New CDs for March and April 2019
Ochestral, Concertos and Chamber Music
Theodor Leschetizky – Piano Treasures
Gustav Mahler – Symphony no. 2 in C minor : “Resurrection”
Jazz
Fred Hersch Trio – Fred Hersch Trio ’97 @ the Village Vanguard
Mark Masters Ensemble – Our Metier
Opera, Opera Excerpts and Art Songs
Scott Joplin – Treemonisha: An Opera In Three Acts
Custer LaRue – The True Lover’s Farewell: Appalachian Folk Ballads
Zinka Milanov – Bellini – Verdi – Mascagni – Puccini
Choral Music
Thomas Beveridge – Yizkor Requiem
Band Music
U.S. Marine Band – To Make Us Proud: A Leonard Bernstein Tribute
Childrens’ Music
Grandma Sparrow – Grandma Sparrow and His Piddletractor Orchestra
Popular Music
Howard Ivans – Beautiful Tired Bodies
Mile Twelve – City On A Hill
Folk Music
Various Artists – Songs of Our Native Daughters featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell
New CDs added – October 2018
New CDs for October 2018
Chamber Music & Concertos
American Wild Ensemble – Music In The American Wild
Lisa Bielawa – In Medias Res
Lisa Bielawa – The Lay of the Love
Glenn Kotche – Adventureland
David Lang – Peirced
David Lang – Writing On Water
Brad Mehldau – After Bach
Salvadore Spina – Robert Lombardo + M. William Karlins – Piano Works, 1961-1993
Jazz
Brad Mehldau Trio – Seymour Reads The Constitution!
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams – Vanished Gardens
Opera, Art Songs, Vocal Music
Kati Agocs – The Debrecen Passion
Lisa Bielawa – Chance Encounter
Gavin Bryars – The Fifth Century
Hildegurls – Electric Ordo Virtutum
David Lang – The National Anthems
Musicals
Joe Iconis – Be More Chill
Kevin Murphy – Heathers The Musical
Benj Pasek – Dear Evan Hansen
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Popular Music
Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen
Ben Folds Five – The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Hills and Home – High Fidelity
Schlong – Punk Side Story
Shovels & Rope – Busted Jukebox Volume 1
Shovels & Rope – Busted Jukebox Volume 2
Shovels & Rope – Little Seeds
Arachnophonia : “The Goat Rodeo Sessions”
Editor’s note: Arachnophonia is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about items in the Parsons Music Library‘s collection. All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question or to additional relevant information from around the web.
Today’s installment of Arachnophonia is by Music Library student worker, Duncan (class of 2018) and features a 2011 bluegrass/chamber music release by cellist Yo Yo Ma, bassist Edgar Meyer, mandolin player Chris Thile, and fiddler Stuart Duncan called The Goat Rodeo Sessions. Thanks, Duncan!
When one listens to any firmly cemented genre for any recognizable period of time, one starts to notice how entrenched many genre conventions are. Perhaps the most accessible (if not clichéd) example is modern Top 40, where conventions such as the infamous “millennial whoop” are near inescapable. While it can be frustrating when artists (of any genre) trudge down well-worn paths, it allows us to, by comparison, truly appreciate the artists who embrace traditions and conventions across boundaries of genre.
If one musical project can serve as an example of such artistic ambition, it is The Goat Rodeo Sessions by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile. Hopefully anyone reading this post recognizes at least one of these names, but for those who don’t, these four musicians are among the most acclaimed in their genres. Yo-Yo Ma is perhaps the world’s most famous cellist, having recorded more than 90 albums and having been awarded 18 Grammy Awards. Stuart Duncan is a world class bluegrass musician (he plays fiddle on this particular project) who has won 4 Grammy Awards and has been named the Academy of Country Music’s Fiddle Player of the Year 4 times. Edgar Meyer is a bassist and composer of multiple styles who was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002. Rounding out the group is mandolinist, Chris Thile, an unrivaled genre-hopper who has been awarded 5 Grammy Awards and a 2012 MacArthur Fellowship.
The Goat Rodeo Sessions is a breathtaking crossover effort between two genres which, at first glance, are incongruous: classical and bluegrass. As a product of “bluegrass country” who has since pursued a study of classical music, I view this album as a unique opportunity to both indulge in nostalgia and embrace a marvel of musical progressivism. By drawing from two genres which are firmly rooted in tradition, these musicians push forward by pulling from the past and seemingly have a blast doing so. I wish I could put into words just how impressive this project is, both technically and intellectually, but I am not confident in my ability to adequately do so. For that reason, all I can do is vehemently recommend this incomparable piece of art. Enjoy.
New CDs added in October!
New CDs for October 2017
Orchestral Music
Dimitri Shostakovich – Under Stalin’s Shadow : Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, 9
Dimitri Shostakovich – Under Stalin’s Shadow : Symphonie No. 10
Concertos and Chamber Music
J.S. Bach – The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena
J.S. Bach – Solo Works for Marimba — Kuniko
Ferio Saxophone Quartet – Flux : Original Works for Saxophone Quartet
Joseph Haydn – Flute Sonatas
Eunmi Ko – She Rose, and Let Me In
Isang Yun – Chamber Music
Isang Yun – Chamber Music : World Premier Recordings
Electronic Music
Various artists – Space, Energy & Light: Experimental Electronic and Acoustic Soundscapes 1961-88
Jazz
Bill Evans – Another Time : The Hilversum Concert
Gary Smulyan Quartet – Royalty at Le Duc: Live at Le Duc des Lombards
Harry Allen’s All Star New York Saxophone Band – The Candy Men
Fred Hersch – Open Book
Junior Mance – The Complete Albums Collection, 1959-1962
Jeremy Rose – Within & Without
San Francisco String Trio – May I Introduce To You
Triocity – I Believe In You
Chris Washburne – Rags and Roots
Opera, Opera Excerpts and Art Songs
Jamie Barton – All Who Wander
George Frideric Handel – Rinaldo
Dimitri Hvorostovsky – Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings of war, peace, love and sorrow
Louis Karchin – Romulus
Louis Karchin – To The Sun And Stars
Franz Schubert – Schubert Songs — Thomas Meglioranza & Reiko Uchida
Franz Schubert – Winterreise — Thomas Meglioranza & Reiko Uchida
Pretty Yende – A Journey
Choral Music
Henricus Isaac – Nell tempo di Lorenzo de’Medici & Maximilian I, 1450-1519
ORA – Many Are The Wonders: Renaissance Gems and Their Reflections
World Music
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan
Various Artists – Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa
Musicals
Brenda Russell – The Color Purple : New Broadway Cast Recording
Ameriana, Bluegrass, and Country Music
Arthur Alexander – Arthur Alexander
Rhiannon Giddens – Factory Girl
Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway
John Reischman and the Jaybirds – On That Other Green Shore
The Sweetback Sisters – King of Killing Time
Pop and Rock Music
Raspberries – Pop Art Live
New CDs added in March!
New CDs for March 2017
Classical
Frederic Chopin – Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Jessie Montgomery – Strum: Music for Strings
Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 1 op. 7/ Little Suite, Op. 1
Louis Spohr – Violin Concertos 7, 9 & 10
Ingolf Turban – Violin Concertos by Bruch, Busoni and Strauss
Jazz
Stefon Harris – Ninety Miles
SF Jazz Collective – Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder
Bluegrass
Nefesh Mountain – Nefesh Mountain
Ballet, Musical Theatre and Motion Picture Music
Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle – Sissle and Blake sing Shuffle Along
Geoffrey Simon – French Ballet Music of the 1920s
Frank Zappa – 200 Motels: The Suites
Vocal Music
Christian Gerhaher – Mahler: Orchestral Songs
Christian Gerhaher – Mozart: Arias
New CD’s added this month!
5/21/2014
Jazz
Ben Powell – New Street
Don Pullen – New Beginnings
Eberhard Weber – Silent Feet
Eberhard Weber – Colours
Ken Peplowski – Maybe September
Pat Metheny Group – Kin()
Steve Turre – In the Spur of the Moment
Steve Turre – Keep Searchin’
Steve Turre – Rhythm Within
Terri Lyne Carrington – Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue
Funk, Soul, R&B
Betty Wright – The Platinum Collection
Impressions – Definitive Impressions
King Curtis – Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
Tyrone Davis – The Ultimate Tyrone Davis
Christian/Gospel
Hezekiah Walker & LFC – Souled Out
5/20/2014
Bluegrass
Steep Canyon Rangers – Tell the Ones I Love
Classical
Beethoven – Four Sonatas for Fortepiano
Berio – Sequenzas
Berio – Rendering | Stanze
Messiaen – La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ
Christian
Hillsong – The Very Best of Hillsong Live
Funk, Soul, R&B
Candi Staton – Candi Staton
Eddie Floyd – Rare Stamps
Fatback Band – Fatbackin’
Harlem River Drive – Harlem River Drive
Howard Tate – Get It While You Can
The J.B.’s – Funky Good Time: The Anthology
Various – I’m a Good Woman 2: Funk Classics From Sassy Soul Sisters
Various – Move to Groove: The Best of 1970’s Jazz Funk
Jazz
Dianne Reeves – Beautiful Life
Duke Ellington – Such Sweet Thunder
John Abercrombie Quartet – Within a Song
Miles Davis – Four & More
5/19/2014
R&B, Soul, Funk, African JAZZ, and more…
Abdullah Ibrahim – African Marketplace
Abdullah Ibrahim – African Sun
Abdullah Ibrahim – Blues for a Hip King
Abdullah Ibrahim – Voice of Africa
Aretha Franklin – Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul
Betty Harris – The Lost Soul Queen
Don Covay – The Platinum Collection
Ike and Tina Turner – Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner
James Brown – The Payback
Otis Clay – Testify!
Undisputed Truth – The Collection
Various – For Connoisseurs Only, Vol. 2
Various – For Connoisseurs Only, Vol. 3
Various – Heart of Southern Soul, Vol. 2
Various – Heart of Southern Soul, Vol. 3
Various – Heart of Southern Soul, Nashville/Memphis/Muscle Shoals
Various – Land of 1000 Dances
Various – Land of 1000 Dances 1956-1966, Vol. 2
Various – Rare and Unreissued New York Funk, 1969-1976
Various – Rough Guide to South African Jazz
Wilson Pickett – Very Best of Wilson Pickett
Jazz
Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society
Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit
Miles Davis – My Funny Valentine
Mike Jones Trio – Plays Well with Others
Paul Motion – On Broadway, Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Brazil
Paquito D’Rivera – Song for Maura
Bluegrass
Matt Flinner Trio – Music du Jour
Metal/Industrial
Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance
Pop
Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience
Christian
Mandisa – Overcomer