Bach and Beethoven -- Complete Works

The Library has recently acquired two exciting new additions to our Sound Recording Collection:
The Complete works of J.S. Bach, issued on the Brilliant Classics label. This box set includes 155 cds, new recordings by prominent Bach performers such as The Sixteen, La Stravaganza Köln with Andrew Manze, cellist Jaap ter Linden and Musica Amphion.
This edition was first issued in 23 installments to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach. It contains every piece of his known to exist at the time.

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In addition we have just received the Complete works of Beethoven, issued by Cascade Medienproduktions:

This is the first comprehensive Beethoven Edition available on the market, and includes 748 works on 87 CDs. This edition was compiled on the basis of the renowned "Beethoven Compendium“ by Barry Cooper (Thames & Hudson Ltd., London 1991). The recordings are characterized by high-quality performances presented by renowned conductors, orchestras and soloists.

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Beverly Sills, 1929-2007

Beverly Sills, the acclaimed Brooklyn-born coloratura soprano who was more popular with the American public than any opera singer since Enrico Caruso, even among people who never set foot in an opera house, died on Monday, July 2nd, at her home in Manhattan. She was 78.

To read the entire New York Times obituary, click HERE

Bjarne Brustad- Music for Violin and Viola

The Library has recently acquired an exciting new recording: violinist and Grieg Trio member Sølve Sigerland has chosen to explore Bjarne Brustad’s (1895-1978) violin capriccios with skilled support from violist Lars Anders Tomter. Brustad was one of the first Norwegian composers to embrace impressionism, and at a later stage he developed a strong interest in Norwegian folklore and neo-classicism. The works on this disc showcase the composer’s life-long project; to capture a national and modern tonal language.

To read about this recent recording and hear excerpts from it, click HERE

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The jazz image : masters of jazz photography

No mean jazz photographer himself--see his Images of Jazz (1996)--Lee Tanner generously shares space with his peers in this album for which he wrote the historical preface, explaining why jazz photography is an after-1930 development.

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Fugue for Man and Machine

Classical musicians have bitterly opposed replacing human players with computers in the orchestra pit. Now, a small group is breaking ranks -- and arguing that it's the best hope for revitalizing the art. Cue the laptop.

To read the entire article from the Wall Street Journal, click HERE

And for more information on digital orchestra music, visit the Digital Orchestra League's website HERE

Benny Golson: From Jazz to Hollywood and back

Saxophone player Benny Golson played with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey, and wrote music for the TV shows M*A*S*H and Mission Impossible. On NPR's Morning Edition, he talks about his role in reshaping Blakey's band as well as the bit part in a Stephen Spielberg movie that helped revitalize his career.

To read the article and listen to the NPR interview, click HERE

Mstislav Rostropovich, Dissident Maestro, Dies

Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist and conductor who was renowned not only as one of the great instrumentalists of the 20th century but also as an outspoken champion of artistic freedom in the Soviet Union during the last decades of the cold war, died on April 27th in Moscow.

To read the entire New York Times obituary, click HERE