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American composer and church musician (1895-1968)
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2022-01-24 12:59:43
These are two major works, all but unknown: big, serious, superbly written and (here) superbly played and recorded. Ernst Bacon is best known for his large output of art songs. He enjoyed a long life (1898-1990), and both of this piano trios are late works. The experience shows. Expertly organized in seven chain-like movements lasting […]
2022-01-17 16:26:28
Organ music by two Chicago composers, past and present, given excellent advocacy
2022-01-03 06:14:00
[…] Classics.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/04/beethoven-violin-concerto-in-d-major-cd.htmlBrahms: Piano ConcertosPiano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Andras Schiff, piano; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. ECM New Series.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/07/brahms-piano-concertos-cd-review.htmlGershwin: Rhapsody in BlueJeffrey Biegel, piano; Bruce Anthony Kiesling, Adrian Symphony Orchestra. Naturally Sharp Records.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/10/gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue-cd-review.htmlJuilliard String Quartet: Beethoven, Bartok, DvorakJuilliard String Quartet. Sony.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/05/juilliard-string-quartet-beethoven.htmlMassenet: Ballet MusicLouis Fremaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Klavier/JVC.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/09/massenet-ballet-music-xrcd24k2-review.htmlSowerby: The Paul Whiteman CommissionsAndy Baker Orchestra; Avalon String Quartet. Cedille.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/09/leo-Sowerby-paul-whiteman-commissions.htmlTelemann: PolonoiseAisslinn Nosky, violin; Holland Baroque. Pentatone.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/03/telemann-polonoise-sacd-review.html Vivaldi: The Four SeasonsAlso, La Folia. Francisco Fullana and Alan Choo, violins; Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo’s Fire. Avie.To read the review, click here:https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/11/vivaldi-four-seasons-cd-review.htmlJJP
2021-09-27 04:36:00
Leo Sowerby: The Paul Whiteman Commissions (CD review)
Andy Baker Orchestra; Avalon String Quartet. Cedille CDR 90000 205.By John J. PuccioJazz bandleader Paul Whiteman’s greatest contributions to music were probably his commissions, like George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Ferde Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite, which he premiered with his band. However, these were not the only works he requested, and on the present disc we get two scores he commissioned from American composer Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), as well as three other Sowerby pieces, which are here rendered as closely as possible to their original versions by the Andy Baker Orchestra and by the Avalon String Quartet.First up on the program is Synconata, a work Whiteman debuted in 1924. In offering the commission to Sowerby, Whiteman requested something that would incorporate the typical American idioms of jazz, gospel, and folk in an orchestral setting and fit into what the bandleader called his “Revolutionary Concerts.” Because Sowerby never published a definitive edition […]
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