CATÁN: Florencia en Cincinnati (Performance Review)

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

Performance Review Daniel CatánFlorencia en Cincinnati Despite perennial hand-wringing about the hidebound operatic repertoire, new works continue to vie for acceptance in what is certainly the most elaborate and most extravagant of traditional musical genres, and the one with the …

MUCZYNSKI, CRESTON, HEIDEN, LEVIN, HARTLEY: Saxophone Sonatas. TAKÁCS Two Fantastics. PACCIONE Seeing Those Hours. ROREM Picnic on the Marne. HOVHANESS Suite for Alto Saxophone and Guitar. QUATE Light of Sothis. WIEDOEFT Valse Vanité

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

THE INTERACTIVE SAXOPHONE • John Vana (sax); Jenny Perron (pn) • CAPSTONE CPS-8763 (61:14)MUCZYNSKI: Sonata. HEIDEN Sonata. H. LEVIN Sonata. TAKÁCS Two Fantastics. PACCIONE Seeing Those Hours AMERICAN SAXOPHONE MUSIC • Alex Mitchell (sax); Jeremy Limb (pn); Neil Hornsby (gtr)• NAXOS 8.559241 (68:59)MUCZYNSKI: Sonata. CRESTON: Sonata. …

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonatas (12)

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

PERSICHETTI: Piano Sonatas (12) • Geoffrey Burleson (pn) • NEW WORLD 80677-2 (2 CDs: 149:56) This is a momentous release. Although Vincent Persichetti is largely known today for his enduringly popular and much beloved works for wind band, as well as …

HOVHANESS: Concerto for Viola and Strings, “Talin.” Concerto for Violin, Sitar, and Orchestra, “Shambala.” Five Hymns of Serenity, “Janabar”

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

HOVHANESS: Concerto for Viola and Strings, “Talin.” Concerto for Violin, Sitar, and Orchestra, “Shambala.” Five Hymns of Serenity, “Janabar” • Rastislav Štúr, cond; Slovak Philharmonic; Christina Fong (vn, va); Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar); Michael Bowman (tpt); Paul Hersey (pn) • OGREOGRESS DualDisc …

THE RED VIOLIN. CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin (Chaconne). RAVEL: Violin Sonata. MORAVEC: Ariel Fantasy. Double Action. Evermore. COPLAND: Ukelele Serenade. Nocturne.

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

THE RED VIOLIN • Maria Bachmann (vn); Jon Klibonoff (pn) • ENDEAVOR CLASSICS END-1020 (63:58) CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin (Chaconne). RAVEL: Violin Sonata. MORAVEC: Ariel Fantasy. Double Action. Evermore. COPLAND: Ukelele Serenade. Nocturne. This recent release will appeal to a fairly broad range of listeners, which is, …

COOMAN: SACRED CHORAL MUSIC

wswebmaster on November 26, 2018

COOMAN: SACRED CHORAL MUSIC • Rupert Gough, cond; Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Samuel Rathbone (org) • NAXOS 8.559361 (79:36) Adam Lay Ybounden. In the Beginning Was the Word. A Cosmic Prayer. New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych. Builders for …