HOIBY Dark Rosaleen. WILLIS Variants. BOLCOM Piano Quartet

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

HOIBY Dark Rosaleen. WILLIS Variants. BOLCOM Piano Quartet Ames Piano Quartet – ALBANY TROY-730 (58:57) Having just turned 80 this year, Lee Hoiby is one of our oldest living traditionalist composers—and one of our finest, still composing quite actively, in his unrepentantly tonal …

ZIMMERLI: Piano Trios: Nos. 1, 2

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

ZIMMERLI Piano Trios: Nos. 1, 2 • Scott Yoo (vn), Michael Mermagen (vc), John Novacek (pn) • ARABESQUE Z6785 (62:29) This recent release is my first encounter with the name and music of Patrick Zimmerli. The notes accompanying the recording offer …

Picks of the Year: 2005

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

As far as I can recall, this is the first year that I actually had difficulty narrowing down my list of most significant new releases to five. I’m not sure how to explain it, but I am certainly glad that …

WALLACE: Sketches

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

WALLACE Sketches • Frank Wallace (gtr) • GYRE 10052 (71:08) This recent release was sent to me for review, although it falls somewhat outside my usual purview. I am not especially fond of classical guitar music; hence I am not terribly knowledgeable …

PERSICHETTI: Symphonies: No. 3; No. 4; No. 7, “Liturgical”. Symphony No. 6; Parable IX; Serenade No. 11; Psalm; Pageant; Masquerade; Divertimento. Symphonies: No. 5; No. 8; Serenade No. 5

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

PERSICHETTI Symphonies: No. 3; No. 4; No. 7, “Liturgical” • David Alan Miller, cond; Albany SO • ALBANY TROY771/72 (2 CDs: 80:14—priced as one) PERSICHETTI Symphony No. 6; Parable IX; Serenade No. 11; Psalm; Pageant; Masquerade; Divertimento • Eugene Migliaro Corporon, cond; North Texas Wind Symphony; …

MENNIN: Symphony No. 9. SEREBRIER: Poema elegiaco. LEE: Veri.

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

MENNIN: Symphony No. 9. SEREBRIER: Poema elegiaco. LEE: Veri. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and L’Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF conducted by José Serebrier. FINNADAR 7 90937-1, produced by Roger Parker and Kevin Roper. Veteran contemporary-music collectors will know what is meant by the statement …

MENNIN: Symphony No.7. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

MENNIN: Symphony No.7. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean Martinon (in Symphony); John Ogden, piano; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Igor Buketoff (in Concerto). CRI RECORDS SD 399, $7.95. The reissue of these two great …