A Fistful of Music
Music
Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community
January 2006
Welcome back to Winter! We've been busy adding new CDs to the
collection over the break, and you're likely to find all sorts of
interesting music listed below. We've got Asian pop stars, folkie
compilations, and choral delights, a different Lloyd Webber and a
different Tchaikovsky. 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
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NEW CDs NEW
CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs NEW CDs
NEW CDs |
| POP/ROCK: |
Namie Amuro.
Queen of Hip Pop. Pop Am94 Q31
Japanese pop star, not
particularly famous in the U.S. yet, but
very well known in other parts of the
world. Links: Amuro
| AllMusicGuide |
Bell Biv DeVoe.
Poison. Pop B413 P756 1990
R&B release from former
members of New Edition, minus Bobby
Brown. Links: BBD
| AllMusicGuide |
BoA. Best
of Soul. Pop B630 B464
Korean pop star, who seems to be hawking
Levi's in Asia these days. Her
official web site is not in English, but we found
a fan site that is.
Links: BoA
| Another
one |
Grateful Dead.
Live/Dead. Pop G771 L744 Concert
recordings assembled
for release in 1970. Links:
Dead | AllMusicGuide |
Kate & Anna
McGarrigle. Heartbeats Accelerating. Pop M171 H351
1990 release from this Canadian sister
duo. Are they pop, or are they folk?
You decide.
Links: McGarrigles
| AMG |
MC Mong. His
Story. Pop M459 H620
In our efforts to bring you everything
under the sun, we present MC Mong, Korean
rap artist. Links: MC
Mong |
James Mocny Theory.
Loosely Based on Reality. Pop M718 L875
Local
band (Mantua), fronted by guitarist Mocny.
Sorry, no links. |
Mika Nakashima.
Love. Pop N145 L941
Yet another Japanese pop singer,
this one a bit more sophisticated in
style. Links: Nakashima |
Leon Redbone.
Sugar. Pop R245 Su32
Mr. Redbone has made his living
by giving his own twist to early popular
songs with a delightful baritone voice.
Links: Redbone
| AllMusicGuide |
Shinhwa. Brand
New. Pop Sh63 B733
Korean pop-rock group. You may
be thinking that we are becoming the
Center for East Asian Pop Music. You
may be right.
Links: Shinhwa |
Sufjan Stevens.
Come on Feel the Illinoise. Pop St47 C734
Singer-songwriter
from Michigan who wants to create a CD
for each of the 50 states. Good luck.
Links: Stevens
| AllMusicGuide |
Stone Temple Pilots.
Tiny Music. Pop St72 T498 1996
release from this
hard rock/post-grunge group.
Links: STP
| AllMusicGuide |
June Tabor. Angel
Tiger. Pop T114 An43 British
singer-songwriter, former
member of the Oysterband. Pop/Folk,
Folk/Pop. Links: Tabor
| AMG |
| INTERNATIONAL: |
Obo Addy. Afieye
Okropong. Int Ad29 Af42 Music from
Ghana, by a group
led by drummer Addy. Links:
Addy | AllMusicGuide |
Baaba Maal. Baayo.
Int M111 B112 Another CD from this Senegalese
artist. Links: Maal
| AllMusicGuide |
Seba. Ewa!
Int Se21 Ew11 The Seba Brothers,
an Algerian
group
transplanted to France, incorporating
traditional music of their homeland with
everything they've heard in their
Parisian surroundings. Links: AMG |
Shaping Society
Through Dance: Mestizo Ritual Performance in the Peruvian
Andes. Int M523
Sh22 CD to accompany the book by Zoila
Mendoza. |
Sounding the Center:
History and Aesthetics in Thai Buddhist Performance.
Int W846 So84 CD to accompany
the book by Deborah Wong. |
| COUNTRY/FOLK: |
Sally Rogers.
Piggyback Planet. Folk R633
P624 Songs for kids from this
longtime folkie.
Links: Rogers
| AllMusicGuide |
Peggy Seeger.
The Folkways Years, 1955-1992. Folk Se32 F719
Part of
the musical family that includes Pete,
Peggy's folk music tends more toward the
traditional than the political, and is
particularly focused on the Anglo-American
tradition. Links: Seeger
| AllMusicGuide |
| Songs from Sing Out!
Winter 2005 Folk So58 V48/4 |
| Songs from Sing Out!
Spring 2005 Folk So58 V49/1 |
| Songs from Sing Out!
Summer 2005 Folk So58 V49/2 |
| Songs from Sing Out!
Fall 2005 Folk So58 V49/3 |
Songs from Sing Out!
Winter 2006 Folk So58 V49/4 These
CDs accompany
individual issues of Sing Out!, the folk
music magazine. We missed a few,
but we're back on track now. Each
of the featured songs has its sheet music in
that issue of the magazine.
Links: Sing Out! |
| BLUES/GOSPEL: |
Jessie Mae Hemphill.
Get Right Blues. Blues H377 G335 Mississippi
blues
guitarist and singer, this batch of tunes
was recorded in the late 70's and early
80s. Links: Hemphill
| AllMusicGuide |
Don Wise. Genuine
Snake. Blues W754 G289
The backup sax guy for
Delbert McClinton has made a string of
bluesy R&B releases. Here's one.
Links: Wise |
| MUSICALS/FILM
MUSIC: |
R.D. Burman.
You've Stolen My Heart. FilmMus B927
Y88 A collection of
songs from Indian film scores composed by
Mr. Burman and performed by the
Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle.
Bollywood's finest. Links: Burman
|
Kronos
Q | AMG
| Bhosle
| AMG |
Ivan the Terrible.
FilmMus P943 Iv1 Composed by Sergei Prokofiev for
the
film by Sergei Eisenstein.
Performed by the Tchaikovsky Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir
Fedoseyev. Links: Prokofiev
| TSO |
| CLASSICAL: |
John
Browne. Music from the Eton Choirbook. Igou
B817 M973 Performed
by the Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter
Phillips. Works from the 1500s.
Links: Browne
| Tallis
Scholars |
William
Lloyd Webber. Music of William Lloyd Webber.
Clas L779 M973
Performed by the Richard Hickox Singers,
John Graham-Hall, tenor, Philip
Dukes, viola, Sophia Rahman, John Lill
& Philip Ledger, piano, and Julian
Lloyd Webber, cello. Dad of
the Broadway composer. Links: WLW
|
Richard
Hickox | Philip
Ledger | JLW |
Felix
Mendelssohn. A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Fair
Melusina Overture.
Clas M522 M584 Performed by
the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by
Francesco D'Avalos.
Links: Mendelssohn
| Philharmonia Orch. |
Sergey
Prokofiev. Peter & the Wolf. Igou
P943 P441 Performed by the
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conducted
by Mario Rossi, with Boris Karloff
as the narrator. The disc
also includes Leopold Mozart's Haydn's Toy
Symphony, and Tchaikovsky's
The Nutcracker Ballet Suite, done by other
artists. Links: Prokofiev
| Vienna
SOO | L.
Mozart | Tchaikovsky |
Sergey
Prokofiev. Carole Farley Sings Prokofiev. Clas P943
So58 Performed
with Roger Vignoles on
piano. Links: Prokofiev
| Farley |
Heinrich
Schütz. Geistliche Chormusik. Clas Sch88
G279 Performed by
Tölzer Knabenchor, and Musicalische
Compagney, directed by Gerhard
Schmidt-Gaden. 17th century
sacred choral music. Links: Schütz
| Tölzer
Schmidt-Gaden |
Heinrich
Schütz. Kleine Geistliche Konzerte/Little Sacred
Concertos.
Clas Sch88 K673 Performed by
members of the Tölzer Knabenchor,
directed by Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden.
More works from Mr.
Schütz. |
John
Tavener. Total Eclipse; Agraphon. Clas T198 T640 Performed by the
Choir of New College, Oxford, directed by
Edward Higginbottom, and the
Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by
Paul Goodwin. More contemporary
works from this prolific composer.
Links: Tavener
| Choir
| Higginbottom
|
Academy
| Goodwin |
Boris
Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky). Sinfonietta for Strings;
Chamber Symphony.
Clas C348 Si63 Performed by
the Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra,
conducted by Alexander Rudin.
No relation to the other guy, these are 20th
century works. Links:
Tchaikovsky
| Musica
Viva | Rudin |
Georg
Philipp Telemann. Harmonischer Gottesdienst.
Clas T236 H228
Performed by Monika Frimmer and Petra
Kötz-Geitner, sopranos, Bernhard
Hirtreiter, tenor, and Gotthold Schwarz,
bass, with an instrumental ensemble.
Cantatas for Easter and
Pentecost. Links: Telemann
| Frimmer |
Hugo Wolf.
Goethe-Lieder. Clas W831 G554
Performed by Mitsuko Shirai,
mezzo-soprano, and Harmut Höll,
piano. Late Romantic songs, with texts by
Goethe. Links: Wolf
| Shirai |
Hugo Wolf.
Mörike-Lieder. Clas W831 M825
Performed by the same folks
listed above. More songs, but
with lyrics from a different poet. |
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Below, we have CDs listed by performer
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Cecilia
Bartoli. Opera Proibita. Clas B285
Op2 Performed by Les
Musiciens du Louvre, conducted by Marc
Minkowski. Arias by Handel,
Scarlatti, and Caldara from the early
18th century, censored by the Church.
Links: Bartoli
| Minkowski |
Christopher
Herrick. Organ Fireworks IX. Igou
H434 Or3/9 Part of a series
of organ CDs, this one features pieces by
19th and 20th century composers,
including Bartók, Langlais, Rawsthorne,
and Widor. Links: Herrick |
Yolanda
Kondonassis. Sky Music. Clas K836
Sk91 Cleveland's most
recorded harpist presents a program of works by
Salzedo, Fauré, Hovhaness,
and Rorem. Links: Kondonassis |
Men of the
Robert Shaw Chorale. Sea Shanties. Igou R540 Se11 The guys
get all maritime on us for a selection of
sea songs. A reissue from 1961.
Links: Robert
Shaw (& the Chorale) |
Notre Dame
Glee Club. Under the Dome. Clas Un3
Un2 A program of
sacred works, folk songs, and shanties
recorded in the Eck Center at UND.
Links: Notre
Dame Glee Club |
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WEB
SITES TO WATCH WEB SITES TO WATCH WEB SITES TO
WATCH |
Aria
Database: Collection of information on over 1,000
operatic arias, including
texts and translations, as well as MIDI
files. |
Band
Weblogs: Directory of weblogs for bands. Seems
straightforward, doesn't
it? It does include solo artists,
too. |
Baroque
Music Page: Biographies of composers, sound clips,
information on
period instruments, and other good stuff. |
C.F.
Martin and Company: The makers of Martin guitars
have put together a
site that not only sells the products,
but includes historical material, information
about artist who use Martins, and their
newsletter. |
| Musicals101.com:
A "cyber" encyclopedia of musical theatre and related
genres. |
A
Passion for Jazz: This is a portal for jazz history
and education, and includes
news, links, photos, etc. |
SoundTransit:
An online community for posting interesting field recordings
of
sounds, musical or otherwise, from around
the world. Want to hear what a
market sounds like in Vietnam? Or a
street musician in Latvia? |
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