AMERICAN WORKS FOR ORGAN AND ORCHESTRA. BARBER: Toccata Festiva. PISTON: Prelude and Allegro. SOWERBY: Concertpiece. COLGRASS: Snow Walker

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

AMERICAN WORKS FOR ORGAN AND ORCHESTRA · David Schrader (org); Carlos Kalmar, cond; Grant Park Orchestra · CEDILLE CDR-90000 063 (65:15) BARBER: Toccata Festiva. PISTON: Prelude and Allegro. SOWERBY: Concertpiece. COLGRASS: Snow Walker This new release is the first recording to feature the Casavant Frères organ built during the early 1990s …

Picks of the Year: 1991

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

I was absolutely captivated by Dawn Upshaw’s recital of 20th-century vocal music reviewed in 14:4, p. 445), and I can’t imagine anyone reacting otherwise. Ernest Bloch’s two piano quintets are among his masterpieces, but have never been paired on recording …

HEGGIE Dead Man Walking

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

HEGGIE Dead Man Walking · Patrick Summers (cond); Susan Graham (Sister Helen Prejean); John Packard (Joseph De Rocher); Frederica von Stade (Mrs. Patrick De Rocher); Orchestra and Choruses of the San Francisco Opera · ERATO 86238-2 (2 CDs: 2:26; Live Perf: Oct., …

BARBER Choral and Organ Works

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

BARBER Choral and Organ Works · Timothy Brown, cond; Cambridge University Chamber Choir; Jeremy Filsell (org); Thomas Adès (pn) · GUILD GMCD 7145 (60:45) Two Choruses, op. 8; Agnus Dei, op. 11; “Heaven Haven,” “Sure on This Shining Night,” fm. op. 13; A Stopwatch and …

BLOCH: Concerti Grossi Nos. 1 and 2; Schelomo.

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

BLOCH: Concerti Grossi Nos. 1 and 2; Schelomo. Georges Miquelle, cello; Howard Hanson conducting the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra. MERCURY 432 718-2 [ADD]; 63:05 Produced by Wilma Cozart Fine I have been an enthusiastic admirer of the Eastman/Mercury recordings ever since they were …

BLOCH: Suite for Viola and Piano; Suite Hebraique; Meditation and Processional; Five Sketches in Sepia; In the Night; Suite for Viola and Orchestra. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi.

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

BLOCH: Suite for Viola and Piano; Suite Hebraique; Meditation and Processional; Five Sketches in Sepia; In the Night. Simon Rowland-Jones, viola; Niel Immelman, piano ETCETERA KTC-1112 [DDD]; 70:33. Produced by Jonathan Stracey BLOCH: Suite for Viola and Orchestra. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi.Jerzy Kosmala, viola; Szymon …