HOIBY Dark Rosaleen. WILLIS Variants. BOLCOM Piano Quartet

HOIBY Dark Rosaleen. WILLIS Variants. BOLCOM Piano Quartet Ames Piano Quartet – ALBANY TROY-730 (58:57) Having just turned 80 this year, Lee Hoiby is one of our oldest living traditionalist composers—and one of our finest, still composing quite actively, in his unrepentantly tonal …

FLAGELLO. Piano Concerto No. 1. Dante’s Farewell. Concerto Sinfonico

LINER NOTES – NICOLAS FLAGELLO. Piano Concerto No. 1 Tatjana Rankovich (pn). Dante’s Farewell (orchestrated by Anthony Sbordoni) Susan Gonzalez (sop). Concerto Sinfonico New Hudson Saxophone Quartet. Rutgers Symphony Orchestra Kynan Johns (cond.) National Radio Symphony Orchestra of UkraineJohn McLaughlin Williams, conductor. World Premiere Recordings NAXOS 8.559296 Walter …

ZIMMERLI: Piano Trios: Nos. 1, 2

ZIMMERLI Piano Trios: Nos. 1, 2 • Scott Yoo (vn), Michael Mermagen (vc), John Novacek (pn) • ARABESQUE Z6785 (62:29) This recent release is my first encounter with the name and music of Patrick Zimmerli. The notes accompanying the recording offer …

Picks of the Year: 2005

As far as I can recall, this is the first year that I actually had difficulty narrowing down my list of most significant new releases to five. I’m not sure how to explain it, but I am certainly glad that …

WALLACE: Sketches

WALLACE Sketches • Frank Wallace (gtr) • GYRE 10052 (71:08) This recent release was sent to me for review, although it falls somewhat outside my usual purview. I am not especially fond of classical guitar music; hence I am not terribly knowledgeable …

PERSICHETTI: Symphonies: No. 3; No. 4; No. 7, “Liturgical”. Symphony No. 6; Parable IX; Serenade No. 11; Psalm; Pageant; Masquerade; Divertimento. Symphonies: No. 5; No. 8; Serenade No. 5

PERSICHETTI Symphonies: No. 3; No. 4; No. 7, “Liturgical” • David Alan Miller, cond; Albany SO • ALBANY TROY771/72 (2 CDs: 80:14—priced as one) PERSICHETTI Symphony No. 6; Parable IX; Serenade No. 11; Psalm; Pageant; Masquerade; Divertimento • Eugene Migliaro Corporon, cond; North Texas Wind Symphony; …