Darius Milhaud competition

Since 1994, a yearly competition has been held at the CIM honoring the works of Darius Milhaud. This year’s Performance Prize Competition will be held at CIM on Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

In light of the competition, here is a list of resources on Darius Milhaud.

Selected Books
Darius Milhaud. My Happy Life.
CIM Stacks ML410.M599M599ma

Darius Milhaud. Notes without Music an Autobiography.
CIM Stacks ML410.M599aaEv

Barbara L. Kelly. Tradition and Style in the Works of Darius Milhaud 1912-1939.
CIM Stacks ML410.M599 K295t

Paul W. Cherry. The String Quartets of Darius Milhaud.
CIM Stacks MT145.M599C424s

Madeleine Milhaud. Catalogue des œuvres de Darius Milhaud.
CIM Reference ML134.M599M5992c

Selected Recordings
CDc 5913
Chamber Music for Winds and Piano.
Aurèle Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Oleg Maisenberg, piano

CDc 8562
Scaramouche; Le bal martiniquais; Paris; Le carnaval d’Aix; Suite française; Suite provençale.
Christian Ivaldi, Noël Lee,Jean-Philippe Collard, Michel Béroff, pianos; Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo; Georges Prêtre, conductor

CDc 5853
La création du monde.
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Group; John Carewe, conductor

CDc 2255
Symphonies nos. 10, 11 & 12.
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel; Alun Francis, conductor

CDc 1994
Pacem in terris; L’homme et son désir.
University of Utah Choruses; Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel, conductor

CDc 2948
Violin concerto.
Dene Olding, violin; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Hiroyuki Iwaki, conductor

CDc 1982
Saudades do Brasil: books 1 & 2.
Antonio Barbosa, piano

This week at the Cleveland Orchestra

Gil Shaham with be performing with the Cleveland Orchestra on March 29-31, 2007.

CIM Library recordings featuring Gil Shaham

• CDc 10,277 – Ludwig van Beethoven. Triple concerto & Septet
• CDc 9155 – Sergei Prokofiev. Works for violin and piano
• CDc 4556 – Béla Bartók. Violin concerto no. 2 & Rhapsodies, no. 1& 2
• CDc 7392 – Johannes Brahms. Violin concerto & Double concerto
• CDc 2543 – Antonín Dvorák. Works for violin & piano

Also on the program:
Hector Berlioz. Symphonie Fantastique
Scores

• CIM Stacks M1001.Be455 op.14
• CIM Miniature Scores M1001.Be455 op.14x

Recordings

• CDc 760 – Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
• CDc 7605 - London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis, conductor

Duo pianists perform Bach, Borodin, Debussy & Rachmaninoff

On March 18th, CIM preparatory faculty members, Sean Shulze & Derek Nishimura, will give a recital featuring duo piano music. Perhaps they will inspire you to explore this repertoire. Here are a list of the scores & recordings the CIM library holds from their program.

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Trio Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 525. Arranged by Victor Babin.

• CIM Stacks M215.Ba122 S.525, Ba117
• CIM Cassette 268 – Pianists Charlene McElwee & Steven Sobol,.

Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirevich. Polovetsian dances from Prince Igor. Transcribed by Victor Babin.

• CIM Stacks M215.Bo645p p, Ba117
• See LP titled “Russian Piano Music.” Features pianists Hans Helmut Schwarz & Edith Henrici

Debussy, Claude. Petite suite for piano, four hands

• CIM Stacks M203.D354p
• CDc 1881 – Robert and Gaby Casadesus, pianos

Rachmaninov, Sergei. Suite no. 2 for two pianos, op. 17

• CIM Stacks M214.R114op.17P538
• DVDc 55 – Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire, pianos
• CDc 2471 -Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser & Grigori Ginsburg, pianos

Guitar weekend

March 9-11th is Guitar Weekend at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Artists such Paul O’Dette, Duo Melis, Xuefei Yang, and Jason Vieaux will perform during this festival sponsored by Guitar International.

Want to hear more from these artists? The CIM Library has the following recordings.

Paul O’Dette, baroque guitar & lute

• CDc 7129. Jácaras! 18th century Spanish baroque guitar music of Santiago de Murcia. Paul O’Dette with Andrew Lawrence-King, harp and psaltery; Pedro Estevan, percussion; Pat O’Brien, Steve Player, baroque guitars.
• CDc 4484. Alessandro Stradella Cantatas. Christine Brandes, soprano; Paul O’Dette, archlute, baroque guitar; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba; Ingrid Matthews, violin; Barbara Weiss, harpsichord, organ.
• CDc 1462. George Frederick Handel. Clori, Tirsi e Fileno (secular cantata). Lorraine Hunt, Jill Feldman, sopranos; Drew Minter, countertenor; Paul O’Dette, archlute; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor.
• CDc 1460. Sweeter than Roses: Songs by Henry Purcell. Drew Minter, countertenor; Paul O’Dette, archlute; Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord and organ; Mary Springfels, viol.

Jason Vieaux, solo guitar

• CDc 8348 – Sevilla: the Music of Isaac Albéniz.
• CDc 7126 – Manuel Ponce The guitar sonatas.
• CDc 5393 – Fernando Sor Guitar Music