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American in Rome - Beaser, Barber, Thompson, etc / Six for Five Wind Quintet

4 CD / Bridge / 2008-10-14

Works: Robert Beaser: Four Dickinson Songs, for soprano & piano; Samuel Barber: In the Dark Pinewood; Beggar's Song; Of that so sweet imprisonment; Songs (3), Op. 10; Randall Thompson: Siciliano, for barito...
Performers: Ahlbeck, Laura; Akahoshi, Ole; Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Bagg, Jonathan; Baker, James; Berman, Donald; Druckman, Daniel; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Leisenring, John; Lim, Sunghae Anna; Macomber, Cur...
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Yoo, Scott; ; Hoose, David
Ensemble: ; Collage Music Ensemble; Curiously Strong Wind Quintet; Opus One Piano Quartet; Trio Solisti

This four-disc collection contains works by 37 composers who composed these pieces while in residence at the American Academy in Rome. The earliest work dates...continue...

Arthur Levering: Still Raining, Still Dreaming

1 CD / New World / 2008-03-01

Works: Arthur Levering: Still Raining, Still Dreaming, for ensemble; Echoi, for violin & piano; Sppooo, for vibraphone & celeste; Tesserae, for viola & piano; Catena, for piano & chamber orchestra
Performers: Berman, Donald; Kitchen, Nicholas; McDonald, John; Nunoya, Fumito; Woolweaver, Scott
Conductors: Wheeler, Scott
Ensemble: Dinosaur Annex Ensemble; Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble

"It's never trivial, but it's fun music, and it's fun to listen to... Any listener jaded by the grayness that can characterize late twentieth century...continue...