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George Walker: Great American Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 / Ian Hobson

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-02-14

Works: George Walker: Icarus in Orbit, for orchestra; Piano Concerto; Abu, for 2 narrators, violin, cello & piano; Dialogus, for cello & orchestra; Da Camera for violin, cello, piano, harp, celesta, orchest...
Performers: Kouzov, Dmitry; Lupu, Sherban; Sennet, Rochelle; Vamos, Brandon; Vamso, Brandon
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: ; Sinfonia Varsovia

The most recent volume in the series on Albany Records devoted to the orchestral music of George Walker includes two concertos - one for piano...continue...

Walker: Address for Orchestra, Overture, Sinfonia no 1 & 3, etc / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-10-14

Works: George Walker: Address for orchestra; In Praise of Folly; Sinfonia no 1; Sinfonia no 3; Hoopla "A Touch of Glee"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

The orchestral works on this CD of world premiere recordings incorporate a wealth of compositional techniques- archaic, arcane and contemporary. These works constitute a cross...continue...

Harris: Symphony no 11; Gould, Effinger, Moore / Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Morton Gould: Cowboy Rhapsody; Roy Harris: Symphony no 11; Cecil Effinger: Little Symphony no 1, Op. 31; Douglas S. Moore: Symphony no 2 in A major
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

What more could an advocate for American music want? This recording combines neglected works by well-known masters (Roy Harris' Symphony No. 11 and Gould's Cowboy...continue...

Don Gillis: Twinkletoes and Other Works / Ian Hobson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-03-01

Works: Don Gillis: Twinkletoes, for orchestra; Rhapsody for harp & orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 1 "Encore Concerto"; Short Overture to an Unwritten Opera, for orchestra; Rhapsody for trumpet & orchestra
Performers: Bednarczyk, Krzysztof; Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Sikorzak-Olek, Anna
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

In both the "Encore" Concerto and the Harp Rhapsody (written for the NBC Symphony's Edward Vito), one can hear some very serious thoughts being bandied...continue...

Don Gillis: Symphony no. 3, etc / Hobson, Sifonia Varsovia

2 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2007-08-01

Works: Don Gillis: Symphony "X" ("The Big D"); Tulsa; Symphony no 3 "A Symphony of Free Men"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

Gillis was a populist American composer who wrote music that, in his own words, "kids could whistle in Waxahachie or Dubuque." Conductor Ian Hobson has...continue...

Michael S. Horwood: Suite and Serious / Ian Hobson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-07-01

Works: Michael S. Horwood: National Park Suite, for orchestra; Symphony no 1; Intravariations, theme & variations for piano & orchestra; Amusement Park Suite, for orchestra
Performers: Kubera, Joseph
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"Horwood's range of reference is very wide. The opening of the National Park Suite, with its stentorian trombones, might recall the stark nature music that...continue...

Don Gillis: Symphonies no 1, 2 & 5 1/2 / Ian Hobson, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2006-11-01

Works: Don Gillis: Symphony no 1 "An American Symphony"; Symphony no 2 "A Symphony of Faith"; Symphony no 5 1/2 "A Symphony for Fun"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"If you're looking for music that offers the style of, say, Gershwin, but in larger forms, then Don Gillis is your guy. His first two...continue...

Don Gillis: Symphony no 7, etc / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2006-04-01

Works: Don Gillis: Portrait of a Frontier Town, for orchestra; The Alamo, for orchestra; Symphony no 7 "Saga of a Prairie School"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"I cannot speak highly enough of the playing of the Sinfonia Varsova under Hobson's committed and affectionate leadership, set forth in warm, expansive sound. The...continue...

Don Gillis: Paul Bunyan Overture, etc / Ian Hobson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-06-01

Works: Don Gillis: Paul Bunyan; Symphony no 6 "Mid-Century U.S.A."; Symphony no 5 "Im Memoriam"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

Gillis: Symphony no 4 / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-12-01

Works: Don Gillis: Symphony no 4; Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"Hobson brings a wealth of buoyant rhythm and catchy tune-spinning to this music, and the Poles are clearly having a ball. Frivolous, joyous, or what...continue...

American Light - Gillis: Star-Spangled Symphony, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-11-01

Works: Don Gillis: Star-Spangled Symphony; Amarillo, A Symphonic Celebration; Symphony no 8 "A Dance Symphony"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"All this stuff sounds just dandy, full of catchy tunes and broad humor, and the Polish players have the idiom down pat. Sonics are a...continue...

Porter: Symphony no 1, etc / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-05-01

Works: Quincy Porter: Symphony no 1; Poem and Dance, for orchestra; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia