Liner Notes – Page 2 – Walter Simmons

NIELSON: Little Suite, Op. 1. SIBELIUS: Rakastava. WARLOCK: Serenade: “To Frederick Delius on his Sixtieth Birthday”

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

Program NotesNielsen: Little Suite, Op. 1Sibelius: RakastavaWarlock: Serenade: “To Frederick Delius on his Sixtieth Birthday” Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), the great Danish symphonist, was born in the small town of Nerre Lyndelse, the son of a poor house-painter. As a child he learned to …

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 …

GIANNINI: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1934) Symphony No. 4 (1959)

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

Liner Notes Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1934)Symphony No. 4 (1959)by Vittorio GianniniNAXOS 8.559352 Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966) was born in Philadelphia, to a distinguished musical family. Not only were both his parents professional musicians, but his sister, Dusolina, was one …

FLAGELLO: Piano Sonata; Violin Sonata; Declamation for Violin and Piano; Nocturne for Violin and Piano; Prelude, Ostinato, and Fugue; Suite for Harp and String Trio

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

Flagello: Piano Sonata; Violin Sonata; Declamation for Violin and Piano; Nocturne for Violin and Piano; Prelude, Ostinato, and Fugue; Suite for Harp and String Trio (Setsuko Nagata, violin; Peter Vinograde, piano). Albany TROY-234 Nicolas Flagello was one of the 20th century’s …

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 …

VINCENT PERSICHETTI: Symphony No. 5 (for Strings); Piano Concerto . (Liner Notes)

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

New World Records 80370VINCENT PERSICHETTISymphony No. 5 (for Strings)Piano Concerto Philadelphia OrchestraConducted by Riccardo Muti, Charles DutoitROBERT TAUB, piano During the last four decades of his life, the name of Vincent Persichetti came to signify musicianship of a comprehensiveness virtually …

Vincent Persichetti • Choral Works (Winter Cantata, Mass, Love) Liner Notes

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

Vincent Persichetti • Choral Works (Winter Cantata, Mass, Love) New World 80316-2 For the past three decades the name of Vincent Persichetti has come to signify musicianship of a comprehensiveness virtually unmatched among American composers. His influence reaches young pianists nurtured on his …

LINER NOTES: Music by VITTORIO GIANNINI (1903-1966)

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

Dedication Overture (1965) . Fantasia (1963). Praeludium and Allegro(1958). Symphony No. 3 (1958). Variations and Fugue (1965) University of Houston Wind Ensemble, Tom Bennett, conductor. NAXOS 8.570130 Walter Simmons, executive producerJoe Dixon, session producerDavid Burks, recording engineerProject conceived by Merlin PattersonRecorded at the Moores School of Music, University …