FAST JUMP ● LANG memory pieces. KOZIK Fast Jump. FITKIN Relent. BURHANS In Time of Desperation. NARVESON ripple

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

FAST JUMP ● Danny Holt (pn) ● INNOVA 734 (79:49) LANG memory pieces. KOZIK Fast Jump. FITKIN Relent. BURHANS In Time of Desperation. NARVESON ripple. This is a remarkably rewarding program of music for piano solo composed between the years 1997-2005, and performed with convincing authority and extraordinary dexterity by the California-based …

A Rare Opportunity: Bernard Herrmann’s Magnum Opus

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

The year 2011 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Bernard Herrmann, one of the most celebrated composers of film scores in cinematic history. Among his best known scores are those for Citizen Kane, Jane Eyre, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, Cape Fear, and Taxi Driver. However, …

BARBER Piano Concerto. Essays for Orchestra: Nos. 1-3

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

BARBER Piano Concerto.  Essays for Orchestra: Nos. 1-3 ● Daniel Kawka, cond; National SO of RAI; Giampaolo Nuti (pn) ● STRADIVARIUS STR-33814 (58:36) As most of Samuel Barber’s music has been gradually entering the active repertoire during the past three decades, the works …

BARBER: Motetto. Two Choruses, Op. 8. Agnus Dei, Op. 11. Heaven-Haven, Op. 13, No. 1. Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3. A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15. Reincarnations, Op. 16. Two Choruses, Op. 42. Easter Chorale

wswebmaster on November 27, 2018

BARBER Motetto. Two Choruses, Op. 8. Agnus Dei, Op. 11. Heaven-Haven, Op. 13, No. 1. Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3. A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15. Reincarnations, Op. 16. Two Choruses, Op. 42. Easter Chorale. …

TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphoony, Op. 58.

wswebmaster on November 27, 2018

TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the London Sym­phony Orchestra. CBS MASTERWORKS MK-36673 [ADD]; 55:20. Produced by Steven Epstein. TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony, Op, 58. Riccardo Chailly conducts the Concertgebouw Orche­stra, Amsterdam. LONDON 421 441-2 [DDD]; 55:37. Produced by Paul Myers. Classical …

SUCHON: Balladic Suite; Metamorphosis, Symphonic Fantasy on B-A-C-H. JUROVSKY: Symphony No. 2 (“Heroic”)

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SUCHOŇ: Balladic Suite; Metamorphoses. Klará Havliková, piano. RCA (Germany) PRL1-9056 (26.41393). SUCHOŇ: Symphonic Fantasy on B-A-C-H. JUROVSKÝ: Symphony No. 2 (“Heroic”). Ferdinand Klinda, organ; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ludovít Rajter. RCA (Germany) PRL1-9055 (26.41392). Eugen Suchoň (1908-1993) may be an unknown name in this country, but he …