Picks of the Year: 2008

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

Once again I come up with fewer than the prescribed number of selections. I hasten to add, however, that this is not a reflection on the quality of new releases, but, rather, attributable to my own scattered musical involvements. This …

AMERICAN CHORAL MUSIC. PERSICHETTI: Flower Songs. CORIGLIANO: Fern Hill. COPLAND: In the Beginning. FOSS: Behold, I Build an House. IVES: Psalm 90

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

AMERICAN CHORAL MUSIC • James Morrow, cond; University of Texas Chamber Singers and Chamber Orchestra; Susanne Mentzer (mez) • NAXOS 8.559299 (72:11)PERSICHETTI Flower Songs. CORIGLIANO Fern Hill. COPLAND In the Beginning. FOSS Behold, I Build an House. IVES Psalm 90 This recent Naxos release offers a selection …

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonatas (12)

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonatas (12) • Geoffrey Burleson (pn) • NEW WORLD 80677-2 (2 CDs: 149:56) This is a momentous release. Although Vincent Persichetti is largely known today for his enduringly popular and much beloved works for wind band, as well as …

PERSICHETTI Symphony No. 6. STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments. COPLAND Emblems. GRAINGER Children’s March: Over the Hills and Far Away. WALTON Crown Imperial March et al.

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

PERSICHETTI Symphony No. 6. STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments. COPLAND Emblems. GRAINGER Children’s March: Over the Hills and Far Away.WALTON Crown Imperial March et al. • Michael J. Colburn, cond; US Marine Band • NAXOS 8.570243 (64:16) The title of this recent release seems to …

PERSICHETTI String Quartets: 1-4

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

PERSICHETTI String Quartets: 1-4 • Lydian String Quartet • CENTAUR CRC 2833 (76:44) The creative legacy of Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) comprises a large and extremely varied body of work, much of it still barely known to even the musically sophisticated public. …

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: …