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GERSHWIN / JOHNSON / RESER / SUESSE
Jazz Nocturne - American Concertos of the Jazz Age Tatiana Roitman / Gary Hammond / Dan Yappie / Peter Mintun / Michael Gurt / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] A fantastic selection of concertos from the American Jazz Age including Gershwin's immortal A Rhapsody in Blue, heard here in its complete original version for jazz band, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé. Grofé also orchestrated the Concerto in Three... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 & Symphonic Dances Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] "Slatkin is with Rachmaninov, all the way. He revels in the first movement's restless shifts, pitting the brute power of full ensemble against woodwind detail and soaring cellos." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
ELLEN TAAFE ZWILICH
Millennium Fantasy / Images / Peanuts Gallery Jeffrey Biegel (piano) / Read Gainsford (piano) / Heidi Louise Williams (piano) / Florida State University Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Jiménez [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The sonics are also excellent: bright, clean, and well-balanced. A splendid disc, then, in all respects, and a mandatory acquisition if you're interested in good contemporary music." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
PIAZZOLLA
Sinfonia Buenos Aires / Concerto for Bandoneon / Las Cuatro Estaciones Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The players sound completely at home in the idiom, and Guerrero delivers bold, uninhibited interpretations across the board. This is just a great disc of colorful, distinctive orchestral music, and it belongs in every collection." (10/10... |