Liner Notes-The Music of Harry Partch

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

 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

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.

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 …

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

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 …