Robert’s Stäff Picks!!!

Don’t forget, the Music Library is having an LP Bag Sale this Friday, April 26 from 10AM-2PM in front of Bender Library!!!

This set of Staff Picks is dedicated to currently performing string quartets and new music ensembles/composers.

CD 5290 — Six Quartets, Op. 20 — Haydn

The quartets are pretty standard Haydn works but the cool part about this CD is that this recording is played by the Daedalus Quartet.  The Daedalus Quartet is considered a leader among the newest generation of string ensembles.  The members of this string quartet hold degrees from the Julliard School, Curtis Institute, Cleveland Institute, and Harvard University.  Min-Young Kim and Matilda Kaul play violin, Jessica Thompson plays the viola, and Thomas Kraines plays the ‘cello.  This CD was released in 2009.

CD 10048 — Meanwhile — eighth blackbird

eighth blackbird “combines the finesse of a string quartet, the energy of a rock band and the audacity of a storefront theater company.” The members of the ensemble  “hail from America’s Great Lakes, Keystone, Golden and Bay States, and Australia’s Sunshine State.  There are four foodies, three beer snobs and one exercise junkie.”  It seems like it would be fun to hang with these folks. Tim Munro plays the flutes, Michael J. Maccaferri the clarinets, Yvonne Lam the violin & viola, Nicholas Photinos the ‘cello, Matthew Dunvall percussion, and Lisa Kaplan the piano.  This CD was released in 2012.

John Adams

I often reference works by John Adams in my Staff Picks, and I honestly don’t think I could ever forget to mention him.  Adams is a North American based new music composer.  Once again, the symphonic version of my favorite opera, CD 9695 — Doctor Atomic / Guide to Strange Places.  This CD was released in 2009.

CD 10053 - Adam’s Lament — Arvo Pärt

Do you like Arvo Pärt as much as Ethan Hicks? I doubt it, but you should still take a listen to this fantastic Pärt CD that explores many of his works including, but not limited to: Adam’s Lament, Beaatus Petronius, Salve Regina, and Estonian lullaby.  This CD was released in 2012.

 

A Mixed Bag of New Scores!

~~~~~Something for everyone! ~~~~~

Martin Bresnick  -  Going Home (Vysoke, My Jerusalem) for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello  -  M462.B74 G65 2012

Martin Bresnick  -  Prayers Remain Forever for cello and piano  -  M233.B74 P73 2012

The Spirituals of Harry T. Burleigh for high voice  -  M1670.B87 S65 2000

Michael Daugherty  -  Deus ex Machina for piano and orchestra (2007)  -  M1010.D38 D48 2012

Michael Daugherty  -  I Loved Lucy (Yo Amaba Lucy) for flute and classical guitar  -  M297.D38 Y6 2012

Michael Daugherty  -  Route 66 for orchestra (1999)  -  M1045.D38 R68 2011

Philip Glass  -  Sonata for Violin and Piano in 3 Movements  -  M219.G53 S66 2008

Osvaldo Golijov  -  How Slow the Wind for Soprano and String Quartet  -  M1613.3 .G65 H69 2011

Jake Heggie  -  Orcas Island Ferry: Suite for Violin/Viola and Piano  -  M220.H44 O73 2012

Jacques Hetu  -  Quatuor A Cordes (String Quartet) no. 1, opus 19  -  M452.H58 op. 19 2012

Katherine Hoove  -  Ayres based on songs by John Dowland for soprano saxophone and piano  -  M269.H66 A97 2011

James MacMillan  -  Sun-Dogs for mixed choir a cappella  -  M1582.M33 S86 2011

Telemann  -  Sonata in F Major for flute and piano  -  M242.T44 S66 1974

Telemann/Wummer  -  Suite in A Minor transcribed for flute and piano  -  M244.T45 O94 1979

New Music Library Item Acquisitions!!!

As you very well know, the Music Library regularly acquires new items that help expand our collection!
CD 9956 - Aural Borealis — Baroque Choral & Instrumental Music for the Christmas Season

CD 9957 – American Breeze — Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet

CD 9958 – Song Cycles with Double Bass and Piano — Allan Blank

CD 9959 – Little Heaven — Songs of Lowell Libermann

M 5 .M558 2012 – Milton Babbitt: A Composers’ Memorial

M 22 .C34 T36 2004 v.4 – John Cage Works for Piano, Prepared Piano, and Toy Piano

M 296 .E57 1973 – Ensemble for Recorder & Guitar

M 457.4 .O66 D822 2011 – A Ducal Fanfare – Tarik O’ Regan

M 298 .H87 E44 2012 – Elegie – Karel Husa

M 229 .L57 P54 2011 – Pieces for Violoncello – Liszt

M 485 .C34 no. 2 1978 – Second Construction – John Cage

M 685 .C34 .C66 1962 – First Construction (In Metal) – John Cage

M 1047 .M42 no.2 1998 – Danzon No. 2 – Arturo Marquez

MT 285 .W65 op.45 1961 v.1 – 60 Studies for Viola Solo – Wohlfahrt

UDC’s JAZZforum is on bagpiper, Rufus Harley 10/24

UDC continues their monthly JAZZforum series tomorrow with a discussion on Rufus Harley, who, as the only jazz bagpiper, occupies a unique place in jazz history. The event is FREE and open to the public, and just a short walk or bike ride from AU.

From the website:

JAZZforum: A Family Celebrates the Life and Music of Rufus Harley “the world’s first jazz bagpiper”

Wednesday, October 24, 2012
7:00 PM

Multi-instrumentalist, Rufus Harley (1936-2006) started studying the bagpipes after watching the Black Watch at John F. Kennedy’s funeral procession in 1963. In addition to several recordings as a leader, he recorded with Herbie Mann, Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins—and in later years, the Roots and Laurie Anderson. In 2007 Pipes Of Peace, a documentary by George Manney, was released. Several of his children—sons and trumpeters, Messiah and America Patton Harley, who frequently performed with their father, as well as daughters, Noah Harmony and Egypt will join us for this special evening. Recital Hall (Performing Arts Bldg. 46-West).

 

 

New Arrivals!

Hey everyone, happy Monday and happy Fall! We’ve got some awesome new scores for you to check out!

Arvo Pärt, Magnificat. (M 2099.L6 P273 1989)

Count Basie, Count Basie’s Piano Styles (M 35 .B37 C67 1943)

Robert Baksa, Sonata for Flute and Harp (M 297 .B35 S76 2012)

Marshall Bialosky, Suite; for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet (M 357.2 .B53 S9 1969)

John Williams, Concerto for Oboe (M 1023 .W55 C66 2011)

Rolf Schweizer, Canticum (M 298 .S34 C36 1996)

Sol Schoenbach; editor, Solos for the Bassoon (M 253 .S36 S6 1964)

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

[In] CAGE

[In] CAGE
September 2,  2:00 pm [Studio Theater]
September 7,  4:00 pm – 9:30 pm [Recital Hall]
September 8, 9:00 am [Recital Hall]

Join the AU Music Department in a centennial celebration of John Cage’s birthday!  In partnership with the John Cage Centennial Festival of Washington, DC, American University will be hosting three Cage-ian events!

On September 2nd at 2 pm, come to the Katzen Center Studio Theater to get a taste of Cage’s repertoire with [In] CAGE.  Bonnie Whiting Smith, Dustin Donahue and AU Music Faculty Dr. William Brent, the members of red fish blue fish will be performing.

On September 7th at 4 pm, Tom Delio will give a lecture about John Cage’s percussion work “Amores” [1941].  Following Mr. Delio’s lecture, a series of concerts will cover every decade of Cage’s work from the 1930s to the 1990s.  Steven Schick and the Percussion Group Cincinnati will give rare performances of Cage’s music.  This performance will be located in the Studio Theater at 5:30 pm [free], the Katzen Museum at 6:30 pm [free], and there will  be a feature performance in the Recital Hall at 7:30 pm [$5 with a student ID]. There will be another performance of Cage’s work at 9:30 pm in the Museum [free].

On Saturday September 8th at 9:00 am [Recital Hall], Steven Schick and Percussion group Cincinnati will lead a free masterclass on interpreting Cage and other experimental music that will be performed in the September 7th concert.

For more information about the rest of the John Cage Centennial Festival Washington, DC, visit http://www.johncage2012.com/index.html.

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

 

American Composers

We recently got a ton of scores in here at the Music Library. So many that we can’t really contain it to one post. Therefore in the interest of globalism and international unity, the scores will be categorized into American and European composers.

So let’s start with the American Composers, shall we?

Among other things, we received some Elliot Carter and Steve Reich. However the majority seem to be works by John Cage. In celebration of this, I thought I would present Mr. Cage himself playing a cactus. Awesome, right?

Anyway, here you go:

Louis Andriessen: De Tijd ~ M 1543 .A53 T5 1995

Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel ~ M 1531 .F45 R65 2008

Steve Reich: City Life ~ M 947 .R45 C58 1998

Steve Reich: Tehillim ~ M 2019.5 .R45 T4 2010

Steve Reich: Different Trains ~ M 452 .R45 D54 1998

John Cage: Rozart Mix ~ M 1470  .C34 R69 1965

John Cage: Speech (1965) ~ M 1470 .C34 S64 1960

John Cage: Cheap Imitation ~ M 25 .C34 C443 1970

John Cage: Music for Wind Instruments ~ M 557 .C34 M8 1997

John Cage and Lou Harrison: Double Music ~ M485 .C34 D68 1961

John Cage: The City Wears a Slouch Hat ~ M 1527.5 .C.24 C58 2010

John Cage: A Book of Music for Two Prepared Pianos ~ M 214 .C3 B6 1960

John Cage: Hymns and Variations for 12 Amplified Voices ~ M 1529.5 .C34 H8 1979

Elliot Carter: Pocahontas ~ M 1003 .C325 P6 1969

Elliot Carter: Night Fantasies ~ M 25 .C73 N5 1995

Elliot Carter: Concerto for Orchestra ~ M 1042 .C37 C6 1990

Elliot Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei ~ M 1045 .C378  S9 2008

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Tomorrow we’ll have the scores from across the pond.

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