A Fistful of Music

Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community

January 2008

We hope your January is going well, as this edition comes a week later than usual. We've added lots of new CDs, including enormous quantities of classical music and lots of other quaint, curious, and forgotten items. More are on the way. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, wanserjc@hiram.edu.

Pop/Rock:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Black Bombay	Black Bombay	Pop B562 B562	This wants to be in the International category, but there's way too much electronica/club music, so we put it here.
Lindsey Buckingham	Under the Sun	Pop B856 Un2	Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist's latest release. Links: Buckingham \| AllMusicGuide \|YouTube \| MySpace
Wynona Carr	Jump Jack Jump!	Pop C230 J951	Cleveland-born Carr bounced back and forth between gospel and rhythm and blues. This is a collection of her R&B work. Links: AllMusicGuide
Chantilly Lace	Whiskey Island	Pop C364 W578	Local band makes an EP. This includes a song about Geauga Lake, may it rest in peace. Links: Chantilly
The Cranberries	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	Pop C850 Ev27	First release from 1993 by this alt/Celtic rock group. Links: Cranberries \| YouTube \| MySpace \| AllMusicGuide
Danger Doom	The Mouse and the Mask	Pop D213 M867	Collaboration of Danger Mouse and MF Doom. If you don't know these rappers, you probably won't bother. Links: DD \| AMG \| YouTube
Depeche Mode	Exciter	Pop D441 Ex25	This synth/dance/rock group started in the 1980s, but they're still around. This release is from 2001. Links: Mode\| AMG \| YouTube
Tony Martin	Hear My Song	Pop M365 H351	They're his songs only in the sense that he sang them. Martin was a crooner, and these tracks date from the late 1930s and early 1940s. Links: Martin \| AllMusicGuide
Robinella	Solace for the Lonely	Pop R552 So41	Sometimes bluegrass, sometimes rock or jazz, this is their latest release. Links: Robinella \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies	The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies	Pop Scr21 Scr21	A great hard rock band that came along at just the wrong time in the early 1990s. Grunge was king, and everybody ignored these guys. Too bad. Links: Wheelies \| AMG \| YouTube
The Shins	Wincing the Night Away	Pop Sh63 W721	Their latest release seems to be on lots of people's radar. Links: Shins \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube \| MySpace
Sigur Rós	Takk...	Pop Si27 T139	2005 release by this Icelandic experimental band. Links: Sigur \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Regina Spektor	Begin to Hope	Pop Sp32 B394	Russian-born New Yorker's 2006 breakthrough CD. Links: Spektor \| AllMusicGuide \| MySpace \| YouTube
Third Wish	Strings of Culture	Pop T348 St86	Regional Rock Band of the Year, 1998, according to the Cleveland Scene, but this one is from 1995.
The Treniers	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!: The Best of the Treniers	Pop T723 T344	One of the earliest, but not most successful rock 'n' roll groups. Links: Treniers \| AllMusicGuide
Rufus Wainwright	Release the Stars	Pop W133 R279	2007 release by this eclectic individual. Links: Wainwright \| AllMusicGuide \| MySpace \| YouTube
Frank Zappa	Hot Rats	Pop Z18 H797	1969 release by this very strange man, this one focusing on jazz-rock. Links: Zappa \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube

Folk/Country:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Ry Cooder	My Name is Buddy	Folk C770 M990	Award-winning homage to Woody Guthrie and other folkies of the Great Depression. Links: Cooder \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Tony Furtado & the American Gypsies	Live Gypsy	Country F984 L744	Mr. Furtado is a progressive bluegrass guitarist heading straight for Americana on this release. Some rock-influenced pieces included. Links: Furtado \| AMG \| MySpace \| YouTube
Mike Seeger	Early Southern Guitar Sounds	Folk Se32 Ea76	28 tunes, 25 guitars, and all styles of tuning and picking presented by this musical master. Links: Seeger \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube

International:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Flook	Haven	Int F659 H298	Lots of whistles and flutes in this Celtic band. Links: Flook \| AMG \| MySpace \| YouTube
Valeri Dimchev Trio	The Bulgarian Tamboura	Int D592 B871	This group combines traditional Bulgarian music with hints of jazz and other stuff. Links: Dimchev
SambaSunda	Rahwana's Cry	Int Sa44 R129	This Indonesian group combines Sundanese music with some Western influences. Links: SambaSunda \| YouTube
Papa Susso	Sotuma-Sere	Int Su82 So79	Kora player from the Gambia sings traditional Mandinka songs. Links: Susso \| AMG \| YouTube
Suí Vesan	Merging with the Brook	Int V630 M542	Slovak singer and musician who isn't particularly traditional, but keeps it simple with guitar and drum. Links: Vesan \| YouTube
Joe Zeytoonian	Full Circle	Int Z61 F957	These guys are all from Michigan & Massachusetts, but they're gettin' back to their Armenian roots. Mostly.
	Musique Iranienne / Iranian Music	Int M974i	Performed by Djamchid Chemirani, on the zarb, Madjid Kiani, holding down the santour, and Dariush Tala'i working the tar.
	Roumainie: Musique de Villages: Oltenie	Int R760/1	Field recordings of music from the southern Carpathian region.
	Roumainie: Musique de Villages: Moldavie	Int R760/2	Field recordings from Moldavian villages. This was produced before Moldavia became a separate country.

Blues/Gospel:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Harps of Melody	Sing and Make Melody Unto the Lord	Gospel H234 Si64	Women's a cappella Gospel group from the Memphis area. These tracks were recorded in the 1980s. Links: Harps \| AMG
Blind Willie Johnson	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson	Blues J639 C738	Texas bottleneck gospel blues, actually. This is a compilation from the 1920s and early 1930s. Links: Johnson \| AllMusicGuide
Brownie McGhee	The Complete Brownie McGhee	Blues M173 C738	Compilation of pre-war Piedmont style blues from this guitarist. Links: McGhee \| AllMusicGuide
The Pattersonaires	Book of the Seven Seals	Gospel P277 B644	Men's Gospel group, also from Memphis. These guys use instruments. Links: AllMusicGuide

Musicals/Film Music:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
	The Fabulous Baker Boys	FilmMus G927 F116	Original motion picture soundtrack, with most of the music by jazz guy Dave Grusin. Links: Grusin \| AllMusicGuide
	The King and I	Musical R616 K580	New Broadway cast recording, from 1996, featuring Donna Murphy & Lou Diamond Phillips. Music by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Links: R & H

Jazz:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Blue Wisp Big Band	Tribute	Jazz B625 T731	Great group from Cincinnati, in the hard bop tradition. Links: AllMusicGuide
Mills Brothers	Chronological, Vol. 5	Jazz M624 C468/5	Before they went pop, they were the best jazz vocal group around. These tracks are mostly from 1937-38. The only instrument is the guitar; all other sounds are from their vocal chords. Links: Mills \| AllMusicGuide
Bob Mintzer	Art of the Big Band	Jazz M668 Ar75	1990 release by this bandleader and sax player. Links: Mintzer \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Liz Ott	My Shining Hour	Jazz Ot8 M99	We can't find much information about this jazz vocalist, but she recorded this 2001 release in Akron.
Chris Potter	Unspoken	Jazz P851 Un7	1997 release by this sax player. Links: Potter \| AllMusicGuide \| MySpace \| YouTube
Shadowfax	Shadowfax	Jazz Sh12 Sh12	Best of set from this chamber jazz group from Windham Hill. Links: AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!	Jazz Sm61 Ev27	Well, maybe they were a few years ago. San Francisco retro swing band's 2000 release. Links: Smith \| AMG \| MySpace \| YouTube
	The HiBall Lounge Sessions, Vol. 1	Jazz H521	More retro swing from SF. This is a compilation by HiBall Records, featuring Ms. Smith above, along with the Acme Swing Company, and Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums.

Classical:

Composer	Title	Call #	Comments
J.S. Bach	Italian Concerto; Partita No. 1; Toccata	Clas B122 It1	Harpsichord music, but played on the piano by Dubravka Tomsic. Links: Bach \| Tomsic
Ludwig van Beethoven	Piano Concerto No. 3; Leonore Overture No 3	Clas B393 P573	Ms. Tomsic still on the piano, with the Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Anton Nanut. Links: Beethoven \| Nanut
Ludwig van Beethoven	Piano Sonatas Nos. 17 & 23	Clas B393 P573	Herbert Waltl takes the piano for these. Links: Beethoven \| Waltl
Barbara Benary	Sun on Snow	Igou B430 Su71	Compositions from the 1970s through 1990s, performed by members of the DownTown Ensemble & Gamelan Son of Lion. Links: Benary \| DownTown
Johannes Brahms	Hungarian Dances	Clas B730 Un3	Performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Iván Fischer. Links: Brahms \| Fischer
Johannes Brahms	Liebesliederwalzer; Serenade No. 2	Clas B730 L621	Performed by the Ensemble Vocal Michel Piquemal, directed by Michel Piquemal, and the Ensemble Orchestal de Paris, conducted by Armin Jordan. Links: Brahms \| Jordan
Margaret Buechner	The American Civil War	Clas B860 Am35	A symphonic trilogy, perfomed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by John Varineau. Links: Buechner \| RSNO
François Devienne	Six Bassoon Sonatas	Clas D495 So57b	Performed by Jesse Read, with Glen Wilson on piano. Links: Devienne \| Wilson
Antonin Dvořák	Chamber Music	Clas D959 C355	Includes a quartet, a quintet, and an intermezzo. Performed by the Coull Quartet, with Peter Buckoke on double bass. Links: Dvořák \| Coull Q \| Buckoke
Antonin Dvořák	Messe in D-Dur	Clas D959 M381	Mass performed by the Choir and Orchestra of St. Augustin, Vienna, conducted by Friedrich Wolf. Links: Dvořák
Antonin Dvořák	Piano Quintet in A Major; String Quintet in G Major	Clas D959 Q45	The Gaudier Ensemble does the work here. Links: Dvořák \| Gaudier
Lou Harrison	Chamber & Gamelan Works	Igou H246 C355	Six works, performed by various artists, including the Kronos Quartet, Gamelan Sekar Kembar, and the Manhattan Percussion Ensemble. Links: Harrison \| Kronos Q
Joseph Haydn	Piano Concertos Nos. 5 & 6	Clas H324 C744	Performed by Nikolai Evrov and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yordan Dafov. Links: Haydn \| Sofia PO
Joseph Haydn / François de Fossa	Grand Duos for Two Guitars	Clas H324 G763	Works by Haydn, transcribed for guitar by de Fossa, and performed by the Castellani-Andriaccio Duo. Links: Haydn \| de Fossa \| C-A Duo
Joseph Haydn	The Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross	Clas H324 Se82	Performed by the Orchestra da Camera di Padova e del Veneto, conducted by Paul Angerer. Links: Haydn \| Angerer
Joseph Haydn	"Sun" String Quartets	Clas H324 St86/	A 2-CD set of his Op 20 quartets, featuring the Salomon String Quartet. Links: Haydn \| Salomon SQ
Johann Wilhelm Hertel	Orchestral Works	Clas H440 Or1	18th century sinfonias and concertos, performed by the Main-Barockorchester Frankfurt. Links: Hertel \| Main-Barockorchester
Carl Loewe	Ausgewählte Lieder und Gesänge	Clas L825 L623	Songs performed by Juliane Banse, soprano, and Franz Hawlata, bass, accompanied by Helmut Deutsch on piano. Links: Loewe \| Banse \| Hawlata \| Deutsch
W. A. Mozart	Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 23	Clas M877 P573	Performed by Brigitte Meyer and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, directed by Iona Brown. Links: Mozart \| Norwegian CO \| Brown
W. A. Mozart	Symphony No. 41; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik	Clas M877 Sy68-41	Here we have Libor Pesek conducting the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. Links: Mozart \| Pesek \| Slovak PO
W. A. Mozart	Transcrptions of Operas for Wind Instruments	Clas M877 T687	From The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte, & Don Giovanni, performed by the Maurice Bourgue Wind Band. Links: Mozart \| Bourgue
Richard Nanes	Piano Concerto No. 2; Prelude & Rhapsody	Clas N153 C744p	Normally, one would expect an orchestra, but Mr. Nanes goes it alone here on piano. Links: Nanes
Paco Peña	Misa Flamenca	Clas P370 M691	An interesting idea, performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, conducted by Laszlo Heltay. Links: Peña \| Academy \| Heltay
Gioachino Rossini	24 Petit Riens	Clas R736 P332	Piano works performed by Jeffrey Swann. Links: Rossini \| Swann
Arnold Schoenberg	Friede auf Erden; and other works	Igou Sch63 F912	Performed by Accentus, conducted by Laurence Equilbey, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, & others. Links: Schoenberg \| Accentus \| EI
Franz Schubert	Piano Trio No. 1; Sonata	Clas Sch78 P573	Performed by Jasminka Stancul, piano, Werner Hink, violin, & Fritz Dolezal, cello. Links: Schubert \| Stancul \|
Franz Schubert / Jan Václav Vořišek	Symphony No. 2; Symphony in D Major	Clas Sch78 Sy68-2	Franz lucks out by getting the first piece. Performed by the Westdeutsche Sinfonia, conducted by Dirk Joeres. Links: Schubert \| Vořišek \| Joeres
Franz Schubert / Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 5	Clas Sch78 Sy68-8	Franz gets top billing again. Performed by, who else?, the Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Anton Nanut. Links: Schubert \| Beethoven
Bedřich Smetana	The Bartered Bride (Highlights)	Clas Sm39 P942	Done by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Zdeněk Košler. Links: Smetana \| Košler
Bedřich Smetana / Leoš Janáček	String Quartet No. 2	Clas Sm39 St86	No, they didn't collaborate. The Janáček String Quartet performs two No. 2's. Links: Smetana \| Janáček
Fernando Sor	Grand Solo: Ingolf Olsen Plays Sor	Clas So68 G762	There's a joke in that title somewhere. Guitar music. Links: Sor \| Olsen
Bernard Stevens	Works for Piano	Igou St47 P573	Performed by several pianists, including Michael Finnissy, Florian Uhlig, Isabel Beyer, and Harvey Dagul. Links: Stevens \| Finnissy \| Uhlig \| Beyer & Dagul
Johann Strauss, Jr./ Franz Schubert	Orchestral Works	Clas St81 Or1	From the series, Bruno Walter Rarities, this release features performances by the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics from 1944 and 1950. Links: Strauss \| Schubert \| Walter
Karol Szymanowski	Song Cycles	Clas Sz93 So58	Performed by Dorothy Dorow, soprano, and Rudolf Jansen, piano. Links: Szymanowski \| Dorow \|
Sergey Taneyev	Twelve Part Songs on Poems by Jakov Polonsky	Clas T153 T917	Performed by the Voronezh Chamber Choir (mostly), conducted by Oleg Shepel. Links: Taneyev
P.I. Tchaikovsky	Overtures	Clas T219 Ov2	Two groups performing here: the Philharmonic Orchestra, London, conducted by Lawrence Siegel, and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bystrik Rezucha. Links: Tchaikovsky \| Siegel
P.I. Tchaikovsky	Piano Concerto No. 1; Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite	Clas T219 P573	Another double performance. Peter Toperczer plays piano with the Slovak PO, conducted by Rezucha, and the PO, London does the suite, conducted by Rezucha. Links: Tchaikovsky \| Philharmonia Orch.
Richard Wagner	Knappertsbusch Conducts Wagner	Clas W125 K727	1962 recordings of overtures and preludes, with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Links: Wagner \| Knappertsbusch
Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Alexander String Quartet	String Quartets: Smetana, Janáček, Schubert	Clas Al35 St86	The title pretty much says it all. Links: Alexander SQ
Atrium Musicae	Musique Arabo-Andalouse	Clas At75 M974	Medieval music from the Iberian Peninsula, directed by Gregorio Paniagua. Links: Paniagua
Steven DeGroote	Romantic Piano Concertos	Clas D365 R662	Works by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, & Brahms, with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David De Villiers. Links: DeGroote \| Cape Town SO
Elg	Remembrance	Clas El31 R282	Rock singer Elg sings with Grete Helle Rasmussen on piano on a program of songs by Tveitt, Schubert, and lots of others. Some folks might like his voice.
José Luis Gonzalez Uriol	La Escuela de Zaragoza II (El Órgano Histórico Español, Vol. 5)	Clas G589 Es19	We're starting to collect a batch of this series, so enjoy this 16th and 17th century Spanish organ music. Links: Gonzalez Uriol
Gusla Male Choir	Old Bulgarian & Russian Orthodox Chant	Clas M987 Ol1	AKA Muzhki Khor Gusla.
Francis Hardy / François-Henri Houbart	Trompette & Orgue	Clas H222 T752	A program of Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi, and a couple of others. Links: Houbart
Fredell Lack	Violin Concertos	Clas L118 V813	This violinist performs works by Shostakovich and Szymanowski, with the help of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Siegfried Köhler. Links: Lack \| Shostakovich \| Szymanowski \| Köhler
Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble	The Dante Troubadours	Clas M363 D235	Oldies but goodies from medieval Europe. Links: Best
Moscow Male Voice Choir	Songs of Old Russia	Clas M987 So58	More oldies but goodies, directed by Anatoly Grindenko. Links: Grindenko
Per Nielsen	Trumpet Concertos	Clas N554 T773	Mr. Nielsen blows along with members of the Sønderjullands Symphony Orchestra on works by Telemann, Albinoni, the other Haydn, & Mozart's dad. Links: Nielsen
Quartetto di Sassofoni Accademia	French and American Music	Clas Q28 F887	Works for multiple saxophones by Français, Gershwin, and others.
Peter Schreier	Peter Schreier Singt Volkslieder	Clas Sch72 P441	German folksongs, performed with the Rundfunkchor Leipzig, conducted by Horst Neumann. Links: Schreier
Erik Schultz	Baroque Virtuos	Clas Sch82 B268	Mr. Schultz trumpets along with the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, conducted by Vladislav Czarnecki, on a program of works by Gabrielli, Albinoni, Telemann, & others. Links: Schultz
Vesna Children's Choir, Moscow	Songs of the World	Clas V635 So58	Not the Moscow in Idaho. Directed by Alexander Ponomarev. Links: YouTube
John Wallace	Michael's Farewell