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Songs of Smaller Creatures - American choral works by Betinis, Kesselman, WhitacreGarrop, del Tredici, Rorem

1 CD / Cedille / 2012-06-26

Works: Abbie Betinis: Toward Sunshine, Toward Freedom; Lee Kesselman: Buzzings; Eric Whitacre: When David Heard; Sleep; Stacy Garrop: Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy, for chorus; David Del Tredici: A...
Performers: Conn, Amy; Dixon, Hanna; Sovitsky, Peter
Conductors: Bell, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Grant Park Chorus

Conducted by Christopher Bell, Chicago's Grant Park Chorus, "as fine a symphony chorus as any to be found anywhere in the nation" (Chicago Tribune), makes...continue...
Recording information: Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millennium Park, Ch (06/28/2011/06/30/2011)....continue...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Works Schuman, Sowerby & Copland

1 CD / Cedille / 2011-06-28

Works: William Schuman: A Free Song, for chorus, baritone soloist & orchestra; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Leo Sowerby: The Canticle of the Sun, cantata for chorus & orches...
Performers: Cox, Ryan J.
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos

Listen as the Chicago Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus perform three Pulitzer Prize winning pieces from composers William Schuman, Aaron Copland and Leo Sowerby. Under...continue...
Recording information: Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millennium Park, Ch (06/25/2010-06/26/2010)....continue...

Corridors of Light: Music of William Ferris

1 CD / Cedille / 2010-09-28

Works: William Ferris: Gloria, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass & choir; Ed è Subito Sera, cantata for tenor & string orchestra; Bristol Hills, for string orchestra; Corridors of Light, for baritone, obo...
Performers: Shirley-Quirk, John; Vorrasi, John; Watkins, Sara [Oboe]
Conductors: Ferris, William; Heatherington, Alan; Roth, Arnie
Ensemble: ; Chicago String Ensemble

Music & Vision - Howard Smith
Ferris' visionary leaning is especially evident in the title item of the program - the 1994 setting of Stephen Spender's...continue...

Cedille on the Move - High Energy Tracks from Chicago's Classical Record Label

1 CD / Cedille / 2009-05-26

Works: John Adams: Road Movies; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta no 1 for strings; Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G major for Flute and Strings; Percy Grainge...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Blackwood, Easley; Cavatina Duo; Dufour, Mathieu; Freer, Elinor; Hagle, Matthew; Huydts, Sebastian; Klein, Alex; Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; Mangos, Georgia; Mangos, Louise;...
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; ; Hege, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Baroque Ensemble; Chicago Chamber Musicians; Encore Chamber Orchestra

"Well-chosen highlights from... a very impressive catalog... selections that show off the label's Chicago-connected artists and/or composers. Most of the repertoire is 20th century, and...continue...

Beethoven, Clement: Violin Concertos / Pine, Serebrier, et al

2 CD / Cedille / 2008-09-01

Works: Franz Clement: Concerto for Violin in D major; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]
Conductors: Serebrier, José

This is the world premiere recording of a major classical work: the 1805 violin concerto by Franz Clement, the violinist for whom Beethoven wrote his...continue...

Serenely Cedille - Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, etc

1 CD / Cedille / 2005-01-01

Works: George Walker: Lyric for strings; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Johannes Brahms: Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Lita Grier: Renascence, ...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Paperno, Dmitry; Salvatore, Ramon; Schrader, David; Stolper, Mary
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; ; Kalmar, Carlos; Hege, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Chamber Musicians; eighth blackbird; His Majestie's Clerkes

Say adios to the same old adagios you typically find on serenity-themed CDs of contemplative classical music. This new disc of calming classics drawn from...continue...

Twentieth-Century Oboe Concertos - Martinu, etc / Klein

2 CD / Cedille / 2004-11-09

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Oboe H. 353; Pawel Sydor: Virtuti Militari, Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra; Marco Aurélio Yano: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
Performers: Keefe, Michael; Klein, Alex; Kosinova, Daniela
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

Alex Klein presents world premiere recordings of two works written expressly for him: Marco Aurelio Yano's vibrant and exotic Oboe Concerto and Pawel Sydor's dramatic...continue...

Wind Concertos - Cimarosa, Molique, Moscheles / Dufour

1 CD / Cedille / 2004-01-01

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Concerto for 2 flutes & orchestra in G major; Bernhard Molique: Concerto for Flute in D minor; Concertino for oboe & orchestra in G minor; Ignaz Moscheles: Concertante for flute, o...
Performers: Dufour, Mathieu; Klein, Alex
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

La vie est une parade /Patrice Michaels, Paul Freeman, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2003-01-01

Works: Erik Satie: La diva de l'Empire, song for voice & piano; Je te veux (I Want You), café-concert song for voice & piano; Mélodies (3) of 1916, for voice & piano; Mélodies (3) of 1886, fo...
Performers: Michaels, Patrice
Conductors: ; Feeman, Paul
Ensemble: ; Chicago Chamber Musicians

African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol III / Freeman, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2002-01-01

Works: Michael Abels: Global Warming, for orchestra; David Baker: Concerto for cello & orchestra; William C. Banfield: Essay for Orchestra; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Generations
Performers: Kleijn, Katinka
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

Vorisek: Symphony in D, Mass in Bb / Freeman, Jantzi, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2001-01-01

Works: Jan Václav Vorísek: Symphony in D major; Mass for chorus & orchestra in B flat major, Op. 24 ("Missa solemnis")
Performers: Graaff, Peter Van de; Jantzi, Tami; Michaels, Patrice; Watson, William [Accordion/Arranger]
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

Fanfare
the CD of Voríek music offered me the joy of discovery.
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African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol II / Freeman, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2001-01-01

Works: Ulysses Kay: Theater Set, orchestral suite; George Walker: Lyric for strings; Roque Cordero: Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra; Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call; Epitaph for a Man Who Dr...
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

Coleridge-Taylor, Sowande, Still / Paul Freeman, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2000-01-01

Works: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: African Suite; Petite Suite de Concert, for orchestra (or piano), Op. 77; Fela Sowande: African Suite, for string orchestra; William Grant Still: Symphony no 1 ("Afro-America...
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

Oboe Concertos of the Classical Era / Klein, Freeman

1 CD / Cedille / 1999-01-01

Works: Franz Krommer: Concerto for Oboe no 1 in F major, Op. 37; Concerto for Oboe no 2 in F major, Op. 52; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations for oboe & orchestra in F major (arranged from Nocturne, Op. 99)...
Performers: Klein, Alex
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

American Flute Concertos / Mary Stolper, Paul Freeman, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 1999-01-01

Works: Lita Grier: Renascence, concertino for flute & orchestra; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem, for flute & orchestra, A. 93; Virgil Thomson: Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp & Percussion; Kent Kennan: N...
Performers: Stolper, Mary
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

Sowerby: Symphony no 2, etc / Freeman, Chicago Sinfonietta

1 CD / Cedille / 1998-01-01

Works: Leo Sowerby: Concert Overture, for large ensemble; Passacaglia, Interlude and Fugue, for large ensemble; All On a Summer's Day, for large ensemble; Symphony no 2
Performers: Fairfield, John
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

Prairie - Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby / Paul Freeman, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 1997-01-01

Works: Leo Sowerby: Comes Autumn Time, overture for orchestra; Prairie, poem for Orchestra after Carl Sandburg; Theme in Yellow, poem for Orchestra after Carl Sandburg; From the Northland
Conductors: Feeman, Paul