NAXOS – Page 5 – Walter Simmons

SCHWANTNER: Sparrows. Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro. Music of Amber. Distant Runes and Incantations. Soaring

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SCHWANTNER. Sparrows. Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro. Music of Amber. Distant Runes and Incantations. Soaring • KIaus Simon, cond; Holst-Sinfonietta; Britta Stallmeister (sop); Klaus Simon (pn); Florian Hölscher (pn); Anne Parisot (fl) • NAXOS 8.559206 (65:02) Now in his early 60s, Chicago-born Joseph …

BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Toccata Festiva. Essay No. 2. Essay No. 3

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BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Toccata Festiva. Essay No. 2. Essay No. 3 • Marin Alsop, cond; Royal Scottish National O; Karina Gauvin (sop)1; Thomas Trotter (org) • NAXOS 8.559134 (56:55) This is the fifth volume in Naxos’s justly praised survey of …

Picks of the Year: 2004

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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 …

PASATIERI: Letter to Warsaw

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PASATIERI Letter to Warsaw • Jane Eaglen (sop); Gerard Schwarz, cond; Music of Remembrance • NAXOS 8.559219 (70:34) For those readers to whom the name of Pasatieri is unfamiliar, let me offer a brief summary: Now in his late 50s, Thomas Pasatieri …

ORBÓN: Three Symphonic Versions. Symphonic Dances. Concerto Grosso

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ORBÓN Three Symphonic Versions. Symphonic Dances. Concerto Grosso • Maximiano Valdés, cond; Asturias SO • NAXOS 8.557368 (66:17) Julián Orbón was born in Asturias, Spain, in 1925. His mother died while he was a boy, so Julián and his father—also a …

BERNSTEIN A Jewish Legacy

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BERNSTEIN A JEWISH LEGACY • Various performers • NAXOS 8.559407 (55:47) PSALM 148 (1935). HASHKIVEINU (1945). REENAH (arr. 1947). SIMCHU NA (arr. 1947). YIGDAL (arr. 1949). FOUR SABRAS (c. 1950). SILHOUETTE/GALILEE (1951). ISRAELITE CHORUS (1958). THREE WEDDING DANCES (1960). THE DYBBUK (1974): Invocation and Trance. HALIL (1981). YEVARECHECHA (1986). ARIAS AND BARCAROLLES (1988): Oif Mayn Khas’ne. VAYOMER ELOHIM (c. 1989) This release belongs to Naxos’s American …

BARBER Vanessa

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BARBER Vanessa • Gil Rose, cond; Ellen Chickering (Vanessa); Andrea Matthews (Erika); Ray Bauwens (Anatol) et al; National SO of Ukraine • NAXOS 8.669140-41 (2 CDs: 120:59) Samuel Barber’s Vanessa is one of the greatest American operas, and a masterpiece of the …

ROREM Symphonies: Nos. 1, 2, 3

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ROREM Symphonies: Nos. 1, 2, 3 • José Serebrier, cond; Bournemouth SO • NAXOS 8.559149 (69:22) Ned Rorem is the youngest of the three American composers (along with Howard Hanson and Samuel Barber) associated with the “neo-romantic” aesthetic sensibility who are …

CATÁN Florencia en el Amazonas. Rappaccini’s Daughter (Highlights); Obsidian Butterfly

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CATÁN Florencia en el Amazonas · Patrick Summers, cond; Patricia Schuman (Florencia); Ana Maria Martinez (Rosalba); Chad Shelton (Arcadio); Mark Doss (Riolobo) et al.; Houston Grand Opera Ch and O · ALBANY TROY-531/32 (2 CDs: 1:39; &) CATÁN Rappaccini’s Daughter (Highlights); Obsidian Butterfly · Eduardo Diazmuñoz, cond; Encarnación Vázquez (Beatriz); Fernando …

TORKE Percussion Concerto, “Rapture”. An American Abroad. Jasper

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TORKE Percussion Concerto, “Rapture”. An American Abroad. Jasper · Marin Alsop, cond; Royal Scottish Nat’l O; Colin Currie (perc) · NAXOS 8.559167 (61:20) Now in his early 40s, Michael Torke has become one of today’s more controversial composers. Gaining significant national exposure while still in …