PREMIER – Walter Simmons

Picks of the Year: 1991

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

I was absolutely captivated by Dawn Upshaw’s recital of 20th-century vocal music reviewed in 14:4, p. 445), and I can’t imagine anyone reacting otherwise. Ernest Bloch’s two piano quintets are among his masterpieces, but have never been paired on recording …

FLAGELLO: Electra; Divertimento; Sonata for Piano; Prelude, Ostinato, and Fugue; Etude (Homage to Chopin); Two Waltzes; Three Episodes.

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

FLAGELLO: Electra; Divertimento; Sonata for Piano; Prelude, Ostinato, and Fugue; Etude (Homage to Chopin); Two Waltzes; Three Episodes. Joshua Pierce, piano; Paul Price Percussion Ensemble. PREMIER PRCD-1014 [DDD/ADD]; 68:47. Produced by Robert W. Stern. (Distributed by Albany Records) For many years I …

W. SCHUMAN: The Mighty Casey (excerpts). BARBER: A Hand of Bridge. BLITZSTEIN: The Harpies.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

W. SCHUMAN: The Mighty Casey (excerpts). BARBER: A Hand of Bridge. BLITZSTEIN: The Harpies. Rosalind Rees, Catherine Aks, sopranos; Fay Kittelson, contralto; Thomas Bogdan, William Carney, tenor; Richard Muenz, baritone; other soloists; Gregg Smith conducting the Gregg Smith Singers, the Long Island Symphonic Choral …