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Meditation / Ragin Wenk-Wolff, violin; Kaare Ornung, piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-12-12

Works: Jules Massenet: Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thaïs"); Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Alter Refrain, for violin &...
Performers: Ornung, Kaare [Piano]; Wenk-Wolff, Ragin

When Ragin Esther Wnk-Wolff created the musical vignettes with the same music as represented on this CD, for NRK television in 1982, it was but...continue...
Recording information: Oslo (11/1982)....continue...

American Voices / The Chicago Brass Quintet, The Brown Singers

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-02-05

Works: Scott Joplin: The Entertainer; When Your Hair Is Like the Snow, song for voice & piano; Pine Apple Rag; Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; The Dodger, song for voice & piano (Old American Song...
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Ensemble: Brown Singers; Chicago Brass Quintet

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
The lone original work is tubist Anderson's CBQ Suite (1991), where each movement is named and tailored for a...continue...
Recording information: Comtrak Studios, Chicago (1999); Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago (1999); Comtrak Studios, Chicago (2009); Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago (2009)....continue...

Serafin String Quartet / Barber, Dvorák et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-09-06

Works: William Grant Still: Danzas de Panama, for string quintet; Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 12 in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American"; Samuel Barber: Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; G...

Hailed by the New York Concert Review for its "excellent music making...uncommonly fine interpretation," the Serafin String Quartet debuted to a sell-out crowd at New...continue...
Recording information: Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, Dela (06/2009/09/2009)....continue...

Music from America's First & Second Cities - Muczynski, Gershwin, Sowerby, Del Tredici

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-10-01

Works: Robert Muczynski: Toccata, for piano; George Gershwin: Novelette in Fourths, rag for piano; Sleepless Night, prelude for piano (Melody no 17, reconstructed by Alicia Zizzo); Rubato, prelude for piano...
Performers: Graff, Steven

Since his concerto debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with whom he has appeared nine times, the American pianist Steven Graff has been the recipient...continue...
Recording information: Centaur Records, Inc. (02/2007)....continue...

Debussy, Gershwin, Piazzolla, etc / Andrew Zohn

1 CD / Centaur / 2005-07-02

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Chau Paris; Milonga del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Verano porteño, tango (incl. in Cuatro estaciones porteñas [The Four Seasons]); La muerte del án...
Performers: Zohn, Andrew

The Art of Transcription - Gershwin / Himy

1 CD / Centaur / 2005-02-07

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Show Girl; Lady, be Good; An American in Paris; Strike up the Band; George White's Scandals of 1924; Girl Crazy; Earl Wild: Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess, for pia...
Performers: Himy, Eric

Twentieth-Century American Music / Barbara Meister

1 CD / Centaur / 2004-02-06

Works: Aaron Copland: Four Piano Blues; Scherzo humoristique "Le chat et la souris"; Sonata for Piano; Paul Creston: Preludes (6) for Piano, Op. 38; David Amram: Sonata for Piano; George Gershwin: Preludes ...
Performers: Meister, Barbara

Starlight and Sweet Dreams - Songs by Gershwin and Porter

1 CD / Centaur / 2003-05-04

Works: George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; Funny Face; Oh, Kay!; Strike up the Band; Lady, be Good; Show is on; Porgy and Bess; Goldwyn Follies; Cole Porter: Kiss Me, Kate; Fifty Million Frenchmen; Born to Dance; ...
Performers: Armstrong, Nancy; Honeysucker, Robert; Jeppesen, Laura; Stepner, Daniel

American Orginals - Gottschalk, Barber, etc / Ruskin Cooper

1 CD / Centaur / 2002-08-29

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Souvenir de Porto Rico, RO 250/Op. 31 "Marche de Gibaros"; Dying Poet, RO 75; Ricordati, RO 227/Op. 26; Le banjo, Op. 15/RO 22; Samuel Barber: Excursions (4) for Piano, Op. 2...
Performers: Cooper, Ruskin

Clarinet Brilliante - Bach, Gershwin, etc / Hartig

1 CD / Centaur / 2002-05-08

Works: Leó Weiner: Pereg recruiting Dance, Op. 40; Luigi Bassi: Concert Fantasia on Themes from Verdi's "Rigoletto"; Louis Cahuzac: Variations sur un air de Pays d'Oc for Clarinet, Viola and Piano; E...
Performers: Cymerman, Claude; Hartig, Caroline

"I was little prepared for the coiled virtuosity that sprang at me from Caroline Hartig, and associate professor at Ball State University. There are simply...continue...

Gershwin: Remembrance and Discovery Vol 2 / Richard Glazier

1 CD / Centaur / 2000-06-01

Works: George Gershwin: Funny Face; Oh, Kay!; Strike up the Band; George White's Scandals of 1922; Girl Crazy; Of Thee I Sing; Rialto Ripples; Rosalie; Waltzes (2) for Piano in C major; Porgy and Bess; Shoc...
Performers: Glazier, Richard

"...Glazier is at his best with lyricism and classic American celluloid yearning, and that is what most of this recording consists of...The lyrical playing is...continue...

S'Wonderful - Music of George Gershwin / Watters, Grimes

1 CD / Centaur / 1997-05-16

Works: George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; Damsel in Distress; Funny Face; Rosalie; Goldwyn Follies; Porgy and Bess; Lady, be Good; Oh, Kay!; Shall We Dance
Performers: Kozusnik, Ivan; Patrman, Marek; Urbanek, Boris; Watters, Harry
Conductors: Grimes, William
Ensemble: Ostrava Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra

Gershwin - Remembrance and Discovery / Richard Glazier

1 CD / Centaur / 1996-02-09

Works: Earl Wild: Virtuoso Etudes (7) after Gershwin; George Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing; Strike up the Band; Goldwyn Follies; Lady, be Good; Impromptu for Piano in 2 keys; Sleepless night; Preludes (3) for Pi...
Performers: Glazier, Richard

"In a world where so many Gershwin solo-piano discs rehash the same limited material, this release earns thanks for the venturesome repertoire, which skirts the...continue...