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Thomson: Louisiana Story, etc / Corp, New London Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-09-14

Works: Virgil Thomson: The Plow That Broke the Plains, suite from the film score for orchestra; Louisiana Story, suite from the film score for orchestra; Acadian Songs and Dances, for orchestra (from the fi...
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: New London Orchestra

'Hyperion's recording is faultless; the notes... are sagacious and rewarding. If your interest is in American music or in film scores, this is indispensable' (American...continue...

From the Steeples and the Mountains / London Gabrieli Brass

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-08-01

Works: Charles Ives: From the Steeples and Mountains for Brass and Bells; Processional "Let there be light"; Samuel Barber: Mutations from Bach's "Christe, du Lamm Gottes"; Roy Harris: Chorale for Organ and...
Performers: Chimes, John; Clews, Richard; Emery, Terence; Gillard, Roy; Holland, James; Larkin, Christopher [Horn]; Lee, Dave; London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble; McLeod, James; Nutty, Kevin; Ronayne, John; Sax, Sid...
Conductors: Larkin, Christopher
Ensemble: London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble

'Performances are ideal. The British have given us a thoroughly American disc of extraordinary beauty; for which, many thanks!' (Fanfare, USA)

'Fascinating... the most interesting and...continue...
Recording information: 1991.

This collection of 20th century American compositions for brass ensemble features as its title track Charles Ives' eerie From the Steeples to the Mountains -- a cha...continue...

Sure on This Shining Night / Robert White, Samuel Sanders

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-04-01

Works: Theodore Chanler: The Children, song for voice & piano (from The Children); These, My Ophelia, for voice & piano; Amy Beach: Browning Songs (3), Op. 44; George Whitefield Chadwick: When stars are in...
Performers: Agee, James; Feeney, Leonard; Hammerstein, Oscar II; Harbach, Otto; Hoffman, William M.; Sanders, Samuel [Piano]; White, Robert

'This is a very charming record' (Gramophone)

'I felt as if I was discovering these songs for the first time' (Soundscapes, Australia)

'A delightful, imaginatively...continue...