1993 – Walter Simmons

FLAGELLO: Contemplazioni di Michelangelo. Cello Capriccio. Lautrec. Remembrance. She Walks in Beauty.

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

FLAGELLO: Contemplazioni di Michelangelo. Cello Capriccio. Lautrec. Remembrance. She Walks in Beauty. Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Nicolas Flagello, cond; George Koutzen, cello; Nancy Tatum, Joann Grillo, Maya Randolph, sopranos. PHOENIX PHCD-125 [ADD]; 66:43. If you like traditional Romanticism intensified by post-Romantic harmonic astringency …

PETER MENNIN: Biography

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

MENNIN, Peter (17 May 1923-17 June 1983), composer and educational administrator, was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Attilio Mennini, a restaurant owner, and Amelia Bennaci. The elder Mennini was an avid record collector, and music was a central …

Picks of the Year: 1993

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

Walter Simmons: Want List 1993 This year’s selection of the five most exciting releases to come my way features an international assortment of twentieth-century treasures. I have colleague Jim North to thank for bringing to my attention the marvelous program …

NOVAK: Eternal Longing; In the Tatras; Moravian-Slovak Suite.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

NOVAK: Eternal Longing; In the Tatras; Moravian-Slovak Suite. Karel Sejna conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra. SUPRAPHON CRYSTAL — 11 0682-2 011 [ADD]; 65:00. Produced by Eduard Herzog and Jaroslav Krcek. This CD reissue is an …

MACMILLAN: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie. Tryst.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

MACMILLAN: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie. Tryst. Jerzy Maksymiuk conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. KOCH-SCHWANN 3-1050-2 [DDD]; 54:12. Produced by Martin Dalby. James MacMillan is a young (b. 1959) Scottish composer who has attracted a good deal of attention in Great. …

MENOTTI: Apocalypse. DELLO JOIO: Meditations on Ecclesiastes. LO PRESTI: The Masks

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

MENOTTI: Apocalypse. DELLO JOIO: Meditations on Ecclesiastes. LO PRESTI: The Masks. James DePreist conducting the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3-7156-2H1 [DDD]; 58:07. Produced by Michael Fine. The 1950s was an especially fruitful decade for American orchestral music. Many leading traditionalist composers were producing …

PANUFNIK: Symphony No. 9, “Sinfonia della Speranza”; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

PANUFNIK: Symphony No. 9, “Sinfonia della Speranza”; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Ewa Poblocka, piano; Sir Andrzej Panufnik conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. CONIFER CDCF-206 [DDD]; 64:59. Produced by John Kehoe. (Distributed by Allegro Imports) Andrzej Panufnik died in October, 1991, at …

SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra. BARBER: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra. BARBER: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Maxim Shostakovich conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. EMI CDC-0777 7 54314 2 1 [DDD]; 64:33. Produced by Elizabeth Ostrow. Here are excellent performances of two 20th-century …

SOWASH: Piano Trios (No. 1, “Four Seasons in Bellville”; No. 2, “Orientals and Galop”; No. 3, “A Christmas Divertimento”; No.4).

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

SOWASH: Piano Trios (No. 1, “Four Seasons in Bellville”; No. 2, “Orientals and Galop”; No. 3, “A Christmas Divertimento”; No.4). The Mirecourt Trio (Kenneth Goldsmith, violin; Terry King, cello; John Jensen, piano). GASPARO — GSCD 254 [DDD]; 65:34. Produced by Roy Christensen …

BLOCH: America–an Epic Rhapsody; Sonatas for Violin and Piano: No. 1, No. 2, “Poeme Mystique”; Baal Shem; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Symphony for Trombone and Orchestra; works by SEREBRIER, MARTIN, SANDSTROM, SEROCKI.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BLOCH: America — an Epic Rhapsody. Leopold Stokowski conducting the Symphony of the Air. VANGUARD CLASSICS OVC-8014 [DDD]; 53:13. Produced by Seymour Solomon BLOCH: Sonatas for Violin and Piano: No. 1, No. 2, “Poeme Mystique”; Baal Shem. Leonard Friedman, violin; Allan Schiller, …