A Fistful of Music

Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community

October 2008

Fall is in the air, just don't let it hit you in the head. This issue is a week late, but you probably wouldn't have noticed if we hadn't mentioned it. We continue to add all sorts of interesting and curious music, from indie rock to Johann Strauss, from piles of Dvořák to folk and jazz singers. The hits just keep on coming, and for next month, we'll make more. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, wanserjc@hiram.edu.

Links:Pop/Rock:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Beck	Modern Guilt	Pop B388 M720	Contrary to rumor, Beck was never a member of Hansen. His latest. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Blaqk Audio	Cexcells	Pop B611 C339	Carefully checked for typos. Is there a genre called alt.dance? Links: Blaqk \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	My Bloody Underground	Pop B760 M990	The latest from this indie band. from San Francisco. Links: BJM \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Peabo Bryson	Through the Fire	Pop B848 T416	1994 effort from this R&B man. Links: Bryson \| AMG \| YouTube
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	Dig!! Lazarus Dig!!	Pop C315 D569	Another latest, from this band of dour folks. Links: Cave \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Coverdale/Page	Coverdale Page	Pop C838 C838	Combine Jimmy Page and David Coverdale, and you Led Snake? Links: C-P \| AMG \| YouTube
The Cure	Greatest Hits	Pop C923 G798	18 tracks, no waiting, mascara optional. Links: Cure \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Do Make Say Think	You, You're a History in Rust	Pop D649 Y83	We've been called worse, even by Toronto indie bands. Links: Do \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Don Caballero	American Don	Pop D714 Am35	Dere from Pittsburgh! Do ya tink dere Stillers fans? Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Ari Hest	The Break-In	Pop H469 B740	The latest release by this singer-songwriter. Links: Hest \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Jars of Clay	Jars of Clay	Pop J296 J296	Strangely enough, this is the 2nd release by these contemporary Christian rockers. Links: Jars \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Paul & Linda McCartney	Ram	Pop M127 R140	Livin' in a home in the heart of the country, in 1971, before he was called Sir. Links: Sir Paul \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks	Real Emotional Trash	Pop M295 R229	Latest from this indie rocker. Links: Malkmus \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Bette Midler	Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook	Pop M584 B466	RC didn't write them, but she had hits with them. Rosemary was George's aunt. Links: Midler \| AMG \| YouTube \| Clooney
Nas	Nas	Pop N170 N170	Are names getting shorter? Beck, Ari, Bette? Links: Nas \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Om	Pilgrimage	Pop Om1 P643	They beat Nas by a letter. The CD cover makes it look like sacred choral music, but it's stoner metal. Links: Om \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Shellac	Excellent Italian Greyhound	Pop Sh43 Ex22	Hope that's not a restaurant review. Post-hardcore from Chicago. Links: Shellac \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Super Furry Animals	Hey Venus!	Pop Su76 H511	Neo-psychedelic Brits. Links: Super \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Switched	Ghosts in the Machine	Pop Sw67 G346	They are loud and they are from Strongsville. Links: MySpace \| YouTube
Irma Thomas	The New Rules	Pop T363 N420	1986 outing by this New Orleans R&B singer. Links: Thomas \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Yo La Tengo	Painful	Pop Y70 P166	We hope it's better now. 1993 release by this Jersey group. Links: Yo \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube

Folk/Country:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Matthew Abelson	The Flying Dulcimer	Folk Ab35 F678	Folk with a Celtic tinge. Links: Abelson
The Berntsons	One Hundred Years of Norwegian American Music	Folk B458 On2	Someone should let them take a break. Traditional tunes on pump organ, guitar, and violin. Links: The Berntsons
Mary Chapin Carpenter	Stones in the Road	Country C226 St72	An oldie, from 1994. Links: Carpenter \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Michael Doucet	From Now On	Folk D744 F925	Cajun fiddler at his finest with solos and duets. Links: Doucet \| BeauSoleil \| AMG \| YouTube
Alasdair Fraser/ Natalie Haas	In the Moment	Folk F862 In8	Fiddle and bass duets of Scottish and new acoustic music. Links: Fraser \| AMG \| YouTube \| Haas \| MySpace \| YouTube
Caroline Herring	Lantana	Folk H393 L293	The latest from this Georgia via Austin singer-songwriter. Links: Herring \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Kathy Mattea	Coal	Country M429 C631	Mattea's latest features a batch of classic songs on coal mining, in honor of her West Virginia home. Links: Mattea \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Dolly Parton	Halos & Horns	Country P258 H432	No smart remarks here; we took the workshop. Her 2002 release. Links: Parton \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Tony Trischka	Territory	Country T738 T278	It's all about the banjo. How did a guy from Jersey get to play bluegrass so well? Links: Trischka \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube

International:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Maria Bethânia	Canto do Pajé/ Song of the Shaman	Int B465 C168	Songs from Brazil, if you didn't recognize the language. Links: Bethânia \| AMG \| YouTube
Lajos Boross & His Gipsy Band	The Virtuosi of Gipsy Music	Int B645 V819	Hungarian songs, folk songs, and arrangements. Links: YouTube
The Bothy Band	The Best of the Bothy Band	Int B657 B464	Not a new release, but they broke up a long time ago. Links: Bothy \| AMG \| YouTube
Kushal Das	Raga Marwa	Int D260 R126	Featuring Mr. Das on surbahar, with Biplab Bhattacharyya on tabla, and Sudipta Rèmy on tampura. Links: Das \| YouTube
Teruhisa Fukuda	Ecole Kinko/Kinko School	Int F955 Ec73	Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) from the 18th century. Links: Fukuda \| Shakuhachi
	Martinique: Cane Fields and City Streets	Int M366	Field recordings made by Alan Lomax in 1962. Links: Lomax \| Martinique
	Russian Northern Wedding	Int R920w	A traditional wedding performance, with songs and dialogs.

Blues/Gospel: Clearly we need to get more in this category!

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy Live: The Real Deal	Blues G990 B859	Live is a relative term, since this was recorded in 1994, with G.E. Smith & the Saturday Night Live Band. Links: Guy \| AMG \| YouTube
Big Joe Turner	Jumpin' with Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings	Blues T854 J951	Sessions recorded from 1947-1950 by this great R&B artist. Links: Turner \| AMG \| YouTube

Musicals/Film Music:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
George Gershwin	Gershwin's Piano Improvisations	Musical G323 G323	Mostly show tunes, from Lady Be Good, Funny Face, Tip Toes, and others. Links: Gershwin \| AMG \| YouTube
	Passing Strange	Musical St48 P267	Original Broadway cast recording, with music by Stew. Links: Passing

Jazz:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Karrin Allyson	Imagina: Songs of Brazil	Jazz Al59 Im1	Allyson's been studying Portuguese to get these songs right. Good job. Links: Allyson \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Terence Blanchard	A Tale of God's Will	Jazz B592 T143	A jazz requiem for Hurricane Katrina, by this trumpeter. Links: Blanchard \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Stefano Bollani	Piano Solo	Jazz B638 P573	Quiet and intense work from this Italian artist. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Brazilian Trio	Forests	Jazz B739 F762	The trio combines Brazil and New York jazz in fine style. Links: Helio Alves \| MySpace \| Nilson Matta \| MySpace \| Duduka Da Fonseca
Holly Cole	Holly Cole	Jazz C674 H729	Oddly enough, not this vocalist's first recording. Links: Cole \| AMG \| YouTube
Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones	You Are There	Jazz G141 Y83	Happy to be there. Gambarini sings standards, Jones plays the piano, and it all sounds great. Links: Gambarini \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube \| Jones \| AMG \| YouTube
Woody Herman	The First and Second "Wild Root" Shows	Jazz H426 F519	Mr. Herman and his band, from 1945 radio shows, sponsored by Wild Root hair oil (for men). Links: Herman \| AMG \| YouTube
Thad Jones	The Magnificent Thad Jones	Jazz J726 M275	He probably didn't come up with the title. Hard bop from 1956, with Jones on trumpet. Links: Jones \| AMG \| YouTube
Modern Jazz Quartet	European Concert, Vols. 1 & 2	Jazz M720 Eu74	Reissue of two LPs from1962, featuring John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Connie Kay. Links: MJQ \| AMG \| YouTube
Dianne Reeves	When You Know	Jazz R259 W574	The latest by this fine vocalist. Links: Reeves \| AMG \| YouTube
Esperanza Spalding	Esperanza	Jazz Sp18 Es64	Debut release by this prodigy bassist/vocalist. Links: Spaulding \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
The Three T's	Live from the Hickory House, New York, December 1936	Jazz T413 L744	The three consist of Jack and Charlie Teagarden, and Frank Trumbauer. Links: J. Teagarden \| AMG \| YouTube \| Trumbauer \| AMG \| YouTube

Classical:

BurgmüllerComposer	Title	Call #	Comments
Anton Arensky/ Bedřich Smetana	Klaviertrios/Piano Trios	Clas Ar33 T737p	Performed by Trio Parnassus. Links: Arensky \| Smetana \| Parnassus \|YouTube
Johann Christian Bach	Six Sonatas for Pianoforte	Clas B122 So57k	Performed by Anthony Spiri. We assume that the cute dog on the cover is not him. Links: J.C. Bach \| Spiri
J.S. Bach	Die Orgelmeisterwerke	Clas B122 Or3	Organ works performed by Helmuth Rilling. The notes are in Japanese. Links: Bach \| Rilling
Aleksandr Borodin/W.A. Mozart	Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 33	Clas B644 Sy68-2	Age before beauty? The first is performed by the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, the second by the Wiener Symphoniker, both conducted by Carlos Kleiber. Links: Borodin \| Mozart \| Kleiber
Anton Bruckner	Symphony No. 7	Clas B831 Sy68-7	Performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jesús López-Cobos. Links: Bruckner \| Cincy \| López-Cobos
Norbert Burgmüller/ Robert Schumann	Piano Sonatas	Clas B915 P573s	Again, age before beauty. Both are performed by Hiroko Maruko. Links: Burgmüller \| Schumann
Ferdinando Carulli	Six Serenades for Flute and Guitar	Clas C237 Se66	Late 18th and early 19th century works, performed by Peter-Lukas Graf, flute, and Konrad Ragossnig, guitar. Links: Carulli \| Graf \| YouTube \| Ragossnig
Frédéric Chopin/ Johannes Brahms	Sonatas for Cello and Piano	Clas C455 So57c	Beauty before age? Performed by Niklas Schmidt and Hermann Lechler. Links: Chopin \| Brahms \| Schmidt
Claude Debussy/ Maurice Ravel	String Quartets	Clas D354 St86	Performed by the Cleveland Quartet. Links: Debussy \| Ravel \| Cleveland Q.
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf	String Quartets Nos. 1-3; String Quintet No. 1	Clas D637 St86	18th century works performed by the Kubín Quartet, with help on the cello by Jiří Hošek. Links: Dittersdorf
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf	String Quartets Nos. 4-6; String Quintet No. 3	Clas D637 St86	What happened to Quintet No. 2? Same performers as above. Links: Dittersdorf
Antonin Dvořák	Cypresses; String Quartet in G Major	Clas D959 C992	Performed by the Audubon Quartet. Links: Dvořák \| Audubon Q.
Antonin Dvořák	The Piano Quintets	Clas D959 P573q	Performed by the Lafayette String Quartet, with Antonin Kubalek on piano. Links: Dvořák \| Lafayette SQ \| Kubalek
Antonin Dvořák	Symphony No. 7; Overture, My Home	Clas D959 Sy68-7	Performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by André Previn. Links: Dvořák \| LAPO \| Previn
Antonin Dvořák	Symphony No. 8	Clas D959 Sy68-8	Same folks working as above. Links: Dvořák \| Previn
Edward Elgar	Orchestral Music	Clas El31 Or1	Includes the Enigma Variations, and Serenade for Strings. Performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman. Links: Elgar \| Baltimore SO \| Zinman
Manuel de Falla	La Vida Breve	Clas F190 V667	Performed by the May Festival Chorus, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jesús López-Cobos. Links: Falla \| Cincy \| López-Cobos
Carlo Gesualdo	Quinto Libro dei Madrigali a Cinque Voci	Clas G335 M267	Works from 1611, performed by Emma Kirkby, soprano, and others, with the Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley. Links: Gesualdo \| Consort of Musicke \| YouTube \| Rooley
Alexander Glazunov	The Seasons; Scènes de Ballet	Clas G469 Se17	Performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Edo de Waart. Links: Glazunov \| Minn. Orch. \| Waart
Enrique Granados	Danzas Españoles	Clas G762 D237	Performed by Nadine Delsaux, piano. Links: Granados
George Frideric Handel	Orchestral Suites	Clas H191 Or1	Several suites and an overture, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yehudi Menuhin. Links: Handel \| RPO \| Menuhin
Joseph Haydn	Die Jahreszeiten	Clas H324 J198	Oratorio originally recorded in 1965, featuring Edith Mathis, Nicolai Gedda, the South German Madrigal Choir, and the Bavarian State Orchestra, conducted by Wolfgang Gönnenwein. Links: Haydn \| Mathis \| YouTube \| Gedda \| YouTube \| Gönnenwein
Joseph Haydn	Symphonies Nos. 101 & 104	Clas H324 Sy68-101	Performed by the Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Charles Mackerras. Links: Haydn \| Orch. of St. Luke's \| Mackerras
Gustav Holst	The Planets	Clas H741 P693	Performed without Pluto, by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox. Links: Holst \| LSO \| Hickox
Fritz Kreisler	Dear Fritz	Clas K876 D347	A variety of short works, performed by Wanda Wilkomirska, violin, and Antonio Barbosa, piano. Links: Kreisler \| Wilkomirska \| Barbosa
Jacques Loussier	Lumièries: Messe Baroque du 21e Siècle	Clas L935 L971	A Baroque mass for the 21st century, performed by James Bowman, countertenor, Deborah Rees, soprano, and Orchestre Harmonia Nova, directed by Jean-Pierre Wallez. Links: Loussier \| Bowman \| Rees \| Wallez
Edward MacDowell	Piano Concertos, Nos. 1 and 2	Clas M148 P573c	Like it or don't. Performed by Thomas Tirino, piano, and the Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vassil Kazandjiev. Links: MacDowell \| Tirino \| YouTube \| Kazandjiev
W.A. Mozart	Flute Concerto in D; Andante for Flute & Orchestra in C; Concerto for Flute & Harp	Clas M877 F675	Jennifer Stinton is the busy flautist on this, with the Philharmonia, conducted by Tamás Vásáry. Links: Mozart \| Stinton \| Vásáry
W.A. Mozart	Concerti for Horn & Orchestra, Nos. 1-4	Clas M877 H783	Performed by William ver Meulen, French horn, and the Houston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Links: Mozart \| Meulen \| HSO \| Eschenbach
W.A. Mozart	Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Trio for Piano, Clarinet & Viola	Clas M877 P573q	Performed by Domus, with Richard Hosford on clarinet. Links: Mozart \| Hosford
Feliks Nowowiejski	Organ Works	Clas N868 Or3	Organ symphonies and a concerto, performed by Jerzy Erdman. Links: Feliks
Nicolò Paganini	Violin Concerto No. 1; Caprices	Clas P140 V813c	Performed by Vadim Brodsky, partly with the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Salwarowski. Links: Paganini \| Salwarowski
Sergei Rachmaninoff	Symphony No. 2	Clas R114 Sy68-2	Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by André Previn. Links: Rachmaninoff \| RPO \| Previn
Sergei Rachmaninoff	Symphony No. 3; Symphonic Dances	Clas R114 Sy68-3	Performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman. Links: Rachmaninoff \| BSO \| Zinman
Maurice Ravel	Daphnis & Chloé; Pavane	Clas R196 D236	Performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Yoel Levi. Links: Ravel \| Atlanta SO \| Levi
Ottorino Respighi	Ancient Airs and Dances; Trittico Botticelliano	Clas R312 An22	Performed by the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jesús López-Cobos. He gets around. Links: Respighi \| Lausanne CO \| López-Cobos
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Scheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol	Clas R469 Sch24	Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Links: R-K \| LSO \| Mackerras
Alessandro Scarlatti	Cantatas, Vol. 1	Clas Sca74 C166/1	Performed by Christine Brandes, soprano, with the Arcadian Academy, directed by Nicholas McGegan. Links: Scarlatti \| Brandes \| Arcadian \| McGegan
Friedrich Silcher