Paul Creston: Maintaining a Middle Course

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An autodidact by necessity as well as by temperament, Giuseppe Gut­toveggio was born seventy years ago to immigrant parents in New York City and was forced to take a full-time job before finishing high school. Although he had taken piano …

CHAUSSON: Concert in D for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet.

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CHAUSSON: Concert in D for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet. ltzhak Perlman, violin; Jorge Bolet, piano; Juilliard String Quartet. CBS MASTERWORKS IM-37814 (digital), produced by Steven Epstein. With the appearance of its second digital recording, I suppose that the Chausson Concert can no longer be …

CHAUSSON: Trio in G minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano. Pièce for Cello and Piano. Concert in D for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet. Concert in D for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet.

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CHAUSSON: Trio in G minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano. Pièce for Cello and Piano. Les Musiciens (Regis Pasquier, violin; Roland Pidoux, cello; Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano). HAR­MONIA MUNDI (France) HMC-1115, produced by Michel Bernard. CHAUSSON: Concert in D for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet. Sylvia Rosenberg, violin; Maria …

CHAUSSON: Poème de l’amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle; Cinq melodies.

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CHAUSSON: Poème de l’amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle; Cinq melodies. Jessye Norman, soprano; Monte Carlo Philharmonic String Quartet; Michel Dalberto, piano; Philhar­monic Orchestra of Monte Carlo conducted by Armin Jordan. ERATO NUM-75059 (digital), produced by Pierre Lavoix. Ernest Chausson’s small but distinguished output is …

BUECHNER: Essay 1. Old Swedes Church. Erlkönig: Suite No. 1. American Civil War: Blue and the Gray. Flight of the American Eagle. Phantomgreen: Suite No. 2. Elizabeth: Pas de deux; Suite No. 2; Suite No. 3 (“The Well-Wishers”). Erlkönig; Suite No. 2.

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BUECHNER: Essay 1. Old Swedes Church. Erlkönig: Suite No. 1. American Civil War: Blue and the Gray. Flight of the American Eagle. John Varineau conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Georg Schmöhe conducting the Nürnberger Symphoniker. NORD-DISC Nord-2030 [DDD]; 75:05. BUECHNER: Phantomgreen: Suite No. 2. Elizabeth: Pas de deux; Suite No. 2; Suite No. …

Reconsidering Bartók: The Orchestral Works

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BARTÓK: Kossuth. Four Pieces for Orchestra. Budapest Symphony Orchestra (in Kossuth) and Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra (in Four Pieces) conducted by Arpad Joó. SEFEL SEFD-5005 (digital), produced by Brian Culverhouse. BARTÓK: Suite No. 1. Two Portraits.Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arpad Joó. SEFEL SEFD-5006 (digital), produced by Brian Culverhouse. BARTÓK: …

“SAMUEL BARBER: A Bio-Bibliography” By Don A. Hennessee

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SAMUEL BARBER: A Bio-Bibliography. By Don A. Hennessee. 404 pp. Westport, CT: Green­wood Press, 1985. $39.95.Don A. Hennessee is variously described both as “author” and “compiler” of this book. The latter term is far more appropriate because there is no evidence …

McKINLEY: Paintings VI. Six Impromptus. MEKEEL: Alarums and Excursions. Rune.

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McKINLEY: Paintings VI. Six Impromptus. MEKEEL: Alarums and Excursions. Rune. Katherine Lenel, actress/mezzo-soprano; Boston Musica Viva conducted by Richard Pittman. NORTHEASTERN NR-203, produced by L. E. Joiner Unfortunately, the meticulous production values of Northeastern Records have been expended here on music of awfully paltry quality. …

LANGGAARD: Symphony No. 6, “Heaven-Storming.” Music of the Spheres

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LANGGAARD: Symphony No. 6, “Heaven-Storming.” Music of the Spheres. Edith Guil­laume, soprano (Spheres); Danish Radio Chorus and Orchestra (Spheres) conducted by John Frandsen; auxiliary orchestra conducted by Peter Weis; DANACORD D.M.A. 064, produced by Ingolf Gabold (Symphony) and Peter Willernoes For the past 10 or 15 years there has been …