LIEBERMANN Symphony No. 2. Flute Concerto

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

LIEBERMANN Symphony No. 2. Flute Concerto – Andrew Litton, cond; Dallas SCh, O; Eugenia Zukerman (fl) – DELOS DE-3256 (60:48 &) Lowell Liebermann continues to loom as one of the most promising traditionalist composers of his generation, although it is perhaps indicative of my own …

HANSON Symphony No. 1, “Nordic”. Pan and the Priest. Merry Mount (Orchestral Suite). Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

HANSON Symphony No. 1, “Nordic”. Pan and the Priest. Merry Mount (Orchestral Suite). Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns – Kenneth Schermerhorn (cond); Nashville SO – NAXOS 8.559072 (60:56) Though Naxos’s American Classics series can be accused of pursuing a wildly unsystematic approach to repertoire, they have …

FINZI Violin Concerto. In Years Defaced. Romance. Prelude

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FINZI Violin Concerto. In Years Defaced. Romance. Prelude – Richard Hickox, cond; City of London Sinfonia; Tasmin Little (vn); John Mark Ainsley (ten) – CHANDOS CHAN-9888 (54:34) The many admirers of the music of Gerald Finzi will need no urging from me that acquisition …

BLOCH Macbeth

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

BLOCH Macbeth – Friedemann Layer (cond); Jean-Philippe Lafont (Macbeth); Markella Hatziano (Lady Macbeth); Jean-Philippe Marlière (Macduff); Jacque Trussel (Banquo); Christer Bladin (Duncan); Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon Ch, PO – ACTES SUD AT-34100[ADD] (2 CDs: 2:23; Broadcast 7/26/97) This new release is of the greatest importance to all admirers of the music of …

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op. 65

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975): Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op. 65 I. Adagio II. Allegretto III. Allegro non troppo IV. Largo V. Allegretto Unlike many of his compatriots in the arts, Dmitri Shostakovich did not emigrate from the …

THE GLENN GOULD SILVER JUBILEE ALBUM

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

THE GLENN GOULD SILVER JUBILEE ALBUM. Glenn Gould, piano, etc. CBS MASTERWORKS M2X 35914 (two LPs), produced by Andrew Kazdin, Paul Myers, and Glenn Gould.BEETHOVEN/LISZT: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68: First movement. GOULD: So You Want to Write a Fugue (performed by Elizabeth Benson-Guy, soprano; …