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 …

Picks of the Year: 1999

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

Listed below are the five releases that thrilled and satisfied me the most during the past year. First is a new, up-to-date recording (reviewed last issue) featuring fine performances of Lili Boulanger’s greatest choral and orchestral works. This is an …

Picks of the Year: 1996

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

The Boulanger recording, originally released on LP in 1960, features five works of great beauty and depth of both spiritual and emotional content. Du Fond de 1’Abime, a setting of the Psalm 130, is a masterpiece and perhaps this tragically short-lived …

Picks of the Year: 1995

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

Each year at this time, as the compact disc continues to replace concert performance as the musical medium of consequence, it is mind-boggling to review the annual bounty of unknown treasures that have entered the discographic repertoire. Four of my five …

Picks of the Year: 1993

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

Walter Simmons: Want List 1993 This year’s selection of the five most exciting releases to come my way features an international assortment of twentieth-century treasures. I have colleague Jim North to thank for bringing to my attention the marvelous program …

Picks of the Year: 1991

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

I was absolutely captivated by Dawn Upshaw’s recital of 20th-century vocal music reviewed in 14:4, p. 445), and I can’t imagine anyone reacting otherwise. Ernest Bloch’s two piano quintets are among his masterpieces, but have never been paired on recording …

FLAGELLO: Passion of Martin Luther King. Serenata. Andante Languido. GIANNINI: Concerto Grosso. Prelude and Fugue. M. GOULD: Harvest. SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FLAGELLO: Passion of Martin Luther King. SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World. James DePreist conducting the Oregon Symphony Orchestra; with the Portland Symphonic Choir,  Raymond Bazemore, bass and narrator. KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3-7293-2H1 [DDD]; 58:54. Produced by Michael Fine. FLAGELLO: Serenata. Andante Languido. GIANNINI: Concerto Grosso. …

Flagello: Concerto Sinfonico for Saxophone Quartet

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

NICOLAS FLAGELLO: Concerto Sinfonico for Saxophone Quartet (1985) (NY Premiere) Allegro non troppo Lento movendo (quasi all barcanola) Allegro giusto Manhattan School of Music Philharmonia, Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor. The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet. Nicolas Flagello, one of the last of America’s …

FLAGELLO: Passion of Martin Luther King. Serenata. Andante Languido. SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World. . GIANNINI: Concerto Grosso. Prelude and Fugue. M. GOULD: Harvest.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FLAGELLO: Passion of Martin Luther King. SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World. James DePreist conducting the Portland Symphonic Choir and the Oregon Symphony Orchestra; Raymond Bazemore, bass and narrator. KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3-7293-2H1 [DDD]: 58:54. Produced by Michael Fine   FLAGELLO: Serenata. Andante Languido. GIANNINI: Concerto Grosso. …