MUCZYNSKI Piano Sonatas

Walter Simmons on February 25, 2020

MUCZYNSKI Piano Sonatas: Nos. 1-3 ● Zachary Lopes (pn) ● ALBANY TROY1771 (42:44) This is a most welcome recording of Robert Muczynski’s three compelling piano sonatas—the first to appear since Laurel released its two-CD set of the composer’s own performances …

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) Obituary.

wswebmaster on November 27, 2018

American composer Robert Muczynski died on May 25, at age 81. I have often described Muczynski as the most frequently-performed composer whose music is never discussed. His Flute Sonata (1961) is in the repertoire of most flutists, and his Moments (1992) for …

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. …

MUCZYNSKI: Flute Sonata. MARTINU Flute Sonata No. 1. POULENC Flute Sonata. W. GIESEKING Flute Sonatine. L. BOULANGER Nocturne. HOOVER Kokopeli. RAVEL Pièce en forme de Habañera

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

TRIBUTE • Don Bailey (fl); Donald Sulzen (pn) • GENUIN 04040 (66:22) MUCZYNSKI Flute Sonata. MARTINU Flute Sonata No. 1. POULENC Flute Sonata. W. GIESEKING Flute Sonatine. L. BOULANGER Nocturne. HOOVER Kokopeli. RAVEL Pièce en forme de Habañera This is another of those CDs—one …

Picks of the Year: 2004

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

Another year has gone by, the mainstream classical music world continues to degenerate into terminal fluff, the number of retail stores selling classical recordings continues to dwindle, yet exciting repertoire continues to appear in superb recorded performances in sufficient quantity …

Picks of the Year: 2001

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

This year’s choices offer some very economical and efficient means of updating and refining one’s collection of the finest 20th-century music in traditional styles. Leonard Slatkin has proven to be one of the most perceptive and sympathetic conductors of Samuel …

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 …

PERSICHETTI: Pastoral. BARBER: Summer Music. I. FINE: Partita. CARTER: Quintet. A. BERGER: Quartet in C. MUCZYNSKI: Quintet. Works by BARROWS, REICHA, BACH-GRAHAM, HIDAS, GALIMANY-PLESNICAR, WIEDOEFT-GRAHAM.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

PERSICHETTI: Pastoral. BARBER: Summer Music. I. FINE: Partita. CARTER: Quintet. A. BERGER: Quartet in C. BARROWS: March. Lieurance Woodwind Quintet. SUMMIT–DCD 149 [DDD]; 52:00. Produced by Nicholas E. Smith MUCZYNSKI: Quintet. REICHA: Quintet in E-flat, Op. 100, No. 6. BACH-GRAHAM:Italian Concerto (Allegro; Allegro molto). HIDAS: Quintet No. 2. GALIMANY-PLESNICAR: Panama. WIEDOEFT-GRAHAM: Saxophobia. Northwind Quintet. MARK–MCD …

A Muczynski Retrospective

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

Robert Muczynski is, along with Lee Hoiby, one of America’s most distinguished traditionalist composers still active today, from the generation that came of age during the years following World War II. He is also one of the most widely and …