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American Classics - Druckman: String Quartets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Jacob Druckman: Quartet for Strings no 3; Reflections on the Nature of Water, for marimba; Dark Wind, for violin & cello; Quartet for Strings no 2
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Zeavin, Carol
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Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music

Although he is best known for his dramatic orchestral works, Jacob Druckman also composed a sizeable body of chamber music. The Second String Quartet was...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...