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 …

FLAGELLO. Piano Concerto No. 1. Dante’s Farewell. Concerto Sinfonico

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

LINER NOTES – NICOLAS FLAGELLO. Piano Concerto No. 1 Tatjana Rankovich (pn). Dante’s Farewell (orchestrated by Anthony Sbordoni) Susan Gonzalez (sop). Concerto Sinfonico New Hudson Saxophone Quartet. Rutgers Symphony Orchestra Kynan Johns (cond.) National Radio Symphony Orchestra of UkraineJohn McLaughlin Williams, conductor. World Premiere Recordings NAXOS 8.559296 Walter …

VINCENT PERSICHETTI: Works for Band: Divertimento, Op. 42; Psalm, Op. 53; Pageant, Op. 59; Serenade for Band, Op. 85; Masquerade, Op. 102; O Cool Is the Valley, Op. 118; Parable for Band, Op. 121; Chorale Prelude: 0 God Unseen, Op. 160.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

Divertimento, Op. 42; Psalm, Op. 53;  Pageant, Op. 59; Serenade for Band, Op. 85;Masquerade, Op. 102; O Cool Is the Valley, Op. 118;  Parable for Band, Op. 121;Chorale Prelude: 0 God Unseen, Op. 160. During the middle years of this century, the aggregation of woodwinds, …

Piano Music by AARON COPLAND, PAUL CRESTON, and MARK ZUCKERMAN

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

Piano Music by AARON COPLAND (1900-1990), PAUL CRESTON (1906-1985), and MARK ZUCKERMAN (1948-    ) Copland: Passacaglia (1921-22) (5:41) Creston: Seven Theses, Op. 3 (1933) (9:55) a. Maestoso (2:38) b. Scorrevole ( :44) c. Espressivo (1:22) d. Giocoso ( :47) e. Grazioso (1:05) f.  Tranquillo (1:36) g. Feroce (1:25) Creston: Metamorphoses, Op. 84 (1964)* (18:19) Copland: Piano Fantasy (1955-57) (28:10) Zuckerman: On the Edges (1996)* (11:15) …

CRESTON: Piano Sonata, Op. 9; Six Preludes, Op. 38. GIANNINI: Piano Sonata. FLAGELLO: Two Waltzes; Piano Sonata

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Piano Music by Paul Creston (1906-1985) Piano Sonata, Op. 9* (1936); Six Preludes, Op. 38* (1945). Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966) Piano Sonata* (1963). Nicolas Flagello (1928-1994) : Two Waltzes(1953) Piano Sonata (1962). *World Premiere Recordings. Tatjana Rankovich, piano. Walter Simmons, producer. Joseph Patrych, engineer. Recorded: Jan. 6, 21, 1998; April 29, …

FLAGELLO: A Goldoni Overture; Piano Concerto 2; Credendum; Overture Burlesca; Piano Concerto No. 3.

wswebmaster on November 16, 2018

MUSIC BY NICOLAS FLAGELLO (1928-1994)A Goldoni Overture (5:34); Piano ConcertoNo.2 (Tatjana Rankovich, piano) (26:08); Credendum (Elmar Oliveira, violin) (14:07);  Overture Burlesca (4:20); Piano Concerto No. 3 (Tatjana Rankovich, piano) (21:08) David Amos conducting the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice.  Recorded and edited: June 22-26, 1995 in Kosice, Slovakia …

MENNIN: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 7, Piano Concerto

wswebmaster on November 16, 2018

Peter Mennin: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 7Piano Concerto  (Liner Notes for CRI CD741)During the years immediately following World War II, when American composers were generally divided among the nationalist-populists, the neoromantic traditionalists, and several camps of the avant-garde, Peter Mennin preferred …