Williams, John McLaughlin

Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works / Eliesha Nelson

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2009-09-29

Works: Quincy Porter: Concerto for Viola; Speed Etude; Duo for viola & harp; Suite for viola solo; Blues lontains; Poem for viola & piano; Duo for viola & harpsichord; Duo for violin & viola
Performers: Nelson, Eliesha; Rioth, Doug; Williams, John McLaughlin
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin
Ensemble: Northwest Sinfonia

Fanfare
The music itself is interesting and agreeable, if not always compelling. ... the quality of the recorded sound is outstanding, and it does full justice...continue...

Price: Dancing on the Brink of the World, etc / Price, Williams, National SO of Ukraine

1 CD / Cambria / 2009-08-25

Works: Deon Nielsen Price: Yellow Jade Banquet; Epitaphs for Fallen Heroes; America Themes; Gateways; States of Mind; Dancing on the Brink of the World
Performers: Price, Berkeley; Price, Deon Nielsen
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin; Price, Berkeley
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Bloch, Lees: Violin Concertos / Williams, Oliveira, Ukraine National SO

1 CD / Artek / 2008-04-29

Works: Ernest Bloch: Concerto for Violin; Benjamin Lees: Concerto for Violin
Performers: Oliveira, Elmar
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin

American Classics - Nicolas Flagello, Arnold Rosner

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-02-26

Works: Nicolas Flagello: Missa Sinfonica, for orchestra; Arnold Rosner: Symphony no 5 ("Missa sine Cantoribus super Salve Regina")
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin

This disc brings together the first recordings of two symphonic Masses, orchestral works (without chorus) inspired by and structured according to the Ordinary of the...continue...

Flagello: Violin Concerto, etc / Oliveira, Gonzalez, et al

1 CD / Artek / 2007-04-24

Works: Nicolas Flagello: Symphonic Aria, for orchestra; Interlude and Dance from Mirra, for orchestra; The Sisters, opera in 2 scenes; Concerto for Violin; The Rainy Day, for voice & orchestra; The Brook, f...
Performers: Gonzalez, Susan; Oliveira, Elmar
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin

"The resurgence of Nicolas Flagello (1928-94) continues with another release of recorded premieres to add to the many that have appeared in the past decade....continue...

Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Vol. 6

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-08-15

Works: Liviu Danceanu: Chinonic, for orchestra, Op. 67; Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques, for piano, 11 winds & 7 percussion, I/41; György Ligeti: Chamber Concerto, for 13 instruments; Dmitry Shosta...
Performers: Chang, Angelin
Conductors: London, Edwin; Williams, John McLaughlin; Mickelthwate, Alexander

American Classics - Flagello: Piano Concerto no 1, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: Nicolas Flagello: Concerto for Piano no 1; Dante's Farewell, song for voice & orchestra; Concerto Sinfonico, for saxophone quartet & orchestra
Performers: Gonzalez, Susan; Rankovich, Tatjana
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin; Johns, Kynan
Ensemble: ; New Hudson Saxophone Quartet

Nicolas Flagello was one of the last American composers to pursue traditional romantic musical values, intensified by modernist innovations in harmony and rhythm, but without...continue...

The Story of American Classical Music / Scherer, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: William Henry Fry: Overture to Macbeth; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 1; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Arthur Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Peska...
Conductors: Rowe, Tony; Rosenberg, Richard; Fagen, Arthur; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Williams, John McLaughlin; Sinclair, James; Brion, Keith; Judd, James; Spalding, Daniel; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José;...
Ensemble: ; Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio

Think 'American Classical Music and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Joplin, Foster Sousa? These great composers are deservedly famous, but from Colonial...continue...

American Classics - McKay: Violin Concerto, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: George Frederick McKay: Concerto for Violin; Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes, version for 2 string orchestras; Sinfonietta no 4; Song over the Great Plains, for piano & orchestra
Performers: Kovaleva, Ludmilla; Reagin, Brian
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin
Ensemble: Ukrainian Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra

"Those who enjoyed the previous Naxos releases of this rarely played American romantic will want to get this one." - Sullivan, American Record Guide...continue...

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Charles Wakefield Cadman: Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45; John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, suit...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Buswell, James; Corley, Maria; Currie, Colin; Farley, Carole; Posnak, Paul; Rorem, Ned; Starker, Janos; Taylor, Darryl; Weber, Janice; Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Williams, John McLaughlin; Alsop, Marin; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Sinclair, James; Stromberg, William T.; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kreutzer Quartet; Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraini...

The American Classics series captures some of the great moments of American music. In this collection, as wide-ranging and diverse as our land, little-known gems...continue...

American Classics - Hadley: Symphony no 4, The Ocean, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Henry Hadley: The Ocean, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 99; The Culprit Fay, rhapsody for orchestra, Op. 62; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 64
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

Hadley was a highly productive composer who wrote in an expressive, late romantic style. His compositions were very popular during his lifetime, and his musical...continue...

American Classics - Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-06-01

Works: John Alden Carpenter: Symphony no 1 ("Symphony in C major"); Adventures in a Perambulator, suite for orchestra; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

The American composer John Alden Carpenter was born in Illinois in 1876. He composed in a wide range of musical forms, including ballet, chamber music...continue...

American Classics - McKay: From a Moonlit Ceremony, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-04-01

Works: George Frederick McKay: From a Moonlit Ceremony, for orchestra; Harbor Narrative, for orchestra; Symphony for Seattle (Evocation Symphony)
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

"...The word "evocative" leaps to mind when I listen to all of this music, and thus McKay's orchestral masterpiece, the 1951 Evocation Symphony for Seattle,...continue...