NICOLAS FLAGELLO: Missa Sinfonica

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

NICOLAS FLAGELLO (1928-1994) Missa Sinfonica (1957) 1 Kyrie (6:31)2 Gloria (6:52)3 Credo (6:51)4 Sanctus et Benedictus (7:10)5 Agnus Dei (7:02)Total———–(34:38) World Premiere Recording National Radio Symphony Orchestra of UkraineJohn McLaughlin Williams, conductor Walter Simmons, Executive ProducerAlexander Hornostai, Session ProducerAndrij Mokrytsky, Recording …

Picks of the Year: 2006

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

This year I was able to arrive at only four recent releases that met my criteria of great, little-known recent repertoire, beautifully performed, and superbly recorded. However, my abbreviated list is probably limited more by my own insufficient exposure than …

PERSICHETTI String Quartets: 1-4

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

PERSICHETTI String Quartets: 1-4 • Lydian String Quartet • CENTAUR CRC 2833 (76:44) The creative legacy of Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) comprises a large and extremely varied body of work, much of it still barely known to even the musically sophisticated public. …

HOIBY A Month in the Country

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

HOIBY A Month in the Country • Steven Osgood (cond); JennyRebecca Winans (Natalia Petrovna); Charles Temkey (Rakitin); Liam Bonner (Belaev); Yooson Park (Vera); Alex Boyer (Arkady); Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater • ALBANY TROY-747/748 (2 CDs: 120:52) In the informative and …

HANSON Concerto for Organ, Harp, and Strings. Nymphs and Satyr. Summer Seascape No. 2. Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. Pastorale. Serenade

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

HANSON Concerto for Organ, Harp, and Strings. Nymphs and Satyr. Summer Seascape No. 2. Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. Pastorale. Serenade • Daniel Spalding, cond; Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber O; Joseph Jackson (org); Adriana Lenares (va); Gabriela Imreh (pn); Jonathan Blumenfeld (ob); Andrew Bolotowsky (fl) …

LINER NOTES: Music by VITTORIO GIANNINI (1903-1966)

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

Dedication Overture (1965) . Fantasia (1963). Praeludium and Allegro(1958). Symphony No. 3 (1958). Variations and Fugue (1965) University of Houston Wind Ensemble, Tom Bennett, conductor. NAXOS 8.570130 Walter Simmons, executive producerJoe Dixon, session producerDavid Burks, recording engineerProject conceived by Merlin PattersonRecorded at the Moores School of Music, University …

BLOCH Piano Quintets: No. 1; No. 2

wswebmaster on November 25, 2018

BLOCH Piano Quintets: No. 1; No. 2 • Aura Qt; Hans Joerg Fink (pn) • MUSIQUES SUISSES MGB CD 6203 (51:44) Although his name is well-known, Ernest Bloch’s compositional reputation rests chiefly on three or four works: Schelomo, Concerto Grosso No. 1, the Sacred …