Carley’s Staff Picks!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Now that you’ve sworn off of turkey and pie (Ha!) and you’re realizing just how much work you have to do in the last few weeks of the semester (a lot), take some much-needed “me-time” and kick back with some staff picks.

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Samuel Barber loves singers. I would argue that he is the most influential American art-song composer.

For Singers

Collected Songs for High Voice – M1620.B3 S33

65 Songs (For Medium/Low Voice) – M1620.B27 S59 2010

For Listening

The Songs. – Cheryl Studer, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone; John Browning, piano; Emerson String Quartet – CD 1325/6353

Ligeti is just really cool. I don’t think this would be good study-music during the Finals period…it could be more like a soundtrack to your feelings?

Gyorgy Ligeti: A Capella Choral Works – London Sinfonetta Voices; Terry Edwards, Conductor – CD 9541

‘Tis the season! Oh, and Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto is outstanding….Martha Argerich is okay, I guess (kidding, she’s magnificent).

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 1 Op. 23/The Nutcracker: Suite, Op. 71a - Martha Argerich, piano; Berliner Philharmoniker; Claudio Abbado, conductor; Nicholas Economou, piano (2nd work) – CD 7653

New CD’s!

 We’ve got plenty of new CD’s! Check them out and have a listen

Outkast – The Love Below and Speakerboxx – CD 9898

Carole King – Tapestry – CD 9907

Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and more – Let’s Be Frank Sinatra – CD 9901

Betty Carter – I Can’t Help It – CD 9902

The Very Best of Burt Bacharach CD 9900

Ruby Braff, Dick Hyman – America, The Beautiful

CD 9904

The George Benson Collection – CD 9899

Kevin Mahogany – My Romance – CD 9892

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk -        CD 9891

Thank you, John! Our Tribute to John Coltrane -                    CD 9893

The Best of Lou Donaldson, Volume 1 (1957-1967) -           CD 9903

Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt – We’ll Be Together Again – CD 9905

Phineas Newborn Jr. – Back Home – CD 9906

The Ultimate Diva Collection – CD 9894

Jazz at Night’s End – CD 9895

Jazz Weekend – CD 9896

Jazz for the Open Road – CD 9897

Glenn Gould – The French Suites (Anniversary Edition)    CD 9889

Glenn Gould – The English Suites (Jubilee Edition)            CD 9890

 

 

Music of Edward Joseph Collins:

• Vol. I – Variations on an Irish tune and other works, Allegro piacevole, Tango (in Form of a Rondo) and other works - CD 9879
• Vol. II – Orchestral Music – CD 9880
• Vol. III – Concerto No. 3, Symphony (“Nos habebit humus”) – CD 9881
• Vol. IV – Hibernia (Irish Rhapsody), Concerto No. 1, Lil’ David Play on Yo’ Harp, Lament and Jig – CD 9882
• Vol. V – Arabesque, Songs, Prayer, Suite for Violoncello and Piano            CD 9883
• Vol. VI – Hymn to the Earth, Variations on Irish Folksong, Cowboy’s Breakdown  –      CD 9884
• Vol. VII – Ballet-Suite: The Masque of the Red Death, Irish Rhapsody, Set of Four – CD 9885
• Vol. VIII – Piano Trio (Geronimo) Op. 1, Songs Piano Solo Works                CD 9886
• Vol. IX – Daughter of the South (opera in one act and two scenes)               CD 9887
• Vol. X - Sonata Op. 2/14 for violin and piano (Allegro) - CD 9888

New at the Music Library – 09/13/2012

Hey everyone! Here are some of the new things we have in store:

CDs

• Various Artists – American Songs of Revolutionary Times and the Civil War Era – CD 9871
• Larry Polansky – Change – CD 9872
• Franz Liszt – Les preludes ; Totentanz ; Two Transcriptions by Heinz Holliger ; Tasso. Lamento e Trionfo – CD 9875
• Various Artists – The Billy Collins Suite: Songs Inspired By His Poetry – CD 9870
• Gregoire Maret – Gregoire Maret – CD 9869
• Poulenc – Gloria ; Stabat Mater – CD 9873
• Carl Orff – Carmina Burana – CD 9874
• Elliott Carter – Orchestral Music – CD 9876
• Tomoko Deguchi – Syncopated Lady – CD 9877

DVDs

• Ron Honsa – Never Stand Still: Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow – DVD 280
• Kevin Macdonald – Marley – DVD 279

New Scores!

Steve Reich ~ Drumming ~ M985 R45 D78 2011

Steve Reich ~ Vermont Counterpoint ~ M298 .R45 v47 1982

Karlheinz Stockhausen ~ Plus Minus Nr. 14 ~ M1470 .S76 P58 2004

Gyorgy Ligeti ~ Concerto for Cello and Orchestra ~ M1016 .L54 C6 1969

Arvo Pärt ~ Fratres for String Orchestra and Percussion ~M1138 .P37 F7 2002

Reynaldo Hahn ~ 12 Songs for Voice and Piano ~ M1138 .P37 F7 2002

Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band ~ Complete Recorded Works in Transcription ~ M2 .R2375 v.73

Elliot Carter ~ Three Occasions for Orchestra ~ M1003 .C325 O3 1992

Gèrard Grisey ~ Talea ~ M522 .G74 T3 2009

Gèrard Grisey ~ Vortex Temporum I, II, III ~ M622 .G75 V6 1985

Morton Feldman ~ Bass Clarinet and Percussion ~ M385 .F45 B37 2004

Milton Babbit ~ Concerti for Orchestra ~ M1042 .B12 C6 2004

Luciano Berio ~ Folk Songs for Seven Instruments ~ M1613 .B53 F65 1068

Euro Zone

And we’re back with the European scores. Before we get to the scores themselves, I thought I would highlight my favorite. Ligeti’s Requiem. Take a listen:

YEAH!

Here we go:

Stockhausen: Kontra-Punkte ~ M 942 .S76 K6 2008

Olivier Messiaen: Turingalila Symphonie ~ M 1010 .M608 T8 1992

Giacinto Scelsi: Four Illustrations (Piano) ~ M 25 .S28 I45 1979

Giacinto Scelsi: Three Pieces for Trombone Solo ~ M 92 .S28 P4 1990

György Ligeti: Apparitions ~ M 1045 .L73 A6 1971

György Ligeti: Requiem ~ M 2010 .L543 R427 2005

György Ligeti: Ramifications ~ M 1145 .L53 R3 2000

György Ligeti: Nouvelles Aventures ~ M 1528 .L53 N7 1966

György Ligeti: Monument, Selbstportrait Bewegung ~ M 214 .L5 S8 2008

György Ligeti: Poeme Symphonique (for 100 Metronomes) ~ M 985 .L54 P6 2011

 

Some More Staff Picks by Alex

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky

This collection puts together a huge amount of Stravinsky’s work. What I like about it is that every group either features Stravinsky as a soloist or as the conductor. The result is a series of recordings that highlight the sounds Stravinsky created in a way I haven’t seen elsewhere. Sometimes cast of as a bit of a vanity play by the composer, this nonetheless provides a good look at what he intended when writing his music.

CD 3247

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First Impulse

The Creed Taylor Collection: 50th Anniversary

This collection celebrates the work Creed Taylor did in bringing about the Impulse label. It does this by providing CD’s of Impulses first 6 LP’s. These releases cemented Impulse as a heavy hitter in the Jazz charts in the 60′s. With this collection, not only do you get the music but a spiffy booklet containing the original liner notes and more!

The first part of the collection is my favorite, containing the reunion of J.J. Johnson and Kai Windig. The CD is a combination of two LP’s: The Great Kai & J.J.: Brand New, Swinging Together Again and The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones. Kai and J.J. are a great duo, bridging together Bop and Swing in a fashion that is unmistakable. Creed Taylor doesnt skimp on the Rythm either. The CD features plenty of stuff from Bill Evans, Art Taylor and Sticks Evans.

I would be remiss however, if I did not mention the other albums in the collection. Next up is the classic Ray Charles album Genius + Soul = Jazz followed by Out of the Cool by the Gil Evans Orchestra

But wait, it gets even better!

It also has the Oliver Nelson Sextet playing the album The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Coltrane’s quartet playing Africa/Brass. You really can’t go wrong with this collection.

CD 9349

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Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works Vol. III

Not much to say about this one. It contains  three great piano works (Orchestrated by Caplet and Büsser) on top of the Danses sacrée et profane. Great works, performed well.

CD 6124

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BWV 1080: J.S. Bach’s “Art of the Fugue”

I give up! I really like the Art of the Fugue. Last time, I posted a recording by the Pittsburg Symphony Brass. This one is a more traditional recording, performed by Gustav Leonhardt and Bob van Asperen.

CD 6565

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Head Hunters: Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason, Bill Summers.

Need I say more?

CD 9546

Check check check, check it out yo!!

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

Some more NEW CDs!

Schoenberg - Pelleas Und Melisande, Variations for Orchestra, Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto (CD 5723)

Classic Brass – Works by Mlada, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Copland, Smetana, Grieg, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Bizet, Dvorak, Brahms, Ginastera, Ravel, Mussorgsky (CD 5705)

Sibelius – Symphony No. 3 & No. 6 conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (CD 5708)

Khachaturian – Gayane, A Ballet in 3 Acts, conducted by Djansug Kakhidze (CD 5725)

Tchaikovsky – Complete Symphonies performed by the Russian National Orchestra with Mikhail Pletnev (CD 5726)

Schubert – Symphony No. 9 and Overture in C, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (CD 5706)

Mendelssohn – Symphonies 3 ‘Scottish’ & 4 ‘Italian’ conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (CD 5707)

Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring, Caticum Sacrum, Choral Variations and Requiem Canticles (CD 5727)

Beethoven – Piano Concert No. 5 and Grosse Fugue performed by the Australian Chamber Orchestra (CD 5728)

Melartin – Symphonies 5 & 6 (CD 5729)

Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 and No. 1, Szell – Piano Sonata No. 2 & No. 3 performed by Gary Graffman (CD 5730)

Respighi – Pines of Rome, The Birds and Fountains of Rome performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (CD 5731)

Part – De Profundis, Solfeggio, ‘And one of the Pharisees’, Cantate Domino, Summa, The Beatitudes and Magnificant (CD 5712)

Charles Schlueter – Trumpet Concertos of Neruda, Haydn, Tartini and Hummel (CD 5713)

Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (CD 5714)

Sibelius – Symphonies 4 & 5 conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (CD 5715)

Brahms – Concerto No. 1 performed by Helene Grimaud (CD 5716)

Shostakovich – Symphony No. 7, ‘Leningrad’ performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (CD 5724)

Gade – Complete Symphonies, Conducted by Neeme Jarvi, No. 1 & No. 8 (CD 5717), No. 2 & No. 7 (CD 5718)

Part – Arbos, An den Wassern zu Babel, Pari Intervallo, De Profundis, Es sang vor langen Jahren, Summa, Arbos, Stabat Mater (CD 5722)

Prokofiev – Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 3, 5 & 9 performed by Yefim Bronfman (CD 5721)

Gade – Symphonies 7 & 8 (CD 5720), Symphonies 3 & 5 (CD 5719)

Sibelius – Symphonies 4 & 5 conducted by Lorin Maazel (CD 5733)

R. Strauss – Eine Alpensinfonie, Festliches Praluduim, conducted by Dave Zinman (CD 5734)

Glass – Symphony No. 3, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies (CD 5732)

Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker with Nikolaus Harnoncourt (CD 5735)

Prokofiev – Sonatas Nos. 1, 4 & 6 performed by Yefim Bronfman (CD 5709)

Shostakovich – Symphony No. 8 performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Sir Georg Solti (CD 5710)

Orff – Carmina Burana conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (CD 5711)

Shostakovich – Symphony 8 conducted by Valery Gergiev (CD 5695)

 

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)

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)