MACKEY Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. BOLCOM Concerto Grosso. CRESTON Saxophone Concerto (arr. R. Howland). DAHL Saxophone Concerto. D. DeBoor. CANFIELD Saxophone Concerto, “Martyrs for the Faith.” CHEETHAM Concerto Agrariana

wswebmaster on December 1, 2018

MACKEY Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. BOLCOM Concerto Grosso • Gil Rose, cond; PRISM Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project • INNOVA 731 (52:07) MARTYRS FOR THE FAITH: American Saxophone Concertos • Kenneth Tse (alto sax); U of Iowa Symphony Band; Richard Mark Heidel, Ray Cramer, conds • MSR CLASSICS MS-1359 (78:15)CRESTON Saxophone Concerto (arr. R. …

CRESTON: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano. SOWASH: Four Seasons in Bellville.

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

CRESTON: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano. SOWASH: Four Seasons in Bellville. Mirecourt Trio. TR RECORDS TRC-107 College record productions have long provided a means of encountering repertoire—usually of recent vintage—not otherwise found on disc. Such productions have usually been taken from mediocre concert performances, marred by …

Paul Creston: Maintaining a Middle Course

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

An autodidact by necessity as well as by temperament, Giuseppe Gut­toveggio was born seventy years ago to immigrant parents in New York City and was forced to take a full-time job before finishing high school. Although he had taken piano …

MUCZYNSKI, CRESTON, HEIDEN, LEVIN, HARTLEY: Saxophone Sonatas. TAKÁCS Two Fantastics. PACCIONE Seeing Those Hours. ROREM Picnic on the Marne. HOVHANESS Suite for Alto Saxophone and Guitar. QUATE Light of Sothis. WIEDOEFT Valse Vanité

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

THE INTERACTIVE SAXOPHONE • John Vana (sax); Jenny Perron (pn) • CAPSTONE CPS-8763 (61:14)MUCZYNSKI: Sonata. HEIDEN Sonata. H. LEVIN Sonata. TAKÁCS Two Fantastics. PACCIONE Seeing Those Hours AMERICAN SAXOPHONE MUSIC • Alex Mitchell (sax); Jeremy Limb (pn); Neil Hornsby (gtr)• NAXOS 8.559241 (68:59)MUCZYNSKI: Sonata. CRESTON: Sonata. …

LOEFFLER: Memories of My Childhood, “Life in a Russian Village.” CRESTON Choric Dance No. 2. GOULD A Lincoln Legend. GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue. MIGNONE Festa das Igresas. GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

ARTURO TOSCANINI: ALL-AMERICAN • Arturo Toscanini, cond; NBC SO; Earl Wild, Oscar Levant (pn) • GUILD GHCD-2256/7 (www.guildmusic.com), mono (2 CDs: 1:47:08) LOEFFLER Memories of My Childhood, “Life in a Russian Village.” CRESTON Choric Dance No. 2. GOULD A Lincoln Legend. GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue(Live performances: …

CRESTON: Symphony No. 4. Violin Concerto No. 2. Janus

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

CRESTON Symphony No. 4. Violin Concerto No. 2. Janus • David Alan Miller, cond; Albany SO; Gregory Fulkerson (vn) • ALBANY TROY-737 (62:14) This new release offers excellent performances of several major works, all never-before recorded, from the canon of Paul …

David Amos conducts Modern Masters

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

David Amos conducts Modern Masters Harmonia Mundi is inaugurating a new series of recordings under the heading “Modern Masters,” and the first three releases have just arrived. A varied selection of repertoire is eatured–primarily accessible works of the 20th century–in …

CRESTON: Symphony No.2; Walt Whitman; Corinthians: XIII.

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

CRESTON: Symphony No.2; Walt Whitman; Corinthians: XIII. David Amos conducting the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra. KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 3-7036-2Hl [DDDJ; 54:15. Produced by Michael Fine and Karen Chester. As conductors and record companies–and listeners–continue uncovering neglected masterpieces of American orchestral music composed …