Fanfare Magazine – Page 19

Picks of the Year: 2006

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

This year I was able to arrive at only four recent releases that met my criteria of great, little-known recent repertoire, beautifully performed, and superbly recorded. However, my abbreviated list is probably limited more by my own insufficient exposure than …

SCHWANTNER …and the Mountains Rising Nowhere. From a Dark Millennium. Percussion Concerto (trans. A. Boysen). In Evening’s Stillness …. Recoil

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

SCHWANTNER …and the Mountains Rising Nowhere. From a Dark Millennium. Percussion Concerto (trans. A. Boysen). In Evening’s Stillness …. Recoil • Eugene Migliaro Corporon, cond; North Texas Wind Symphony; Christopher Deane (perc)1 • GIA CD-657 (2 CDs: 83:00) An excellent companion to the …

SCHWANTNER: A Sudden Rainbow. Beyond Autumn. Angelfire. September Canticle

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

SCHWANTNER: A Sudden Rainbow. Beyond Autumn. Angelfire. September Canticle • Andrew Litton, cond; Dallas SO; Gregory Hustis (hn); Anne Akiko Meyers (vn); James Diaz (org) • HYPERION CDA67493 (65:46) The short version of this review: If you like the music of Joseph …

PERSICHETTI String Quartets: 1-4

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

PERSICHETTI String Quartets: 1-4 • Lydian String Quartet • CENTAUR CRC 2833 (76:44) The creative legacy of Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) comprises a large and extremely varied body of work, much of it still barely known to even the musically sophisticated public. …

HOIBY A Month in the Country

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

HOIBY A Month in the Country • Steven Osgood (cond); JennyRebecca Winans (Natalia Petrovna); Charles Temkey (Rakitin); Liam Bonner (Belaev); Yooson Park (Vera); Alex Boyer (Arkady); Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater • ALBANY TROY-747/748 (2 CDs: 120:52) In the informative and …

HANSON Concerto for Organ, Harp, and Strings. Nymphs and Satyr. Summer Seascape No. 2. Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. Pastorale. Serenade

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

HANSON Concerto for Organ, Harp, and Strings. Nymphs and Satyr. Summer Seascape No. 2. Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. Pastorale. Serenade • Daniel Spalding, cond; Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber O; Joseph Jackson (org); Adriana Lenares (va); Gabriela Imreh (pn); Jonathan Blumenfeld (ob); Andrew Bolotowsky (fl) …

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 …

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonatas: No. 10; No. 11. Serenade No. 7.

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonatas: No. 10; No. 11. Serenade No. 7. Ellen Burmeister, piano. OWL 29. The piano music of Vincent Persichetti, especially the twelve sonatas, comprises the most penetrating lens through which to view the formidable output of one of …

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonata No. 12, (“Mirror Sonata’) Op. 145; Piano Sonata No. 10. Poems, Op. 14, nos. 12 and 15. CRUMB: Gnomic Variations. RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1. RUCCOLO: Toccata. Various Jazz improvisations.

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonata No. 12, (“Mirror Sonata’) Op. 145. Poems, Op. 14, nos. 12 and 15. CRUMB: Gnomic Variations. Jeffrey Jacob, piano. ORION ORS-84473. EOUIPOISE. James Ruccolo, piano; Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Lombardi. SPF RECORDS 41203/4. PERSICHETTI: …