PERSICHETTI Harmonium

wswebmaster on December 2, 2018

PERSICHETTI Harmonium ● Sherry Overholt (sop); Joshua Pierce (pn) ● MSR CLASSICS MS-1432 (60:17) Persichetti composed Harmonium—a cycle of 20 songs set to poems selected from Wallace Stevens’s eponymous 1923 collection—in 1951. It was the most ambitious work the 36-year-old composer had written …

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. …

ZAIMONT Music for Piano Solo (3 CD’s)

wswebmaster on December 1, 2018

ZAIMONT Art Fire Soul  ● Elizabeth Moak (pn) ● MSR Classics 1366 (2 CDs: 79:57; 75:39)Sonata. Calendar Collection: Spring, Summer, Autumn. Jupiter’s Moons. Wizards: Three Magic Masters. Nocturne: La Fin de Siècle. A Calendar Set. Cortège for Jack. Jazz Waltz. American City: Portrait of …

GIANNINI Piano Quintet. Piano Trio

wswebmaster on December 1, 2018

GIANNINI Piano Quintet. Piano Trio ● Joana Genova (vn); Stefan Milenkovich (vn); Ariel Rudiakov (va); Ani Aznavoorian (vc); Adam Neiman (pn) ● MSR CLASSICS MS-1394 (61:00) There is a compact disc entitled, “Hopelessly Romantic” that features 24 heartfelt songs by Vittorio Giannini. …