New American masters. Vol.4 — Palisades Virtuosi (CD 9679)
Doctor Atomic Symphony — John Adams (CD 9680)
Walk, Don’t Run! — Johnny Smith (CD 9681)
The best of the Capitol masters — Les Paul with Mary Ford (CD 9682)
Turtle Dreams — Meredith Monk (CD 9683)
The Master and His Music — Chet Atkins (CD 9684)
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Here is something to help you get through a rainy monday, courtesy of the Czech Philharmonic.
Enjoy,
Cheers,
Alex
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Enjoy this wonderful batch of music ranging from classical guitar to bamboo music.
Messa da Requiem; Quattro pezzi sacri – Giuseppe Verdi (CD 9679)
Istanpitta vol. 1: a Medieval Dance Band — Ensemble for Early Music (CD 9680)
Oklahoma! — Original Cast (CD 9682)
Brasileiro (CD 9683)
Mabel Mercer sings Cole Porter — Mabel Mercer (CD 9684)
Solo piano — Philip Glass. (CD 9685)
Bamboo on the mountains — Kmhmu highlanders from Southeast Asia and the U.S. (CD 9686)
Guitar Concertos — by Villa-Lobos and Castelnuovo-Tedesco performed by Pepe Romero and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields led by Neville Marriner (CD 9681)
Marlboro Music Festival – Serenade No. 10 and Sonata for Bassoon and Cello by W.A. Mozart (CD 9687)
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin – from the 60s (CD 9688)
Tommy Dorsey – with the David Rose String Orchestra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (CD 9689)
Ray Charles: Anthology – (CD 9690)
Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Yehudi Menuhin (CD 9691)
Ethel Ennis – (CD 9692)
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You probably didn’t. Here are five obscure but interesting music-related facts about Friday the 13th:
1. Black Sabbath released their eponymous album in the UK on February 13th, 1970.
2. Tupac was pronounced dead on September 13th, 1996.
3. (Only) five of the twelve “Friday the 13th” films have actually been released on a Friday the 13th.
4. “Supernatural Chicago,” a theatrical show, premiered on September 13th, 2004.
5. ‘The Cabin in the Woods,” a horror/comedy, was released on April 13th, 2012 (today)!
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I know that my last staff picks post offered some great CDs but this time around, the CDs will be even better, hopefully. Here we go!
Stokowski Encores – This recording is as exciting as it gets, just the pieces that the legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski uses for encores. Plus! Stokowski did all of the orchestrating on this CD for example pieces like Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (my favorite piece ever and the reason I listened to this CD in the first place) and The Engulfed Cathedral by Debussy. Guaranteed to take any rocking evening to the next level! (CD 1440)
To What Strange Place: The Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916-1929 – A while back, January to be exact, I wrote a post about Ian Nagoski and his 78 78s. To summarize this amazingly interesting story, Nagoski is a collector of old 78s but not just any old old 78s, he only collects ones with foreign sounding titles. What he found was that all those seemingly foreign 78s were actually recorded in the United States during a period where record companies brought in immigrant artist to make recordings to sell back to their respective ethnic neighborhoods. Nagoski discovered this and has since been releasing albums of these 78s and To What Strange Place is one of them. My favorite track of this album is the haunting Smyrneiko minore by Maria Papagika. (CD 9614)
Mechanical Music by Gyorgy Ligeti – Ever hear a barrel organ? If not then you need to listen to this album. If yes then you still need to listen to this album, because it isn’t just music for barrel organ, but also player piano and 100 metronomes. That’s right 100 metronomes. I can’t really say too much more about this album other than that it is so cool and you need to listen to. Seriously though, listen to it. (CD 9538)
Complete Viola Quintets Vol. 1 by Wolfgang Mozart – Is the thought of finals bringing you down bringing you down? Then this CD is your savior. It’s all you love from Mozart’s quartets with a bonus viola. How can you say no? Probably because you can’t. Even if you are having the worst day of your life, for example if what you think is your father’s ghost, but is really your rival dressed up as your dead father, is forcing you to write your own Requiem which will probably lead to your death (if you don’t know what I’m talking about get this DVD from Media Services), then this album is guaranteed to brighten even your most sturm-und-drang days. (CD 9666)
Ohm +: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music - Finally, my final staff pick is this awesome compilation of Electronic Music. This CD is great for those of us who have never heard electronic music before and for those of us who can’t get enough of it. Featuring instruments like the telharmonium, theremin, ondes martenot, electronic sackbut, clavivox and electronium. Including performances by artists such as Clara Rockmore, John Cage, Brian Eno, Olvier Messiaen, Steve Reich, Iannis Xenakis and La Monte Young (one of my personal favorites). Plus a DVD! So good! (CD 4976)
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Musical Theater:
Once – New Broadway Cast Recording – CD 9679
Classical:
Paul Lansky – Imaginary Islands – Shapeshifters, With the Grain, Imaginary Islands, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Justin Brown – CD 9678
Anne Akiko Meyers – Air – The Bach Album, English Chamber Orchestra – CD 9677
Allen Shawn – Piano Music, Volume III – CD 9675
George Walker – Great American Orchestral Works vol. 3 - CD 9674
Decreasing Radius – Rick Stout – CD 9673
Do You Dream in Color? – Laurie Rubin, Marija Stroke, Noam Sivan – CD 9672
Holiday Music:
O Tannenbaum – 10 favorite Christmas Carols, featuring The Londonderry Choir – CD 9671
DVD:
Choreography by Balanchine – DVD 204
In Search of Beethoven – a film by Phil Grabsky – DVD 202
In search of Mozart – a film Phil Grabsky – DVD 201
Beats Rhymes & Life – The travels of A Tribe Called Quest – DVD 200
Lester Horton Technique – The Warm Up – DVD 203
One of the more important parts of Einstein’s theory of relativity was that time is not actually constant. As useful as this statement is for the study of physics, it has never really helped me when I’m in a lesson and can’t play a piece at a steady tempo. Well, I have good news for those of you like me, now you have no excuse whatsoever for playing out of tempo!!!
That’s right, the music library has a second Dr. Beat!
Thaaats right!!!
Now, you may find yourself wondering if it is a medical doctor or if it just has a doctorate in beats. This is normal, so try not to worry too much. Just remember, if you find yourself testing the relative nature of time, don’t push it. Just check out of the Doctor.
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