes, Barney
Kessel, Tony Mottola, and Django
Reinhardt. Links: Paul
| Kessel
| Barnes
Mottola
| Reinhardt |
| CLASSICAL: |
Johannes
Brahms. Ein Deutsches Requiem. Clas
B730 D489 Reissue of a
1955 release featuring Maria Stader,
soprano, the Choir of St. Hedwigs
Cathedral, the Berlin Motettenchor, and
the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by
Fritz Lehmann.
Links: Brahms
pages | Stader
| Lehmann |
Alfred
Bruneau. Orchestral Highlights.
Clas
B835 Or1 Pieces from the
composer's early 20th century operas,
performed by the Rhenish Philharmonic
Orchestra, conducted by James
Lockhart. Links: Bruneau |
George Crumb.
Ancient Voices of Children; Music for a Summer Evening.
Igou C888 An22
Performed by various artists. Yes, West Virginia
has
produced classical composers.
Links: Crumb
| AllMusicGuide |
Norman Dello
Joio. Norman Dello Joio. Igou D381
N782 Performed by the
Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Robert
Whitney and Leonard Slatkin.
Works from the 50s and the
70s. Links: Dello
Joio | Louisville
Orch. |
Anne Dudley.
Ancient & Modern. Clas D865
An22 Works by Dudley,
conducted by Dudley, based upon old hymns
and carols. Most of the musicians
are not identified, but include a chorus
and orchestra. Links: Dudley |
Cesar
Franck/Vincent D'Indy. Symphonies. Clas F847 Sy68 Performed by
the Montreal Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Charles Dutoit.
Links: Franck
| D'Indy
| Dutoit
| Montreal SO |
Leo Kraft.
Omaggio; Allegro Giocoso; and other works. Igou
K855 Om1
Compilation of previously released works,
mostly from the 1970s, performed
by various artists.
Links: Kraft |
László
Lajtha. Orchestral Works, Vol. 4. Clas L147 Or1/4 Includes his
Symphony No. 1, and other works,
performed by the Pécs Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Nicolás Pasquet. |
László
Lajtha. Orchestral Works, Vol. 6. Clas L147 Or1/6 This volume has
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6,
performed by the same folks as listed above.
Links:
Lajtha |
Pierre De La
Rue. Missa De Sancta Cruce; and other works.
Igou L329 M691
Also, works by Johannes
De Quadris. Performed by the Clerks' Group,
directed by Edward Wickham.
Sacred works from ca. 1500.
Links: La
Rue | Clerks'
Group |
Franz Lehár.
The Land of Smiles. Clas L527 L229
Performed in English by the
English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by
Richard Bonynge. 1920s operetta.
Links: Lehár
| English
CO | Bonynge |
Franz Liszt.
Roberto Plano. Igou L699 R540 A
variety of Liszt's piano works
performed by the winner of the 2001
Cleveland International Piano Competition.
Plano performed at Hiram not long after
winning the competition.
Links: Liszt
| Plano |
Richard
Maxfield/Harold Budd. The Oak of the Golden Dreams:
Works by
Richard Maxfield and Harold Budd.
Clas Oa4 Several works by each of
these 20th century composers, performed
by various artists.
Links: Maxfield
| AllMusicGuide
| Budd |
Louis Spohr.
Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 9. Clas Sp64
V813 Performed by
Christiane Edinger, and the Slovak Radio
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Frank Cramer. Links:
Cramer |
Louis Spohr.
Violin Concertos Nos. 7 & 12. Clas Sp64
V813 Performed by
Takako Nichizaki, and the Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra, Bratislava,
conducted by Libor Pesek. Links:
Spohr
| Pesek |
Sigismond
Stojowski. Music for Piano. Clas St66
M973 Performed by
Jonathan Plowright. Works by
a late Romantic composer. Links: Plowright |
Johann
Strauss, Jr. J. Strauss, Jr. Edition, Vol. 39.
Clas St81 J100/39
Waltzes, marches and polkas performed by
the Slovak State Philharmonic
Orchestra, conducted by Christian
Pollack. Links: Strauss
| Slovak SPO |
Johann
Strauss, Jr. J. Strauss, Jr. Edition, Vol.48.
Clas St81 J100/48
Overtures to some of Strauss' operettas,
performed by the Slovak State
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by
Alfred Walter. Links: Walter |
Josef Suk.
Summer Tale. Clas Su45 Su64 Performed
by the Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by
Charles Mackerras. Early 20th century
works by a pupil/son-in-law of Dvorák.
Links:
Suk | Czech
PO | Charles |
Sidney Torch.
Sidney Torch. Clas T630 Si14 Part
of the label's British Light
Music series, the 17 tracks here
are performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra,
conducted by Barry
Wordsworth. Links: Torch
| Wordsworth |
Giuseppe
Verdi. Verdi Without Words: Grand Opera for Orchestra.
Clas V584 V584 Verdi light,
no singers allowed, as done by the Cincinnati
Pops Orchestra, conducted by Erich Kunzel.
Links: Verdi
| Pops |
Wes York.
Wes York. Clas Y82 W510 Songs and
chamber works in a
minimalist style, performed by a variety
of artists, and recorded in the late 1980s.
Links: York |
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Just a short break, to distinguish the
composers from the performers
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Yolanda
Kondonassis. A New Baroque. Clas K836
N420 Another CD by
this Cleveland harpist, featuring works
by Scarlatti, Pachelbel, Bach, & Handel.
Links: Kondonassis |
Sigfried
Palm. Intercomunicazione. Igou P180
In8 Avant-garde works by
Webern, Xenakis, Kagel, Penderecki, and
others, performed by this cellist,
accompanied by Aloys Kontarsky on
piano. Links: Palm |
Sviatoslav
Richter. The Sofia Recital 1958. Igou
R418 So23 The pianist
plays works by Schubert, Liszt, and
others. Links: Richter |
Andrés
Segovia. The Romantic Guitar. Clas
Se37 R662 A selection of works
by Mendelssohn, Grieg, Franck, and
others. Links: Segovia |
United
States Air Force Concert Band. Signatures.
Clas Si26 Modern
works by Schoenberg, Hindemith, and
others, conducted by Colonel Lowell
Graham. Links: USAF
Concert Band |
Maxim
Vengerov. Vengerov & Virtuosi. Clas V557 V557 Violinist Vengerov
performs works by 15 different composers,
with Virtuosi, an 11-violin group.
Stringy. Links: Vengerov |
Dolora
Zajick. The Art of the Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano.
Clas Z13 Ar75
The singer performs a variety of works by
Verdi, Rossini, Gluck, and others, .
with the help of the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, conducted by Charles
Rosekrans.
Links: Zajick
| Royal PO |
Amy
Beach/Arthur Foote/Arthur Farwell/Preston Ware Orem.
Clas Am96
A variety of works by these four
composers is presented by Peter Basquin and
Gilbert Kadish, piano, and the New World
Singers. Links: Beach
| Foote
Farwell
| Basquin |
Berlin Gala.
Clas B455 Concert performance of works by Mozart,
Bizet, Verdi,
& Tchaikovsky, by Mirella Freni &
Christine Schäfer, sopranos, Marcelo
Álvarez, tenor, Simon Keenlyside,
baritone, and the Berlin Philharmonic,
conducted by Claudio Abbado.
Recorded New Year's Eve, 1998.
Links: Berlin
Phil. | Abbado |
Introduction
to Gregorian Chant. Clas C872 In8 CD
to accompany the book by
Richard L. Crocker. |
| MISCELLANEOUS: |
Boston Pops Orchestra.
Encore! Misc B657 En17 Some of the
favorites
performed by the group led by Keith
Lockhart. Links:
Boston Pops |
Erich Kunzel & the
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. ˇFiesta! Misc
K964 F465
Latin American music, mostly. Why
do both of the CDs in this section have
exclamation points in the
titles? To convince us? Links:
Cincinnati Pops |
|
WEB
SITES TO WATCH WEB SITES TO WATCH WEB SITES TO
WATCH |
The
Blue Highway: General site for blues fans, this has
biographies, news, radio
listings, links, and more. |
FolkWorld:
FolkWorld is a German folk music magazine, and while much of it
is in German, this section has the
English content. It includes news, reviews,
interviews, and lots more. |
Opera
Today: Not exactly a magazine, but it sort of acts
like one. OT contains
reviews, discussion forums, and links to
other opera sites. |
Rocklopedia
Fakebandica: Online encyclopedia of make-believe
rock and pop
groups from movies and TV. Yes, it
has the Archies and Spinal Tap. |
|
THE
OBITS THE OBITS THE OBITS
THE OBITS THE OBITS THE OBITS |
Laura
Canales (1954-2005): The "Queen of Tejano
music," and one of the most
popular singers from the Texas-Mexican
border region. |
John
Fred (1941-2005): Leader of John Fred & his
Playboy Band, they
astounded the world with their wondrous
one hit in 1968, "Judy in Disguise." |
Lalo
Guerrero (1916-2005): The "Father of Chicano
music," Guerrero
combined Spanish lyrics and swing music in postwar
California. |
Johnnie
Johnson (1924-2005): Chuck Berry's piano player, and
the guy for
which "Johnny B. Goode" is
named. |
Jack
Keller (1936-2005): TV songwriter, composer of the
theme songs for
Bewitched and Gidget. |
Merle
Kilgore (1934-2005): Country singer, songwriter,
manager, he co-wrote
the Johnny Cash hit, "Ring of
Fire." |
Juggy
Murray (1923-2005): Record company executive and
founder of Sue
Records, prominent African-American label
in the late 1950s and 1960s. |
Kenneth
Schermerhorn (1930-2005): Music Director of the
Nashville
Symphony since 1983. |
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