COPLAND; AARON

Redwood Sym/Copland Gerswhin/Redwood DONE

Jed Distler

The Redwood Symphony is an all-volunteer community orchestra founded in 1985 by its music director Dr. Eric Kuijawsky. Amateur and professional players fill its ranks,

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THE SYMPHONIC ORGAN

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This CD presents the organ of St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, which is, according to the program notes, the largest in the Big

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Copland/Ormandy/RCA

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This superficially attractive coupling of these four popular Copland works, remastered in BMG’s latest 24/96 technology, seems to promise the kind of sound that, if

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Copland/Gershwin/Anderson

Jed Distler

Mark Anderson plays Copland to the manner born. His granitic sonority, propulsive rhythm, and lyrical reserve are exactly what this music needs, from the wistful

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Reynaldo Hahn’s Soulful Chamber Works

Jed Distler April 27, 2025

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A Big Bad Box of Gergiev

David Hurwitz April 27, 2025

Tchaikovsky and Myaskovsky: Violin Concertos with Repin

David Hurwitz April 27, 2025

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