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

New Arrivals to the Sasmor Collection

Some new and exciting CDs have made their way to the music library. Were they left forgotten in a pile somewhere while their other Sasmor pals were filed away? Nobody really knows, but we are happy they are here now! Check these CDs out on display in the AU Music Library in Katzen Arts Center:

Mozart - String Quartets - The Italian string quartet includes: Paolo Borciani, Elisa Pegreffi, Piero Farulli and Franco Rossi (CD 8483)

Brahms - Works for Solo Piano - Julius Katchen on piano (CD 8484)

Beethoven/Brahms/Dvorak/Prokofiev/Tchaikovsky/Vivaldi - The Art of Nathan Milstein - Nathan Milstein on violin (CD 8454)

Beethoven – 9 Symphonies - The Chamber Orchestra of Europe directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (CD 8460)

Haydn/Beaux - Piano trios and Arts trios -  Menahem Pressler, piano/ Isidore Cohen, violin/ Bernard Greenhouse,  cello (CD 8502)

New Arrivals 7/9/10

CDs

Sibelius – The Symphonies (CD 5876)

Grieg/Sibelius/Rangström/Eggen/Alnæs/Lie - Land of the Midnight Sun (CD 8172)

V/A – Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia (CD 5189)

Fela Kuti -The Best of the Black President (CD 5190)

Bruckner – Te Deum/9 Motets/Mass in E minor / R. Strauss – Deutsche Motette/Der Abend/Hymne (CD 5880)

J.S. Bach/J.P. Brosse – Jewels of the Masters (CD 5188)

Vivaldi/Bach/Roman – Transcriptions for Organ; Bedrich Janacek, organist (CD 5187)

Elgar – Pomp & Circumstance (CD 5185)

J.S. Bach/Mendelssohn/Schumann/Mozart/Buxtehude – The Giresta organ, played by Mattias Wager (CD 5186)

Verdi/Puccini/Mozart – Great Performances: Arias; Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano (CD 6016)

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DVDs

Tan Dun – The First Emperor (MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 128)

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Scores

Lane – Finian’s Rainbow – vocal selections (M1508.L25 F5 2009)

Herman – La Cage aux Folles – vocal score (M1503.H546 C3 1995)

Yeston – Nine – vocal selections (M1508.Y47 N5 2003)

C.P.E. Bach – Concerto in D minor for flute and piano (M1121.B23 H.484.1 1969)

New CDs & Scores – 6/22/10

CDs

20th Century & Contemporary

Charles Dodge – A Retrospective (1977 – 2009) (CD 5176)

David Mahler – Only Music Can Save Me Now - Nurit Tilles, piano (CD 5175)

Lukas Foss – Curriculum Vitae (CD 5174)

Rova & Nels Cline Singers – The Celestial Septet (CD 5173)

Ezra Sims – Musing and Reminiscence (CD 5172)

Junko Ueno Garrett – Japanese Music for Piano: Rentaro Taki to Toru Takemitsu (CD 5177)

Musical Theater

Rodgers & Hammerstein – Carousel - Original Cast (CD 5170)

Arthur Grumiaux Edition

Veracini, Kreisler, Elgar, Fauré, and others – István Hajdu, piano (CD 8923)

Mozart, Wieniawski, Ravel, Sarasate, and others – István Hajdu, piano (CD 8903)

AU-Related

G.F. Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks / Hank Badings - Armageddon / Toshiro Mayuzumi – Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra / Krzysztof Penderecki – Pittsburgh Overture / Jerzy Sapieyevski - Morpheus (CD 5171)

On a Sensual Note – On a Sensual Night (CD 5178)

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Scores

Musical Theater

Stephen Sondheim – A Little Night Music - vocal score (M1503.S705 L52 1974)

William Finn – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – vocal selections (M1508.F53 A14 2005)

Kitt/Yorkey – Next to Normal – vocal selections (M1508.K58 N49 2009)

Flaherty/Ahrens – Ragtime – vocal score (M1503.F54 R3 2009)

20th Century & Contemporary

Chen Yi – Three Bagatelles from China West – duet for flute and piano (M242.C44 B34 2010)

Joan Tower – Purple Rhapsody (Concerto for Viola and Orchestra) – viola and piano; score and part (M1015.T68 P8 2009)

Joan Tower – Incandescent (for String Quartet) – score and parts (M452.T696 I53 2010)

Peter Schickele – Morning Music - piano, four hands (M204.S35 M67 2010)

William Bolcom – Ballade – piano (M25.B65 B35 2008)

Michael Daugherty – Tell My Fortune – for orchestra; full score (M1042.D255 2009)

Vocal

H.T. Burleigh, arr. – Album of Negro Spirituals (M1670.B87 A51 1969)

Thomas Pasatieri – Bel Canto Songs (M1621.P383 B4 2010)

Piano

Johannes Brahms – Piano Works in Two Volumes, Vol. 2 (M22.B82 S35 v.2)

Johann Burgmüller -  25 Progressive Pieces, Opus 100 for the Piano (MT225.B85 op.100 2006)

Other

Green Day – American Idiot (M1630.18 .G77 A44 2005)

English Duets for Flutes (Recorders) or Violins (M288 .G52 N32 1970)

John Williams – Signature Editions for Horn (M1527.2 .W55 S542 2010)

New CDs and Scores – 06/08/10

American Camerata Performs -  John Stephens, cond. – features “Mercury Concerto” by AU faculty member, Jerzy Sapieyevski (CD 5169)

Musical Theater CDs

La Cage aux Folles – Jerry Herman (Original Cast) (CD 5167)

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story – Stephen Dolginoff (CD 5168)

Next to Normal – Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey (Original Cast) (CD 5166)

Arthur Grumiaux Edition

Vivaldi - Concertos for Violin, Strings, and Continuo (CD 8905)

J.S. Bach – Violin Concertos BWV 1041 & 1042 / Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043 / Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 1060 (CD 8906)

Leclair - Sonata in D, Op. 9 No. 3 / Veracini - Sonata in B minor, Op. 1 No. 3 / Vivaldi - Sonata in A, Op. 2 No. 2 / Nardini - Sonata in D (CD 8914)

Paradis - Sicilienne / Mozart - Rondo, K. 250 / Gluck - Melodie / Granados - Danza espagñola, Op. 37 No.5 / Kreisler - Schön Rosmarin / Liebesleid / Liebesfreud / Veracini - Allegro / Vivaldi - Siciliano, Op. 3 No. 11 / Leclair - Tambourin / Beethoven - Menuet in G / Schubert - Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6 / Dvořák - Humoresque in G flat, Op. 101 No. 7 / Massenet - Meditation de Thaïs / Tchaikovsky - Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6 (CD 8922)

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Scores

Erwin Schulhoff – Cadenzas [to] concertos for piano and orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15, no. 2 in Bb major, op. 19, no. 3 in c minor, op. 37, no. 4 in G major, op. 58 by Ludwig van Beethoven (M1010.5.B4 S355 2009)

Michael Colgrass - Variations for Four Drums & Viola (M298.C6 V2 1959)

Harry Breuer – Ragtime Solos: Five Solos for Xylophone, Marimba, or Vibes – with piano accompaniment (M284.X9 B74 2007)

W.A. Mozart - Concerto No. IV in D major, K. 218 – for violin and piano (M1013.M8 K.218 2000)

New CDs & Scores – 06/01/10

Arthur Grumiaux Edition

Schubert - String Quintet, Op. 163 D.956 / Brahms - Trio, Op. 40 (CD 8945)

Beethoven - Romance No. 1, Op. 40 / Romance No. 2, Op. 50 / Berlioz - Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8 / Tchaikovsky - Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 / Wieniawski - Romance / Légende, Op. 17 / Svendsen - Romance in G, Op. 26 (CD 8913)

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Scores

Anthology of Jazz Songs (M1619.J38 2010)

Tania León – De Color for violin and marimba (M298.L579 D278 1997)

Mozart - Concerto in G for violin and piano (K. 216) (M1013.M8 K.216 2000)

Béla Bartók - Roumanian Folk Dances for violin and piano (M223.B37 R65 1990)

Niccolò Paganini – Paganini for Saxophone: 24 Capricci op.1 (arr. by Raaf Hekkema) (M109.P34 P3 2009)

New CDs – 05/25/10

Musical Theater

Glory Days, Original Broadway Cast (CD 5163)

Pop/Rock

Brian Eno – Another Green World (CD 5164)

Jazz

Stanley Clarke – Stanley Clarke (CD 5165)

Arthur Grumiaux Edition

Mozart - Divertimento, K. 563 / Duos for Violin and Viola, K. 423 & K. 424 (CD 8939)

Beethoven - String Trios, Op. 9 Nos. 1-3 (CD 8942)

Haydn - String Trios, Op. 53 Nos. 1-3 / Beethoven - String Trio, Op. 3 (CD 8941)

Beethoven - Serenades, Op. 8 & Op. 25 (CD 8943)

Schubert - Piano Quintet “The Trout” / String Trios D. 581 & D. 471 (CD 8944)

Vivaldi - Le quattro stagioni “The Four Seasons” / Concerto, Op. 3 No. 6 (CD 8904)

Mozart - Flute Quartets. K. 285, K. 298, K.Suppl. 171(K. 285b), & K. 285a (CD 8938)

New CDs & Scores – 4/18/10

Arthur Grumiaux Edition

Mozart - Sonatas for Piano and Violin, K. 380, K. 377, K. 296, & K. 303 (CD 8928)

Mozart - Sonatas for Piano and Violin, K. 481, K. 378, & K. 306 (CD 8929)

Brahms - Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Op. 78, Op. 100, & Op. 108 (CD 8930)

Schubert - Sonatinas & Duo for Violin and Piano (CD 8931)

Franck - Violin Sonata in A / Grieg - Violin Sonata No. 3 (CD 8932)

Fauré - Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Op. 13 & Op. 108 (CD 8933)

Mozart - String Quintets, K. 174 & K. 406 (516b) (CD 8934)

Mozart - String Quintets, K. 515 & K. 516 (CD 8935)

Mozart - String Quintets, K. 593 & K. 614 (CD 8936)

Mozart - Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 / Oboe Quartet, K. 370 (CD 8937)

Mozart - Six Three-part Fugues, K. 404a / Hoffmeister - Duo in G for Violin and Viola (CD 8940)

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Scores

Bartok - Forty-four Viola Duets, transcribed by William Primrose (M287.B375 D8 1975)

Milburn, Sheinkin, & Vigoda – Striking 12: A Rewired Version of “The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Anderson (M1508.M55 S77 2009)

New CDs – 4/10/10

Arthur Grumiaux Edition

Telemann – Twelve Fantasias for Violin Solo (CD 8915)

Corelli – Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, Op. 5, Nos. 1-6 (CD 8916)

Corelli – Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, Op. 5, Nos. 7-12 (CD 8917)

Beethoven – Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Nos. 1,2 & 4 (CD8918)

Beethoven – Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Nos. 5, 7 & 8 (CD 8919)

Schubert – Sonatinas & Duo for Violin and Piano (CD 8920)

Lekeu – Sonata for Violin and Piano in G / Ysaÿe – Rêve d’enfant / Vieuxtemps – Ballade et Polonaise (CD 8921)

J.S. Bach – Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014 – 1018 (CD 8924)

J.S. Bach – Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord or Continuo, BWV 1019 – 1023 (CD 8925)

Mozart – Sonatas for Piano and Violin, K.454, K. 304, K. 376 & K. 302; Six Variations, K. 360 (CD 8926)

Mozart – Sonatas for Piano and Violin, K. 526, K. 305, K. 379 & K. 301 (CD 8927)

The Arthur Grumiaux Collection

Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61; JS Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor & Violin Concerto in E Major -CD 8868

Mozart – Violin Concerto in B flat, Concerto in D, & Concerto in A – CD 8869

Mozart – Violin Concerto in G, Concerto in D (K 218) & Concerto in D (K 271) – CD 8870

Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E Minor, Paganini – Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Minor – CD 8871

Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D; Bruch – Concerto No. 1 in G Minor – CD 8872

Lalo – Symphonie espagnole in D minor; Chausson – Poeme, Op. 25; Ravel – Tzigane – CD 8873

Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor; Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28; Havanaise, Op. 83 – CD 8874

Mozart – Sonata in B flat & Sonata in A – CD 8875

Beethoven – Sonatas Nos. 1, 3, 4 & 6 – CD 8876

Beethoven – Sonatas No. 5 “Spring”, No. 9 “Kreutzer” & No. 2 – CD 8877