BARBER HISTORICAL RECORDINGS: 1935-1960.

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

BARBER HISTORICAL RECORDINGS: 1935-1960 ● Various performers ● WHRA 6039, analog (9 CDs) CDs 1, 2: Vanessa (Mitropoulos, cond; Steber, Gedda, Elias, Resnik, Tozzi; Metropolitan Opera Company) Live: New York City 2/1/1958; Medea:Orchestral Suite (Barber, cond; New SO of London) London 12/12/1950 [Decca LX-3049]; Medea’s Meditation …

ZAIMONT Chroma—Northern Lights. Ghosts. Elegy. STILLNESS . Zones (Piano Trio No. 2). String Quartet, “The Figure.” Astral. Serenade

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

ZAIMONT Chroma—Northern Lights. Ghosts. Elegy. STILLNESS ● Kirk Trevor, cond; Slovak Natl SO ● NAXOS 8.559619 (52:56) ZAIMONT Zones (Piano Trio No. 2). String Quartet, “The Figure.” Astral. Serenade ● Ilmar Gavilán (vn); Melissa White (vn) Juan-Miguel Hernandez (va); Paul Wiancko (vc) Awadagin Pratt (pn) ● NAVONA NV5846, …

HOVHANESS Symphony No. 1, “Exile” (original version). COPLAND Symphony No. 2, “Short.” MILHAUD Symphony No. 1. SEREBRIER Symphony No. 1.

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

HOVHANESS Symphony No. 1, “Exile” (original version). COPLAND Symphony No. 2, “Short.” MILHAUD Symphony No. 1.  SEREBRIER Symphony No. 1. ● Leopold Stokowski, cond; NBC SO; Houston SO ● GUILD GHCD-2347 (72:51) Live: 12/6/1942; 1/9/1944; 3/21/1943; 11/4/1957 This recent release will be of interest to committed Stokowski enthusiasts, as …

PERSICHETTI Piano Sonatas: No. 10; No. 11. Serenade No. 7

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

PERSICHETTI Piano Sonatas: No. 10; No. 11. Serenade No. 7 ● Ellen Burmeister (pn) ● STARKLAND R-3016 (47:07) Ellen Burmeister is a pianist who was connected for a number of years with the University of Wisconsin, Madison—first as a faculty member, then …

FAST JUMP ● LANG memory pieces. KOZIK Fast Jump. FITKIN Relent. BURHANS In Time of Desperation. NARVESON ripple

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

FAST JUMP ● Danny Holt (pn) ● INNOVA 734 (79:49) LANG memory pieces. KOZIK Fast Jump. FITKIN Relent. BURHANS In Time of Desperation. NARVESON ripple. This is a remarkably rewarding program of music for piano solo composed between the years 1997-2005, and performed with convincing authority and extraordinary dexterity by the California-based …

A Rare Opportunity: Bernard Herrmann’s Magnum Opus

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

The year 2011 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Bernard Herrmann, one of the most celebrated composers of film scores in cinematic history. Among his best known scores are those for Citizen Kane, Jane Eyre, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, Cape Fear, and Taxi Driver. However, …

BARBER Piano Concerto. Essays for Orchestra: Nos. 1-3

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

BARBER Piano Concerto.  Essays for Orchestra: Nos. 1-3 ● Daniel Kawka, cond; National SO of RAI; Giampaolo Nuti (pn) ● STRADIVARIUS STR-33814 (58:36) As most of Samuel Barber’s music has been gradually entering the active repertoire during the past three decades, the works …

BARBER: Motetto. Two Choruses, Op. 8. Agnus Dei, Op. 11. Heaven-Haven, Op. 13, No. 1. Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3. A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15. Reincarnations, Op. 16. Two Choruses, Op. 42. Easter Chorale

wswebmaster on November 27, 2018

BARBER Motetto. Two Choruses, Op. 8. Agnus Dei, Op. 11. Heaven-Haven, Op. 13, No. 1. Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3. A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15. Reincarnations, Op. 16. Two Choruses, Op. 42. Easter Chorale. …