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Naxos American Classics I'm impressed by Naxos in general, and especially by the American Classics series. The comments below are reminders to myself of how I reacted to the recordings. If someone else reads them, that's fine too. | ||
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1. American Salute, An - Spirit of the Nation | |
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2. Druckman: String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 | |
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3. Welcher: Haleakala, Prairie Light, Clarinet Concerto | |
| 8.559001 10/13/1998 68:41 |
4. Muczynski: Complete Works for Flute Robert Muczynski Quintet for Winds · Duos for Flutes · Moments for Flute and Piano · Fragments for Woodwind Trio · Three Pleludes for Unaccompanied Flute · Movements for Wind Quintet · Duos for Flute and Clarinet · Sonata for Flute and Piano Alexandra Hawley and Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutes · Robert Muczynski, piano · Stanford Woodwind Quintet | Accesible chamber music for winds (especially flute) and piano. The Duos for Flutes and the Duos for Flute and Clarinet are the same music. The Andante sostenuto is particulary haunting and memorable. |
| 8.559002 10/13/1998 61:42 |
5. Lees: Symphony No. 4 "Memorial Candles" Benjamin Lees Symphony No. 4 "Memorial Candles Kimball Wheeler, mezzo soprano · James Buswell, violin · National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · Theodore Kuchar | Massive and serious music expressing grief over the Holocaust. The scale is that of a Mahler symphony; the musical language is reminiscent of Shostakovich. |
| 8.559003 10/13/1998 60:49 |
6. Piston: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 Walter Piston Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra · Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra · Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra James Buswell, violin · National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · Theodore Kuchar | Virtuosic and athletic violin solos; excellent craftsmanship throughout, especially the orchestration. The first concerto is also emotionally engaging, the fantasy and second concerto somewhat less so. |
| 8.559008 10/13/1998 60:42 |
7. Sousa: On Stage John Philip Sousa The Bride Elect (Selections) · El Capitan (Selections) · Our Flirtations (Selections) Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra · Keith Brion | Surprisingly dull. Sousa wrote orchestrations for pirated American performances of early Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and much of this music sounds like a pastiche of early Sullivan mixed with Offenbach. The march from El Capitan is the most memorable piece on the album. The performances are excellent and program notes are very interesting. |
| 8.559009 10/13/1998 75:58 |
8. Foote: Chamber Music Vol. 1 Arthur Foote Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 38 · String Quartet No. 2 in E major, op. 32 · String Quartet No. 3 in D major, op. 70 Da Vinci Quartet · James Barbagallo, piano | Romantic chamber music very much in the style of Brahms and Dvorak. The first movement of Foote's second quartet bears such a strong resemblance to the first movement of Tchaikovsky's first quartet, I suspect they are based on a common folk song. |
| 8.559010 10/13/1998 63:49 |
9. MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1 Edward MacDowell Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 · Sea Pieces, Op. 55 · Fireside Tales, Op. 61 · New England Idyls, Op. 62 James Barbagallo, piano | Piano miniatures that evoke a mood or place. To a Wild Rose is the most famous. None are as long as four minutes. It's best to take them in small doses, or they can start to sound the same. |
| 8.559011 10/13/1998 59:59 |
10. MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 2 Edward MacDowell First Modern Suite, Op. 10 · Amourette, Op. 1 · In Lilting Rhythm, Op. 2 · Six Idyls after Goethe, Op. 28 · Sonata No. 3 "Norse", Op. 57 James Barbagallo, piano | More of the same. The movements of the Modern Suite are somewhat more abstract, including a fugue, and the movements of the Sonata are somewhat more extended. |
| 8.559012 10/13/1998 75:08 |
11. Scarmolin: Orchestral Works Anthony Louis Scarmolin Dance from "The Caliph" · Three Miniatures · Three Preludes · The Sunlit Pool · Invocation · Variations on a Folk Song for String Orchestra · Arioso for String Orchestra · Concert Piece for Trumpet and Strings · Prelude Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra · Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra · Joel Eric Suben | Scarmolin spent the largest part of his career teaching high school band and orchestra, yet he was also a prolific composer. None of this music is spectacular, but the later works (Sunlit Pool, Invocation, Variations, Arioso & Prelude) are all attractive and contain enough interesting ideas to be worth hearing. The performance of the Invocation is a bit plodding. |
| 8.559016 01/01/1999 62:29 |
12. Confrey: Piano Music Zez Confrey Kitten on the Keys · Dizzy Fingers · African Suite · Jay Walk · Sparkling Waters · Wise Cracker Suite · Amazonia · Blue Tornado · Three Little Oddities · Coaxing the Piano · Stumbling (Paraphrase) · Moods of a New Yorker · Rhythm Venture · Fourth Dimension Eteri Andjaparidze, piano | The titles give it away that this music is silly, witty, jazzy fun. It's also dazzlingly difficult, and very well played. I fell in love with this album on first hearing. |
| 8.559023 01/01/1999 66:45 |
13. Griffes: Complete Piano Works, Volume 1 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Sonata · Three Tone-Poems, Op. 5 · De Profundis · Roman Sketches, Op. 7 · A Winter Landscape · Rhapsody in B minor · Barcarolle from Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" (Transcription) · Legend in F-sharp minor · Prelude in B minor Michael Lewin, piano | These pieces are never unpleasant to the ear, yet they are full of challenges. They are often dissonant, extremely chromatic, even based on invented scales, but never fail in melody and harmonic progression. It's surprising that a composer whose creative life was so short created music in such wildly different styles. The Three Tone-Poems and the Roman Sketches are impressionist while the Rhapsody and A Winter Landscape are not far from the picturesque Romantic style of MacDowell. The Sonata is very exciting, gripping music. The opening flourish is instantly memorable. |
| 8.559025 01/01/1999 56:50 |
14. Herbert: Babes in Toyland • The Red Mill Victor Herbert Babes in Toyland (Selections) · The Red Mill (Selections) Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra · Keith Brion | One nice thing about Naxos programming in general is that I can often satisfy a desire to hear a popular chestnut like the March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland, in an appropriate arrangement (original version?) without getting a lot of cheezy stuff I won't like, and surrounded by less famous works that help put the chestnut in context. In this case the March of the Toys is presented along with other dance and incidental music from the "extravaganza" Babes in Toyland. The Toymaker & Workshop is a wild hoot, and all of it is charming. Also included are orchestral medleys of song melodies from Babes in Toyland and The Red Mill. |
| 8.559028 01/01/1999 70:29 |
15. Sowerby: Works for Organ and Orchestra Leo Sowerby Classic Concerto · Medieval Poem · Pageant · Festival Musick David Craighead, David Mulbury, organ · The Fairfield Orchestra · John Welsh | Accessible, conservative music for organ with orchestra. There's enough dissonance to be spicy but not ugly. Medieval Poem uses the orchestra and organ as equal partners, and the orchestral writing is very effective. The Classic Concerto is accompanied by a string orchestra, the Festival Music by a brass ensemble. Pageant is for organ alone. The program notes are well below the usual Naxos standard: the conductor's biography is printed twice; five paragraphs on the history of the St. Bartholomew's organ, but no indication which of the credited organists plays it in the Festival Musick. |
| 8.559013 02/04/1999 62:12 |
16. Sousa: "At the Symphony" John Philip Sousa Overture to The Irish Dragoon · March: Bullets and Bayonets · Rêverie: Nymphalin · March: Jack Tar from Chris and the Wonderful Lamp · Sacred Selection: Songs from Grace and Songs from Glory · March: The Power and Glory · Dwellers of the Western World · March: The Invincible Eagle · Humoresque on Gershwin's "Swanee" · Semper Fidelis · Humoresque on Kern's "Look for the Silver Lining" · March: The Daughters of Texas · March: The Stars and Stripes Forever Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra · Kenneth Brion | This is a much more attractive selection of Sousa, not the least because it contains a greater portion of marches. Stars and Stripes Forever and Semper Fidelis are classics, and I enjoy hearing them in the context of a program prepared by someone taking Sousa's music seriously (even if I'm not yet decided), rather than as part of a super-pops-spectacular program. The other marches, while not as brilliant, follow the template, and it's a very satisfying template. The two humoresques are actually pretty funny. The klangfarbenmelodie at the end of the Kern Humoresque is just plain cool. |
| 8.559014 02/05/1999 59:59 |
17. Foote: Chamber Music Vol. 2 Arthur Foote Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23 · Nocturne and Scherzo for Flute and String Quartet · String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4 Da Vinci Quartet · James Barbagallo, piano · Jeani Muhonen Foster, flute | More romantic chamber music in the manner of Schumann and Brahms. This is not a complaint, just an observation that Foote writes chamber music in this style with no particularly American elements. The pieces on both albums are excellent, and if I could find the music I'd love to play it. The Nocturne for flute and strings is particularly lovely, and breaks away from the style of Brahms, finding a more distinctive voice. The Scherzo is an arrangement of the scherzo from the Second Quartet. |
| 8.559015 02/05/1999 72:16 |
18. Barber: Complete Published Solo Piano Music Samuel Barber Sonata for Piano, Op. 26 · Excursions, Op. 20 · Nocturne, Op. 33 · Three Sketches · Interlude I ("For Jeanne") · Ballade, Op. 46 · Souvenirs, Op. 28 Daniel Pollack, piano | This album contains all of Barber's published piano music. The Piano Sonata is thickly textured and sounds terribly difficult. It is challenging to the ear, but a few listenings will reveal the underlying lyricism and intense emotion. The Exursions are inspired by various styles of American popular music: boogie woogie, blues, cowboy ballad, and fiddle tune. The Nocturne and the Ballade are immediately attractive, wistful, moody and mysterious. Souvenirs is a funny set of warped quasi-salon music. The Three Sketches are juvenalia, and the Interlude is from Barber's time at Curtis. |
| 8.559018 02/05/1999 66:35 |
19. Strong: Symphony No. 2 "Sintram" George Templeton Strong Symphony No. 2 in G minor, op. 50 "Sintram" · Chorale on a Theme of Leo Hassler Moscow Symphony Orchestra · Adriano | The symphony is a large-scale Romantic program-symphony, dealing with "The Struggle of Mankind Against the Powers of Evil." I could list the late 19th Century composers whose influence is detectable in Strong's music; suffice it to say Strong does not have a uniquely distinctive sound, yet there is no one composer of whom he is an obvious immitator. The symphony bears up well to repeated listening, for the excellent orchestration, vivid musical story-telling, and recurrence of earlier themes in the finale. The bass clarinet is prominently featured. The upper strings are a bit ragged in the first movement, otherwise the performance is fine. The Chorale on a Theme of Leo Hassler for string orchestra is intensely beautiful and emotional. Directors of community or school orchestras, take note: it doesn't sound technically difficult, and could be very rewarding to play. |
| 8.559007 05/01/1999 67:45 |
20. Grofé: Orchestral Works Ferde Grofé Mississippi Suite · Grand Canyon Suite · Niagara Falls Suite Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra · William T. Stromberg | The Grand Canyon Suite is a masterpiece. The melodies are emotionally evocative, and the orchestral colors are magnificent. Note: the piccolo bird calls in the 1st movement; the burro cries, the burro clip-clops, the burro melody and the cowboy song in counterpoint, and the extended celesta solo in the 3rd movement; the violin evocation of howling wind in the 5th movement. The other works are also fun and entertaining. |
| 8.559032 05/01/1999 68:36 |
21. MacDowell: Complete Songs Edward MacDowell Menie · My Jean · Bitte · Geistliches Wiegenlied · Idylle · Tyrant Love · Fair Springtide · To the Golden Rod · Sweet Blue-eyed Maid · Sweetheart, Tell Me · Thy Beaming Eyes · For Sweet Love's Sake · O, Lovely Rose · I Ask But This · Mein Liebchen · Du liebst mich nicht · Oben, wo die Sterne glühen · Nachtlied · Das Rosenband · From an Old Garden · The Robin Sings in the Apple Tree · Midsummer Lullaby · Folksong · Confidence · The West Wind croons in the Cedar Trees · In the Woods · The Sea · Through the Meadow · Deserted · Slumber Song · Long Ago, Sweetheart Mine · The Swan Bent Low to the Lily · A Maid Sings Light · As the Gloaming Shadows Creep · Constancy · Sunrise · Merry Maiden Spring Steven Tharp, tenor · James Barbagallo, piano | The texts are in English and German. After a few listenings, the melodies become pleasantly familiar, if not quite hummable. The piano parts sometimes have the characteristics of MacDowell's piano miniatures. The vocal lines frequently have surprising and delightful chromatic motion, and there are several harmonic surprise moments. I find "Fair Springtide," with text by the composer, to be particularly striking. The songs in English often have a Scottish flavor. |
| 8.559004 06/15/1999 53:27 |
22. Bennett: Abraham Lincoln • Sights and Sounds Robert Russell Bennett Abraham Lincoln: A Likeness in Symphony Form · Sights and Sounds (An Orchestral Entertainment) Moscow Symphony Orchestra · William T. Stromberg | These are not pops pieces. Both works consist of rather abstract series of moods conveyed through inventive orchestrations. Tone color and mood are emphasized over melodic development, appropriate enough for works by Broadway's most famous orchestrator. |
| 8.559019 06/15/1999 64:56 |
23. MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 3 Edward MacDowell Sonata No. 4 "Keltic", Op. 59 · Forgotten Fairy Tales, Op. 4 · Six Poems after Heine, Op. 31 · Twelve Virtuoso Studies, Op. 46 James Barbagallo, piano | More attractive Romantic piano miniatures organized into suites with picturesque movement titles. They are pleasant and forgettable. MacDowell's best stuff is on Volume 1. |
| 8.559020 07/01/1999 73:51 |
24. Siegmeister: Piano Music Vol. 1 Elie Siegmeister American Sonata · On This Ground · Piano Sonata No. 4 (Prelude, Blues and Toccata) · Theme and Variations No. 2 · Piano Sonata No. 5 Kenneth Boulton, piano | The American Sonata is immediately attractive. The first movement is jaunty and instantly grabbed my attention with a fun, energetic theme. The second movement has a memorable and melancholy theme. All three movements end very gently. The fourth and fifth sonatas are also listenable, but contain more abstract elements. The fugue is comprehensible to the ear, but didn't grab me. On This Ground is the strangest work on the album. The last movement, inspired by ragtime, is fun, but the other movements made no impression on me even after repeated listenings. |
| 8.559030 07/01/1999 55:27 |
25. MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 4 Edward MacDowell Étude de Concert · Second Modern Suite · Serenata · Two Fantasy Pieces · Twelve Études James Barbagallo, piano | The Twelve Études are in the spirit of the Woodland Sketches, a collection of short pieces evoking images. The Étude de Concert is a virtuoso showpiece. The Second Modern Suite, like the first, contains pieces of more extended development. The second of the Fantasy Pieces, hexentanz, is supposedly famous, but it doesn't sound more distinctive than the others to me. |
| 8.559042 07/01/1999 63:36 |
26. Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano John Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano Boris Berman, piano | The piano is "prepared" by sticking bolts and washers and bits of rubber onto its strings. The primary interest is the in the tone colors. The modified piano gives the effect of a vast exotic percussion ensemble. However, the musical content is often comprehensible and overall very listenable. I have wondered whether Cage actually had any skills as a composer, or was merely famous for extending the boundaries of what was considered music. Apparently, he did. |
| 8.559021 07/22/1999 71:47 |
27. Siegmeister: Piano Music Vol. 2 Elie Siegmeister Sunday in Brooklyn · Piano Sonata No. 2 · Theme and Variations No. 1 · Piano Sonata No. 3 · From These Shores Kenneth Boulton, piano | As with Volume 1 of Seigmeister's piano music, the opening work is accessible and enjoyable, and the remainder of the program is uphill listening. |
| 8.559029 07/22/1999 61:08 |
28. Sousa: On Wings of Lightning John Philip Sousa March: The Gladiator · Tango: The Gliding Girl · March: The Federal · The President's Polonaise · The Irish Dragon: Circus Galop · Sandalphon Waltzes · March: The Belle of Chicago · Silver Spray Schottische · Foxtrot: Peaches and Cream · Myrrha Gavotte · March: The Fairest of the Fair · Caprice: The Coquette · Galop: On the Wings of Lightning · Three Quotations · March: Venus · March: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty | Attractive dance music, none leaps out to me as highly memorable. The Presidental Polonaise has some amusing rhythms that feel a bit like a broken record that gets a nudge just in time to fall back into the phrase structure. |
| 8.559006 10/01/1999 70:38 |
29. Willson: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Meredith Willson Symphony No. 1 in F minor ("A Symphony of San Francisco") · Symphony No. 2 in E minor ("The Missions of California") Moscow Symphony Orchestra · William T. Stromberg | Attractive, tuneful, well-organized programmatic symphonies. Saxophones are treated as an integral part of the wind section. The scherzo of the first symphony is a delight. Even if they were mediocre (which they're not), curiosity would demand at least one hearing of The Music Man's own symphonies. |
| 8.559026 01/01/2000 54:40 |
30. Herbert: Beloved Songs and Classic Miniatures Victor Herbert Toyland · Romany Life · Badinage · Kiss in the Dark · Art Is Calling · Pan Americana · Molly · Al Fresco · Moonbeams · Italian Street Song · Thine Alone · Cannibal Dance · Kiss Me Again · When You're Away · Royal Sec · Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life Virginia Croskery, soprano · Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra · Keith Brion | I've never seen any Victor Herbert operetta staged, or even heard a full recording of one, so I don't actually know whether these recordings represent the original forms of these works or use the original orchestrations. Regardless, it sounds like Brion was trying to achieve that effect. The song Toyland, in particular, is an eye-opener to me, after hearing so many cheezy recordings of only the chorus with anachronistic accompaniment. Listen to the cello counter-melody on the words "And of the many lands..." It sounds like it dropped out of Hansel and Gretel, just lovely. I had thought Toyland was a silly children's song, even a shampoo jingle, and now I hear it as an exquisite sentimental ballad. The rest of the album consists of sentimental ballads, musical theater comedy songs, ethnic numbers, big Viennese operetta scenes in the style of Lehar, and light classical orchestra pieces. |
| 8.559022 02/01/2000 64:21 |
31. Thomson: Symphonies Virgil Thomson Symphony No. 2 in C major · Symphony No. 3 · Pilgrims and Pioneers · Symphony on a Hymn Tune New Zealand Symphony Orchestra · James Sedares | Accessible and well-orchestrated, with a distinctly American character. Makes use of almost-but-not-quite quotes of American songs, and suggests idealized 19th century Americana, similar in mood to Ives, but much less chaotic. Excellent craft, not very emotionally engaging to me, and forgettable. |
| 8.559036 02/01/2000 60:23 |
32. Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics Louis Moreau Gottschalk Célèbre Tarantelle, Op 67, No 5 · Souvenir de Porto Rico, Marche des Gibaros · The Dying Poet, Meditation · Tournament Galop · O! ma charmante · Le Bananier, Chanson Nègre · Manchega, Étude de Concert · Célèbre Tarantelle, Op 67, No 4 · Berceuse (Cradle Song) · Symphonie romantique, "A Night in the Tropics" Hot Springs Music Festival, Richard Rosenberg | The most exciting item here is the second movement of A Night in the Tropics, which will make you dance no matter where you are or what you are doing. The orchestrations are a reconstruction of Gottschalk's original version, and feature an improvisatory Afro-Cuban percussion group and a concertina. The other works are adaptations of piano pieces. The two tarantellas are delightful. One is scored for piano with orchestra, the other for two pianos. I'm not entirely sure that they aren't the same piece. This music is charming, but not distinctive. This seems to be the first in a series of albums from the Hot Springs Music Festival focusing on 19th Century American composers from New Orleans. |
| 8.559043 02/01/2000 66:31 |
33. Pann: Dance Partita • Piano Concerto Carter Pann Piano Concerto · Deux séjours · Dance Partita · Two Portraits of Barcelona Barry Snyder, piano · Czech State Philharmonic, Brno · José Serebrier | Eclectic, witty, whimsical and sometimes cheesy; extremely accessible, but not pandering or simplistic. The Deux séjours intenionally sound like Satie's gymnopedies. The second Portrait of Barcelona sounds traditionally Spanish and is very exciting. The Piano Concerto contains many pop styles from calypso to blues, and concludes with a wacky pseudo-classical romp. |
| 8.559033 03/01/2000 67:43 |
34. Antheil: Symphonies Nos 4 & 6 George Antheil McKonkey's Ferry (Washington at Trenton); A Concert Overture · Symphony No. 4 ("1942") · Symphony No. 6 National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · Theodore Kuchar | Exciting with memorable ideas and great orchestration. Often sounds like the certain music by Shostakovich that we American listeners presume is forced celebration or sarcastic joy, but presumably Antheil really means it. |
| 8.559037 03/01/2000 61:07 |
35. Lambert Sr., Lambert Jr.: Ouverture de Brocéliande Charles Lucièn Lambert Sr. Bresiliana, Grande valse brilliante de salon · L'Amazone, Caprice-mazurka · Le Castillian, Bolero pour le piano · L'Américaine, Grande valse brillante · Le Calabrais, Galop brillant · Variations et final sur l'air "Au Clair de la Lune" Lucièn-Léon Guillaume Lambert Jr. Ouverture de Brocéliande (orch. Rosenberg) · Hymnis, drame antique en un acte · Esquisses créoles sur des thèmes recueillis par L.M. Gottschalk · Prélude, fute et postlude · Chants d'oiseaux Hot Springs Music Festival · Richard Rosenberg | Mostly piano music, two songs and a reconstructed opera overture. The composers, father and son, are 19th century Romantics, free blacks from New Orleans who made their careers in Europe. The performers are faculty and students from the Hot Springs Music Festival. The music is attractive and virtuosic, but not as engaging to me as the Gottschalk album. |
| 8.559038 03/01/2000 73:03 |
36. Dédé: Orchestral Works Edmond Dédé Chicago (for orchestra) · Tond les chiens, coup' les chats · Mirliton fin de siècle · Rêverie champêtre · Méphisto masqué (for solo piano) · Battez aux champs · El Pronunciamento · Cora La Bordelaise · Mon pauvre cœur · Chicago (for solo piano) · Mon Sous Off! · Françoise et Tortillard · Mon Sous Off!cier · Méphisto masqué (for orchestra) Eugéne Dédé En chasse (orch Edmond Dédé) Hot Springs Music Festival · Richard Rosenberg | This is another album from the Hot Springs Music Festival presenting music by 19th century New Orleans composers. Like the Lamberts, Dédé was a free black man who found greater success as an artist in Europe than in America. Chicago is a Strauss-style waltz. Mirliton fin de siècle and Méphisto Masqué are also light orchestral dances. They feature a kazoo ensemble, but the kazoos are so marginal to the music they don't even rise to the level of gimmickry. The featured tuba writing in Méphisto is impressive. Chicago and Méphisto are also represented in piano versions. Tond les chiens, Battez aux champs, Cora La Bordelaise, Mon Sous Off!, and Mon pouvre coeur are essentially excerpts from French operetta with piano accompaniment. In Françoise et Tortillard the operetta excerpts have a light instrumental accompaniment, and Mon Sous Off!cier is an orchestral medley of tunes from an operetta. Reverie champêtre is chamber music. I find the Dédé album more interesting than the Lambert, mainly because of the greater variety of sound. |
| 8.559046 03/01/2000 62:22 |
37. Griffes: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2 Charles Tomlinson Griffes The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla-Kahn · Three Preludes · Piece in E major · Dance in A minor · Three Fantasy Pieces, Op. 6 · Piece in D minor · Piece in B-flat major · Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Overture (transcription for two pianos) · Symphonische Phantasie for Two Pianos Michael Lewin, piano · Janice Weber, piano | Pleasure Dome is lovely and exotic. The three Preludes are wierd, the most abstract music language of Griffes' piano music. The four standalone pieces and the three Fantasy Pieces are attractive, melodious and full of character. The Symphonische Phantasie is attractive and has a few nice moments, but it's forgettable. The transcription of Hansel & Gretel is OK, but why is this more interesting than a piano reduction of an opera score? |
| 8.559034 04/01/2000 72:39 |
38. Creston: Symphonies 1-3 Paul Creston Symphony No. 1, Op. 20 · Symphony No. 2, Op. 35 · Symphony No. 3, Op. 48 ("Three Mysteries") National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · Theodore Kuchar | A real treat. Excellent orchestration, memorable ideas. The first symphony contains a lot of humor, the third depicts scenes from the life of Christ. |
| 8.559027 05/01/2000 67:13 |
39. Herbert: Columbus Suite • Irish Rhapsody Victor Herbert Auditorium Festival March · Irish Rhapsody · Selections from Natoma · Columbus Suite Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra · Keith Brion | Auditorium Festival March and Irish Rhapsody are lightweight pops. The March combines Auld Lang Syne with original material. The Rhapsody is a medley of Irish tunes with a medium amount of Dvorak-style development. Natoma mixes tango music with Herbert's idea of Native-American Indian music. The Columbus Suite reminds me of some of the less interesting Liszt tone poems: good orchestration stretched over forgettable material, and occasional lapses of nothing going on. The vibrato of the cello and viola soloists of the SRSO is unpleasantly tight. |
| 8.559047 05/01/2000 75:39 |
40. Hanson: Piano Music Howard Hanson Two Yuletide Pieces · Poèmes érotiques · Sonata in A minor · Three Miniatures · Three Etudes · Enchantment · For the First Time · Slumber Song Thomas Labé | Romantic and attractive. Often with a wisftul or dreamy quality and complex harmonies. Enchantment was one of the pieces I studied with Tom Hecht. |
| 8.559056 05/01/2000 51:46 |
41. Glass: Violin Concerto Philip Glass Company · Violin Concerto · Akhnaten: Prelude, Dance Adele Anthony, violin · Ulster Orchestra · Takuo Yuasa | Stylistically unmistakable as Glass, scored for traditional orchestra, string orchestra for Company. The technique of repetition and evolution of musical cells serves a wide variety of moods. The concerto is exciting and requires enormous stamina from the soloist. The excerpts from Akhnaten are beautiful, and make subtle use of the orchestra. |
| 8.559024 06/01/2000 69:47 |
42. Barber: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 · Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (in one movement) · First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12 · Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 Royal Scottish National Orchestra · Marin Alsop | The overture, first symphony and first essay are almost standard repertoire. All three are full of beautiful and memorable melodies. The overture is bouncy fun. The first symphony is lush and romantic, and full of soaring beauty. The first essay is dark and brooding. The wildcard on this album is the second symphony. Barber decided to withdraw the piece and destroy all copies. I'm glad he wasn't successful, because if he had been I'd be forever curious about the destroyed symphony. As it is, it's not a bad piece, but it certainly lacks the melodic inspiration and symphonic organization of Barber's masterpieces. It's well orchestrated throughout, and the second movement contains a memorable, bittersweet theme. |
| 8.559005 07/01/2000 73:48 |
43. Gould: American Ballads • Foster Gallery Morton Gould American Ballads · Foster Gallery · American Salute National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · Theodore Kuchar | These are pops pieces, of the highest order. It's not fair to call them arrangements of popular tunes. They are witty and astonishing re-hearings of popular tunes. Gould applies sophisticated harmonic, contrapuntal and orchestrational techniques to the tiniest recognizable units of the tunes. |
| 8.559039 07/01/2000 66:01 |
44. Foote: Chamber Music Vol. 3 Arthur Foote Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op 5 · Piano Trio No. 2 in B-flat major, Op 65 · Melody for violin and piano, Op 44 · Ballade for violin and piano, Op 69 Arden Trio | Another album of beautiful Romantic chamber music in the style of Brahms |
| 8.559072 07/01/2000 60:56 |
45. Hanson: Orchestral Works Volume 1 Howard Hanson Symphony No 1 in E minor, Nordic · Merry Mount Suite · Pan and the Priest · Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns | Exciting and well-orchestrated Neo-romantic music. |
| 8.559071 07/18/2000 69:44 |
46. Piston: Chamber Music Walter Piston Quintet for Flute and Strings · Sextet for Strings · Quintet for Piano and String Quartet · Quartet for Piano and Strings | Flute Quintet and Piano Quartet are lovely, Sextet and Piano Quintet are denser and harder to comprehend |
| 8.559076 09/01/2000 66:30 |
47. Ives: Symphony No. 2 • Robert Browning Overture Charles Ives Robert Browning Overture · Symphony No. 2 Nashville Symphony Orchestra · Kenneth Schermerhorn | Ives' second symphony is one of my favorites. The shock ending here is played with a short chop, so that it kind of works. Robert Browning Overture is dense, complicated, brooding. |
| 8.559079 10/01/2000 62:46 |
48. Jones: Roundings • Cello Sonata Samuel Jones Roundings: Musings and Meditations on Texas New Deal Murals · Cello Sonata Amarillo Symphony Orchestra · James Setapen · Emmanuel Lopez, cello · Denise Parr-Scanlin, piano | Roundings is in the spirit of Grofé's programmatic suites. It's pleasant and entertaining. |
| 8.559074 11/01/2000 58:26 |
49. Beveridge: Yizkor Requiem Thomas Beveridge Yizkor Requiem Christine Goerke · Susanna Poretzky · Alberto Mizrahi · The Choral Arts Society of Washington · The Choral Arts Society Orchestra · Norman Scribner | Combines Catholic and Jewish memorial prayers for the departed. Heartfelt, well-crafted, non-schlocky music and committed perormance by Mizrahi manage to transcend the gimmicky aspect. |
| 8.559049 01/01/2001 58:06 |
50. MacDowell: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 Edward MacDowell Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 15 · Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 23 · Hexentanz, Op 17, No 2 · Romance for Cello and Orchestra, Op 35 Stephen Prutsman, piano · Aisling Drury Byrne, cello · National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland · Arthur Fagen, conductor | Romantic piano concertos, fully European in style. Attractive melodies, Liszt-like piano virtuosity. First concerto graceful and charming, particularly like melody of 2nd movt, orchestration competent. Second concerto more sophisticated in content and use of orchestra. Hexentanz and Romance more in the style of MacDowell's piano miniatures. Romance particularly well scored. |
| 8.559062 01/01/2001 66:58 |
51. Schifrin • Schuller • Shapiro: Piano Trios Lalo Schifrin Hommage à Ravel Gunther Schuller Piano Trio Gerald M. Shapiro Piano Trio Eakin Piano Trio | I like Schifrin's and Shapiro's trios. The finale of the Schifrin trio is exciting. Shapiro's music reminds a bit of Claude Bolling. The scherzando is delightful, and there are many moments of beauty. I don't care for the Schuller. |
| 8.559057 02/01/2001 61:13 |
52. Fry: Santa Claus Symphony William Henry Fry Santa Claus, Christmas Symphony · Overture to Macbeth · Niagara Symphony · The Breaking Heart Royal Scottish National Orchestra · Tony Rowe | Three ideas keep popping up as I listen. First, the spirit of bel canto opera underlies the many memorable tunes, and much of the orchestral style, for example the flute writing in "The Breaking Heart". Second, orchestral extravagance and some odd turns of phrase suggest Berlioz. Third, PT Barnum and a 19th century circus. Some of this music is the aural equivalent of watching a lion jump through a flaming hoop. Niagara Symphony is particularly free of musical ideas, instead featuring orchestral imitations of the falls, making for a long 13 minutes. The Santa Claus Christmas Symphony contains several pleasant tunes, and the Berlioz and Donizetti influences work well, but ultimately it feels like an overblown circus entertainment. Fry is certainly ahead of his time and pioneering in America. Macbeth is probably the most successful piece on the album, and the one I'd return to for repeat listening. |
| 8.559075 02/01/2001 |
53. MacDowell: Suites, Hamlet & Ophelia Edward MacDowell Suite for Orchestra No 2, Indian · Suite for Orchestra No 1 in A minor · Hamlet and Ophelia | Attractive, conservative 19th century tone poems. Some movements are effective as light music, e.g. In October. |
| 8.559088 02/27/2001 65:58 |
54. Barber: Cello Concerto • Medea • Adagio Samuel Barber Cello Concerto, Op. 22 · Medea Ballet Suite, Op. 23 · Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 Wendy Warner, cello · Royal Scottish National Orchestra · Marin Alsop | I like this Cello Concerto as much as Barber's Violin Concerto. It has great melodies. The outer movements are exciting, the middle movement is beautiful. Medea took several listenings for me to get into it. It has some memorable ideas, and the movement for the young princess is charming. The orchestration is excellent, making use of small ensembles and featuring xylophone and percussion-style piano. Adagio for Strings is a masterpiece, intense and thrilling even though it's slow. |
| 8.559058 03/01/2001 |
55. Sousa: Music for Wind Band Volume 1 John Philip Sousa Hands Across the Sea · Manhattan Beach · Looking Upward · Invincible Eagle · Hail to the Spirit of Liberty · Colonial Dames · Imperial Edward · Foshay Tower Washington Memorial · Humoresque on Gershwin's "Swanee" · Daughters of Texas · Kansas Wildcats · March of the Minute Men "Power and Glory" | Good collection of marches, none of the extremely famous ones. Sousa's wind band writing is wonderful, and the march form with the multiple melodies in the final section is a very satisfying form. The Humoresque is really funny, including a crying baby and hush sounds. |
| 8.559070 03/01/2001 |
56. Cage: Music for Prepared Piano Volume 2 John Cage The Perilous Night · Tossed as it is Untroubled · Daughters of the Lonesome Isle · Root of an Unfocus · Primitive · Mysterious Adventure · And the Earth Shall Bear Again · The Unavailable Memory of · Music for Marcel Duchamp · Totem Ancestor · A Room · Prelude for Meditation Boris Berman | Wonderful tone-colors. Fascinating patterns, propulsive rhythms, and yet soothing. |
| 8.559089-90 03/01/2001 129:58 |
57. Mohr: From the Realm of the Shadow Christopher Mohr From the Realm of the Shadow National Choir and Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · Theodore Kuchar | Bland, derivative, gimmicky and amateurish. How did this get in here? |
| 8.559052 04/01/2001 69:06 |
58. McKay: Harbor Narrative • Evocation Symphony George Frederick McKay From a Moonlit Ceremony · Harbor Narrative · Evocation Symphony 'Symphony for Seattle' National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · John McLaughlin Williams, conductor | Accessible, 20th century orchestral music. Attractive, memorable ideas, colorful orchestration. |
| 8.559083 05/15/2001 56:54 |
59. Schuman: Violin Concerto William Schuman Violin Concerto · New England Triptych Charles Ives Variations on 'America' (orch. Schuman) Philip Quint, violin · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra · José Serebrier | Listened 10/16/2007 |
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8.559065 06/19/2001 |
60. Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator John Alden Carpenter Symphony No 1 · Adventures in a Perambulator · Symphony No 2 Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra · John McLaughlin Williams | Listened 10/16/2007 |
| 8.559064 07/17/2001 68:39 |
61. Hadley: Symphony No. 4, The Ocean Henry Kimball Hadley Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op. 64 · The Ocean (Tone Poem), Op 99 · The Culprit Fay (Rhapsody), Op. 62 National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · John McLaughlin Williams | Listened 10/17/2007 |
| 8.559060 09/18/2001 59:05 |
62. Antheil: Ballet Mécanique George Antheil Ballet Mécanique · Serenade for Strings · Symphony for Five Instruments · Concert for Chamber Orchestra Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra · Daniel Spalding | The Ballet Mécanique is not as avant garde as it's history would suggest. Although it is scored entirely for percussion and pianos, and it does call for two airplane propellors, it is fairly jazzy and attractive. The Serenade is charming. The Symphony and Concert have the feel of Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale. |
| 8.559059 10/16/2001 54:58 |
63. Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Volume 2 John Philip Sousa March: The Royal Welch Fusiliers · March: Untitled · March: The Fairest of the Fair · Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory · Legend: Willow Blossoms · Suite: At the Movies · Patrol: Rose, Shamrock and Thistle · March: Wisconsin Forward Forever · March: Solid Men to the Front · March: King Cotton · March: Bullets and Bayonets Royal Artillery Band · Keith Brion, conductor | Listened 10/17/2007 |
| 8.559048 11/20/2001 67:06 |
64. Strong: Le Roi Arthur • Die Nacht George Templeton Strong Die Nacht · Le Roi Arthur Moscow Symphony Orchestra · Adriano | Listened 10/19/2007 |
| 8.559067 11/20/2001 75:41 |
65. Cadman: Chamber Music Charles Wakefield Cadman Piano Trio in D major, Op. 56 · Sonata in G for Violin & Piano · Quintet in G minor for Piano & Strings · The Legend of the Canyon · From the land of the Sky-Blue Water, Op. 45, No. 1 Paul Posnak, piano · Peter Zazofsky, violin · Ross Harbough, cello · Bergonzi String Quartet | Listened 10/22/2007 |
| 8.559084 11/20/2001 57:36 |
66. Rorem: Selected Songs Ned Rorem The Waking · Root Cellar · My Papa's Waltz · I strolled across an open field · Memory · Orchids · The Serpent · Night Crow · Snake · Little Elegy · The Nightingale · Nantucket · Lullaby of the Woman of the Mountain · Love in a life · What if some little pain... · Visits to St. Elizabeth's · Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening · Spring · See how they love me · Now sleeps the crimson petal · I am Rose · Ask me no more · Far-Far-Away · Early in the morning · Alleluia · Such beauty as hurts to behold · Sally's Smile · Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night · O you whom I often and silently come · Full of life now · As Adam early in the morning · Are you the new person? Carole Farley, soprano · Ned Rorem Piano | Listened 10/18/2007 |
| 8.559044 01/15/2002 64:20 |
67. Barber: Violin Concerto Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 · Souvenirs (Ballet Suite), Op. 28 · Serenade for Strings, Op. 1 · Music for a Scene from Shelley, op. 7 James Buswell, violin · Royal Scottish National Orchestra · Marin Alsop | Listened 10/23/2007 |
| 8.559063 01/15/2002 61:57 |
68. Barati: Symphony No 1 • Chant of Darkness George Barati Symphony No 1 "Alpine Symphony" · Chant of Light · Chant of Darkness Budapest Symphony Orchestra · Lászlo Kováks · Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra · Vladimir Válek | Atonal music with distinctive, memorable ideas. Great orchestration. |
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8.559125 02/20/2002 |
69. Anderson: Orchestral Favourites Leroy Anderson Serenata · The Syncopated Clock · The Penny Whistle Song · The Typewriter · Sarabande · Trumpeter's Lullaby · Fiddle Faddle · Forgotten Dreams · Blue Tango · Jazz Legato · Jazz Pizzicato · The Phantom Regiment · Bugler's Holiday · The Waltzing Cat · March of the Two Left Feet · Promenade · Plink, Plank, Plunk! · The Girl in Satin · Sandpaper Ballet · Belle of the Ball · Sleigh Ride Richard Hayman Orchestra · Richard Hayman, conductor | Listened 10/22/2007 |
| 8.559091 03/19/2002 59:02 |
70. Coates: Quartets Gloria Coates String Quartet No. 5 · String Quartet No. 1 "Protestation Quartet" · String Quartet No. 6 Kreutzer Quartet | Listened 10/22/2007 |
| 8.559106 04/16/2002 64:29 |
71. Copland: Symphony No. 3, Billy the Kid Aaron Copland Billy the Kid (Suite) · Symphony No.3 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra · James Judd | Listened 10/22/2007 |
| 8.559107 05/21/2002 65:12 |
72. Gershwin: An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess George Gershwin Gershwin in Hollywood · An American in Paris · Cuban Overture · Porgy and Bess (Symphonic Picture) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra · James Judd | Listened 10/23/2007 |
| 8.559077 07/16/2002 66:46 |
73. Loeffler: Music for String Quartet Charles Martin Loeffler Music for Four Stringed Instruments · String Quartet in A minor · Quintet in One Movement for Three Violins, Viola and Cello Da Vinci Quartet | Listened 10/23/2007 |
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8.559102 07/16/2002 |
74. Copland: Works for Violin and Piano Aaron Copland Sonata for Violin and Piano · Two Pieces for Violin and Piano · Vitebsk (Study on a Jewish Theme for Piano, Violin and Cello · Prelude No. 1 for Violin and Piano · Prelude No. 2 for Violin and Piano · Duo for Violin and Piano · Rodeo: Hoe Down · Billy the Kid: Waltz and Celebration Paul Posnak, piano · Peter Zazofsky, violin · Ross Harbough, cello | Listened 10/24/2007 |
| 8.559104 07/16/2002 67:09 |
75. Ornstein: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 7 Leo Ornstein A Morning in the Woods · Danse Sauvage (Wild Men's Dance) · Fourth Piano Sonata · Impressions of the Thames · Tarantelle · Seventh Piano Sonata · A Long Remembered Sorrow · Suicide in an Airplane Janice Weber, piano | Listened 10/24/2007 |
| 8.559117 07/16/2002 79:26 |
76. Chadwick: Orchestral Works George Whitefield Chadwick Euterpe · Angel of Death · Aphrodite · Melpomene · Thalia Nashville Symphony Orchestra · KennethSchermerhorn | Listened 10/24/2007 |
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8.559050 08/20/2002 |
77. Harris: Symphonies 7 & 9 Roy Harris Symphony No. 7 · Epilogue to Profiles in Courage - J.F.K. · Symphony No. 9 Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra · Theodore Kuchar | Listened 10/25/2007 |
| 8.559061 08/20/2002 69:26 |
78. Burleigh: Music for Violin and Piano Cecil Burleigh Impromptu · Nature's Voices · Five Indian Sketches · Plantation Sketches · Characteristic Pieces · Six Fancies · Four Concert Pieces · Boyhood Recollections · Spanish Dance · Cradle Song Zina Schiff, violin · Mary Barranger, piano · Cherina Carmel, piano | Listened 10/25/2007. Impromptu is a delightful miniature. |
| 8.559116 08/20/2002 53:13 |
79. Converse: The Mystic Trumpeter Frederick Shepherd Converse The Mystic Trumpeter · Flivver Ten Million · Endymion's Narrative Buffalo Philharmonic · JoAnn Falletta | Listened 10/25/2007 |
| 8.559017 09/17/2002 56:14 |
80. Grofé: Death Valley Suite Ferde Grofé Hollywood Suite · Hudson River Suite · Death Valley Suite Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra · William Stromberg | The Hollywood Suite consists of music originally composed for a ballet depicting the creation of a motion picture. The central character is a lowly stand-in. The set-sweepers are represented by a jaunty bassoon melody accompanied by rhythmic sweeping. An elegant waltz plays as the stand-in imagines herself a star. Frantic yet noble music represents the work of technicians in advance of filming. Preview features the celesta in a pompous tune that suggests a Star condescending to ignore her fans. Production Number is a big dance sequence, complete with tap-dancing effects. The Hudson River Suite begins with a flowing tune for the river, starting softly, swelling and receding in a structure reminiscent of Smetana's Die Moldau. The central movement is a tone-poem retelling the story of Rip Van Winkle. A clangorous finale signals the arrival in New York City. The Death Valley Suite is very similar to the Grand Canyon Suite. It begins with a landscape painting and ends with a storm. The second movement is a wonderful depiction of the creaking motion of a pioneer's wagon. |
| 8.559123 09/17/2002 |
81. Berlin for Brass Irving Berlin Let Yourself Go · Top Hat, White Tie and Tails · Blue Skies · (I'll See you in) Cuba · Alexander's Ragtime Band · What'll I Do? · Puttin' on the Ritz · Get Thee Behind Me, Satan · Supper Time · Listening · Heat Wave · No Strings · Lazy · That International Rag · They Say It's Wonderful · White Christmas · Harlem On My Mind · When I Lost You · There's No Business Like Show Business Chestnut Brass Company | Listened 10/25/2007 |
| 8.559136 09/17/2002 67:18 |
82. Dreamer: A Portrait of Langston Hughes Robert Owens Heart John Musto Island · Litany William Grant Still A Black Pierrot Hale Smith March Moon Margaret Bonds The Negro Speaks of Rivers · Minstrel Man Ricky Ian Gordon My People Florence Price Song to the Dark Virgin Howard Swanson Joy Kurt Weill Lonely House Hariette Davison In Time of Silver Rain Jean Berger Carolina Cabin Harry T. Burleigh Lovely, Dark and Lonely One Erik Santos Dreamer Darryl Taylor, tenor · William Warfield, narrator | |
| 8.559143 09/17/2002 64:00 |
83. McKay: Suite for Viola and Piano, My Tahoe Window, An April Suite George Frederick McKay Caricature Dance Suite · From My Tahoe Window - Summer Moods and Patterns · Americanistic Etude · An April Suite · Dance Suite No. 2 · Dancing in a Dream · Five Songs for Soprano (excerpts) · Every Flower That Grew · Suite for Viola and Piano William Bolcom, piano · Logan Skelton, piano · Sanford Margolis, piano · Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano · Mahoko Eguchi, viola | Listened 10/26/2007 |
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8.559118 10/16/2002 |
84. American Classics Sampler | Listened 10/25/2007 |
| 8.559120 10/22/2002 73:59 |
85. Rochberg: Black Sounds, Cantio Sacra, Phaedra George Rochberg Black Sounds · Cantio Sacra "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz" (transcription for small orchestra of organ music of S. Scheidt) · Phaedra Boston Modern Orchestra Project · Gil Rose · Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano | |
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8.559126 10/22/2002 |
86. Bernstein: West Side Story | |
| 8.559133 10/22/2002 60:32 |
87. Barber: Piano Concerto, Die Natali, Medea's Meditation Samuel Barber Concerto for Piano and Orchestra · Die Natali · Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance · Commando March Steven Prutsman, piano · Royal Scottish National Orchestra · Marin Alsop | |
| 8.669001-02 10/22/2002 125:50 |
88. Thomas: Desire Under the Elms Edward Thomas Desire Under the Elms Jerry Hadley · James Morris · Victoria Livengood · Mel Ulrich · Jeffrey Lentz · London Symphony Orchestra · George Manahan | |
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8.559069 11/19/2002 |
89. Copland: Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland Three Latin American Sketches · Quiet City · Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra · Appalachian Spring Suite Paula Engerer, cor anglais · Scott Moore, trumpet · Laura Ardan, clarinet · Nashville Chamber Orchestra · Paul Gambill, conductor | Listened 10/30/2007 |
| 8.559086 11/19/2002 63:29 |
90. Moross: Frankie and Johnny Jerome Moross Frankie and Johnny · Those Everlasting Blues · Willie the Weeper Melisa Barrick, soprano · Denise Edds, soprano · Diane Kesling, mezzo-soprano · John DeHaan, tenor · Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra · Hot Springs Music Festival Chamber Chorus · Richard Rosenberg | Listened 11/01/2007 |
| 8.559103 11/19/2002 74:35 |
91. Carpenter: Sonata for Violin and Piano John Alden Carpenter Sonata for Violin and Piano · Quartet for Strings · Quintet for Piano and Strings Paul Posnak, piano · Sergiu Schwartz, violin · Vega Quartet | |
| 8.559142 11/19/2002 78:59 |
92. Mason: Piano Music William Mason Silver Spring · Capriccio Fantastico · Rêverie Poétique · Improvisation · Valse-Caprice · Deux Humoresques de Bal · La Sabotière: Danse aux Sabots · Lullaby · Badinage · Caprice Grotesque · Ballade et Barcarolle · Trois Préludes · Amourette · Valse de Bravoure Kenneth Boulton, piano · JoAnne Barry | |
| 8.559078 01/21/2003 |
93. Strong: Ondine George Templeton Strong Ondine (Symphonic Poem) · From a Notebook of Sketches, Suite No. 1 · From a Notebook of Sketches, Suite No. 2 · From a Notebook of Sketches, Suite No. 3 Moscow Symphony Orchestra · Adriano, conductor | Listened 10/31/2007 |
| 8.559167 01/21/2003 61:20 |
94. Torke: Rapture • An American Abroad • Jasper Michael Torke An American Abroad · Jasper · Rapture – Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra Colin Currie, percussion · Royal Scottish National Orchestra · Marin Alsop | |
| 8.559087 02/18/2003 51:31 |
95. Ives: Symphony No. 3 Charles Ives Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" · Washington's Birthday (from A Symphony: New England Holidays) · Two Contemplations: The Unanswered Question (Version No. 2), Central Park in the Dark · "Country Band" March · Overture and March "1776" Northern Sinfonia · James Sinclair | Listened 11/01/2007 |
| 8.559128 02/18/2003 59:59 |
96. Rorem: Chamber Music Ned Rorem End of Summer for Clarinet, Violin and Piano · Book fo Hours for Flute and Harp · Bright Music for Chamber Ensemble The Fibonacci Sequence | |
| 8.559092 03/18/2003 54:09 |
97. Sousa: Music for Wind Band Vol. 3 John Philip Sousa The Corcoran Cadets · Semper Fidelis · Selections from 'The Free Lance' · The New York Hippodrome · La Flor di Sevilla · Waltzes from 'El Capitan' · A Century of Progress · The Last Days of Pompeii · The White Rose · With Pleasure - Dance Hilarious · The Belle of Chicago · The National Game Royal Artillery Band · Keith Brion, conductor | Listened 1/9/2008 |
| 8.559148 04/15/2003 63:49 |
98. Flagello: Symphony No 1 Nicolas Flagello Symphony No. 1 · Sea Cliffs · Intermezzo from The Piper of Hamelin · Theme, Variations, and Fugue Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra · David Amos | |
| 8.559155 04/15/2003 |
99. Diamond: Symphony No. 3, Psalm, Kaddish David Diamond Psalm · Kaddish for Violoncello and Orchestra · Symphony No. 3 Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | I have the Delos 1991 release. The original release also included Music for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, performed by the New York Chamber Symphony. |
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8.559158 04/15/2003 |
100. Hovhaness: Symphony No. 22, Cello Concerto | |
| 8.559160 04/15/2003 68:07 |
101. Piston: The Incredible Flutist Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist, Ballet Suite · Fantasy for English Horn, Harp & Strings · Suite for Orchestra · Concerto for String Quartet, Wind Instruments & Percussion · Psalm and Prayer of David Scott Goff, flute · Glen Danielson, English horn · Therese Elder Wunrown, harp · Juilliard String Quartet · Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | |
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8.559145 05/20/2003 |
102. Gottschalk: Piano Music | |
| 8.559162 05/20/2003 |
103. Piston: Symphony No. 4, Three New England Sketches Walter Piston Symphony No. 4 · Capriccio for Harp and Strings · Three New England Sketches Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | I have the Delos 1992 release. The original release also included the Serenata for Orchestra, performed by the New York Chamber Symphony. |
| 8.559168 05/20/2003 59:25 |
104. Russell: Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra Craig Russell Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra · Middle Earth · Gate City - A Methodist Hymn Richard Todd, French Horn · San Luis Obispo Symphony · Michael Nowak, conductor | |
| 8.559173 05/20/2003 52:58 |
105. Harbison: Four Songs of Solitude, Variations, Twilight Music John Harbison Variations · Four Songs of Solitude · Twilight Music Spectrum Concerts Berlin | |
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8.559119 06/17/2003 |
106. Ives: Violin Sonatas 1-4 | |
| 8.559139 06/17/2003 79:02 |
107. Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony • Piano Concerto Amy Beach Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, op. 45 · Symphony in E minor (Gaelic), op. 32 Alan Feinberg, piano · Nashville Symphony Orchestra · Kenneth Schermerhorn | |
| 8.559146 06/17/2003 64:51 |
108. Riley: Cantos Desiertos, Beaser/Tower/Liebermann Robert Beaser Mountain Songs (excerpts) Joan Tower Snow Dreams Terry Riley Cantos Desiertos Lowell Liebermann Sonata for Flute and Guitar Peter Schickele Windows, Three Pieces for Flute and Guitar Alexandra Hawley, flute · Jeffrey McFadden, guitar | |
| 8.559157 06/17/2003 |
109. Diamond: Symphony No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 2, Enormous Room David Diamond Symphony No. 1 · Violin Concerto No. 2 · The Enormous Room Ilkka Talvi, violin · Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | I have the Delos 1993 release. |
| 8.559099 07/15/2003 63:30 |
110. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture · West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) · Symphony No 2 "The Age of Anxiety" Jean Louis Steuerman, piano · Florida Philharmonic Orchestra · James Judd | |
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8.559115 07/15/2003 |
111. Rochberg: Symphony No. 5, Black Sounds | |
| 8.559161 07/15/2003 |
112. Piston: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 | I have the Delos 1992 release. The original release also includes the Sinfonietta, performed by the New York Chamber Symphony. |
| 8.559149 08/19/2003 69:22 |
113. Rorem: Three Symphonies Ned Rorem Symphony No. 3 · Symphony No. 1 · Symphony No. 2 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra · José Serebrier | |
| 8.559201 09/16/2003 59:44 |
114. Hartke: Clarinet Concerto Stephen Hartke Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra "Landscape with Blues" · The Rose of the Winds · Gradus · Pacific Rim Richard Stoltzman, clarinet · The IRIS Chamber Orchestra · Michael Stern, conductor | |
| 8.559153 09/30/2003 |
115. Creston: Symphony No. 5, Toccata, Partita Paul Creston Symphony No. 5 · Toccata · Partita for Flute, Violin and String Orchestra · Invocation and Dance · Out of the Cradle Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | I have the Delos 1992 and Delos 1994 releases from which these recordings are drawn. The Delos 1992 release, DE 3114, also included Symphony No. 3. The Delos 1994 release also included the Choreografic Suite performed by the New York Chamber Symphony. |
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8.559177 09/30/2003 |
116. Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, On the Waterfront | |
| 8.559183 09/30/2003 78:14 |
117. Serebrier: Symphony No. 3, Elegy for Strings, Fantasia José Serebrier Symphony No. 3 (Symphonie mystique) · Passacaglie and Perpetuum Mobile · Variations on a Theme from Childhood · Elegy for Strings · Momento psicológico · Fantasi · Dorothy and Carmine! · George and Muriel Carole Farley, soprano · Yi Yao, accordion · Laurent le Chennadec, bassoon · Sandrine Tilly, flute · Renaud Gruss, double bass · Xinum Choir, Sergio Piterbaerg, director · Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra · José Serebrier | |
| 8.559175 10/21/2003 70:29 |
118. Ives: Emerson Concerto • Symphony No. 1 Charles Ives Emerson Concerto, for Piano and Orchestra (reconstructed by David G. Porter) · Symphony No. 1 Alan Feinberg, piano · National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland · James Sinclair | |
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8.669140-41 11/25/2003 |
119. Barber: Vanessa | |
| 8.559152 01/20/2004 64:37 |
120. Coates: String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 4, 7 & 8 Gloria Coates String Quartet No. 7 "Angels" · String Quartet No. 2 · String Quartet No. 8 · String Quartet No. 4 · String Quartet No. 3 Kreutzer Quartet · Philip Adams, organ · Michael Finnissy, conductor | |
| 8.559159 01/20/2004 72:11 |
121. Lazarof: Tableaux, Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 2 Henri Lazarof Tableaux (after Kandinsky) · Violin Concerto · Symphony No. 2 Yukiko Kamei, violin · Garrick Ohlsson, piano · Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | |
| 8.559093 02/17/2004 |
122. Sousa: Music for Wind Band Volume 4 John Philip Sousa Nobles of the Mystic Shrine · Sesqi-Centennial Exposition · Tales of a Traveler · Riders for the Flag · Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. · Coeds of Michigan · Pathfinder of Panama · The Glory of the Yankee Navy · Bride Elect Selections · The Aviators · The Stars and Stripes Forever Keith Brion · Royal Artillery Band | |
| 8.559100 02/17/2004 55:04 |
123. Bernstein: Symphony No.1, Jubilee Games Leonard Bernstein Symphony No 1 "Jeremiah" · Concerto for Orchestra "Jubilee Games" Helen Medlyn, mezzo-soprano · Nathan Gunn, baritone · New Zealand Symphony Orchestra · James Judd | |
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8.559151 03/16/2004 |
124. Carter: Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Holiday Overture | |
| 8.559199 03/16/2004 58:04 |
125. Helps: Shall We Dance, Piano Quartet, Postlude Robert Helps Shall We Dance · Piano Quartet · Postlude · Nocturne John Ireland The Darkened Valley Spectrum Concerts Berlin | |
| 8.559212 03/16/2004 54:48 |
126. Brubeck: Chromatic Fantasy Sonata, Rising Sun Dave Brubeck Chromatic Fantasy Sonata · Five Pieces from "Two-Part Adventures" · Tritonis · The Salmon Strikes · Rising Sun | |
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8.559129 04/20/2004 |
127. Rochberg: Violin Concerto | |
| 8.559164 04/20/2004 56:08 |
128. Griffes: Orchestral Music Charles Tomlinson Griffes The White Peacock · Three Poems of Fiona McLeod · Bacchanale · Clouds · Three Tone Poems · Poem for Flute and Orchestra · The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan Barbara Quintiliani, soprano · Carol Wincenc, flute · Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · JoAnn Faletta | |
| 8.559124 05/18/2004 |
129. Foster: Beautiful Dreamer / Camptown Quick Step | |
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8.559134 05/18/2004 |
130. Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Essays for Orchestra Nos. 2 & 3 | |
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8.559156 05/18/2004 |
131. Diamond: TOM Suite / Symphony No. 8 / This Sacred Ground | |
| 8.559219 05/18/2004 70:34 |
132. Pasatieri: Letter to Warsaw Thomas Pasatieri Letter to Warsaw Jane Eaglen, soprano · Music of Remembrance · Mina Miller, artistic director & piano · Gerard Schwartz | |
| 8.559154 06/15/2004 |
133. Diamond: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 David Diamond Symphony No. 4 · Symphony No. 2 Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | I have the Delos 1990 release. The original release also included the Concerto for Small Orchestra, performed by the New York Chamber Symphony. |
| 8.559176 07/20/2004 |
134. Eberhard: Piano Concerto / Prometheus Wept | |
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8.559114 08/17/2004 |
135. Joplin: Piano Rags | |
| 8.559221 08/17/2004 79:09 |
136. Ives: Piano Sonata No 2 / The Celestial Railroad Charles Ives Sonata No. 2 for Piano, "Concord, Mass.: 1840-60" · Varied Air and Variations · The Celestial Railroad · Transcriptions from "Emerson", No. 1 Steven Mayer, piano · Kerry Shale, reader | Identical to 8.559127 |
| 8.559131 09/21/2004 58:32 |
137. Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Volume 5 John Philip Sousa The Minnesota March · The Thunderer · The Charlatan Waltzes · The Pride of the Wolverines · University of Nebraska · The Gallant Seventh · Powhattan's Daughter · Cubaland - Suite in Three Parts · George Washington Bicentennial · The Diplomat · The Directorate · Our Flirtation · Sabre and Spurs · The Atlantic City Pageant Royal Artillery Band · Keith Brion | |
| 8.559206 09/21/2004 65:02 |
138. Schwantner: Chamber Music Joseph Schwantner Sparrows · Soaring · Distant Runes and Incantations · Two Poems of Aguedo Pizarro · Music of Amber Britta Stallmeister, soprano · Florian Hölscher, piano · Holst-Sinfonietta · Klaus Simon, director & piano | |
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8.559031 10/19/2004 |
139. Adams: Shaker Loops John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine · The Wound Dresser · Shaker Loops Ferruccio Busoni Berceuse elegiaque (arr. J. Adams) Nathan Gunn, baritone · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra · Marin Alsop | Listened 10/26/2007 |
| 8.559130 10/19/2004 62:00 |
140. Tatum: Improvisations Art Tatum Tea for Two · St. Louis Blues · Tiger Rag · Aunt Hagar's Blues · Humoresque · Sweet Lorraine · Get Happy · The Jitterbug Waltz · Tatum Pole Boogie · Cherokee · Lover, Come Back to Me! · Elegy · Hallelujah · Willow Weep for Me · Emaline · Yesterdays · I Know That You Know Steven Mayer, piano | |
| 8.559165 10/19/2004 64:38 |
141. Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories / UFO Michael Daugherty Philadelphia Sories · UFO Evelyn Glennie, percussion · Colorado Symphony Orchestra · Marin Alsop | |
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8.559191 10/19/2004 |
142. Beach: Songs | |
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8.559202 11/16/2004 |
143. Glass: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 | |
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8.559225 01/18/2005 |
144. McKay: Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No 4 / Song Over the Great Plains | |
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8.559135 02/22/2005 |
145. Barber: Capricorn Concerto / A Hand of Bridge / Canzonetta/ Intermezzo | |
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8.559179 02/22/2005 |
146. Foss: Works for Solo Piano | |
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8.559192 02/22/2005 |
147. Cowell: Quartet / Violin Suite / Songs / Piano Pieces / Polyphonica / Irish Suite | |
| 8.559193 02/22/2005 59:44 |
148. Cowell: Instrumental and Vocal Music Henry Cowell Homage to Iran · Piece for Piano with Strings · Vestiges · Euphoria · What's This · Elegie · The Banshee · Two Songs (Poems of Catherine Riegger) · Six Casual Developments · Set of Five Continuum · Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, directors | Homage to Iran for violin, piano and Persian drum is melodically attractive and rhythmically exciting. The piano pieces make use of tone clusters and direct access to the strings of the piano. The Banshee easily the creepiest piece of piano music I've ever heard. I first heard it in elementary school, it made a lasting impression on me. Six Casual Developments for clarinet and piano, contains jazz-inspired elements. Set of Five scored for violin, percussion and piano. Accessible, virtuosic and exciting. |
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8.559174 03/22/2005 |
149. Still: In Memoriam / Africa / Symphony No 1 | |
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8.559194 03/22/2005 |
150. Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces / Five Take-Offs / Hallowe'en / Sunrise | |
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8.559220 03/22/2005 |
151. Brubeck: Songs | |
| 8.559195 04/19/2005 64:56 |
152. Kirchner: Duo for Violin and Piano, Piano Trio, Piano Sonata, Triptych Leon Kirchner Duo for Violin and Piano · "Flutings" from Lily · Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano · Piano Sonata · Triptych Continuum · Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, directors | |
| 8.559213 04/19/2005 |
153. Chadwick: Symphony No 2, Symphonic Sketches George Whitefield Chadwick Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 21 · Symphonic Sketches National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine · Theodore Kuchar | |
| 8.559216-18 04/19/2005 2:17:11 |
154. Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience William Bolcom Songs of Innocence and of Experience Brewer · Brueggergosman · Davidson · Hogenfeld · Pelton · Morris · Simpson · Young · Ford · Graham · Morgan · Ruth · Kittel · University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra · University Musical Society · Leonard Slatkin | |
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8.559184 05/17/2005 |
155. Copland: Piano Sonata, Piano Fantasy, Piano Variations | |
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8.559246 5/17/2005 |
156. Boyer: Ellis Island: The Dream of America | |
| 8.559254 05/17/2005 63:25 |
157. Schuman: Symphonies Nos 4 & 9, Circus Overture, Orchestra Song William Schuman Symphony No. 4 · Orchestra Song · Circus Overture · Symphony No. 9 "Le fosse ardeatine" Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | |
| 8.559196 06/21/2005 44:41 |
158. Nancarrow: Pieces for Small Orchestra / [Tango? / String Quartet No 1 Conlon Nancarrow Piece No. 1 for Small Orchestra · Toccata for Violin and Player Piano · Prelude and Blues · Study No. 15 · [Tango? · Sonatina for Piano · Trio Movement · String Quartet No. 1 · Piece No. 2 for Small Orchestra Continuum · Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, directors | |
| 8.559249 06/21/2005 63:42 |
159. Bolcom: Songs William Bolcom You Cannot Have Me Now - or, The Military Orgy · Night, Make My Day · The Digital Wonder Watch · My Father the Gangster · The Last Days of Mankind · Songs to Dance · I Will Breathe a Mountain · Tillinghast Duo · Mary · Three Songs · When We Built the Church Carole Farley, soprano · William Bolcom, piano | |
| 8.559197 07/19/2005 56:30 |
160. Seeger: Vocal, Chamber and Instrumental Works Ruth Crawford Seeger Suite for Five Wind Instruments and Piano · Sonata for Violin and Piano · Two Ricercari · Prelude No. 1 · Prelude No. 9 · Study in Mixed Accents · Diaphonic Suite No. 2 for Bassoon and Cello · Three Songs (Poems of Carl Sandburg) Continuum · Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, directors | |
| 8.559226 07/19/2005 57:16 |
161. Kim: Violin Concerto, Dialogues, Cornet Earl Kim Violin Concerto · Dialogues · Cornet Cecylia Arzewski, violin · William Wolfram, piano · Robert Kim, narrator · RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra · Scott Yoo | |
| 8.559215 08/16/2005 58:26 |
162. Tower: Chamber and Solo Music Joan Tower In Memory · Big Sky · Wild Purple · No Longer Very Clear · Island Prelude Tokyo String Quartet · Richard Woodhams, oboe · Paul Neubauer, viola · Chii-Yun, violin · Ursula Oppens, piano · Melvin Chen, piano · André Emelianoff, cello · Joan Tower, piano | |
| 8.559224 08/16/2005 55:16 |
163. Fuchs, K: An American Place, Eventide, Out of the Dark Kenneth Fuchs An American Place · Eventide (Concerto for English Horn) · Out of the Dark Thomas Stacy, English horn · Timothy Jones, French horn · London Symphony Orchestra · JoAnn Falletta, conductor | |
| 8.559182 08/17/2005 55:34 |
164. Rochberg: Symphony No 2, Imago Mundi George Rochberg Symphony No. 2 · Imago Mundi Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra · Christopher Lyndon-Gee | |
| 8.559198 09/20/2005 50:53 |
165. Thomson: Vocal and Chamber Works Virgil Thomson Synthetic Waltzes · Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion · Sonata for Violin and Piano · Two by Marianne Moore · Praises and Prayers Continuum · Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, directors | |
| 8.559210 09/20/2005 65:31 |
166. Still: Piano Music William Grant Still Three Visions · Sven Traceries · The Blues · A Deserted Plantation · Africa Mark Boozer, piano | |
| 8.559268 09/20/2005 52:04 |
167. Zwilich: Violin Concerto, Rituals Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Concerto for Violin and Orchestra · Rituals for five Percussionists and Orchestra Pamela Frank, violin · NEXUS / IRIS Chamber Orchestra · Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra · Michael Stern | |
| 8.559253 10/18/2005 58:45 |
168. Bauer: Orchestral and Chamber Works Marion Bauer A Lament on an African Theme · Concertino for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings · Trio Sonata No. 1 · Symphonic Suite for Strings · Duo for Oboe and Clarinet · American Youth Concerto Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble | |
| 8.559255 10/18/2005 60:48 |
169. Schuman: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 10 William Schuman Symphony No. 7 · Symphony No. 10 "American Muse" Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwartz | |
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8.669003-04 10/18/2005 |
170. Adams: I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky | |
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8.559207 11/15/2005 |
171. Hovhaness: Symphonies 4, 20, 53 | |
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8.559242 11/15/2005 |
172. Gould: Fall River Legend | |
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8.559244 11/15/2005 |
173. Bolcom: Music for Two Pianos | |
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8.559245 11/15/2005 |
174. Bernstein: Serenade, etc. | |
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8.559279 11/15/2005 |
175. Hickey: Left at the Fork in the Road | |
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8.559234 12/13/2005 |
176. Levy: Symphony No 3, Cello Concerto No 2 | |
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8.559190 1/17/2006 |
177. Feldman: String Quartet | |
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8.559250 1/17/2006 |
178. Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles, Mandala, Remembrances | |
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8.559150 2/21/2006 |
179. Bolcom: Violin Sonatas | |
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8.559264 2/21/2006 |
180. Wuorinen: Six Trios | |
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8.559267 2/21/2006 |
181. Moravec: The Time Gallery, Protean Fantasy, Ariel Fantasy | |
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8.559236 3/21/2006 |
182. Talma: The Ambient Air | |
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8.559259 3/21/2006 |
183. Babbitt: Soli e Duettini | |
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8.559289 4/18/2006 |
184. Coates: Symphonies Nos. 1, 7 & 14 | |
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8.559261 5/01/2006 |
185. Sessions: String Quintet, String Quartet No. 1, Canons (to the memory of Igor Stravinsky) | |
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8.559278 5/01/2006 |
186. Rorem: Violin Concerto, Flute Concerto, Pilgrims | |
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8.559290 6/01/2006 |
187. Crumb: Songs, Droves and Refrains of Death / Quest | |
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8.559296 6/01/2006 |
188. Flagello: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Dante's Farewell / Concerto Sinfonico | |
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8.559235 7/01/2006 |
189. American Journey | |
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8.559251 7/01/2006 |
190. Hanson: Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings / Nymph and Satyr | |
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8.559262 7/01/2006 |
191. Wolpe: String Quartet / Second Piece for Violin Alone / Trio in 2 Parts / Oboe Quartet | |
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8.559053 8/01/2006 |
192. Barber: Choral Music Samuel Barber A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map · Under the Willow Tree · Twelfth Night · To be sung on the Water · The Monk and his Cat · Agnus Dei · Reincarnations · The Virgin Martyrs · Led down the bars, O Death · Heaven-haven · Sure on this shining night · Chorale for Ascension Day (Easter Chorale) · Antony and Cleopatra (excerpts) · God's Grandeur Ormond College Choir · Douglas Lawrence, conductor | Listened 10/29/2007 |
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8.559227 8/01/2006 |
193. ?? Harris: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 | |
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8.559240 8/01/2006 |
194. Copland: Prairie Journal / The Red Pony Suite / Letter from Home | |
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8.559241 8/01/2006 |
195. American Saxophone Music | |
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8.559301 8/01/2006 |
196. Brubeck: Nocturnes | |
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8.559302 9/01/2006 |
197. Adams: Violin Concerto Corigliano: Chaconne from The Red Violin | |
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8.559178 10/01/2006 |
198. Ives String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 | |
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8.559188 10/01/2006 |
199. Harbison: Chamber Music | |
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8.559266 10/01/2006 |
200. Cascarino: Orchestral Works | |
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8.559288 10/01/2006 |
201. Wuorinen: String Sextet, String Quartet No 2, Piano Quintet, Divertimento | |
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8.559280 11/01/2006 |
202. Bernstein: Dybbuk, Fancy Free | |
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8.559281 11/01/2006 |
203. Hersch: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Fracta, Arrache | |
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8.559282 11/01/2006 |
204. Toch: Tanz-Suite, Cello Concerto | |
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8.559299 11/01/2006 |
205. American Choral Music | |
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8.559205 12/12/2006 |
206. Crumb: Vox Balaenae | |
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8.559294 12/12/2006 |
207. Hovhaness: Khrimian Hairig, etc. | |
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8.559298 12/12/2006 |
208. Higdon: Piano Trio, Voices, Impressions | |
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8.559316 12/12/2006 |
209. Rorem: Double Concerto, After Reading Shakespeare | |
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8.559317 12/12/2006 |
210. Schuman: Symphony 3 & 5 | |
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8.559295 1/30/2007 |
211. Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 | |
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8.559325 1/30/2007 |
212. Glass: Heroes Symphony, The Light | |
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8.559132 2/27/2007 |
213. Sousa: Music for Wind Band Vol 6 | |
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8.559265 2/27/2007 |
214. Wolpe: The Man from Midian, etc. | |
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8.559285 2/27/2007 |
215. Adams: Complete Piano Music | |
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8.559322 2/27/2007 |
216. Ruo Huang: Chamber Concerto Cycle | |
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8.559243 3/01/2007 |
217. Harbison: Piano Trios, Gatsby Etudes, The Violist's Notebook, 10 Micro-Waltzes | |
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8.559257 3/01/2007 |
218. Albert: RiverRun, Symphony No 2 | |
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8.559303 3/01/2007 |
219. Serebrier: Symphony No 2 'Partita', Fantasia, Violin Sonata, Winterreise | |
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8.559323 3/01/2007 |
220. Moravec: Tempest Fantasy, Mood Swings, B.A.S.S. Variations | |
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8.559263 4/01/2007 |
221. Sierra: New Music with a Caribbean Accent | |
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8.559329 4/01/2007 |
222. Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3, Violin Sonata | |
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8.559180 5/01/2007 |
223. Corigliano: Snapshot - Circa 1909, String Quartet No. 1 Friedman: String Quartet No. 2 | |
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8.559277 5/01/2007 |
224. Joplin: Piano Rags Volume 2 | |
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8.559283 5/01/2007 |
225. Erickson: Orchestral, Chamber and Vocal Music | |
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8.559328 5/01/2007 |
226. Tower: Made in America, Tambor, Concerto for Orchestra | |
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8.669010-11 5/01/2007 |
227. Schiff: Gimpel the Fool | |
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8.669012-13 5/01/2007 |
228. Hanson: Merry Mount | |
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8.559314 6/01/2007 |
229. Arlen/Gershwin/Weill/Schartz: Classic American Love Songs | |
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8.559321 6/01/2007 |
230. Wuorinen: Tashi, Percussion Quartet, Fortune | |
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8.669014-15 6/01/2007 |
231. Hartke: The Greater Good | |
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8.559305 7/01/2007 |
232. Porter, Q: String Quartets Nos. 1-4 | |
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8.559342 7/01/2007 |
233. Berger: Miracles and Mud, Sink or Swim, Doubles, for amos | |
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8.559300 8/01/2007 |
234. Headley: California Suite, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Symphony No 1 | |
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8.559304 8/01/2007 |
235. Lauridsen: Choral Works | |
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8.559337 8/01/2007 |
236. Locklair: Symphony of Seasons, Harp Concerto, Lairs of Soundings | |
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8.559350 8/01/2007 |
237. Cooman: Piano Music | |
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8.559315 9/01/2007 |
238. Rorem: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Cello Concerto | |
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8.559320 9/01/2007 |
239. Gottschalk: Orchestral Works (Complete) | |
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8.559214 10/01/2007 |
240. Rochberg: Symphony No. 1 | |
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8.559291 10/01/2007 |
241. Thomson, V.: Plow that Broke the Plains (The) / The River | |
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8.559348 10/01/2007 |
242. Bolcom: Works for Cello (Complete) | |
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8.559366 10/01/2007 |
243. Hersch, F.: Concert Music (2001-06) | |
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8.559286 11/01/2007 |
244. Duke: Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto, Homage to Boston | |
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8.559346 12/1/2007 |
245. Hartway: Imaginary Creatures, 3 Myths, Images of Mogador | |
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8.559371 12/1/2007 |
246. Coates, Gloria: Symphony No. 15, Cantata da Requiem, Transitions | |
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8.559313 1/1/2008 |
247. Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 | |
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8.559335 1/1/2008 |
248. Fuchs, K.: Canticle to the Sun / United Artists | |
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8.559345 1/1/2008 |
249. Wuorinen: Dante Trilogy (chamber version) | |
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8.559349 1/1/2008 |
250. Hutter, G: Orchestral and Solo Piano Works | |
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8.559361 1/1/2008 |
251. Cooman: Sacred Choral Music | |
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8.559362 1/1/2008 |
252. Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5 | |
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Milken Archive of Jewish American Music A series of recordings of American Jewish music of real merit. So much of what is consumed as Jewish music is pandering garbage. Here's the good stuff | ||
| 8.559402 09/16/2003 73:00 |
1. Weill: The Eternal Road (Highlights) Kurt Weill The Eternal Road (highlights) Constance Hauman, soprano · Barbara Rearick, mezzo-soprano · Hanna Wollschläger, mezzo-soprano · Ian DeNolfo, tenor · Karl Dent, tenor · Vale Rideout, tenor · Ted Christopher, baritone · James Maddalena, baritone · Rundfunk-Kinderchor Berlin (Manfred Roost, chorus master) · Ernst Senff Chor (Sigurd Brauns, chorus master) · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Gerard Schwartz | Entertaining and emotionally powerful with some moments of great beauty. The recording consists of excerpts from an enormous musical pageant showing the entire history of the Jews, culminating with distress of Jews in Germany in the 1930s. The style is more like opera than musical theater. Weill's melodies in the Eternal Road are more satisfying than those of Die Driegroschenoper or Mahagonny Songspiel; more like The Seven Deadly Sins. This recording is sung in English. The scene of Moses realizing he will not enter Israel is heart-breaking. |
| 8.559404 09/16/2003 69:40 |
2. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sacred Service; Naomi & Ruth Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario Naomi and Ruth · Sacred Service for the Sabbath Eve · Prayers My Grandfather Wrote (exerpts) · Memorial Service for the Departed (exerpts) Ana Maria Martinez, soprano · Academy and Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields · Sir Neville Marriner, conductor · Ted Christopher, baritone · Jeremy Cohen, tenor · Rabbi Rodney Mariner, speaker · Hugh Potton, organ · The London Chorus; Ronald Corp, conductor · Barbara Harbach, organ · Cantor Simon Spiro, tenor · McNeil Robinson, organ · New York Cantorial Choir; Neil Levin, conductor | Lovely, melodious and emotionally expressive throughout. Naomi and Ruth, in English with the soprano soloist as Naomi and the two-part women's chorus narrating and as Ruth. Sacred Service in Hebrew with organ accompaniment, generally reverent mood, gentle smooth & melodious. Reminds me of Fauré. The Kiddush is livelier. The Memorial Service is lovely and memorable. |
| 8.559405 09/16/2003 62:33 |
3. Great Songs from Yiddish Stage Volume 1 Abraham Ellstein Der Nayer Sher · Oygn · Ikh Vil Es Hern Nokh Amol · Ikh Zing · Abi Gezunt · Zog Es Mir Nokh Amol · Oy, Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt · Vos Iz Gevorn Fun Mayn Shtetele? · Mazl · Der Alter Tsigayner Ilia Trilling Zog, Zog, Zog Es Mir · Du Shaynst Vi Di Zun Abe Schwartz Di Grine Kuzine David Meyerowitz Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito Reuben Doctor Ikh Bin A "Boarder" Bay Mayn Vayb Herman Yablokoff Der Dishvasher Robert Paul Ableson · Bruce Adler · Robert Bloch · Joanne Borts · Amy Goldstein · Benzion Miller · Elizabeth Shammash · Nell Snaidas · Simon Spiro · Vienna Chamber Orchestra · Barcelona Symphony / National Orchestra of Catalonia · Elli Jaffe | A revelation to me. Prior to this album I had heard Yiddish theater only filtered through party bands and schlocky arrangements. This album uses best-guess reconstructions of the original orchestrations, and the result is somewhere between Viennese operetta and tin pan alley. Standouts are Du Shaynst Vi Di Zun (full blown operetta love duet), Abi Gezunt and Di Grine Kuzine |
| 8.559403 09/30/2003 67:05 |
4. Klezmer Concertos and Encores Robert Starer K'li Zemer Paul Schoenfield Klezmer Rondos Jacob Weinberg The Maypole · Canzonetta Abraham Ellstein Hassidic Dance Osvaldo Golijov Rocketeyka David Krakauer, clarinet · Gerard Schwarz, conductor · Scott Goff, flute · Alberto Mizrahi, tenor · Alicia Svigals, violin · Martha Mooke, electric viola · Pablo Aslan, contrabass · Barcelona Symphony/National Orchestra of Catalonia · Seattle Symphony Orchestra · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchestrer, Berlin | Starer's K'li Zemer is a clarinet concerto, using an unusual clarinet sound, typical of klezmer clarinet playing. The movements represente different aspects of Hassidic life. Attractive and memorable, challenging musical language, not atonal, great orchestration. Schoenfield's Klezmer Rondos is a wild treat, with solo flute and tenor, humorous and touching, reminiscent of Leonard Bernstein. Golijov's Rocketekya is an exciting romp, a real hoot. Part of it is distorted to sound like it's playing on a 78rpm record. Weinberg's pieces are light dances, sort of like Smetana's dances from The Bartered Bride with a klezmer clarinet, inoffensive. Ellstein's Hassidic Dance also features klezmer clarinet, but is more distinctive and interesting music in its orchestration, harmonies and ability to build tension. |
| 8.559407 10/21/2003 55:47 |
5. Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy Leonard Bernstein Israelite Chorus · Invocation and Trance (from Dybbuk) · Psalm 148 · Reenah · Three Wedding Dances · Yevarechecha · Halil · Simchu Na · Oif Mayn Khas'ne · Vayomer Elohim · Yigdal · Four Sabras · Silhouette (Galilee) · Hashkiveinu BBC Singers · Rochester Singers · Samuel Adler, conductor · Jean Barr, piano · Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor · Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ · Bonita Boyd, flute · Jack gottlieb, piano · Patrick Gnage, baritone · Avner Itai, conductor · Aaron Miller · Angelina Réaux, mezzo-soprano · Jason Smith, bass baritone · Barry Snyder, piano · Michael Sokol, baritone · Cantor Howard Stahl | |
| 8.559408 10/21/2003 65:28 |
6. Achron: Violin Concerto Joseph Achron Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 60 · The Golem (Suite) · Two Tableaux from the Theater Music to Belshazzar Elmar Oliveira, violin · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Joseph Silverstein, conductor · Czech Philharmonic Orchestra · Barcelona Symphony/National Orchestra of Catalonia · Gerard Schwarz, conductor | Excellent modern concerto. Brilliant orchestration and solo violin writing. The first movement is based on biblical cantillation, the second on two Yemenite folk songs. The performance is fantastic, with a clean and sweet sound from Oliveira, but also wild chicken-like effects in the second movement. The themes are clearly presented, with enough variety to maintain interest over 35 minutes. Golem and Belshazzar are concert suites arranged from incidental music for plays. Golem's orchestration focuses on the low range of the orchestra, excluding upper strings. The depiction of Belshazzar's opulent feast is wildly-orchestrated fun. Achron's use of the orchestra throughout is colorful, inventive and effective. |
| 8.559409 11/18/2003 64:15 |
7. Milhaud: Service Sacré Darius Milhaud Service Sacré Sabbath Morning Service with Additional Prayers for Friday Evening Yaron Windmueller, baritone · Rabbi Rodney Mariner, reader · Prague Philharmonic Choir · Czech Philharmonic Orchestra · Gerard Schwarz, conductor | |
| 8.559410 11/18/2003 73:01 |
8. Hanukka Celebration Raymond Goldstein B'rakhot L'hanukka Hugo Adler Hannerot Hallalu Aaron Miller Ma'oz Tzur Samuel Adler To Celebrate a Miracle · The Flames of Freedom Leo Low Likhtelekh Zavel Zilberts Di Khanike Likht Herbert Fromm Hanukka Madrigal Solomon Ancis Mizmor Shir Hanukkat Habbayit Judith Shatin Nun, Gimel, Hei, Shin Alexander Olshanetsky Adonai Z'kharanu Michael Isaacson Aspects of a Great Miracle Samuel Adler · Ronald Corp · Cantor Moshe Haschel · Tim Koch · Niel Levin · Cantor Benzion Miller · Schola Hebraeica · Southern Chorale · Cantor Simon Spiro | |
| 8.559411 11/18/2003 62:50 |
9. Jewish Voices in the New World Hazzan Ira Rohde · Schola Hebraeica · Neil Levin, conductor · Donald Barnum, chorusmaster · Jonathan Fluker, choral preparation | |
| 8.559413 01/20/2004 75:04 |
10. Adolphe: Ladino Songs Bruce Adolphe Ladino Songs of Love and Suffering · Mikhoels the Wise (excerpt) · Out of the Whirlwind Lucy Shelton, soprano · Eliot Fisk, guitar · David Jolley, French horn · Erie Mills, soprano · Nathaniel Watson, baritone · Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwarz, conductor · John Aler, tenor · Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano · College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony · Rodney Winther, conductor | Jolley's horn-playing in the Ladino Songs is stunning. The scene from Mikhoels in which a Korean woman translates the suffering of her own people into support for the Jews is poignant and inspirational. The music in this selection is the most accessible on the album. The accompaniment is delicately scored, often with the feel of chamber music. This is passionate music in a challenging yet emotionally expressive musical language. The Ladino songs preserve only the poetry, not the melodies. Out of the Whirlwind consists of Yiddish songs from the Holocaust, scored for vocal soloists and wind ensemble. Adolphe sometimes keeps only the melody or only the words from the original Yiddish songs. "My mother longed to be at my wedding" is devastating. |
| 8.559414 01/20/2004 50:13 |
11. Brubeck: Gates of Justice Dave Brubeck Trio · Keven Deas · Cantor Alberto Mizrahi · Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Tom Hall, director · Russel Gloyd, conductor | |
| 8.559427 02/17/2004 73:03 |
12. Levy: Masada Marvin David Levy Canto de los Marranos · Shir Shel Moshe · Masada Ana Maria Martinez, soprano · Barcelona Symphony/National Orchestra of Catalonia · Jorge Mester, conductor · Vale Rideout, tenor · BBC Singers · Kenneth Kiesler, conductor · Richard Troxell, tenor · Ernst Senff Chor · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Yoel Levi, conductor | |
| 8.559430 02/17/2004 72:19 |
13. Berlinski: Avodat Shabbat Herman Berlinski Avodat Shabbat Robert Brubaker, tenor · Constance Hauman, soprano · Elizabeth Shammash · Ernst Senff Chor · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Gerard Schwartz, conductor | Attractive, tonal, emotionally expressive. Highly inventive in the different combinations of instruments and voices. Ranges from chamber music to powerful full orchestra and chorus. English and Hebrew. Makes use of nusach. Chorus is excellent. |
| 8.559415 03/16/2004 70:39 |
14. Adler: Symphony No. 5 We Are the Echoes Samuel Adler Five Sephardic Choruses · Nuptial Scene · The Binding (excerpt) · El Melekh Yoshev · Ahavat Olam · Sim Shalom · Bar'khu · Sh'ma Yisra'el · V'ahavta and Mi Khamokha · Hashkivenu · Symphony No 5 "We Are the Echoes" Samuel Adler, conductor · Cantor Roslyn Jhunever Barak · Cantor Richard Botton · Phyllis Bryn-Julson · Ted Christopher · Joseph Evans · Rahpael Frieder · Freda Herseth · Margaret Bishop Kohler · Cantor Alberto Mizrahi · Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir conducted by Patrick Gardner · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | The most notable thing about this album is that it shows Samuel Adler to be fluent and successful in both tonal, accessible music and non-tonal experimental music. The Sephardic Choruses and the Selected Liturgical Works are traditional; Nuptial Scene, Binding and Symphony are experimental. Five Sephardic Chorues, attractive traditional melodies arranged for mixed chorus with soloists and piano. Adler is skilled at hearing interesting harmonies underneath the traditional melodies. The liturgical pieces are for organ, soloists and chorus; tonal with a flowing, meditative feel. Nuptial Scene and The Binding are non-tonal, with wonderful instrumental scoring. Nuptial uses a chamber ensemble to create unusual tone colors; Binding uses full orchestra. Binding is sung; Nuptial combines speaking, chanting and singing. The vocal soloist is so central to the symphony, you could think of it as five orchestral songs. The poems deal with the nature of the Jewish experience: persecution and wandering, the obligation to improve the world, individuals' personal relationship with God. Mostly non-tonal, however haftarah cantillation appears in the fourth movement. Phyllis Bryn-Julson gives an extraordinarily dramatic performance of the dialog between a Jew and God in the third movement. |
| 8.559417 03/16/2004 65:17 |
15. Toch: The Bitter Herbs; Jeptha Ernst Toch Cantata of the Bitter Herbs · Jeptha, Rhapsodic Poem (Symphony No. 5) Theodore Bikel, narrator · Carol Meyer, soprano · Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano · Richard Clement, tenor · Ted Christopher, baritone · Prague Philharmonic Choir · Czech Philharmonic Orchestra · Seattle Symphony · Gerard Schwarz, conductor | |
| 8.559412 04/20/2004 58:42 |
16. Diamond: AHAVA - Brotherhood David Diamond AHAVA - Brotherhood · Ma Tovu · Psalm 29 · L'kha Dodi · Psalm 93 Morton Gould Hamma'ariv Aravim Roy Harris Mi Khamokha Douglas Moore Vay'khullu Theodore Bikel, narrator · Seattle Symphony Orchestra · Gerard Schwartz, conductor · Cantor Charles Osborne · Aaron Miller, organ · Rochester Singers · Samuel Adler, conductor · Richard Troxell, tenor · Margery Dodds, organ · Carolina Chamber Chorale · Timothy Koch, conductor · Karl Dent, tenor · Sarah Graves, organ · University Choir of Texas Tech University · Kenneth Davis, conductor · Elaine Close, soprano · Patrick Mason, baritone · Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ · Chorus of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields · Joseph Cullen, conductor | |
| 8.559421 04/20/2004 71:41 |
17. Ben-Amots: Celestial Dialogues Ofer Ben-Amots Hashkivenu - Song of the Angels · Celestial Dialogues · Shtetl Songs · Psalm 81 BBC Singers · Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ · Kenneth Kiesler, conductor · Cantor Alberto Mizrahi · David Krakauer, clarinet · Barcelona Symphony Orchestra/National Orchestra of Catalonia · Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor · Re'ut Ben-Ze'ev, soprano · John Musto, piano · Permonik Children's Choir · Radka Petrásková, soloist · Petr Hladik, Rostislav Mikeška, percussion · Eva Šeinerová, conductor | Hashkivenu is for chorus with percussion. Oddly the percussionist is not credited while the organist is given a bio for a rather minor role. Beautiful sounds, including wordless singing and nonsense syllables, with memorable musical ideas and an etherial mood. Celestial Dialogues is scored for solo clarinet, cantor, string orchestra and percussion. Although there are substantial violin and viola solos, the players are not given credits. Generally the cantor sings straight melodies while the clarinet goes wild in the style of klezmer. Shtetl Songs is a song cycle with piano accompaniment based on Yiddish folk songs. Psalm 81 is for soprano, children's chorus and percussion. It is rhythmically vigorous, with memorable ideas, harmonic tension and remarkable combination of the choral and percussion tambres. |
| 8.559416 05/18/2004 78:22 |
18. Cantorial Concert Masterpieces David Roitman Hayyom T'amtzeinu (orch. by Larry Spivak) Israel Schorr Sheyyibane Beit Hammikdash (orch. by Robert Elhai) · Robbon Ha'olamim (orch. by Elli Jaffe) Pierre Pinchik Der Khazn un der Gabe Pinchas Jassinowsky The Prophecy of Isaiah (orch. by Robert Elhai) David Kusevitsky Ezrat (orch. by Stanley Silverman) Leib Glantz Kol M'kaddesh (orch. by Larry Spivak) Moshe Ganchoff Hashir Shehalviyyim (orch. by Steve Barnett) Zavel Zilberts Havdala (orch. by Warner Bass) Aaron Tishkowsky Hammavdil (arr. by Maurice Goldman, orch. by Larry Spivak) William Bogzester Psalm of David (orch. by Steve Barnett) Cantor Benzion Miller Barcelon Symphony Orchestra/National Orchestra of Catalonia · Elli Jaffe, conductor · Vienna Choir Boys · Chorus Viennensis · Vienna Chamber Orchestra · Gerard Wirth, conductor · Jorge Mester, conductor · Oxford Philomusica · Marios Papadopoulos, conductor | |
| 8.559423 05/18/2004 58:07 |
19. Wyner: The Mirror; Passover Offering | |
| 8.559424 06/15/2004 64:19 |
20. Jewish Operas, Volume I Abraham Ellstein The Golem (excerpts) Robert Strassburg Chelm (excerpts) David Tamkin The Dybbuk (excerpts) Lauren Allardcye, soprano · Michael Gallant, tenor · Christoper Meerdink, tenor · Tyler Oliphant, baritone · University fo Michigan Symphony Orchestra · Kenneth Kiesler, conductor · Karen Longwell, soprano · Carla Wood, mezzo-soprano · Matthew Chellis, tenor · Richard Lalli, baritone · Chamber Opera Ensemble · Paul Hostetter, conductor · Freda Herseth, soprano · Joseph Evans, tenor · Raphael Frieder, baritone · Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra · Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor | |
| 8.559425 06/15/2004 68:03 |
21. Weisgal: T'Kiatot Hugo Weisgal T'kiatot: Rituals for Rosh Hashono · Psalm of the Distant Dove · Four Choral Etudes · A Garden Eastward Seattle Symphony · Steven A. Ovitsky, shofar · Gerard Schwarz, conductor · Ana Maria Martinez, soprano · Kristen Okerlund, piano · BBC Singers · Avner Itai, conductor · Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano · Barcelona Symphony/National Orchestra of Catalonia · Jorge Mester, conductor | |
| 8.559420 07/20/2004 63:12 |
22. Amram: Symphony - Songs of the Soul David Amram Symphony - Songs of the Soul · Shir L'erev Shabbat (excerpts) · The Final Ingredient (excerpts) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Christopher Wilkins, conductor · Richard Troxell, tenor · BBC Singers · Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ · Kenneth Kiesler, condctor · Deborah Selig, soprano · Pei Yi Wang, mezzo-soprano · Sarah Elizabeth Williams, mezzo-soprano · Thomas Glenn, tenor · Brian Pfaltzgraf, tenor · Nichaols Phan, tenor · Jesse Blumberg, baritone · Tyler Oliphant, baritone · Mark Kent, bass · University of Michigan Opera Chorus and Orchestra · Kenneth Kiesler, conductor | The symphony combines eastern Jewish music with a jazzy feel. It's catchy, fun, with memorable ideas and distinctive orchestration. The Friday night service selections, for organ, tenor and mixed chorus, are pleasant but not particularly distinctive. Scene 5 from "The Final Ingredient" for a cappella women's chorus is marvelously effective. The women of a concentration camp are commanded to entertain the guards. They sing of Jewish suffering. A beautiful setting of "By the rivers of Babylon" is included |