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This latest issue of music by the late Christopher Rouse contains some really splendid music. Both the Fifth Symphony and the Concerto for Orchestra exploit
Frank Ticheli’s Clarinet Concerto plays homage to three great American works for that instrument. Rhapsody for George begins with the famous upward-sliding clarinet intro from
No doubt about it, Jennifer Higdon is a master craftsman.
You would think by now that Michael Daugherty’s American pop
Roberto Sierra’s music is fun. However self-conscious his Spanishisms may be (he hails from Puerto Rico), he has forged a personal style at once original,
I saw New York Philharmonic percussionist Chris Lamb reveal Joseph Schwantner’s Percussion Concerto at its premiere performance back in the 1990s. Lamb is an astounding
The works on this disc span much of Astor Piazzolla’s compositional career, from the Sinfonia Buenos Aires of 1951 to the Concerto of 1979. The
Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony, with its five movements based on characters and events from the Superman comics (including the destruction of the planet Krypton), is
This new West Side Story, the first American-based recording to appear since DG’s star-studded 1985 composer-conducted version, blessedly avoids that earlier production’s operatic pretensions, returning
It’s remarkable that this classic Christmas opera hasn’t received more recordings, but one reason may be its relatively short length (45-50 minutes) and the fact
