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[Longhorn Review] The Baroque and classical trumpet

tdomf_4d405 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:46:24 +0000

Apparently, Murray Hill records was a subsidiary of Random House, and mainly re-released excellent material. Other sources claim this boxed set was released in 1970. Gorgeously recorded. My pressing is quite good — I can not remark on the condition of those at this library. Interesting academic material in the liner notes.

Outside the dream syndicate

jade — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:49:50 +0000

The heavier side of American Minimalism.

Minstrel Show (sound recording)

tdomf_4d405 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:27:40 +0000

This is a magnificent selection including “Preacher and the Bear” and “Asleep in the Deep” Warren Biggs (Basso) was perhaps the finest bass singer in the history of this “Pre-Politically Correct” format. I’ve got an original copy (still) in good condition. Some of the jokes I still use — the best involved a Hair Restorer.

Hvarf / Heim

tdomf_4d405 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:35:13 +0000

Beautiful, gorgeous and awe-inspiring. “Heim” is “home” in Icelandic and the film documents a number of (mostly) impromptu performances by Sigur Ros undertaken around the island.
This band is off in its’ own world. Clearly, not ‘rock’ music –but it still rocks at times –they have broken new territory and are doing something that is dangerously emotional and that is hard to put into words.

Astral Glamour

Matt — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:26:04 +0000

Vampire Weekend was far from the first group to incorporate African influence into snotty white kid music, and Radiohead was certainly not the first to try to sell their music on their own. The Homosexuals were a shifting group of punk rockers in the UK who set out to make avant garde music in a totally insular, outsider manner. The result was they self-released a ton of projects on their own label It’s War Boys that ultimately sound like they may be the best DIY, kitchen-sink pop recordings ever. Collected on three CDs in this set are all of the recordings they issued as The Homosexuals.

Obsolete systems

Matt — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:31:57 +0000

“When it was new, each of these music systems, now long obsolete, was state of the art, visionary, radically new and so revolutionary that it required extended explanations in response to common questions such as ‘Why would anyone ever want to do that?’ ” -Laurie Spiegel

The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-revisited

tdomf_4d405 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:33:55 +0000

Allegedly recorded in a garage(natch)between albums and record companies, this collection of cover songs frigging rocks.

St. Giles Cripplegate

Matt — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:28:07 +0000

Here is Jack Nitzsche’s massive and beautiful orchestral work that brilliantly captures what’s compelling about the classical avant garde in the 20th century.

Most will recognize Nitzsche’s name for his work scoring films like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Performance” as well as arranging for Phil Spector, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, and pretty much everyone else too.

Jazz in silhouette [sound recording] : images and forecasts of tomorrow

Matt — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:24:33 +0000

Finally we have a good selection of Sun Ra material. This is one of my favorites. Eloquent and odd jazz that’s deeply satisfying

Persian electronic music: yesterday and today

Matt — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:33:55 +0000

Some very fine electronic music from Persia. A compilation spanning 40 years.

Cannibal, the Musical

Matt — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:03:18 +0000

Biopic of Colorado’s favorite son/cannibal Alferd Packer; it’s an early effort by Southpark’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Wikipedia has a lot to say about it. This is a good example of what Wikipedia is good for. And an EXCELLENT illustration of the fact that it doesn’t have to be fine art to be available at the Fine Arts Library!

Stimmung [sound recording]

Matt — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:10:08 +0000

Superior vocal works from under the direction of Paul Hillier. Stimmung is scored specifically for voice, while his treatment of “In C” is a new and extremely well done approach to the piece.

In C

Matt — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:59:49 +0000

This item was chosen as a Fine Arts Library Staff pick in June 2009.

Solo piano [sound recording] / Gonzales

Matt — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:08:44 +0000

A surprising disc coming from this South American MC. Sounding something like an expert mixing of Keith Jarrett and Erik Satie (in his more imaginative stylings), Gonzales has made a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable album of piano sketches that are at turns elegiac, ecstatic, comatose. The sound quality of the recording leaves something to be desired (expect a small amount of background noise and damage if you turn it up) but it also adds its fair share of charm to the recording, coming across as a work of private, brilliant impulse. Odd, but a CD to play again and again.

Passione

Matt — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:41:03 +0000

These three CD’s are performed by Antonio Florio and the Cappella de’ Turchini who are reviving baroque music of Naples.

Motets

Matt — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:40:56 +0000

These three CD’s are performed by Antonio Florio and the Cappella de’Turchini who are reviving baroque music of Naples.

La bella devozione [sound recording]

Matt — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:29:24 +0000

These three CD’s are performed by Antonio Florio and the Cappella de’ Turchini who are reviving baroque music of Naples.

A Love Supreme

Meg — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:52:49 +0000

. . . where Coltrane’s journey began . . .

Porgy and Bess

Meg — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:55:48 +0000

I’d like to recommend our newest Gershwin CD, “Porgy and Bess.“ Gershwin is always a classic, and that he wrote an opera when he did with this much style makes this worth a listen.

Unseen Worlds

Meg — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:52:26 +0000

A reissue record label, has released Blue Gene Tyranny’s “Out of the Blue” and it is reviewed in the April issue of Wire. In the Boomerang section.

see also www.unseenworlds.net and www.myspace.com/unseenworlds

Jelly Roll Morton the complete Library of Congress recordings by Alan Lomax

Meg — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:55:33 +0000

some recently acquired CDs

The piano

Meg — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:53:48 +0000

some recently acquired CDs

Engine takes to the water

Meg — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:52:04 +0000

some recently acquired CDs

Rusty

Meg — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:46:07 +0000

some recently acquired CDs

O let us howle some heavy note : music for witches, the melancholic, and the mad on the seventeenth-century English stage

Meg — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:33:15 +0000

by Amanda Eubanks Winkler Bloomington , 2006