Taylor, Darryl

Fire In Heaven & Earth: Music of Theodore Wiprud

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-05-10

Works: Theodore Wiprud: Hosannas of the Second Heaven, for orchestra; Quartet for Strings no 1 "Refining Fire"; A Georgia Song, for voice, saxophone & piano; Saxophone Quartet
Performers: Corley, Maria; Ries, Tim; Taylor, Darryl
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk;
Ensemble: Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic; Ciompi Quartet; Five Letter Four

Composer, concert presenter, educator and arts administrator, Theodore Wiprud has played many important roles in American musical life since the 1980s. His ongoing work with...continue...

Music of Zenobia Powell Perry

1 CD / Cambria / 2010-02-23

Works: Zenobia Powell Perry: Cycle of Songs on Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, for voice & piano; Sinner Man So Hard, Believe!, for piano; Hallelujah to the Lamb, for piano; Sonata for clarinet & piano; Sona...
Performers: Catafalno, Joyce [Flute]; Crotty, John [Piano]; Peri, Janis-Rozena [Vocals]; Price, Berkeley; Price, Deon Nielsen; Taylor, Darryl

Recording information: Scott Fraser's Studio, Eagle Rock, California (2001-05-07_2001-05-08&2001-); West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (2001-05-07_2001-05-08&2001-)....continue...

Gottschalk: Symphonies no 1 & 2, etc / Rosenberg, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-06-26

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 2; Grande Tarantelle, for piano & orchestra, Op. 67, D. 66 (RO 259); Esceñas campestres, opera in 1 act ("Cuban Country Scenes"), D. 47 (RO 77); Variations d...
Performers: Barrick, Melisa; Contiguglia, John; Contiguglia, Richard; Draghicescu, Angela; Gurt, Michael; Lin, Chin-Ming; Noggle, Anna; Pepper, Joshua; Taylor, Darryl; Ziebarth, Richard
Conductors: Rosenberg, Richard

"Here is the world premiere recording of Gottschalk's "concerto" on Mehul's overture "La Chasse de jeune Henri," La Caza del Joven Enrique pro Mehul (1861),...continue...

Thompson: Poetry Prelude / Taylor, Thompson

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-03-01

Works: Richard Thompson: Dream Variations, for tenor & piano; Preludes (6), for piano; The Shadow of Dawn, for soprano & piano; Traditional Spiritual: Wade in the Water
Performers: Gunther, John; Keeler, Matt; Taylor, Darryl; Thompson, Richard [Piano]; Toppin, Louise

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 - Dreamer -A Portrait of Langston Hughes

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: Langston Hughes: My People (poem); The Weary Blues (poem); Negro (poem); Evil (poem); Sunday Morning Prophecy (poem); Madam and the Census Taker (poem); Sylvester's Dying Bed (poem); Still Here (poem...
Performers: Corley, Maria; Santos, Erik; Taylor, Darryl

Langston Hughes poetry lends itself so readily to musical setting that the composer Elite Siegmeister once declared him the "most musical poet of the twentieth...continue...

Love Rejoices - H. Leslie Adams: Songs / Taylor, Guy

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-01-01

Works: H. Leslie Adams: Millay Songs (5); Amazing Grace; Nightsongs (6); Flying; Lullaby Eternal; Daybirth; The Wider View; Dunbar Songs (3); Love Memory; Love Response
Performers: Guy, Robin; Taylor, Darryl

"'Love Rejoices: Songs of H Leslie Adams'...[is] a winner is every respect...Adams's songs are firmly diatonic...They are tuneful, often simple, but just as often they...continue...

Sence You Went Away - Art Songs & Spirituals

1 CD / Albany Records / 2000-05-01

Works: Wendell Whalum: Sweet Jesus, for voice & piano; God is a God, for voice & piano; Valerie Capers: Song of the Seasons, for voice, cello & piano; Adolphus Hailstork: Slave Song, for voice & piano; Cedr...
Performers: Clarke, Christina; Dent, Cedric [Singer/Piano]; Holly, Timothy; Jones, Timothy; Parodi, Jorge; Taylor, Darryl; Toppin, Louise

Deon Nielsen Price: SunRays

1 CD / Cambria / 1996-01-01

Works: Deon Nielsen Price: To the Children of War, song cycle for voice & piano; Diversions; Crossroads' Alley trio; L'Alma Jubilo (The Jubilant Soul), for solo guitar; Big Sur Triptych, for soprano saxopho...
Performers: Agus, Ayke; Arnold, Michael; Masek, Douglas; Newton, Gregory; Price, Berkeley; Price, Deon Nielsen; Taylor, Darryl; Wilson, Bill