BRAGA SANTOS: Symphonies: No. 1; No. 5, “Virtus Lusitaniae”

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

BRAGA SANTOS Symphonies: No. 1; No. 5, “Virtus Lusitaniae” – Álvaro Cassuto, cond; Portuguese SO – MARCO POLO 8.223879 (67:16) Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988) is probably the most important Portuguese composer of his generation. I have been following his work for some time, as …

L. BOULANGER: Psalm 130, “Du fond de l’abîme”. Psalm 24. Psalm 129. Pour les Funérailles d’un Soldat. Vieille Prière Bouddhique. D’Un Soir Triste. D’Un Matin de Printemps

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

L. BOULANGER Psalm 130, “Du fond de l’abîme”. Psalm 24. Psalm 129. Pour les Funérailles d’un Soldat. Vieille Prière Bouddhique. D’Un Soir Triste. D’Un Matin de Printemps – Mark Stringer, cond; Luxembourg PO; Namur Sym Ch; Sonia de Beaufort (mez); Martial Defontaine (ten); …

BLOCH: Symph. for Trombone & Orch. Visions & Prophecies. Cello Suite No. 1. BRUN: Symph. No. 2. VERESS: Four Transylvanian Dances. JUON: Cello Sonata No. 2. Fairy Tale. Bagatelle. Humoresque. HUBER Cello Sonata No. 4.

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

BLOCH Symphony for Trombone and Orchestra. VERESS Four Transylvanian Dances. BRUN Symphony No. 2 – Dmitrij Kitajenko, cond; Berne SO; Stanley Clark (tbn)1 – MUSICA HELVETICA MH CD 86.2 (76:40) BLOCH Visions and Prophecies. Cello Suite No. 1. JUON Cello Sonata No. 2. Fairy …

BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915. COWELL Symphonic Set. IVES Symphony No. 2; “The World So Wide”. Arias by Barber, Floyd, Copland, Bernstein, Weill, Adams, Moore, Leon; “I Will Breathe a Mountain”. Vocal works by Barber, Bernstein, Bolcom.

wswebmaster on November 16, 2018

BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915. COWELL Symphonic Set. IVES Symphony No. 2 – Stephen Somary, cond; Nürnberg SO; Linda Hohenfeld (sop) – CLAVES CD 50-9806 (70:15 &) THE WORLD SO WIDE – Dawn Upshaw (sop); David Zinman, cond; Orchestra of St. Luke’s – NONESUCH 79458-2 (45:26 &) Arias from: BARBER Antony …

BARBER: Piano Works, Overture to “The School for Scandal,’ op. 5. Adagio, op. 11. Essay No. 2, op. 17. Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, op. 23. Vanessa, op. 32: Interlude. Andromache’s Farewell, op. 39. Music by MENOTTI, BERG, D’INDY.

wswebmaster on November 16, 2018

BARBER  Interlude I, op. posth.  Excursions, op. 20. Piano Sonata, op. 26. Souvenirs, op. 28. Nocturne, op. 33. Ballade, op. 46 · Leon McCawley (pn)  · VIRGIN CLASSICS 7243 5 45270 2 9 (69:57) BARBER  Overture to “The School for Scandal,” op. 5. Adagio for Strings, op. 11. Essay No. 2, op. 17. Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, op. 23. Vanessa, op. 32: Interlude. Andromache’s Farewell, op. 39 &  Thomas Schippers, …

ASIA Piano Concerto. Black Light. Gateways.

wswebmaster on November 16, 2018

ASIA  Piano Concerto.  Black Light.  Gateways – James Sedares, cond; New Zealand SO; André-Michel Schub (pn) – KOCH INTERNATIONAL  3-7372-2 H1 (51:57) Now in his mid 40s, Daniel Asia is one of the most prominent American composers of his generation, with quite an array of auspicious awards and …

ARGENTO To Be Sung Upon the Water. Songs about Spring. Six Elizabethan Songs BRITTEN: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo. Canticle II (Abraham and Isaac) . A. COOKE Three Songs of Innocence. Nocturnes. MOYLAN For a Sleeping Child.

wswebmaster on November 16, 2018

ARGENTO To Be Sung Upon the Water. BRITTEN Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo. Canticle II (Abraham and Isaac) – Ellen Shade (sop) ; John Stewart (ten); Charles Russo (cls); Donald Hassard, Martin Katz (pn) – PHOENIX PHCD-129, analog (60:35 &) ARGENTO Songs about Spring. Six Elizabethan Songs– …