Since you are interested in Coates: Symphony No. 15 / Cantata da Requiem / Transit, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo / Prairie Journal / Red Pony Suite / Letter From Home Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Guide) |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Schuman: Violin Concerto, New England Triptych (with Ives-Variations on 'America') Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (July 2001) |
FERDE GROFE
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississipi Suite / Niagara Falls Suite Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / William T. Stormberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] "The interpretations are satisfactory, the various conductors showing an admirable enthusiasm." - Le monde de musique (John Tyler Tuttle), Mar 2000 |
CHARLES GRIFFES
Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Apr/2004 ] "A full and deserved celebration of a short-lived American post-Romantic" - Editor's Choice Gramophopne Magazine (April 2004) |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: Songs Carole Farley (soprano) / William Bolcom (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] |
STEPHEN HARTKE
Hartke: The Greater Good (complete opera) Caroline Worra / John de Haan / Christine Abraham / Andrew Wentzel / Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra / Stewart Robertson [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] "Having amply demonstrated his ingenious skills and audacious imagination as a composer of symphonic and chamber works, Mr. Hartke emerges in this engaging live recording as an opera composer to reckon with." New York Times |
JOHN ADAMS / JOHN CORIGLIANO
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: The Red Violin: Chaconne Chloe Hanslip (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin, with Charles Owen (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "(Chloe's) debut with Naxos is a formidable addition to the label's encyclopaedic series of American classics...Throughout this major 20th-century concerto, the clarity of the Naxos recording is immaculate, making the balance between soloist and... |
ROBERT ERICKSON
Erickson: Orchestral, Chamber and Vocal Music Continuum / Cheryl Seltzer / Joe Sachs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] Robert Erickson was a formidable guiding spirit as composer and teacher, acting as a mentor for a whole generation of California-trained composers. He utilized many different styles and techniques in his music, from microtonality to electronics and... |
RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER
Vocal and Chamber Music Continuum / Cheryl Seltzer / Joel Sachs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "Seeger's music has restless, ambiguous harmonies and mystical auras, slow movements are often dark and brooding, and fast movements are filled with exuberant themes, developed in an improvisatory spirit. |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: Snapshot-Circa 1909 / String Quartet No. 1 (with Friedman-String Quartet No. 2) Corigliano Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] "In so many ways this CD of first-class string quartets by American composers, teacher and pupil, yields many rewards, especially on repeated listening. I urge lovers of the medium to be brave and sample this wonderful disc, especially at Naxos's... |
JENNIFER HIGDON
Higdon: Piano Trio / Voices / Impressions Cypress String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Jennifer Higdon's philosophy in composing is simple: make sure the music communicates. It is her goal to write music that speaks not only to the seasoned professional performer, but also to audiences that come to this music with all types of... |