ZAIMONT Monarchs. Symphony No. 1. Elegy for Strings

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

ZAIMONT Monarchs. Symphony No. 1. Elegy for Strings – Leos Svárovský, Doris Lang Kosloff, conds.; Czech Radio SO – ARABESQUE Z6742 (54:56) Judith Lang Zaimont is, along with Christopher Rouse, Arnold Rosner, and Joseph Schwantner, one of the most interesting compositional voices of her …

Piano Music by AARON COPLAND, PAUL CRESTON, and MARK ZUCKERMAN

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

Piano Music by AARON COPLAND (1900-1990), PAUL CRESTON (1906-1985), and MARK ZUCKERMAN (1948-    ) Copland: Passacaglia (1921-22) (5:41) Creston: Seven Theses, Op. 3 (1933) (9:55) a. Maestoso (2:38) b. Scorrevole ( :44) c. Espressivo (1:22) d. Giocoso ( :47) e. Grazioso (1:05) f.  Tranquillo (1:36) g. Feroce (1:25) Creston: Metamorphoses, Op. 84 (1964)* (18:19) Copland: Piano Fantasy (1955-57) (28:10) Zuckerman: On the Edges (1996)* (11:15) …

A Muczynski Retrospective

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

Robert Muczynski is, along with Lee Hoiby, one of America’s most distinguished traditionalist composers still active today, from the generation that came of age during the years following World War II. He is also one of the most widely and …

LIEBERMANN Symphony No. 2. Flute Concerto

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

LIEBERMANN Symphony No. 2. Flute Concerto – Andrew Litton, cond; Dallas SCh, O; Eugenia Zukerman (fl) – DELOS DE-3256 (60:48 &) Lowell Liebermann continues to loom as one of the most promising traditionalist composers of his generation, although it is perhaps indicative of my own …

HANSON Symphony No. 1, “Nordic”. Pan and the Priest. Merry Mount (Orchestral Suite). Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

HANSON Symphony No. 1, “Nordic”. Pan and the Priest. Merry Mount (Orchestral Suite). Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns – Kenneth Schermerhorn (cond); Nashville SO – NAXOS 8.559072 (60:56) Though Naxos’s American Classics series can be accused of pursuing a wildly unsystematic approach to repertoire, they have …

FINZI Violin Concerto. In Years Defaced. Romance. Prelude

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FINZI Violin Concerto. In Years Defaced. Romance. Prelude – Richard Hickox, cond; City of London Sinfonia; Tasmin Little (vn); John Mark Ainsley (ten) – CHANDOS CHAN-9888 (54:34) The many admirers of the music of Gerald Finzi will need no urging from me that acquisition …

BLOCH Macbeth

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

BLOCH Macbeth – Friedemann Layer (cond); Jean-Philippe Lafont (Macbeth); Markella Hatziano (Lady Macbeth); Jean-Philippe Marlière (Macduff); Jacque Trussel (Banquo); Christer Bladin (Duncan); Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon Ch, PO – ACTES SUD AT-34100[ADD] (2 CDs: 2:23; Broadcast 7/26/97) This new release is of the greatest importance to all admirers of the music of …

BERNSTEIN: A White House Cantata

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

BERNSTEIN A White House Cantata Kent Nagano, cond; June Anderson (The First Lady); Barbara Hendricks (Seena); Thomas Hampson (The President); Kenneth Tarver (Lud); Victor Acquah (Little Lud); Keel Watson (Henry); Neil Jenkins (Admiral Cockburn); London Voices; London SO.  DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 289 463 448-2 (80:09) As one might expect, there …

Oboe on the Road. ROSNER: Sonata. PISTON Suite. DEL AGUILA: Sommergesang. ANGEL: Noon Song. SIBBING: Ballad, Blues, and Rag. GOMPPER: Anon.

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

OBOE ON THE ROAD Mark Weiger (ob); Robert Conway (pn)  CENTAUR CRC-2451 (58:31) ROSNER Sonata. PISTON Suite. DEL AGUILA Sommergesang. ANGEL Noon Song. SIBBING Ballad, Blues, and Rag. GOMPPER Anon. This is one of those 20th-century collections — like Saxophone Masterpieces(RIAX RICA-1001), which appeared on my 1999 Want List—whose largely unfamiliar contents and …