MCCARTNEY: Standing Stone

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

MCCARTNEY  Standing Stone – Lawrence Foster, cond; London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra – EMI CLASSICS 7243 5 56484 2 6 (76:45) Here it is–the “classical” music mega-event of Winter, 1997-98: Paul McCartney’s four-movement “symphonic poem,” Standing Stone. Four years (1993-97) in composition, with the …

LEES: Piano Sonata No. 4. Fantasy Variations. Mirrors

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

LEES  Piano Sonata No. 4.  Fantasy Variations.  Mirrors · Ian Hobson (pn) ·ALBANY TROY-227 (65:15) I recently (Fanfare 20:5, pp. 179-80)reviewed a disc (Albany TROY-138) featuring Benjamin Lees’s three violin sonatas.  There I expressed a certain ambivalence about the composer, asserting that he “has written some truly fine, …

KABELÁC: Fated Dramas of Man. Eight Inventions. Eight Ricercari

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

KABELÁC  Fated Dramas of Man. Eight Inventions.  Eight Ricercari – Alfréd Strejcek (spkr); Miroslav Kejmar (tpt); Frantisek Maxián (pn); Vladimir Vlasák (perc); Prague Percussion Ensemble; Vladimir Vlasák (cond) Ÿ PANTON 81 1146-2931 (64:00) I  have been fascinated with the music of Miloslav Kabelác since the early …

G. READ: Night Flight, op. 44. Symphony No. 4, op. 92. Toccata Giocosa, op. 94. Los Dioses Aztecas, op. 107. Piano Concerto, op. 130. The Hidden Lute, op. 132.. By-Low, My Babe, op. 138.. Epistle to the Corinthians, op. 144

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

G. READ:  Night Flight, op. 44.  Symphony No. 4, op. 92.  Toccata Giocosa, op. 94.  Los Dioses Aztecas, op. 107  ·  Robert Whitney, cond; Louisville O.  Lorin Maazel, cond; Cleveland O.  Paul Price, cond; Paul Price Percussion Ens  ·  CRI  CD-742, mono, analog (66:57) G. READ:  Piano Concerto, op. 130.  The Hidden Lute, op. 132.  By-Low, My Babe, op. 138.  Epistle to …

Flute Moments. MUCZYNSKI: Moments for Flute and Piano. Preludes for Flute Solo. L. LIEBERMANN: Flute Sonata. E. BURTON: Flute Sonatina. FOOTE: Three Pieces. SCHWANTNER: Soaring. HOOVER: Kokopeli. J. A. LENNON: Echolalia.

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

FLUTE MOMENTS – Teresa Beaman (fl); Jane Davis Maldonado, Andreas Werz (pns) – LAUREL LR-857CD (68:11) MUCZYNSKI Moments for Flute and Piano. Preludes for Flute Solo. L. LIEBERMANN Flute Sonata. E. BURTON Flute Sonatina. FOOTE Three Pieces. SCHWANTNER Soaring. HOOVER Kokopeli. J. A. LENNON Echolalia. LA BERGE revamper This is one of those collections featuring unknown performers playing 20th-century …

ELGAR/PAYNE: Symphony No. 3

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

ELGAR/PAYNE Symphony No. 3 – Andrew Davis, cond; BBC SO – NMC D053 (56:10) It seems to me that the question of whether the piece of music on this disc represents what Elgar would have written is pointless and irrelevant. It is obvious that …

CRESTON: Concertino for Marimba & Orch. Celebration Overture. MILHAUD: Concerto for Marimba, Vibraphone & Orch. B. HUMMEL: Concerto for Percussion & Orch. PERSICHETTI: Bagatelles; MENNIN: Canzona. Music by BERGSMA, DELLO JOIO, GOULD, CAMPHOUSE, MAHR.

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

CRESTON Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra. MILHAUD Concerto for Marimba, Vibraphone, and Orchestra. B. HUMMEL Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra Ÿ Peter Sadlo (perc); Peter Falk, cond; Hessian Radio SO; Wolfgang Rögner, cond; Bamberg SO Ÿ KOCH-SCHWANN 3-6415-2 H1 (69:34) CRESTON Celebration Overture. PERSICHETTI Bagatelles. MENNIN Canzona. BERGSMA March with Trumpets. DELLO …