SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No.3, Op.23. Poemes, Opp. 32,34,36,51,61,69. Vers la Flamme, Op. 72. Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, Op. 6, No.10, Op.70. Selected Piano Pieces, Opp. 2, 8, 32, 42, 45, 69. Piano Sonata No. 3, Op.23. Selected Pieces, Opp. 51, 65, 73.

wswebmaster on November 27, 2018

SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 23. Poèmes, Opp. 32, 34, 36, 51, 61, 69. Vers la Flamme, Op. 72. Vitalij Margulis, piano. INAK 8707; 50:12. Produced by A. Ulmann. SCRIABIN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, Op. 6, No. 10, Op. 70. Selected Piano Pieces, Opp. 2, …

SCHWANTNER: Sparrows. Distant Runes and Incantations. A sudden Rainbow.

wswebmaster on November 27, 2018

SCHWANTNER: Sparrows. Distant Runes and Incantations. A Sudden Rainbow. Lucy Shelton, soprano (Sparrows); Ursula Oppens, piano (Distant Runes); St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. NONESUCH 9 79143-1, produced by Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz. This new release is part of Nonesuch’s “Meet the Composer …

CORIGLIANO: ALTERED STATES

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

CORIGLIANO: Altered States. Orchestra conducted by Christopher Keene. RCA RED SEAL ABL1-3983, produced by the composer. Unlike many critics, I have the greatest regard for some of Ken Russell’s most controversial films, despite their occasional lapses in taste and judgment (minor matters …

SCHUMAN: American Hymn. SCHWANTNER: Magabunda

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

SCHUMAN: American Hymn. SCHWANTNER: Magabunda. Lucy Shelton, soprano (Schwantner); St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. NONESUCH 79072 This is a most provocative and rewarding new release—both symbolically and empirically. The showcasing by a major American record label of one of today’s …

SCHUMAN: Judith. Night Journey.

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

SCHUMAN: Judith. Night Journey. Eastman Philharmonia conducted by David Effron (Judith); Endymion Ensemble conducted by Jon Goldberg (Night Journey). CRI SD-500. Together with CRI’s recent reissue of his Sixth and Ninth Symphonies (see Fanfare VII:4, pp. 252-3), this new release documents some of …

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonata No. 12, (“Mirror Sonata’) Op. 145; Piano Sonata No. 10. Poems, Op. 14, nos. 12 and 15. CRUMB: Gnomic Variations. RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1. RUCCOLO: Toccata. Various Jazz improvisations.

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonata No. 12, (“Mirror Sonata’) Op. 145. Poems, Op. 14, nos. 12 and 15. CRUMB: Gnomic Variations. Jeffrey Jacob, piano. ORION ORS-84473. EOUIPOISE. James Ruccolo, piano; Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Lombardi. SPF RECORDS 41203/4. PERSICHETTI: …

PERSICHETTI: Harmonium. Quintet for Plano and Strings.

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

Darleen Kliewer, soprano; Lois McLeod, piano (in Harmonium). New Art Quartet; VincentPersichetti, piano (in Quintet). ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY JMP-102679 (two discs), produced by David Cohen and Jack Miller. Several years ago Arizona State University issued an impressive two-record set containing fine …