A Bountiful Bouquet of New CDs!

Hindemith – Kammermusik performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly (CD 5614)

Rautavaara – A Requiem in Our Time performed by the Finnish Brass Symphony conducted by Hannu Lintu (CD 5634)

Arturo Sandoval – performing works for Trumpet by L. Mozart, Hummel, Arutiunian and Sandoval with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luis Haza (CD 5613)

The London Harp Sound – 16 harp players conducted by Geoffrey Simon (CD 5602)

Rimsky-Korsakov – Sheherazade, Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia, Balakirev – Islamey (CD 5605)

Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen performed by the Radio-Philharmonic Hannover conducted by Cord Garben (CD 5608)

Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 and Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture performed by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop (CD 5612)

Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps and Symphony in Three Movements performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen (CD 5615)

Elgar - Symphonies 1 & 2, Cockaigne and In the South performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (CD 5604)

Ingrid Arauco – Invocation, solo piano and chamber music (CD 5603)

Rott – Symphony and Pastorales Vorspiel performed by the Radio Symphonieorchester Wien (CD 5636)

Sibelius – Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (CD 5610)

Kancheli – Symphonies No. 6 & No. 7 “Epilogue” (CD 5609)

Elgar - Enigma Variation, Cockaigne Overture, Salut d’amour and Serenade for Strings (CD 5618)

Hindemith - Symphony in E-Flat, Symphonic Metamorphoses and Concert Music for Strings and Bass (CD 5617)

Bruckner – Symphony 6, Wolf – 4 Goethe-Lieder with Matthias Goerne (CD 5616)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 conducted by Chailly (CD 5629)

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 and Violin concerto performed by Claudio Arrau, piano and Salvatore Accardo, violin (CD 5625)

Handel – Messiah performed by the Ambrosian Singers and the English Chamber Orchestra (CD 5635)

Franck – Symphony in D Minor and Symphonic Variations (CD 5606)

Respighi – Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome and Metmorphoseon Modi XII (CD 5619)

Janacek – Sinfonietta, Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphoses,  Prokofiev – Chout conducted by Claudio Abbado (CD 5620)

Holst - The Planets conducted by Sir Collin Davis (CD 5621)

Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels, Lustige Streiche and Ein Heldenleben (CD 5622)

Bruckner – Symphony No. 9 conducted by Chailly (CD 5623)

Martinu - Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5 (CD 5624)

Haydn – Symphony No. 22, Piano Concerto in D Major and Symphony No. 104 (CD 5607)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 conducted by Hebert Blomstedt (CD 5601)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 9 (CD 5630)

Brahms – Serenade Nr. 2, Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, Three Hungarian Dances and Five Hungarian Dances (CD 5631)

Bruckner – Symphony No. 0 conducted by Chially (CD 5632)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 1 conducted by Chially (CD 5633)

Moeran – Symphony in G Minor, Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra and Overture for a Masque (CD 5626)

Stravinsky – Petrouchka, The Firebird Suite and Scherzo a la Russe (CD 5611)

Bruckner – Symphony No. 1, Hindemith - Pittsburgh Symphony (CD 5628)

Brahms - Symphony No. 1 conducted by Bernard Haitink (CD 5627)

Weekend Activities

Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Check out these student performances on campus!

Measure 4 Measure

Thursday – Saturday 8 PM and Saturday 2 PM

Greenberg Theater

$15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors

AU Chamber Sings Presents: Near & Far

Friday and Saturday 8 PM

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen

$10 regular admission, $5 AU community and seniors

AU Symphonic Band Classics & Modern Works

Sunday 3 PM

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen

$10 regular admission, $5 AU community and seniors

New DVDs!!!

Lou Reed – Transformer (DVD 164)

Phil Collins – Face Value (DVD 173)

Motorhead – Ace of Spades (DVD 172)

Queen – The Making of A Night at the Opera (DVD 171)

Scott Walker – 30 Century Man (DVD 170)

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (DVD 169)

Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (DVD 168)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (DVD 167)

Def Leppard – Hysteria (DVD 166)

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (DVD 165)

A Cornucopia of New CDs!!

Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini performed by Lang  Lang and the Orchestra of the Mariinksy Theatre (CD 5573)

Kancheli – Mourned by the Wind and Light Sorrow performed by the Orchestra of Flanders conducted by Rudold Werthen (CD 5568)

Haydn – Symphony No. 22, 24 and 30 (CD 5574)

Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 and Scythian Suite performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle (CD 5565)

Bach - Four Symphonies Concertantes performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ross Pople (CD 5566)

Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati (CD 5567)

Brahms – Symphony No. 2 and Academic Festival Orchestra performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti (CD 5558)

Schumann – Symphonies 1-4 performed by Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich conducted by David Zinman (CD 5557)

Martin – Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Etudes, Passacaglia, Violin Concerto, Petite Symphonie Concertante and In Terra Pax (CD 5554)

Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 performed by the Saint Louis Symphony conducted by Leonard Slatkin (CD 5553)

Ben Leeds Carson – Music for Percussion (CD 5552)

Wojceich Kilar – Requiem Father Kolbe (CD 5576)

Martinu – Symphonies No. 2 and 4 performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Arthur Fagen (CD 5577)

Sibelius - Symphony No. 3, The Swan of Tuonela, Karelia Suite, Valse Triste and Finlandia performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel (CD 5559)

Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, Les Francs-Juges and Roman Carnival Overture performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Zinman (CD 5594)

Alfven – Upsala Rhapsody, Symphony No. 1, Drapa for large orchestra and Andante Religioso performed by the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CD 5581)

Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra and Don Juan performed by the London Philharmonic conducted by Klaus Tennstedt (CD 5579)

Brahms - Serenade No. 1 performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin (CD 5578)

Schumann – Concertos performed by Barenboim, Tortelier and Kremer (CD 5600)

Britten - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and Elgar – Enigma Variations performed by Robert Leonard, piano (CD 5599)

Rozsa – Concerto for Violin and Concerto for Cello performed by Robert McDuffie, violin and Lynn Harrell, cello (CD 5593)

Richard Strauss – Sinfonia Domestica and Parergon performed by Tonahlle Orchestra Zurich conducted by David Zinman (CD 5592)

Alfven – Symphony No. 2 performed by the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leif Segerstam (CD 5591)

Satie – Works for piano solo and piano duet performed by Anne Queffelec and Catherine Collard, piano (CD 5590)

Brahms – Serenades No. 1 and 2, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras (CD 5589)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 performed by Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (CD 5588)

Brucker – Symphony No. 7 performed by Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by George Szell (CD 5586)

Medtner – The piano concertos and Sonate-Ballade performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CD 5585)

Dutilleux - Complete Orchestral Works performed by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier (CD 5575)

Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 and Choral Fantasy performed by Alicia de Larrocha, piano and the RSO Berlin conducted by Riccardo Chailly (CD 5562)

Schumann - Complete Symphonies performed by Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique conducted by John Elliot Gardiner (CD 5563), performed by the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Barenboim (CD 5587), performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Semkow (CD 5561)

Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1 and No. 7 performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducte by Leonard Bernstein (CD 5582)

Brahms – Symphonies Nos 1-4, Double Concerto and Serenade No 2 performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink (CD 5560)

Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1-5 and Bagatelles performed by John Lill, piano and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Weller (CD 5564)

Kilar – The Triptych (CD 5598)

Brahms, Chopin & Franck - Cello Sonatas performed by Jacqueline du Pre, cello and Daniel Barenboim, piano (CD 5597)

Haydn – Symphonies 88-92 and Sinfonia Concertante performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Simon Rattle (CD 5596)

Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms, Symphony in Three Movements and Symphonies of Wind Instruments performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Pierre Boulez (CD 5595)

Nigel Kennedy – performing works by Tchaikovsky, Sibelius violin concertos (CD 5569)

Magnard – Symphonies 1 and 3 performed by Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson (CD 5570)

Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3, Danse Macabre, Phaeton and Danse Bacchanale performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel (CD 5571)

Sibelius – The complete string quartets performed by the Sibelius Academy Quartet (CD 5583)

Bach – Cello Suites performed by Jaap ter Linden, cello (CD 5584)

Varese – Ameriques, Arcana, Deserts and Ionisation performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Boulez (CD 5555)

Stravinsky – The Firebird, Scriabin – Prometheus performed by Valery Gergiev (CD 5556)

Verdi – Requiem performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Claudio Abbado (CD 5572)

New Scores

Bach - Complete Flute Sonatas – M241 .B2 M69 2010

J.S. Bach - BWV 1062 and 1032 – this is an exciting on for music history majors, his  original writing  – M2 .D619 ser.2, V.10

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BACH!!!!

(#326, pretty good for an old guy)

 

André Jolivet – Concertino – for trumpet and piano reduction - M1131 .J75 1990

Sergei Rachmaninov - Sonata in g minor - for cello and piano - M231 . R12 op. 19 2008

Joan Tower – Wings - for solo alto saxophone – M109 .T69 W5 1991

Andrew Lippa – John and Jen – Musical Theater – M1508 .L547 J6 2003

Fun links for Friday

Here are some recent articles that I thought would be of interest to this crowd:

• The Guardian has a nice interview/profile of legendary and prolific Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle. If you’re inspired to hear more of her work, you can check out CD 2874, “The Best of Ashe Bhosle: The Golden Voice of Bollywood.”
• Some exciting news for Beach Boys fans (Hey! Like me!).
• Roger Ebert’s latest blog post explores music in general, as well as its relation to film.
• Kate Beaton’s “Hark, a vagrant” comic strip focuses of the relationship between Chopin and Liszt.

A Treasure Trove of New CDs!!

Penderecki – Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5 performed by the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Witt (CD 5547)

Shostakovich – Symphony no. 11, op. 103 “The Year 1905″ performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi  (CD 5548)

Konzert zur 18. Tonmeistertagung – Works by Reicha, Ligeti and Brahms, performed by Delos Quintett and Kuss Quartet (CD 7826)

SF Jazz Collective – Live 2010, 7th Annual Concert Tour, Works by Zenon, Turner, Cohen, Eubanks, Harris, Simon, Penman and Harland (CD 5538)

Schumann – Complete Symphonies, performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner (CD 5543)

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (CD 5535)

Beethoven – The Late String Quartets performed by the Takacs Quartet (CD 5537)

David Oistrakh – Works by Prokofiev, Gliere, and Shostakovich (CD 6579)

Pandolfi – The Violin Sonatas of 1660, performed by Mark Fewer, Myron Lutzke, and Kenneth Slowick (CD 5531)

Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos 1 & 2, performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (CD 5546)

Strauss – Symphonic Poems, performed by the Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CD 5545)

Handel – Water Music, performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Field conducted by Sir Neville Marriner (CD 5544)

Bruckner – Symphony No. 6, performed by the Houston Symphony conducted by Christoph Eschenbach (CD 5551)

Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1, Schumann – Fantasiestucke op. 88 (CD 5550)

Berwald – Four Symphonies performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CD 5549)

Schubert - The Complete Impromptus and Moments Musicaux performed Alfred Brendel (CD 5542)

Penderecki – Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 performed by the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Witt (CD 5541)

Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness’ First Finale (CD 5534)

Diamond Street – A Comic Opera, music by Harold Farberman (CD 5529)

Stevie Wonder – Music of My Mind (CD 5536)

Schubert - Die schone Mullerin, performed by John Elwes – tenor and Kenneth Slowik – fortepiano (CD 5532)

Schubert - Winterreise, performed by John Elwes – tenor and Kenneth Slowik – fortepiano (CD 5530)

Quest: New Music for Violin & Cello – Works by Dangerfield, Allemeier, Maki, Parks and Anderson, performed by Anna Cromwell – Violin and Mira Frisch – Cello (CD 5528)

Holmboe – Brass Concertos, Concertos for Trumpet, Trombone, and Tuba (CD 5540)

Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich (CD 5539)

Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (CD 5533)

 

DVDs circulate for 3 days

Attention: The Music Library is up to speed!

DVDs now circulate for 3 days (just like at Media Services)

Flips for Students

Yo guys! You know how annoying it is trying to check out that flip-cam your professor asked you to pick up for class from the library is?

Well you no longer need to worry!

Flip-cams are now available at the Music Library and Media Services. You can even check out a flip-cam just for yourself and record that YouTube winning movie you’ve been dreaming about!

more stuff

CDs

George Crumb – Vol. 15 – The Ghosts of Alhambra and Voices from a Forgotten World (CD 5527)

Scores

Georges Enesco - Légende – for trumpet and piano M261 .E447 L4 1991

John C. Worley – Sonata - for saxophone and piano M269 .W67 S6 1979

Rachmaninoff- Preludes Op. 23 for Piano  M25 .R32 op.23 1991

Haydn – Three Trios - for flute, cello and piano M321 .H39 H.XV no. 15-17 1970

Ellen Taafee Zwillich – American Concerto – for trumpet and piano reduction M1031 .Z95 A4 1996