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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 …

VINCENT PERSICHETTI: Symphony No. 5 (for Strings); Piano Concerto . (Liner Notes)

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

New World Records 80370VINCENT PERSICHETTISymphony No. 5 (for Strings)Piano Concerto Philadelphia OrchestraConducted by Riccardo Muti, Charles DutoitROBERT TAUB, piano During the last four decades of his life, the name of Vincent Persichetti came to signify musicianship of a comprehensiveness virtually …

Vincent Persichetti • Choral Works (Winter Cantata, Mass, Love) Liner Notes

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

Vincent Persichetti • Choral Works (Winter Cantata, Mass, Love) New World 80316-2 For the past three decades the name of Vincent Persichetti has come to signify musicianship of a comprehensiveness virtually unmatched among American composers. His influence reaches young pianists nurtured on his …

PETER MENNIN: Folk Overture. Symphony No. 8. Symphony No. 9

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

PETER MENNIN: Folk Overture Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 9 The 1930s and 40s, when Peter Mennin was coming of age as a composer, was a time of proud national identity for American music. During this period the federal government, …

BARBER: Antony and Cleopatra

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BARBER: Antony and Cleopatra. Jeffrey Wells, bass-baritone (Antony); Esther Hinds, soprano (Cleopatra); Robert Grayson, tenor (Caesar); Eric Halfvarson, bass-baritone (Enobarbus); Jane Bunnell, mezzo-soprano (tras); Kathryn Cowdrick, alto (Charmian); Westminster Choir (Joseph Flummervelt, director); Spoleto Festival Orchestra conducted by Christian Badea. NEW …

BARBER: Essay No. 3, Op. 47. CORIGLIANO: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BARBER: Essay No. 3, Op. 47. CORIGLIANO: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra.Stanley Drucker, clarinet; New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta. NEW WORLD RECORDS NW-309, produced by Andrew Kazdin, $8.98 (available from: New World Records, 3 East 54th Street, New York, NY 10022). …

LEACH: O Magna Vasti Creta. Call of the Dance. Ariadne’s Lament. Windjammer. Tricky Pan. Song of Sorrows

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

LEACH O Magna Vasti Creta. Call of the Dance. Ariadne’s Lament. Windjammer. Tricky Pan. Song of Sorrows – NY Treble Singers et al., Virginia Davidson, cond; Libby Van Cleve (ob), Patrick Burton (cl), Klyph Johnson (bn); David Lee Echelard (t, ct); Rooke Chapel Ch, …

PERSICHETTI: Concerto for English Horn and Strings. ROREM: Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra. HODKINSON: The Edge of the Olde One

wswebmaster on November 15, 2018

PERSICHETTI: Concerto for English Horn and Strings. ROREM: Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra. HODKINSON: The Edge of the Olde One. Thomas Stacy, English Horn; Vincent Persichetti conducting String Orchestra of New York; Michael Palmer conducting the Rochester Philharmonic; Paul …