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STEFAN WOLPE
String Quartet / Second Piece for Violin Alone / Trio in 2 Parts / Oboe Quartet Toby Appel / Theodore Arm / Aleck Karis / Daniel Kennedy [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] The surface of Wolpe's late music is deceptive. Herbert Brün observed that if you listen from the outside, it all sounds the same, but inside "everything is exploding. You are full of stuff". Wolpe limited himself to a relatively simple palette of... |
COPLAND / PERISCHETTI / IVES / CORIGLIANO
American Choral Music University of Texas Chamber Singers / University of Texas Chamber Orchestra / James Morrow (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "A very stimulating collection of fine performances of mainly unfamiliar repertoire" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month May 2007) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Abraham Lincoln Portraits Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] "Since only the Copland and Ives works are presently available on CD, this set is a must for collectors of American music, aside from patriotic associations. The Harris and the Persichetti works alone make it an essential purchase." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
JOAN TOWER
Made in America / Tambor / Concerto for Orchestra Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] 2008 Grammy Award winner for 'Best Classical Album', 'Best Classical Contemporary Composition' and 'Best Orchestral Performance' |
HENRY KIMBALL HADLEY
Hadley: The Ocean, Op.99, Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.64, etc National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] accessible and enthusiastically played. |
JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT
Chroma: Northern Lights / Symphony No. 2, "Remember Me" (excerpts) / Stillness Slovak National Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 11/May/2010 ] |
JAMES COHN
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 / Variations on The Wayfaring Stranger Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vakhtang Jordania, Kirk Trevor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Celebrating his 80th birthday year in 2008, American composer James Cohn studied with Roy Harris, Wayne Barlow and Bernard Wagenaar, graduating from the Julliard School in 1950. Cohn's first love is the symphony orchestra, and the works presented on... |
CARSON COOMAN
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 / Violin Sonata Soloists / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Trevor Kirk [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] The young American composer Carson P. Cooman is one of the most active of his generation, having written over six hundred works in many forms. |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Solomia Soroka (Violin), Arthur Greene (Piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "I am delighted that the married team of Solomia Soroka and Arthur Greene have recorded my four violin sonatas. They have brought a special insight to the works, emphasizing the traditional qualities which I have always insisted were at the core of... |
CHARLES IVES
Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord' / The Celestial Railroad Steven Mayer (Piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The Mayer recording is also musically excellent and prefaces each of the four movements, which are named for Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and others, with readings that give a context for Ives' understanding of these historic figures and... |
NICOLAS FLAGELLO
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Dante's Farewell / Concerto Sinfonico Susan Gonzalez (Soprano) / Tatjana Rankovich (Piano) / Kynan Johns (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2006 ] Nicolas Flagello was one of the last American composers to pursue traditional romantic musical values, intensified by modernist innovations in harmony and rhythm, but without the irony or detachment of postmodernism. |
WALTER PISTON
Piston: Symphony No.4 / Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra / Three New England Sketches Therese Elder Wunrow (harp) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/May/2003 ] "First-rate sound" (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
PAUL FETLER
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Capriccio / 3 Poems by Walt Whitman Thomas H. Blaske (narrator) Aaron Berofsky (violin) / Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra / Arie Lipsky, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "The performers seem to be enjoying themselves immensely, and it's all quite agreeable, as is Naxos's sound." Classical Candor, December 2009 |
KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs-An American Place / Eventide / Out of the Dark Timothy Jones, horn / London Symphony Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] Kenneth Fuchs has written for orchestra, band, chorus, jazz ensemble, and various chamber ensembles. |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 7, 14, 23 Trinity College of Music Winf Orchestra / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Dedicated to the memory of Lady Evelyn Barbirolli, widow of Sir John Barbirolli, a noted oboist, and Honorary Fellow of Trinity College of Music, this disc brings together three of Alan Hovhaness's most fascinating scores. |
PAUL MORAVEC
Tempest Fantasy / Mood Swings / B.A.S.S. Variations Trio Solisti / David Krakauer (clarinet) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] "I'm tempted to add this disc to my shortlist of the year's best so far. Not only is the music captivating, it also has a consistent energy and focus that is very impressive. Couple this with a lovely, natural recording and playing of real stature... |
CHADWICK
Chadwick - Symphony No. 2 / Symphonic Sketches Ukrainian National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Theodore Kuchar, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "Rewarding listening" |
EDWARD MacDOWELL
MacDowell: Orchestral Suites Nos 1 & 2 / Hamlet and Orphelia Op 22 Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] this is the one to get - American Record Guide |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
American Choral Music University of Texas Chamber Singers / James Morrow [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] American choral music has many faces and, while aware of tradition, often looks resolutely towards the future. Vincent Persichetti's Mass envelops an original cantus firmus in a shimmering silken garment of ever-shifting harmonies, while Lukas Foss... |
GEORGE WALKER
Walker: Chamber Music and Songs - String Quartet No. 2 / Poem / Modus Various Artists [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] |
JAMES LENTINI
Chamber Music - Orchestra Hall Suite / El Signo del Angel / 5 Pieces Various Artists [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] James Lentini's compositions have been described as 'some of the most alluring contemporary music you're apt to find' |
