World Premiere Collection - Corigliano, Cowell, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Gregory Fulkerson (Violin)
• Benjamin Owen (Piano)
• Jerome Lowenthal (Piano)
• James Tocco (Piano)
• Peter Bowman (Oboe)
• Lynn Harrell (Cello)
• Leona Mitchell (Soprano)
• Susan Larsen

Conductors

• Comissiona, Sergiu
• Endo, Akira
• Gilbert, David
• Harbison, John
• Harth, Sidney
• Mester, Jorge
• Previn, Andre
• Slatkin, Leonard
• Smith, Lawrence Leighton
• Whitney, Robert
• Zinman, David

Ensemble

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Composers

• Walter Piston (1894 - 1976)
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914 - 1991)
• Ned Rorem (1923 - )
• Christopher Rouse (1949 - )
• John Harbison (1938 - )
• Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
• Roy Harris (Vocals) (1898 - 1979)
• Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929 - 1997)
• John Corigliano (1938 - )
• Joan Tower (1938 - )
• Henry Cowell (1897 - 1965)
• Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
• George Crumb (1929 - )
• Karel Husa (1921 - )
• Tobias Picker (1954 - )
• Lou Harrison (Composer) (1917 - 2003)

Notes & Reviews:

Specially priced, this essential 75-minute all-world premiere collection features 17 legendary composers of 20th century music. This virtual 'who's who' celebration of major modern world premiere recordings, features many of the finest American orchestras and conductors. Quite simply, these vital recordings, spanning from 1952 to 1993, offer the listener an unrivalled survey of the breadth of genius available for discovery in the catalog.

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Cowell, Henry : Hymn and Fuguing Tune no 3 for orchestra, HC 660 :: Part One

• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 05/1944

Harrison, Lou [Composer] : Suite for Symphonic Strings, for string orchestra :: In Honor of Apollo

• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 5 min. sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1936-1960

Hovhaness, Alan : Symphony no 15, Op. 199 "Silver Pilgrimage" :: 1. Mt. Ravanna

• Conductor: Lawrence Smith
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1962

Dallapiccola, Luigi : Variazioni for orchestra :: 1. Quasi lento, misterioso

• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1954

Piston, Walter : Serenata for orchestra :: 2. Con sentimento

• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Harris, Roy : Concerto for Violin & orchestra :: Section Four

• Performer: Gregory Fulkerson (Violin)
• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1949

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Danças africanas, for orchestra ("Danses des indiens métis du Brésil"), A. 107 :: 3rd Movement

• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1916

Panufnik, Andrzej : Sinfonia Elegiaca (Symphony no 2) :: 3. Molto andante

• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1957

Mayuzumi, Toshiro : Pieces for prepared piano & strings :: 2. Interlude

• Performer: Benjamin Owen (Piano)
• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1957

Crumb, George : Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II), for orchestra :: 1. Frozen Time

• Conductor: Jorge Mester
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1967

Rorem, Ned : Concerto for Piano no 3 in Six Movements :: 3. Whispers

• Performer: Jerome Lowenthal (Piano)
• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1969

Corigliano, John : Gazebo Dances, arrangement for orchestra :: 4. Tarantella

• Performer: James Tocco (Piano)
• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1974

Husa, Karel : Trojan Women, ballet, :: 5. Scene 4

• Conductor: Akira Endo
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1981

Rouse, Christopher : Phantasmata, for orchestra with augmented percussion :: The Infernal Machine

• Conductor: David Zinman
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1981-1985

Tower, Joan : Silver Ladders for orchestra :: Section 3

• Performers: Peter Bowman (Oboe); Lynn Harrell (Cello)
• Conductor: Robert Whitney
• Running Time: 6 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1986

Picker, Tobias : Symphony no 2 for soprano & orchestra ("Aussöhnung") :: 1st Movement

• Performer: Leona Mitchell (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sergiu Comissiona
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1985

Harbison, John : Ulysses' Bow, ballet :: Scene 5. Reunion

• Performer: Susan Larsen
• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1983