Liner Notes-WILLIAM SCHUMAN: Casey at the Bat

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

The Poem Nearly one hundred years after its first appearance, Casey at the Bat, the story of a baseball hero who fails at the cru­cial moment, remains a classic of humorous verse. Martin Gardner, who has researched and studied the subject of Casey …

Liner Notes- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

 Few works are as clearly—almost mythically—identified with a musical era as is Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 ballet The Rite of Spring with the dawn of the “modern” period. As time has passed, and our understanding of the music of the first two decades …

HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 38, Op. 314.

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 38, Op. 314. Hinako Fujihara, soprano; Northwest Cham­ber Orchestra conducted by Alan Hovhaness. PANDORA PAN 3001. After many years of exploring in virtual obscurity a highly distinctive musical pursuit, whose uniqueness in America has been shared, only partially perhaps, …

PETTERSSON Symphony No. 8

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

PETTERSSON: Symphony No. 8. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Comissiona. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2531 176, produced by Halm Elmquist. Readers of Fanfare have had considerable opportunity to become familiar with the music of Allan Pettersson, the Swedish composer who died this past June. Eloquent …

SUNKEN CATHEDRAL. PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonata No. 9. DEBUSSY: Sunken Cathedral. Arabesque No. 1.RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12. DAVIS: Interlude 6.

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

SUNKEN CATHEDRAL. Jackson Berkey, piano. AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE AG-361. PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonata No. 9. DEBUSSY: Sunken Cathedral. Arabesque No. 1. RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12. DAVIS: Interlude 6. The chief attraction of this direct-to-disc release is Vincent Persichetti’s Piano Sonata …

BARBER: Sonata for Cello and Piano. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra KODALY: Sonata for Cello and Piano. DELLO JOIO: Duo Concertato. BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BARBER: Sonata for Cello and Piano. KODALY: Sonata for Cello and Piano. DELLO JOIO: Duo Concertato. Jeffray Solow, cello; Albert Dominguez, piano. PELICAN LP2010, produced by Stephen Jabloner, $7.98. (Available from: Pelican Records, P. O. Box 34732, Los Angeles, CA 90034.) BARBER: Concerto for Cello …