LINER NOTES: Music by VITTORIO GIANNINI (1903-1966)

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

Dedication Overture (1965) . Fantasia (1963). Praeludium and Allegro(1958). Symphony No. 3 (1958). Variations and Fugue (1965) University of Houston Wind Ensemble, Tom Bennett, conductor. NAXOS 8.570130 Walter Simmons, executive producerJoe Dixon, session producerDavid Burks, recording engineerProject conceived by Merlin PattersonRecorded at the Moores School of Music, University …

FLAGELLO. Piano Concerto No. 1. Dante’s Farewell. Concerto Sinfonico

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

LINER NOTES – NICOLAS FLAGELLO. Piano Concerto No. 1 Tatjana Rankovich (pn). Dante’s Farewell (orchestrated by Anthony Sbordoni) Susan Gonzalez (sop). Concerto Sinfonico New Hudson Saxophone Quartet. Rutgers Symphony Orchestra Kynan Johns (cond.) National Radio Symphony Orchestra of UkraineJohn McLaughlin Williams, conductor. World Premiere Recordings NAXOS 8.559296 Walter …

Program Notes: Psalm 130 By Vittorio Giannini

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

Program Notes Psalm 130By Vittorio Giannini Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966) was one of the many Italian-American composers who flourished during the 20th century, contributing to a distinguished repertoire shaped along traditional tonal, formal, and developmental lines. However, the extent of Giannini’s …

Piano Music by AARON COPLAND, PAUL CRESTON, and MARK ZUCKERMAN

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

Piano Music by AARON COPLAND (1900-1990), PAUL CRESTON (1906-1985), and MARK ZUCKERMAN (1948-    ) Copland: Passacaglia (1921-22) (5:41) Creston: Seven Theses, Op. 3 (1933) (9:55) a. Maestoso (2:38) b. Scorrevole ( :44) c. Espressivo (1:22) d. Giocoso ( :47) e. Grazioso (1:05) f.  Tranquillo (1:36) g. Feroce (1:25) Creston: Metamorphoses, Op. 84 (1964)* (18:19) Copland: Piano Fantasy (1955-57) (28:10) Zuckerman: On the Edges (1996)* (11:15) …

“Nicolas Flagello” (biography)

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Nicolas Flagello was one of the last composers to develop a distinctive mode of expression based wholly on the principles and techniques of European late-Romanticism. Born in New York City in 1928, Flagello grew up in a highly musical family …

BARBER: Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47,by Samuel Barber Samuel Osborne Barber II was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 9, 1910, and died in New York City on January 23, 1981. He composed the Third Essay for Orchestra during the summer of …