PETER MENNIN: Biography

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

MENNIN, Peter (17 May 1923-17 June 1983), composer and educational administrator, was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Attilio Mennini, a restaurant owner, and Amelia Bennaci. The elder Mennini was an avid record collector, and music was a central …

MENNIN: Symphony No. 9. SEREBRIER: Poema elegiaco. LEE: Veri.

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MENNIN: Symphony No. 9. SEREBRIER: Poema elegiaco. LEE: Veri. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and L’Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF conducted by José Serebrier. FINNADAR 7 90937-1, produced by Roger Parker and Kevin Roper. Veteran contemporary-music collectors will know what is meant by the statement …

MENNIN: Symphony No.7. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

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MENNIN: Symphony No.7. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean Martinon (in Symphony); John Ogden, piano; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Igor Buketoff (in Concerto). CRI RECORDS SD 399, $7.95. The reissue of these two great …

BEASER Chorale Variations. Piano Concerto. The Seven Deadly Sins

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BEASER Chorale Variations. Piano Concerto. The Seven Deadly Sins • Dennis Russell Davies, cond; American Composers O; Pamela Mia Paul (pn); Jan Opalach (bbar)2 • PHOENIX PHCD162 (76:47) Robert Beaser is one of many composers, now roughly middle-aged, whom commentator Terry Teachout …

LOEFFLER: Memories of My Childhood, “Life in a Russian Village.” CRESTON Choric Dance No. 2. GOULD A Lincoln Legend. GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue. MIGNONE Festa das Igresas. GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F

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ARTURO TOSCANINI: ALL-AMERICAN • Arturo Toscanini, cond; NBC SO; Earl Wild, Oscar Levant (pn) • GUILD GHCD-2256/7 (www.guildmusic.com), mono (2 CDs: 1:47:08) LOEFFLER Memories of My Childhood, “Life in a Russian Village.” CRESTON Choric Dance No. 2. GOULD A Lincoln Legend. GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue(Live performances: …