New CD Music Box arrivals include the following.

These and other CDs & audiovisual material can be requested through the Library’s online catalogue, for playing on audiovisual equipment in Arts during opening hours.

Seven deadly spins by Powderfinger.

Universal Music Australia, 2010

Universal Music Australia, 2010

Two releases from the rock groups, Powderfinger and The Smiths.  “Seven Deadly Spins” is a Deluxe Vinyl Replica 5-CD collection of the seven studio albums recorded by the ARIA award winning and chart topping Powderfinger over their two-decade long career.  It includes such hits as All of the Dreamers and Burn your Name.   “The Smiths complete” is an 8-CD box set and includes the four studio albums, a live album and three compilations released by the British band.

The Smiths complete.

Rhino UK, 2011

 

The Grainger edition.

Chandos, 2011

For classical enthusiasts there is “The Grainger edition” released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Australian composer, Percy Grainger’s death in 1961.  It is a 19-disc box set that highlights the extraordinary range of Grainger’s compositional styles from works for orchestra to solo songs and works for piano.  “Franz Schubert : the complete songs” is a great 40-CD box set containing 812 tracks presented in sequence of composition.  “Delius edition” is an 8-CD box set of music by Frederick Delius featuring various orchestras, soloists and choirs.

Franz Schubert : the complete songs.

Hypersion, 2005

Delius edition.

Decca, 2011.

Ennio Morricone : the complete edition.

GDM Music, EDFL, 2008

For movie buffs there are two fantastic releases.  “Ennio Morricone : the complete edition”, is a 15-CD box set of original recordings by the Italian composer for cinema and television as well as contemporary classical music, original songs and more.  It includes his spectacular themes for hit movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mission, The Untouchables and Cinema Paradiso.  “Elmer Bernstein’s Film Music Collection” showcases the composers themes for movies such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Torn Curtain, Silver Chalice and Wuthering Heights and many more in a 12-CD box set.

Elmer Bernstein’s film music collection.

Film Score Montly, c2006

 

The complete Parlophone & Columbia solo recordings, 1933-1945 by Eileen Joyce.

 

Appian, 2011

“The complete Parlophone & Columbia solo recordings, 1933-1945” is a 5-CD box set by the renowned Australian pianist, Eileen Joyce, who achieved international popularity during the 1930s & 40s.

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