Liner Notes: Ezio Flagello sings the music of Nicolas Flagello in performances conducted by the composer: Passion of Martin Luther King (1968); L’Infinito (1956); The Land (1954)

wswebmaster on December 1, 2018

EZIO FLAGELLO SINGS THE MUSIC OF NICOLAS FLAGELLOIN PERFORMANCES CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSERNaxos 8.112065 Passion of Martin Luther King(1968)Ezio Flagello: bass baritone; Ambrosian Singers, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolas Flagello, conductor L’Infinito (1956)The Land (1954)Ezio Flagello: bass baritone; I Musici di Firenze, …

Liner Notes-WILLIAM SCHUMAN: Casey at the Bat

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

The Poem Nearly one hundred years after its first appearance, Casey at the Bat, the story of a baseball hero who fails at the cru­cial moment, remains a classic of humorous verse. Martin Gardner, who has researched and studied the subject of Casey …

Liner Notes-HOVANESS: Talin. BARLOW: The Winter’s Passed. KAUFMAN: Pastorale. FLAGELLO: Adoration. BERGER: Short Overture.

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

Hovhaness: TalinBarlow: The Winter’s PassedKaufman: PastoraleFlagello: AdorationBerger: Short Overture “My purpose is to create music, hot for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing, to attempt what old Chinese painters called spirit resonance in melody and sound.” Alan Hovhaness has pursued this ideal …

Liner Notes-The Music of Harry Partch

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

The work that I have been doing these many years parallels much in the attitudes and actions of primitive man. He found sound-magic in the common materials around him. He then proceeded to make the vehicle, the instrument, as visually …

Liner Notes- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

 Few works are as clearly—almost mythically—identified with a musical era as is Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 ballet The Rite of Spring with the dawn of the “modern” period. As time has passed, and our understanding of the music of the first two decades …

NICOLAS FLAGELLO: Missa Sinfonica

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

NICOLAS FLAGELLO (1928-1994) Missa Sinfonica (1957) 1 Kyrie (6:31)2 Gloria (6:52)3 Credo (6:51)4 Sanctus et Benedictus (7:10)5 Agnus Dei (7:02)Total———–(34:38) World Premiere Recording National Radio Symphony Orchestra of UkraineJohn McLaughlin Williams, conductor Walter Simmons, Executive ProducerAlexander Hornostai, Session ProducerAndrij Mokrytsky, Recording …

FLAGELLO: Violin Concerto; Six Songs; Symphonic Aria; Mirra: Interlude and Dance; The Sisters: Interludio.

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

Nicolas FLAGELLO: Violin Concerto (Elmar Oliveira, violin); Six Songs (Susan Gonzalez, soprano); Symphonic Aria; Mirra: Interlude and Dance; The Sisters: Interludio. (National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, cond) Artek AR 0036-2 NICOLAS FLAGELLO (1928-1994) 1— Symphonic Aria (1951) (5:54) Mirra (1955): Interlude and Dance (10:52) 2— Interlude (7:30) 3— Dance …