Picks of the Year: 1995

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

Each year at this time, as the compact disc continues to replace concert performance as the musical medium of consequence, it is mind-boggling to review the annual bounty of unknown treasures that have entered the discographic repertoire. Four of my five …

COWELL: Concerto Grosso. Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10. Air and Scherzo. Fiddler’s Jig. PERSICHETTI: The Hollow Men. MACDOWELL-LUCK: To a Wild Rose.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

COWELL: Concerto Grosso. Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10. Air and Scherzo. Fiddler’s Jig. PERSICHETTI: The Hollow Men. MACDOWELL-LUCK: To a Wild Rose. Richard Auldon Clark conducting the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra; Humbert Lucarelli, oboe. Gary Louie, alto saxophone; Ashley Horne, violin; Chris Gekker, trumpet. KOCH …

ARGENTO: From the Diary of Virginia Woolf. & Songs by CARTER, COWELL, FLANAGAN, HUNDLEY, GORDON, SCHOCKER, LEHMMAN, ROREM, BAKER, MENOTTI, & TURINA

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

PERMIT ME VOYAGE: SONGS BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS. Mary Ann Hart mezzo soprano; Dennis Helmrich, piano. ALBANY TROY-118 [DDD]; 71:49. Produced by Judith Sherman. ARGENTO: From the Diary of Virginia Woolf. CARTER: Voyage. COWELL: Three Songs. FLANAGAN: Two Songs. HUNDLEY: Four Songs GORDON: Two Songs. SCHOCKER: Mama CalledMOSTLY AMERICANA. Jennifer Poffenberger, …

FLOYD: Susannah

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FLOYD: Susannah. Kent Nagano conducting; Cheryl Studer, soprano (Susannah Polk); Samuel Ramey, bassbaritone (Olin Blitch); Jerry Hadley, tenor (Sam Polk); Choeur et Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon. VIRGIN 7243 5 45039 2 [DDD]; two discs: 41:24, 53:13. Produced by Martin Sauer. …

HANSON: Lux Aeterna. Dies Natalis. The Mystic Trumpeter. Lumen in Christo. Concerto da Camera. Yuletide Pieces. Concerto for Organ, Harp, and Strings. Psalms 8, 150, 121. A Prayer of the Middle Ages. Nymphs and Satyr. Symphony No. 2 (“Romantic”)

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

HANSON: Lux Aeterna. Dies Natalis. The Mystic Trumpeter. Lumen in Christo. Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Chorale and Orchestra; James Earl Jones, narrator. DELOS DE-3160 [DDD]; 69:17. Produced by Amelia Haygood. HANSON: Concerto da Camera. Yuletide Pieces. Concerto for Organ, Harp, and Strings. Psalm …

FLAGELLO: Passion of Martin Luther King. Serenata. Andante Languido. SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World. . GIANNINI: Concerto Grosso. Prelude and Fugue. M. GOULD: Harvest.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FLAGELLO: Passion of Martin Luther King. SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World. James DePreist conducting the Portland Symphonic Choir and the Oregon Symphony Orchestra; Raymond Bazemore, bass and narrator. KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3-7293-2H1 [DDD]: 58:54. Produced by Michael Fine   FLAGELLO: Serenata. Andante Languido. GIANNINI: Concerto Grosso. …