Archive for February, 2007
Posted on February 27, 2007.
The CIM Opera presents the opera, Die Fledermaus from Wednesday, February 28 to Saturday, March 3. For those who would like a preview, explore the following resources.
Scores:
CIM Reserve M1500.St81f
CIM Stacks (In English) M1503.St81f
DVDc 176
Judith Howarth (Adele); Nancy Gustafson (Rosalinde); Bonaventura Bottone (Alfredo); Louis Otey (Gabriel von Eisenstein); John Dobson (Dr. Blind); Anthony Michaels-Moore [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2007.
Alexander Street Press has announced that it has the rights to add 54,000 tracks to the Classical Music Library. This will double the contents of this resource. Included in the new content are over 150 operas. Labels represented are EMI, Virgin Classics and Angel Records. These new recordings are in [...]
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Posted on February 21, 2007.
It might be tempting to go to the ML 410 section and check out every book on each composer you are researching. While these books will give a biographical portrait of the composer and help you understand the context in which your piece was written, they might not discuss the piece from an analytical [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2007.
Pianist Horacio Gutiérrez will be performing this coming weekend with the Cleveland Orchestra. The following recordings feature this pianist.
CDc 546
Brahms, Johannes - Piano concerto no. 1, op. 15; Tragic overture, op. 81
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; André Previn, conductor
CDc 2141
Brahms, Johannes - Piano concerto no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83; Variations on a theme by [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2007.
This week, we are featuring the Baroque repertoire that will be performed by the Cleveland Orchestra from February 15-18th. You will find a playlist in the Classical Music Library under the course folder CIM Library Featured Playlists. Or explore the following scores & recordings in the library:
Vivaldi, Antonio, Four Seasons.
CIM Stacks [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2007.
It is that time of the year again. Comprehensive exams are scheduled on March 30th. For CIM master’s students, this means an intensive study of the literature from one of their two recitals. The student must prepare an analytical and historical essay for each piece.
It is time to begin collecting resources. [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2007.
CIM’s New Music Series begins this Wednesday, February 7th with a symposium by Marc Satterwhite. Guest composers Melinda Wagner and Andrew Rindfleisch will also participate. Explore the following compositions in the library.
Guest Composer Marc Satterwhite
CDc 9319
Satterwhite, Marc – And what rough beast
Gene Pokorny, tuba; with assisting instrumentalists
Guest Composer Melinda Wagner
Recordings:
CDc 5653
Wagner, [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2007.
Our February 2007 Recent Acquisitions List is full of books about music. You’ll find books about Gershwin, Schubert, Mozart, and Brahms; discussions about music and meaning, Schoenberg’s musical language, and the symphony in Beethoven’s Vienna.; a new guide to Tuba literature; and much more.
Each month you’ll find the latest list of new books [...]
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