SUNKEN CATHEDRAL. PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonata No. 9. DEBUSSY: Sunken Cathedral. Arabesque No. 1.RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12. DAVIS: Interlude 6.

SUNKEN CATHEDRAL. Jackson Berkey, piano. AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE AG-361. PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonata No. 9. DEBUSSY: Sunken Cathedral. Arabesque No. 1. RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12. DAVIS: Interlude 6. The chief attraction of this direct-to-disc release is Vincent Persichetti’s Piano Sonata …

MENNIN: Symphony No. 9. SEREBRIER: Poema elegiaco. LEE: Veri.

MENNIN: Symphony No. 9. SEREBRIER: Poema elegiaco. LEE: Veri. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and L’Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF conducted by José Serebrier. FINNADAR 7 90937-1, produced by Roger Parker and Kevin Roper. Veteran contemporary-music collectors will know what is meant by the statement …

MENNIN: Symphony No.7. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

MENNIN: Symphony No.7. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean Martinon (in Symphony); John Ogden, piano; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Igor Buketoff (in Concerto). CRI RECORDS SD 399, $7.95. The reissue of these two great …

BLOCH: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantella. PROKOFIEF: Sonata for Violin Solo.

BLOCH:   Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.   SARASATE:   Introduction and Tarantella.   PROKOFIEF:   Sonata for Violin Solo.   Mischa Lefkowitz, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paul Freeman. LAUREL LR-134 (digital), produced by rierschel 3urke Gilbert, $9.98. (Available from Laurel, 2451 Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, CA 90046) Laurel, the …

BLOCH: Schelomo; Voice in the Wilderness.

BLOCH: Schelomo; Voice in the Wilderness. Janos Starker, cello; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. LONDON ENTERPRISE 414 166-1. For years many admirers of the music of Bloch have been protesting the over-exposure of Schelomo at the expense of other works that are more …

BLOCH: The Five String Quartets

BLOCH:  The Five String Quartets.   Portland String Quartet. ARABESQUE 6511-3 (digital), 3 LPs. Here, 25 years after the composer’s death, is the first complete recording of Ernest Bloch’s five string quartets, a cycle of works that many have compared in stature to the …