Fanfare Magazine – Page 6

PANUFNIK Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonia Elegiaca.” Symphony No. 3, “Sinfonia Sacra.” Symphony No. 10

wswebmaster on December 1, 2018

PANUFNIK Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonia Elegiaca.” Symphony No. 3, “Sinfonia Sacra.” Symphony No. 10 ● Łukasz Borowicz, cond; Berlin Konzerthaus O ● cpo 777 683-2 (62:09) This is a definite contender and likely choice for my 2012 Want List. The fourth volume …

Interview with Carlos Kalmar

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

Carlos Kalmar is known to Fanfare readers as principal conductor since 2000 of Chicago’s Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, with which he has made a number of fine recordings, perhaps most notably the release devoted to orchestral works by the gifted but short-lived …

HOIBY Summer and Smoke

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

HOIBY Summer and Smoke ● Steven Osgood, cond; Anne Viemeister (Alma Winemiller); Nickoli Strommer (John Buchanan) et al.; Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre ● ALBANY TROY1272/73 (2 CDs: 2:02) Lee Hoiby died on March 28, 2011, shortly after celebrating his 85th birthday. …

GALBRAITH Other Sun. Traverso Mistico. Island Echoes. Night Train

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

GALBRAITH Other Sun. Traverso Mistico. Island Echoes. Night Train ● Stephen Schultz (electric Baroque fl); Barney Culver, Simon Cummings, Ben Muñoz, Nicole Myers, Tate Olsen (electric vcs); William Yanesh (pn, hpd); Brandon Schantz, Brandon Kelly, Zachary Larimer, Andrew Wright, Marcus Kim …

COPLAND: FANFARE FOR AMERICA – A Film by Andreas Skipis

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

COPLAND: FANFARE FOR AMERICA ● A Film by Andreas Skipis ● ARTHAUS 101 573 (DVD: 60:00) This is an excellent overview of Copland—his life, his musical style, and his place in the history of American music. Many subscribers to this publication …

BARBER HISTORICAL RECORDINGS: 1935-1960.

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

BARBER HISTORICAL RECORDINGS: 1935-1960 ● Various performers ● WHRA 6039, analog (9 CDs) CDs 1, 2: Vanessa (Mitropoulos, cond; Steber, Gedda, Elias, Resnik, Tozzi; Metropolitan Opera Company) Live: New York City 2/1/1958; Medea:Orchestral Suite (Barber, cond; New SO of London) London 12/12/1950 [Decca LX-3049]; Medea’s Meditation …

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; …

ADAMS: Harmonium

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ADAMS: Harmonium. San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart. ECM 1-25012. John Adams (b. 1947) is the resident composer of the San Francisco Symphony—the West Coast’s answer to Glass and Reich. Although he has been somewhat slower to attract …

DEL BORGO: Rituale. Prologue and Dance. Statements. Memoriam—Babi Yar.

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DEL BORGO: Rituale. Prologue and Dance. Statements. Memoriam—Babi Yar. Crane School of Music Wind Ensemble conducted by Anthony Joseph Maiello. GOLDEN CREST ATHDG-5079 (digital), produced by Clark Galehouse. Golden Crest’s “Authenticated Composers Series” has made the music of many American composers—some relatively obscure—available to the …

DEBUSSY: The Fall of the House of Usher. CAPLET: Conte fantastique (“The Masque of the Red Death”) for Harp and String Orchestra. SCHMITT: Étude for “The Haunted Palace.”

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DEBUSSY: The Fall of the House of Usher. Christine Barbaux, soprano (Lady Madeline); Jean-Philippe Lafoint, baritone (Roderick); Pierre-Yves Le Maigat, baritone (The Friend); Francois Le Roux, baritone (The Doctor). CAPLET: Conte fantastique (“The Masque of the Red Death”) for Harp and String Orchestra. Frederique Cambreling, harp. SCHMITT: Étude …