Wiesmeyer, Roger

The American Spirit: Roots & Transformations - Thomson, Boyer, Lokumbe, Ives, Harris [5 CDs]

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Boyer: Ellis Island; Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Mi...
Performers: Chandler Eteme, Janice; Deas, Kevin; Gardner, Taylor [vocals]; LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Steele, Jevetta; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Boyer, Peter; Slatkin, Leonard; Gil-Ordóñez, Angel; Wilkins, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Post-Classical Ensemble

These four Naxos American Classics releases selected for this Americana collection... focus on some of the defining moments of that history. First... a panorama of...continue...

Kenji Bunch: Boiling Point - chamber works / Alias Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / Delos / 2012-09-25

Works: Kenji Bunch: String Circle 1, for viola & string quartet; Drift, for clarinet, viola & piano; 26.2, for violin, viola, cello & horn; Luminaria, for violin & harp; Boiling Point, for string quartet, b...
Performers: Farrell, Christopher; Gooding, Alison; Jaskunas, Licia; Levine, Lee Carroll; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors:
Ensemble: ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

Composer Kenji Bunch has been attracting much attention lately, both nationally and abroad. Also a concert violist and bluegrass performer, his music offers an eclectic...continue...
Recording information: Steve and Judy Turner Hall, Blair School of Music, Vand....continue...

American Classics - Abraham Lincoln Portraits

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, for mezzo-soprano &...
Performers: LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Chorus; Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth President of the United States, has inspired many works of literature, art and music. To celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth,...continue...

Wine Country Classics

1 CD / Gallery Records / 2009-01-06

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Jules Massenet: Thaïs; Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; Johann Sebastian Ba...
Performers: Bonnell, Robin; Edelberg, Joe; Ekle, Matt; Gorman, Tim; Taylor, Cat; Wiesmeyer, Roger