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BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Toccata Festiva. Essay No. 2. Essay No. 3

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BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Toccata Festiva. Essay No. 2. Essay No. 3 • Marin Alsop, cond; Royal Scottish National O; Karina Gauvin (sop)1; Thomas Trotter (org) • NAXOS 8.559134 (56:55) This is the fifth volume in Naxos’s justly praised survey of …

BARBER Vanessa

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BARBER Vanessa • Leonard Slatkin, cond; Christine Brewer (Vanessa); Susan Graham (Erika); William Burden (Anatol) et al; BBC Singers and SO • CHANDOS CHSA 5032(2) (2 CDs: 122:09) Since it is less than a year since my review of the Naxos recording …

Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas: A Romantic Opera for the Twenty-First Century

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas:A Romantic Opera for the Twenty-First Century Classical music has always led a precarious existence in the United States. With historical roots in European aristocracy, it has served as a symbol of wealth and prestige for those …

Picks of the Year: 2004

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

Another year has gone by, the mainstream classical music world continues to degenerate into terminal fluff, the number of retail stores selling classical recordings continues to dwindle, yet exciting repertoire continues to appear in superb recorded performances in sufficient quantity …

PASATIERI: Letter to Warsaw

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PASATIERI Letter to Warsaw • Jane Eaglen (sop); Gerard Schwarz, cond; Music of Remembrance • NAXOS 8.559219 (70:34) For those readers to whom the name of Pasatieri is unfamiliar, let me offer a brief summary: Now in his late 50s, Thomas Pasatieri …

ORBÓN: Three Symphonic Versions. Symphonic Dances. Concerto Grosso

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ORBÓN Three Symphonic Versions. Symphonic Dances. Concerto Grosso • Maximiano Valdés, cond; Asturias SO • NAXOS 8.557368 (66:17) Julián Orbón was born in Asturias, Spain, in 1925. His mother died while he was a boy, so Julián and his father—also a …

KURKA: Symphony No. 2. Serenade. Music for Orchestra. Julius Caesar

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KURKA Symphony No. 2. Serenade. Music for Orchestra. Julius Caesar • Carlos Kalmar, cond; Grant Park O • CEDILLE CDR-90000 077 (64:00) Well, here we go again: Just a few issues back (Fanfare 27:6) I was reviewing an Albany Symphony miscellany in which …

CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 2. The Mannheim Rocket

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CORIGLIANO Symphony No. 2. The Mannheim Rocket • John Storgårds, cond; Helsinki PO • ONDINE ODE-1039-2 (56:02) John Corigliano has enjoyed one of the most successful careers of any American composer of his generation. Now in his mid 60s, he began more …

BERNSTEIN A Jewish Legacy

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BERNSTEIN A JEWISH LEGACY • Various performers • NAXOS 8.559407 (55:47) PSALM 148 (1935). HASHKIVEINU (1945). REENAH (arr. 1947). SIMCHU NA (arr. 1947). YIGDAL (arr. 1949). FOUR SABRAS (c. 1950). SILHOUETTE/GALILEE (1951). ISRAELITE CHORUS (1958). THREE WEDDING DANCES (1960). THE DYBBUK (1974): Invocation and Trance. HALIL (1981). YEVARECHECHA (1986). ARIAS AND BARCAROLLES (1988): Oif Mayn Khas’ne. VAYOMER ELOHIM (c. 1989) This release belongs to Naxos’s American …

BARBER Vanessa

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BARBER Vanessa • Gil Rose, cond; Ellen Chickering (Vanessa); Andrea Matthews (Erika); Ray Bauwens (Anatol) et al; National SO of Ukraine • NAXOS 8.669140-41 (2 CDs: 120:59) Samuel Barber’s Vanessa is one of the greatest American operas, and a masterpiece of the …