BERNSTEIN: A Quiet Place

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

BERNSTEIN: A Quiet Place. Chester Ludgin (Old Sam); Beverly Morgan (Dede); John Brandstetter (Junior); Peter Kazaras (François); Jean Kraft (Susie); Theodor Uppman (Bill); Clarity James (Mrs. Doc); John Kuether (Doc); Charles Walker (Funeral Director); Douglas Perry (Analyst); Wendy White (Dinah); Edward Crafts …

SCHUMAN: Symphony No. 3. HARRIS: Symphony No. 3

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

W. SCHUMAN: Symphony No. 3. HARRIS: Symphony No. 3. New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 419 780-2 (compact disc [DDD]); 51 :12)  During the period 1935-45, Roy Harris vied with Aaron Copland for acceptance as the embodiment of …

MENNIN: Symphony No. 9. SEREBRIER: Poema elegiaco. LEE: Veri.

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

MENNIN: Symphony No. 9. SEREBRIER: Poema elegiaco. LEE: Veri. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and L’Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF conducted by José Serebrier. FINNADAR 7 90937-1, produced by Roger Parker and Kevin Roper. Veteran contemporary-music collectors will know what is meant by the statement …

Remembering Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)

wswebmaster on November 16, 2018

Like Mozart, composer Vincent Persichetti began early. (“My parents kept me from serious music study until age five.”) Similarly, he turned to creative activity spontaneously and naturally, with a childlike sense of innocent joy and wonder that’ he retained throughout …