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PAUL MORAVEC / YI CHEN / TANIA LEON / EVE BEGLARIAN / NED ROREM / etc
Eight Visions: A New Anthology for Flute and Piano Marya Martin (flute) Colette Valentine (piano) Eve Beglarian (electronics) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] Born in New Zealand and now living in United States, Marya Martin plays eight commissioned works to add to the sizeable repertoire of 20th century scores for flute and piano. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Dybbuk / Fancy Free (complete ballets) Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Dybbuck, written to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the State of Israel, is one of Bernstein's darkest scores. Over 45 minutes in length, it tells the creepy story of a sinister ghost, with the battle between good and evil." Penguin Guide |
PAUL MORAVEC
Chamber Symphony / Cool Fire / Autumn Song Marya Martin (flute) Stephen Williamson (clarinet) Erik Ralske (horn) and others [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "This contains some of the most interesting contemporary music around played with panache." (MusicWeb Recording of the Year 2008) |
CHARLES WUORINEN
Tashi / Percussion Quartet / Fortune New Jersey Percussion Ensemble / The Group for Contemporary Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Charles Wuorinen writes virtuosic music for virtuoso performers. He has a profound desire to engage with the listener and with sympathetic performers, and essential to this engagement is a spirit of adventure and fun. |
CHARLES IVES
Holidays Symphony (excerpts): Decoration Day / Fourth of July / Thanksgiving / The General Slocum / Overture in G Minor (world premiere recording) Malmo Opera Chorus / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Love him or hate him, Charles Ives is now accepted as the major figure he is. This marvellous collection is very well played, expertly recorded and has a good note in the inlay sheet." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
COLON NANCARROW
Nancarrow: Pieces for Small Orchestra / Tango? / String Quartet No. 1 Mia Wu (violin) Mark Steinberg (violin) Rachel Evans (viola) Maria Kitsopoulos, cello / Cheryl Seltzer (piano) Joel Sachs (piano) etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] The United States has spawned numerous composers so original that they were initially rejected as eccentrics. Among the best known are Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Lou Harrison. For many years, rumours told of another such musician,... |
CORIGLIANO
Violin Concerto, "The Red Violin" / Phantasmagoria Michael Ludwig (violin) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] With this new recording, JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic continue their revelatory exploration of Corigliano's highly engaging and imaginative symphonic music. Phantasmagoria draws material from his immense opera The Ghosts of Versailles,... |
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story (Complete musical) Mike Eldred (tenor) / Betsi Morrison (soprano) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Feb/2003 ] "It's another coup in the label's exemplary American Classics series, with good studio sound and engaging annotation by Schermerhorn and longtime Bernstein friend and collaborator Sid Ramin." - Billboard, November 30, 2002 |
ROBERTO SIERRA
Missa Latina "Pro Pace" Milwaukee Symphony Chorus / Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra / Andreas Delfs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Thoroughly enjoyable new work in dedicated performance" (MusicWeb July 2009) |
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Abraham Lincoln: A Likeness in Symphony Form / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] wonderfully varied accomplishments cry out for further exploration and rediscovery. |
CHARLES IVES
Symphony No 2 / Robert Browning Overture Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "The five-movement Second Symphony is performed in the Ives Society critical edition by Jonathan Elkins which corrects nearly 1,000 errors in the score used by Leonard Bernstein for the 1951 first performance and his recording. The work was composed... |
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. |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
McKay: Harbor Narrative / Evocation Symphony National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, Conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "This Naxos release serves as an exceptional ear-opener in documenting just how substantial and individualistic was his achievement as a nationalist composer...The word "evocative" leaps to mind..." Fanfare |
PAUL CRESTON
Creston; Symphonies Nos 1-3 National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This collection is a must-have for lovers of Creston and of the American music of his era - and not just because it has the only recording of the First Symphony. (Naxos expects to issue the last three in three years)." - American Record Guide... |
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Harris, Roy Ellsworth - Symphonies Nos.7 & 9 / etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Sep/2002 ] "Ideal and colourful performances from the fine Ukranian orchestra under their American conductor, in sound that readily captures the music's high impact." - The Yorkshire Post |
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Lees, Benjamin-Symphony No 4 Memorial Candles [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Holocaust |
ROREM / HOVHANESS / QUATE / CRESTON
American Saxophone Music Neil Hornsby (Guitar) / Jeremy Limb (Piano) / Alex Mitchell (Saxophones) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] Although it was the brainchild of a Belgian inventor, Adolphe Sax, the saxophone is commonly thought of as the quintessential American instrument, not least for the pivotal rôle it has played in jazz during key stages of the music's evolution. |
