THOMAS Desire Under the Elms

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

THOMAS Desire Under the Elms · George Manahan, cond; Jerry Hadley (Eben); Victoria Livengood (Abbie); James Morris (Cabot); London SO · NAXOS 8.669001-02 (2CDs; 2:06) In a short essay included in the program notes of this recent release in Naxos’s “American Opera Classics” series, commentator …

Picks of the Year: 2002

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

Only four items that came my way this year met my own Want List criteria as neglected masterpieces of the past hundred years in superior performances. Samuel Barber’s choral music constitutes some of his best work. Admirers of the American …

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 …

BARBER: Symphony No. 2, op. 19; Cello Concerto, op. 22; Medea: Ballet Suite, op. 23 . Cello Concerto, op. 22; Medea: Ballet Suite, op. 23; Adagio for Strings, op. 11.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BARBER Symphony No. 2, op. 19; Cello Concerto, op. 22; Medea: Ballet Suite, op. 23 · Samuel Barber, cond; New SO of London; Zara Nelsova (vc) ·PEARL GEM-0151, mono/analog (77:47) BARBER Cello Concerto, op. 22; Medea: Ballet Suite, op. 23; Adagio for Strings, op. 11 · Marin Alsop, cond; …

HANSON Symphony No. 1, “Nordic”. Pan and the Priest. Merry Mount (Orchestral Suite). Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

HANSON Symphony No. 1, “Nordic”. Pan and the Priest. Merry Mount (Orchestral Suite). Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns – Kenneth Schermerhorn (cond); Nashville SO – NAXOS 8.559072 (60:56) Though Naxos’s American Classics series can be accused of pursuing a wildly unsystematic approach to repertoire, they have …