PERSICHETTI String Quartets: 1-4

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

PERSICHETTI String Quartets: 1-4 • Lydian String Quartet • CENTAUR CRC 2833 (76:44) The creative legacy of Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) comprises a large and extremely varied body of work, much of it still barely known to even the musically sophisticated public. …

HOIBY A Month in the Country

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

HOIBY A Month in the Country • Steven Osgood (cond); JennyRebecca Winans (Natalia Petrovna); Charles Temkey (Rakitin); Liam Bonner (Belaev); Yooson Park (Vera); Alex Boyer (Arkady); Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater • ALBANY TROY-747/748 (2 CDs: 120:52) In the informative and …

HANSON Concerto for Organ, Harp, and Strings. Nymphs and Satyr. Summer Seascape No. 2. Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. Pastorale. Serenade

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

HANSON Concerto for Organ, Harp, and Strings. Nymphs and Satyr. Summer Seascape No. 2. Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. Pastorale. Serenade • Daniel Spalding, cond; Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber O; Joseph Jackson (org); Adriana Lenares (va); Gabriela Imreh (pn); Jonathan Blumenfeld (ob); Andrew Bolotowsky (fl) …

BLOCH Piano Quintets: No. 1; No. 2

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

BLOCH Piano Quintets: No. 1; No. 2 • Aura Qt; Hans Joerg Fink (pn) • MUSIQUES SUISSES MGB CD 6203 (51:44) Although his name is well-known, Ernest Bloch’s compositional reputation rests chiefly on three or four works: Schelomo, Concerto Grosso No. 1, the Sacred …

HOIBY Dark Rosaleen. WILLIS Variants. BOLCOM Piano Quartet

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

HOIBY Dark Rosaleen. WILLIS Variants. BOLCOM Piano Quartet Ames Piano Quartet – ALBANY TROY-730 (58:57) Having just turned 80 this year, Lee Hoiby is one of our oldest living traditionalist composers—and one of our finest, still composing quite actively, in his unrepentantly tonal …

ZIMMERLI: Piano Trios: Nos. 1, 2

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

ZIMMERLI Piano Trios: Nos. 1, 2 • Scott Yoo (vn), Michael Mermagen (vc), John Novacek (pn) • ARABESQUE Z6785 (62:29) This recent release is my first encounter with the name and music of Patrick Zimmerli. The notes accompanying the recording offer …