Sylvan, Sanford

Patricia Van Ness "In Paradisum" - Requiem; The Voice of the Tenth Muse / Sanford Sylvan, baritione; Ruth Cunning, soprano

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Patricia Van Ness: Requiem for baritone soloist & chorus; The Voice of the Tenth Muse, for soprano soloist & chorus; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Cunningham, Ruth; Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Hodgkins, David
Ensemble: ; Allegro

Coro Allegro, led by Hodgkins, is dedicated to building social and musical bridges through high-quality performances of significant choral works and expanding the available repertoire...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA....continue...

Metamorphosis - works by Sanford Sylvan, Jennifer Higdon, Andrea Clearfield and James Primosch

1 CD / Innova / 2012-02-28

Works: Jennifer Higdon: On the Death of the Righteous, for chorus & orchestra; Andrea Clearfield: The Golem Psalms, for chorus & orchestra; James Primosch: Fire Memory/River Memory, for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Harler, Alan
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

Three original works by contemporary American composers, Andrea Clearfield, Jennifer Higdon and James Primosch, all based in Philadelphia, are featured on the new CD recording...continue...

Music for a Time of War by Ives, Adams, Britten, Vaughn Williams

1 CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Charles Ives: Contemplations (2); John Adams: The Wound-Dresser; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor
Performers: Iwasaki, Jun; Sylvan, Sanford; Work, Jeffrey
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos

Since the Oregon Symphony was established more than 100 years ago, it has been recognized for its internationally acclaimed music directors, skilled performers, diverse programs...continue...
Recording information: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR (05/07/2011-05/08/2011)....continue...

John Adams: Nixon in China

3 CD / Nonesuch / 2011-02-01

Works: John Adams: Nixon in China
Performers: Adams, John [Composer]; Craney, Trudy Ellen; Dry, Marion; Duykers, John; Friedman, Stephanie; Hammons, Thomas; Maddalena, James; Opatz, Mari; Page, Carolann; Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Schulman, Louise; De Waart, Edo; Sellars, Peter; Steinberg, Michael

Glass, Moran: The Juniper Tree

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2009-06-09

Works: Philip Glass / Robert Moran: The Juniper Tree, chamber opera
Performers: Brown, Janet; Cotten, William; Derrah, Thomas; Stoneman, David; Sylvan, Sanford; Torgove, Lynn; Walters, Valerie; West, Jayne
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Orchestra

The Juniper Tree is an opera composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran with a libretto by Arthur Yorinks and is based on a tale...continue...
Personnel: Janet Brown (soprano); Sanford Sylvan (baritone).

Recording information: American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA....continue...

John Adams: Hallelujah Junction - A Nonesuch Retrospective

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-10-07

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; Shaker Loops; Harmonium; Nixon in China; Chamber Symphony; Gnarly Buttons; Hoodoo Zephyr; Death of Klinghoffer; I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky; Concert...
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Hammons, Thomas; Kantonen, Seppo; Karvonen, Jari-Pekka; Kremer, Gidon; Kusama, Astri; Maddalena, James; McDonald, Audra; McElroy, Michael; Murto, Janne; Mutru, ...
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Adams, John [Composer]; Nagano, Kent; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Theatre of Voices

"It doesn't hurt that Adams has an exclusive contract with Nonesuch to release the first recording of each work, and most of the performances here...continue...

Fussell: Wilde / Boston Modern Orchestra

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2008-09-09

Works: Charles Fussell: High Bridge Prelude; Wilde, symphony for baritone & orchestra
Performers: Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Charles Fussell's 'High Bridge', 'Portrait of Hart Crane' and 'Wilde' are the result of considering the lives of Hart Crane and Oscar Wilde as possible...continue...

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Heldebrand, Efitts, Torgove, Smith/Vienna SO [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2005-06-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Evitts, David; Hildebrand, Herman; Kelley, Frank; Larson, Susan; Ommerle, Jeanne; Sylvan, Sanford; Torgove, Lynn
Conductors: Smith, Craig
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 184 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS Stereo Surround,
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Jorge Martín: The Glass Hammer / Sylvan, Breitman

1 CD / Koch International / 2001-06-26

Works: Jorge Martin: The Glass Hammer
Performers: Breitman, David; Sylvan, Sanford

"Mr. Sylvan's performance was a shattering tour de force... Martin's music had tensile strength, declamatory sweep and often poignant lyricism... At a time when so...continue...

Ives - When the Moon / Narucki, Sylvan, Bernas, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-05-08

Works: Charles Ives: Set no 1, for theater orchestra (6), S. 10 (K. 1C31); Set no 2, for theater orchestra (3), S. 11 (K. 1C32); Set no 3, for theater orchestra (3), S. 12 (K. 1C35); A Set of Pieces (3), fo...
Performers: Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Narucki, Susan; Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: Music Projects, London

"The idea behind this disc is to relate Ives's "Sets for Orchestra" to songs that relate to individual movements... In some cases, the songs came...continue...

Beloved is that Pilgrimage / Sanford Sylvan, David Breitman

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1998-03-17

Works: Theodore Chanler: Eight Epitaphs for voice & piano; Samuel Barber: Hermit Songs, Op. 29; Aaron Copland: Poems (12) of Emily Dickinson, song cycle for voice & piano (orchestrated 1970 as "Poems (8) of...
Performers: Breitman, David; Sylvan, Sanford

Fussell: Specimen Days, Being Music / Sylvan, Hoose, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 1997-08-19

Works: Charles Fussell: Being Music, for baritone & string quartet; Specimen Days ("Quicksand years that whirl me I know not where"), cantata for baritone, chorus & orc
Performers: Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Hoose, David
Ensemble: Cantata Singers

Yannatos: Trinity Mass / Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1997-06-01

Works: James Yannatos: Trinity Mass, for soloists, choirs & orchestra
Performers: Honeysucker, Robert; Humphrey, Jon; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vocals]; Sylvan, Sanford; Vargas, Milagro
Conductors: Yannatos, James
Ensemble: Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum Chamber Choir

"Trinity Mass is possibly a masterpiece worthy to stand comparison with such other 20th-century milestones as Britten's War Requiem, Tippet's A Child of Our Time...continue...

L'Horizon chimérique - Fauré / Sylvan, Breitman, Lydian Qt

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1996-04-23

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Songs (3) for voice & piano, Op. 85; La bonne chanson, Op. 61; Nocturnes (3) for piano, Op. 33; L'horizon chimérique, Op. 118; Nocturne for piano no 5 in B flat major, Op. ...
Performers: Breitman, David; Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lydian String Quartet

Wes York

1 CD / New World / 1993-07-15

Works: Wes York: Native songs (3); My heart is different; Reminiscense 2; Songs from the Levertov scores; Music for Strings; Songs (2) on a poem of Su Tung P'O
Performers: Armstrong, Nancy; Botti, Susan; Buechner, David; Downey, Susan; Fischer, Jeffrey; Fredericks, Julie Darling; Friedland, Peggy; Greitzer, Ian; Lancaster, Bruce; Leventhal, Sharan; Ripley, David; Smith...
Conductors: Fussell, Charles

Harbison: The Flight into Egypt, etc / Previn, Los Angeles

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: John Harbison: The Flight into Egypt, for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra; The Natural World, for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello & piano; Concerto for double brass choir & orchestra
Performers: Anderson, Roberta; Baker, Elizabeth; Drake, Carol; Felty, Janice; Folsom, Jerry; Gold, Barry; Green, Donald; Harbison, John; Howard, David; Lane, William; McGregor, Bob Roy; Pearson, Norman; Peebles,...
Conductors: Hoose, David; Harbison, John; Previn, Andre
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; The Cantata Singers & Orchestra

Crumb: Songs, Drones & Refrains of Death / Speculum Musicae

1 CD / Bridge / 1991-11-01

Works: George Crumb: Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death; A Little Suite for Christmas, AD 1979; Apparition
Performers: Charlston, Erik; DeGaetani, Jan; Druckman, Daniel; Kalish, Gilbert; Karis, Aleck; Orkis, Lambert; Palma, Donald; Starobin, David; Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors:
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae