Oldfather, Christopher [Piano] > Kraft, Leo

Leo Kraft: Five Sonnets, Seven Hebrew Songs, Transformations, etc

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-02-06

Works: Leo Kraft: Sonnets (5) of William Shakespeare, for voice & piano; Inventions (3), for 2 alto flutes; Piano Fantasy; Fantasy no 1 for flute & piano; Transformations, for 8 instruments; Hebrew Songs (7...
Performers: Baron, Carol; Baron, Samuel; Bleeke, Mark; Finckel, Chris; Gosling, Stephen; Jolley, David; Kopperud, Jean; Levine, Elliot Z.; Lipsey, Michael; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Oldfather, Christopher ...
Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric

Born in Brooklyn in 1922, Leo Kraft has filled his life and the lives of others with music through his prodigious career as composer, educator,...continue...

Kraft: Chamber Symphony no 2, etc / Rothman, Hostetter, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-12-01

Works: Leo Kraft: Pieces (6) for violin with piano obbligato; Line Drawings, for flute & percussion; The Garden of Memory; "cummingsong" for tenor & chamber ensemble; Chamber Symphony no 2 for 16 instruments
Performers: Bleeke, Mark; Butler, Marcia; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Jolles, Renee; Kahn, Sue Ann; Lipsey, Michael; Martin, Lois; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Wong, Deborah
Conductors: Hostetter, Paul; Rothman, George

"Kraft's music has never gone for the large gestures of the deliberately popular approach that might have given him popularity, yet it is highly enjoyable...continue...