STARK Five Preludes. HUTTER Evening Air. BROBERG Constellations. HALLE Lullaby. Second Childhood. NASS Dance Preludes. CAVIANI Jazz Etudes.

SECOND CHILDHOOD • Matthew McCright (pn) • INNOVA 739 (56:47) STARK Five Preludes. HUTTER Evening Air. BROBERG Constellations. HALLE Lullaby. Second Childhood. NASS Dance Preludes. CAVIANI Jazz Etudes Matthew McCright is an American pianist who graduated from Westminster College, the Conservatory at the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Minnesota, where he earned his …

KALLOR Exhilaration—Dickinson and Yeats Songs

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BARBER: The Lovers. Reincarnations. Two Choruses, Op. 8. Two Choruses, Op. 42. A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map. Sure on this Shining Night. Agnus Dei. Easter Chorale

BARBER The Lovers (arr. Kyr). Reincarnations. Two Choruses, Op. 8. Two Choruses, Op. 42. A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map. Sure on this Shining Night. Agnus Dei. Easter Chorale (arr. Kyr) • Craig Hella Johnson, cond; Conspirare—Company of Voices; Chamber Orchestra; David Farwig (bar); Thomas Burritt …

MACKEY Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. BOLCOM Concerto Grosso. CRESTON Saxophone Concerto (arr. R. Howland). DAHL Saxophone Concerto. D. DeBoor. CANFIELD Saxophone Concerto, “Martyrs for the Faith.” CHEETHAM Concerto Agrariana

MACKEY Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. BOLCOM Concerto Grosso • Gil Rose, cond; PRISM Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project • INNOVA 731 (52:07) MARTYRS FOR THE FAITH: American Saxophone Concertos • Kenneth Tse (alto sax); U of Iowa Symphony Band; Richard Mark Heidel, Ray Cramer, conds • MSR CLASSICS MS-1359 (78:15)CRESTON Saxophone Concerto (arr. R. …

ZAIMONT Music for Piano Solo (3 CD’s)

ZAIMONT Art Fire Soul  ● Elizabeth Moak (pn) ● MSR Classics 1366 (2 CDs: 79:57; 75:39)Sonata. Calendar Collection: Spring, Summer, Autumn. Jupiter’s Moons. Wizards: Three Magic Masters. Nocturne: La Fin de Siècle. A Calendar Set. Cortège for Jack. Jazz Waltz. American City: Portrait of …

AMERICAN ORIGINALS: Music by Giannini, Mennin, Persichetti, Schuman, Gould, Dello Joio, Stravinsky. STATEMENTS: Music by Persichetti, Vaughan Williams, Hartley, McAlister, Forte, Stamp, Barber, Schmitt.

AMERICAN ORIGINALS ● Col. Lowell Graham, cond; USAF Heritage of America Band ● KLAVIER K-11188 (70:48)GIANNINI Symphony No. 3. MENNIN Canzona. PERSICHETTI Divertimento. SCHUMAN George Washington Bridge. M. Gould Ballad. DELLO JOIO Variants on a Medieval Tune. STRAVINSKY Circus Polka STATEMENTS ● Col. Lowell Graham, cond; USAF Heritage of America Band …

RAMEY Piano Music, Vol. 3. Sonata No. 6. Suite. Two Short Pieces. Toccata Giocosa. Slavic Rhapsody. Burlesque—Paraphrase on a Theme of Stephen Foster. Bagatelle on ‘Dies Irae.’ Djebel Bani. Blue Phantom.

RAMEY Piano Music, Vol. 3 ● Stephen Gosling (pn) ● TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC-0114 (78:19)Sonata No. 6 (Sonata-Fantasia). Suite. Two Short Pieces. Toccata Giocosa. Slavic Rhapsody (The Novgorod Kremlin at Night). Burlesque—Paraphrase on a Theme of Stephen Foster. Bagatelle on ‘Dies Irae.’ Djebel Bani (A Saharan Meditation). Blue Phantom Phillip Ramey …

MUSIC MAKES A CITY: An American Orchestra’s Untold Story.

MUSIC MAKES A CITY: An American Orchestra’s Untold Story ● Owsley Brown III, Jerome Hiler, directors ● 21C MEDIA GROUP (DVD: 1:43)Additional DVD with more than two hours of interviews with composers, musicians, and related personalities Dedicated enthusiasts with at least …