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SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of Samuel Barber (with Howard Hanson: Piano Concerto) Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, Carter Nice / MIT Symphony Orchestra, David Epstein / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenck, Euge List (piano) [ Vox Box / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |
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Epstein
Sealess See [ Asthmatic Kitty / LP - released 24/Feb/2011 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
American Music for Percussion Volume 2 New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble / Frank Epstein [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] A varied collection ranging from Elliott Carter's enigmatic Tintinnabulation for unpitched percussion instruments to Fred Lerdahl's high-spirited The First Voices, from Edward Cohen's gamelan-inspired Acid Rain and Peter Child's clangorous Refrain to... |
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HIGDON / RODRIGUEZ / SANDLER / SCHULLER / TOWER
American Music for Percussion Volume 1 New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble / Frank Epstein / Gunther Schuller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Even if percussion pieces aren't your normal fare I'd urge you to try this disc. There's so much here to delight the receptive ear and seduce the most reluctant one; indeed, if Volume 2 is half as good as this it's going to be an indispensable... |
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ROBERT RODRIGUEZ / LOU HARRISON / KATI AGOCS
Works for Violin and Percussion Orchestra Nicolas Kitchen (violin) / Members of the New england Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] The unique instrumentation of the three works in this album was pioneered by the innovative Lou Harrison, whose 1959 concerto encapsulates his culturally wide-ranging aesthetic. |