THE GLENN GOULD SILVER JUBILEE ALBUM

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THE GLENN GOULD SILVER JUBILEE ALBUM. Glenn Gould, piano, etc. CBS MASTERWORKS M2X 35914 (two LPs), produced by Andrew Kazdin, Paul Myers, and Glenn Gould.BEETHOVEN/LISZT: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68: First movement. GOULD: So You Want to Write a Fugue (performed by Elizabeth Benson-Guy, soprano; …

BERNSTEIN: A White House Cantata

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BERNSTEIN A White House Cantata Kent Nagano, cond; June Anderson (The First Lady); Barbara Hendricks (Seena); Thomas Hampson (The President); Kenneth Tarver (Lud); Victor Acquah (Little Lud); Keel Watson (Henry); Neil Jenkins (Admiral Cockburn); London Voices; London SO.  DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 289 463 448-2 (80:09) As one might expect, there …

American Art Song Today-Alive! : Songs by MUSTO, DIEMER, LARSEN, TURRIN, R.P. THOMAS, R. LANE, SUITS, & HAGEN.

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AMERICAN ART SONG TODAY—ALIVE! – Anne Marie Church (sop); Linda Sweetman-Waters (pn) – JOSARA JR 001CD (63:16) MUSTO: Shadow of the Blues. DIEMER: Four Chinese Love Poems. LARSEN: Songs from Letters. TURRIN: Twelve Haiku Songs. R. P. THOMAS: The Ballad of the Boy Who Went to Sea. R. LANE: Affirmation(exc’pts). SUITS: Joyce Songs (exc’pts). HAGEN: Echo’s Songs (exc’pts);Love Songs (exc’pts). This new …

“New York Philharmonic: An American Celebration”

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Following the successes of their two previous packages, New York Philharmonic: The Historic Broadcasts 1923-1927 (released in 1997) and New York Philharmonic: The Mahler Broadcasts (released in 1998), New York Philharmonic Special Editions has just issued their third such deluxe package: a ten-CD set …

Recordings that Changed My Life

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In order to apply this intriguing concept to my own personal experience, I must alter the terms somewhat, and discuss five groups of recordings that affected my life significantly. The first group would be those 78 rpm records that my parents owned …

An American Tapestry. HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain.” PISTON: The Incredible Flutist. W. SCHUMAN: New England Triptych. IVES: Three Places in New England. GRIFFES: The White Peacock

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AN AMERICAN TAPESTRY.  Andrew Litton conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.  DORIAN DOR-90224 [DDD] ; 73:00.  Produced by Andrew Keener. HOVHANESS:  Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain.”  PISTON:  The Incredible Flutist.  SCHUMAN:  New England Triptych.  IVES:  Three Places in New England.  GRIFFES:  The White Peacock. This is an ideal CD for the general listener …