SCHULLER; GUNTHER

Russell Sherman Plays Premieres And Commissions

Jed Distler

[A re-post in memory of Russell Sherman (3/24/1930–9/30/2023), concert pianist and long-time teacher at New England Conservatory, who died at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts

MUSIC FOR JOYFUL OCCASIONS

Victor Carr Jr

William Alwyn’s Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion sounds more ceremonial than joyful (unless you find processionals to be particularly joy-inducing), but it’s a fine example

Chamber Music by Americans Naxos C

ClassicsToday

Lalo Schifrin, Gunther Schuller, & Gerald Shapiro: Apart from the phonic compatibility of these composers’ last names and the fact that they are notable contemporaries,

Schifrin Schuller Shapiro Naxos

David Vernier

A recording with the names Schifrin, Schuller, and Shapiro together usually sends most people running for the hills, but the pieces presented here are anything

MUSIC OF OUR TIME

ClassicsToday

The title of this CD is somewhat misleading. It is music of “our time” for the 1960s, when experimental music was in vogue. It seems

Schuller chamber pieces Bridge DONE C

ClassicsToday

At 75, the American composer, conductor, and scholar Gunther Schuller is one of the world’s most hyperactive musicians. These three chamber music works show him