A personality test

Just some fun for the day. Find out which dead Russian composer you have an affinity with by taking this quiz.

Cleveland International Piano Competition Winners

On Friday September 29, 2006 CIM’s Cavani String Quartet will be collaborating with Sergey Kuznetsov, 2nd Prize Winner of the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition, in a concert of Brahms and Scriabin. Kuznetsov doesn’t have a CD out yet, but other former CIPC winners do. Have a listen in the library’s audio room!

Roberto Plano, Italy (CIPC 2001 First Place Winner)

Music of Franz Liszt; CDc 8153

Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Italy (CIPC 1999 First Place Winner)

Music of Johannes Brahms; CDc 8148
Music of Edvard Grieg; CDc 10,027
Joseph Rheinberger Sonatas; CDc 8750

Per Tengstrand, Sweden (CIPC 1997 First Place Winner)

Music of Grieg, Chopin, & Liszt; CDc 8155

Ilya Itin, Russia (CIPC 1991 First Place Winner)

Music of Frédéric Chopin; CDc 725

Sergei Babayan, Armenia (CIPC 1989 First Place Winner)

Music of Messiaen, Carl Vine, Respighi & Ligeti; CDc 5487
Music of Liszt & Mendelssohn; CDc 5069
Music of Domenico Scarlatti; CDc 2002

Thierry Huillet, France (CIPC 1987 First Place Winner)

Music of Ernest Chausson; CDc 4486

John Owings, USA (CIPC 1975 First Place Winner)

Music of Robert Casadesus; CDc 8090

If only everything were on Google

We all dream of sitting at our laptop watching our favorite DVD and skimming the Internet preparing for our latest paper. But sometimes our favorite search engine just doesn’t find that analysis of Prokofiev’s violin sonata. So we may search RILM Abstract of Music or Music Index to find some articles in “real” journals. Do we have to get out of our comfy abode and come to the library to access these articles? Perhaps not.

An increasing amount of journals are now available on the Internet. Most exist within databases the Case Libraries subscribe to. Just what is out there? Case Libraries provides the E-journal portal which lists full-text journals by title and by subject that are online. So before you get out of that chair, check out the E-journal portal.

(Note: You will need to download Case’s VPN Client to access these resources).

Listen to Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

The post-Romantic Danish composer, Carl Nielsen, was born in 1865, the son of a painter and village musician. He studied at the Copenhagen Conservatory and developed his own personal style of composition, in particular in a series of important symphonies. Nielsen wrote six symphonies; of these the best known are Symphony No. 2, the four temperaments and Symphony No. 4, the inextinguishable (which the CIM orchestra is performing on September 27th). His concertos for clarinet, for flute and for violin have also found a place in symphonic repertoire as has the overture taken from the opera Maskarade. Check out some of the recordings we have of his music!

Symphonies

-Göteborgs symfoniker; Neeme Järvi, conductor; CDc 9810
-Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor; CDc 10, 175
-Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; CD 6153

Orchestral Music: Overtures & Suites

Odense Symphony Orchestra; Tamás Vetö, conductor; CDc 9766

Concertos: Violin & Clarinet

Emil Telmányi, violin; Louis Cahuzac, clarinet;
Royal Danish Orchestra, Egisto Tango, John Frandsen, conductors; CDc 10,001

Piano Music

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; CDc 7883

Violin Music

Søren Elbæk, violin; CDc 3701

Wind quintet

Melos Ensemble; CDc 6154

Maskarade, comic opera

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir; John Frandsen, conductor; CDc 9586

Music at the movies

Curious about the music behind the movies? Several internet resources may help you locate the musical landscape of a given film. These include:

• Internet Movie Database
• Classics from the Silver Screen
• Classic TV Database

These are tagged on our del.icio.us pages (see right).

On tour with the Cleveland Orchestra

While waiting for their return, listen to the repertoire the Cleveland Orchestra is performing this month on their European tour.

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896): Symphony no. 5 in B flat major

Mozarteum Orchester; Ivor Bolton, conductor; CDc 9862
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor; CDc 9478

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La Mer

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Järvi, conductor; CDc 10,017
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln; George Szell, conductor; CDc 8131

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Symphony no. 38 in D major, K504 “Prague”

RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Otto Klemperer, conductor; CDc 8121
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras; CDc 308

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953): Suite from Romeo and Juliet

The Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor; CDc 9768
London Symphony Orchestra; André Previn, conductor; CDc 9590

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Falstaff

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, conductor; CDc 9220
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala; Lorenzo Molajoli, conductor; CDc 7733

Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952): Orion
Unfortunately, we do not have Orion in our collection. However, you can listen to some of Saariaho’s other works here:

Saariaho: Du cristal, for orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; CDc 9303

Saariaho: Nymphea reflection, for string orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor; CDc 9511

Orchestra Library 24/7

While CIM’s orchestra library is open from 2 to 4 pm, Monday through Friday, you may request parts 24 hours a day by sending an email to orchlib@cim.edu

Over the summer, our orchestra library received a face lift. Stop by and admire the new compact shelving and sorting areas pictured beow.

Where can I find?

The most popular question of this past week has been “Where can I find…?” Whether it is string quartets, Rubinstein piano studies, or that Danhauser book, the same tools may be used to locate these items in our collection.

The library catalog is a great place to start. You can search by author (i.e. composer, performer) and limit the results. Limiting allows you to specify if you want a book, score or recording. You can also narrow your search results by words in the title. This is particularly help for composers like Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.

If you would like to browse, check out our library guides to find the essential call numbers for your instrument. These are accessible online as well as in the library.

If time is pressing, ask a library staff member to assist you. While we encourage you to learn how to search the library catalog, we are happy to assist you when needed.

Back to School: Academic Overtures

Begin the semester by listening to a few overtures. Here’s a list to get you started. All are available for in-house listening in the library.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Egmont Overture

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich; David Zinman, conductor; CDc 10,193
NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor; CDc 6231

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Academic festival overture, op. 80

New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; CDc 6348
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Paul Hindemith, conductor; CDc 4374

Nicolai Malko (1883-1961): Russlan and Ludmila Overture

Philharmonia Orchestra; Nicolai Malko, conductor; CDc 8113
New York Philharmonic; Igor Stravinsky, conductor; CDc 4359

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Overture to Le nozze di Figaro

Concerto Köln; René Jacobs, conductor; CDc 9269
Vienna Philharmonic; Erich Kleiber, conductor; CDc 6011

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868): William Tell Overture

New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; CDc 5993
NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini conductor; CDc 10,178

Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Manfred Overture

Philadelphia Orchestra; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor; CDc 9296
The Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor; CDc 5757