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American Classics - Wolpe: The Man from Midian, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Stefan Wolpe: The Man from Midian, ballet for 2 pianos, C. 97; Sonata, for violin & piano, C. 117
Performers: Fleezanis, Jorja; Grant, Cameron; Ohlsson, Garrick; Winn, James

In his early career as a composer, Berlin-born Stefan Wolpe espoused social causes and wrote songs on revolutionary themes. With the rise of Nazism he...continue...

American Classics - Wuorinen: Six Trios

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-02-21

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Trio for Bass Instruments; Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano; Trio for violin, cello & piano; Double Solo for Horn Trio; Trombone Trio
Performers: Borror, Ronald; Braynard, David; Druckman, Daniel; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Hudson, Benjamin; Palma, Donald [Double Bass]; Purvis, William [Horn]; Schulte, Rolf; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Taylor, David; W...
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Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music

For all Charles Wuorinen's longstanding reputation as a modernist, his musical career has more in common with those of Brahms and Beethoven than with any...continue...