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Interview with Composer George Walker
by Ron Moore
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Composer George Walker
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February 23, 2011 · As an African-American, George Walker had no prospects for a career in 1940s America. Incredibly, by 1996, he would be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music.
Walker was born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. He began piano lessons at age five, and entered Oberlin at 14 and the Curtis Institute at 19, after meeting Rudolf Serkin, who took him as a student there. Walker completed a Doctorate at Eastman. He would then continue to study in Europe with Nadia Boulanger.
He has been the recipient of many awards and fellowships. After two years abroad, and a performance tour that included the Hague, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Milan, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Milan, and London, and an acclaimed Town Hall recital in New York, he would discover that he had essentially no prospects as a black concert pianist in 1940s America. He then decided to pursue a career in the academy. It would be a turning point and ironically, perhaps, a lucky one — the performer now became the composer. He has taught at the New School in New York City, Smith College, the Peabody Institute and Rutgers University where he was Professor of Music till his retirement
Several of his earliest works have become among his most popular, including the "Lyric for Strings" (1941) and the "Trombone Concerto" (1957). He discusses these at length in our interview, revealing their origin and nature of first performance. He is particularly fond of his later "Violin Concerto" (2009), and the song cycle "Lilacs" (1995) which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. Both of these works have curious histories that Walker explains in our interview. Lilacs was submitted for the prize not by Walker, but by one of his sons, Ian. The other, Gregory, was the first performer and dedicatee of the "Violin Concerto."
Walker is at present approaching his 89th birthday, working on several new commissions, and has returned to his first love, the piano. In our conversation , he also offers his perception of his odd life's path and some views on the performance and reception of modern classical music. One of the great turning points in his career was in the 1970's when the Black Composer's Series was recorded by Columbia /Sony. He admits that until that project, he and other black composers had worked in isolation, unknown even to each other.
Excerpt: "Trombone Concerto"
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Excerpt: "Lyric for Strings"
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Excerpt: "Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra"
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Previous Program Playlists
December 9, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Frank Bridge |
The Sea (I, III) |
Benjamin Britten, English CO |
8007 |
BBC |
| William Bolcom |
Lyric Concerto (III, IV) |
Amy Porter, Kenneth Kiesler, U of Michigan SO |
63 |
Equilibrium |
| Benjamin Britten |
Sonata for Cello & Piano (I) |
Mstislav Rostropovich, Benjamin Britten |
452895 |
London |
| Alec Wilder |
Evening Song/Morning Song (Hansel & Gretel) |
Barbara Cook et al |
1125 |
Sepia |
| Benjamin Britten |
String Quartet #1 (I) |
The Britten Quartet |
11152 |
Collins |
| Chris Brubeck |
Danza del Soul (I) |
Concord Chamber Music Soc. |
122 |
Reference Recordings |
| Dmitri Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 14 (excerpts) |
Benjamin Britten, English CO |
8013 |
BBC |
| Brett Dean |
Viola Concerto (III) |
Brett Dean, Simone Young, Sydney SO |
1696 |
BIS |
| Benjamin Britten |
Piano Concerto (I) |
Sviatoslav Richter, Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR State SO |
10060 |
Russian Revelation |
December 2, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Benjamin Britten |
Double Concerto (I, II) |
Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Kent Nagano, Halle Orch. |
25502 |
Erato |
| Nancy Galbraith |
Inquiet Spirits |
Cuarteto Latinoamericano |
556 |
Albany |
| Benjamin Britten |
Mazurka elegiaca, Op. 23/2 |
Sviatoslav Richter |
420157 |
Philips |
| Alun Hoddinott |
Concerto for Orchestra |
Douglsd Bostock, Royal Liverpool PO |
384 |
Classico |
| Benjamin Britten |
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (16, 30, 38) |
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford |
14682 |
Collins |
| Malcolm Arnold |
Quintet, op. 73 |
Philip Jone Brass Ensemble |
467746 |
London |
| Benjamin Britten |
Gloriana (I, II) |
Steuart Bedford, London SO |
557196 |
Naxos |
| John Adams |
The Dharma at Big Sur (I) |
Tracy Silverman, John Adams, BBC SO |
79857 |
Nonesuch |
November 25, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Charles Ives |
Thanksgiving & Forefathers' Day |
Michael Tilson Thomas, Chicago SO |
42381 |
CBS |
| Virgil Thomson |
Autumn |
Ann Mason Stockton, Neville Marriner, LACO |
47715 |
EMI |
| Charles Koechlin |
Horn Sonata |
David Pyatt, Martin Jones |
21632 |
Erato |
| Leo Brouwer |
El Decamaron Negro |
Elena Papandreou |
554553 |
Naxos |
| Rodgers & Hart |
It Never Entered My Mind |
Dawn Upshaw et al |
79406 |
Nonesuch |
| Samuel Jones |
Tuba Concerto |
Christopher Olka, Gerard Schwarz, Seatlle SO |
559378 |
Naxos |
| Serge Taneyev |
Suite de Concert (III, IV, V) |
David Oistrakh, Nicolai Malko, Philharmonia Orch. |
65419 |
EMI |
November 18, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| William Alwyn |
Pastoral Fantasia |
Stephen Tees, Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia |
9065 |
Chandos |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Octet for Winds |
Netherlands Wind Ensemble |
472678 |
Philips |
| Malcolm Arnold |
Symphony No. 3, op. 63 (I) |
Andrew Penny, NSO of Ireland |
505178 |
Naxos |
| Luciana Souza/Elizabeth Bishop |
Argument/Do Tell |
Luciana Souza |
1091 |
Sunnyside |
| Brahms/Berio |
Clarinet Sonata (I) |
Fausto Ghiazzi, Riccardo Chailly, Orch. Sin. de Milano |
4762830 |
London |
| Fazil Say |
Patara (excerpt) |
Fazil Say et al |
5147 |
Naïve |
| William Alwyn |
String Trio (I, III) |
Quartet of London |
8440 |
Chandos |
| Gustav Mahler |
Symphony No. 10 (I. Adagio) |
Klaus Tennstedt, London PO |
72952 |
EMI |
October 28, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Ralph Vaughan-Williams |
Serenade to Music |
Leonard Bernstein, soloists, NY Phil. |
61874 |
CBS |
| Ned Rorem |
After Reading Shakespeare (excerpts) |
Richard Slavich |
639 |
Crystal |
| Paul Creston |
Introduction and Song |
David Amos, Krakow PO |
3-7036 |
Koch |
| Nana Caymmi |
Bom dia |
Coro OSESP |
242 |
Biscoito Classico |
| Aylton Escobar |
Sabia, Coracao de Una Viola |
Coro OSESP |
242 |
Biscoito Classico |
| Alexander Zemlinsky |
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19 (I) |
Artis Quartet |
5604 |
Nimbus |
| Miklos Rozsa |
The Vintner's Daughter |
Rumon Gamba, BBC Phil. |
10674 |
Chandos |
| Ralph Vaughan-Williams |
Piano Concerto (II) |
Howard Shelley, Vernon Handley, Royal PO |
211 |
Lyrita |
| Gabriela Ortiz |
Altar de muertos (II) |
Cuarteto Latinoamericano |
108 |
Urtext |
| Alexander Zemlinsky |
Lyric Symphony (I) |
Hakan Hagegard, Riccardo Chailly, Concertgebouw |
443569 |
London |
October 7, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| John Williams |
Cello Concerto (I) |
Yo-Yo Ma, Williams, Recording Arts Orch. of LA |
89670 |
CBS |
| Samuel Barber |
I Hear an Army/Nocturne/Sure on This Shining Night |
Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz/Leontyne Price, David Garvey |
88697 |
CBS |
| Steve Reich |
Tehillim (III) |
Reinbert de Leeuw, Schoenberg Ens. |
79294 |
Nonesuch |
| Steve Reich |
Three Movements for Orch. (II) |
Michael Tilson Thomas, LSO |
79294 |
Nonesuch |
| Kalevi Aho |
Symphonic Dances (1-3) |
Osmo Vanska, Lahti SO |
1336 |
Bis |
| Karel Szymanowski |
Four Studies (I, III) |
Martin Jones |
1750 |
Nimbus |
| Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky |
…al niente |
Brooklyn Rider |
03 |
In a Circle Records |
| Toru Takemitsu |
I Hear the Water Dreaming |
Patrick Gallois, Andrew Davis, BBC SO |
453459 |
DG |
| Joaquin Rodrigo |
Concierto Aranjuez (II) |
Lou Marini et al |
2104 |
eOne |
| Wayne Shorter |
Terra Incognita |
Imani Winds |
7782 |
eOne |
September 30, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Dimitri Shostakovich |
Violin Concerto #1 (I) |
David Oistrakh, Dmitri Mitropoulos, NY Phil. |
63327 |
CBS |
| Xavier Montsalvatge |
Cinco Canciones Negras |
Carole Farley, Jose Serebrier, SW Radio SO |
147 |
Phoenix |
| Paul Hindemith |
Piano Sonata #1 (III) |
Glenn Gould |
52670 |
CBS |
| Matt Curlee |
Neos |
Matt Curlee, Neo Ens. |
616892631828 |
Suigeneris |
| Bohuslav Martinu |
Symphony No. 2 (I, II) |
Vaclav Neumann, Czech PO |
110382 |
Supraphon |
| Fabio Gonzalez Zuleta |
Clarinet Sonata |
Javier Vinasco, Edith Ruiz |
104274 |
Chamber Music World |
| Gustav Mahler |
Das Lied von der Erde (I) |
Jon Vickers, Colin Davis, LSO |
411474 |
Philips |
| Peter Lieberson |
Piano Quintet |
Peter Serkin, Orion SQ |
9317 |
Bridge |
| Kalevi Aho |
Symphony No. 4 (II) |
Osmo Vanska, Lahti SO |
1066 |
Bis |
| Jose Serebrier |
Tango en Azul |
Serebrier, Bournemouth SO |
559648 |
Naxos |
September 23, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Arvo Part |
Antiphones |
Taverner Choir; Anrew Parrott |
61753 |
Sony |
| Michael Torke |
December |
Philharmonia Orch.;Yoel Levi |
452101 |
Argo |
| Michael Torke |
Bright Blue Music |
Baltimore Sym. ; David Zinman |
452101 |
Argo |
| Dimitri Shostakovich |
Preludes and Fugues #21 |
Tatiana Nikolayeva |
66441/3 |
Hyperion |
| Dimitri Shostakovich |
Preludes and Fugues #22 |
Tatiana Nikolayeva |
66441/3 |
Hyperion |
| Arvo Part |
Fratres |
I Fiamminghi ; Rudolph Werthen |
80387 |
Telarc |
| Arvo Part |
Festina Lente |
I Fiamminghi ; Rudolph Werthen |
80387 |
Telarc |
| Dimitri Shostakovich |
Symphony 7( 1st Mvt. Only) |
New York Phil. ;L. Bernstein
|
47616 |
Sony |
| Michael Torke |
Rapture ( Mallets) |
Royal Scottish Orch.; Alsop,M. |
8559167 |
Naxos |
| Arvo Part |
Te Deum |
Estonian Phil and Choir; T. Kaljuste |
1505 |
ECM |
| Gaetano Donizetti |
Don Pasquale |
Sills, Kraus;London Phil.; Caldwell |
66030 |
EMI |
September 16, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Brahms/Schoenberg |
Piano Quartet in g (I) |
Robert Craft, London Phil. |
7493 |
Koch |
| Paul Hindemith |
Trumpet Sonata |
Wynton Marsalis, Judith Lynn Stillman |
47193 |
CBS |
| Gustav Mahler |
Symphony No. 4 (IV) |
E. Schwarzkopf, B. Walter, Concertgebouw Orch. |
97018 |
Nederland |
| Lalo Schifrin |
Tango Borealis |
Schifrin et al |
35 |
Aleph |
| Frank Martin |
Three Dances (I) |
Heinz Holliger et al |
434105 |
Philips |
| Paul Paray |
Joan of Arc Mass (I. Kyrie) |
James Paul, Royal Scottish NO & Chorus |
78 |
RR |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
String quartet in d, op. 7 (II) |
LaSalle Quartet |
419994 |
DG |
| Lalo Schifrin |
Central Park Variations |
David Shifrin, Andre-Michel Schub |
37 |
Aleph |
| Peter Lieberson |
Drala (I, II, III) |
Oliver Knussen, Cleveland Orch. |
457606 |
DG |
September 9, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Maxwell Davies |
Farewell to Stromness |
Mississippi Guitar Quartet |
2624 |
Centaur |
| Georges Enescu |
Symphony No. 2 (I) |
Horia Andreescu, Romanian NO |
442 |
Olympia |
| Joan Tower |
Tres lent - In Memory of Olivier Messiaen |
Andre Emelianoff, Joan Tower |
80470 |
New World |
| Alphons Diepenbrock |
Im Grossen Schweigen |
Hakan Hagegard, Chailly, Concertgebouw Orch. |
97033 |
Nederland |
| Georges Enescu |
Piano Sonata #3 (I, II) |
Luiza Borac |
2081 |
Avie |
| Maxwell Davies |
Violin Concerto (I, II) |
Isaac Stern, Andre Previn, Royal Phil. |
42449 |
Sony |
| Georges Enescu |
Sting Quartet, Op. 22/1 (II) |
Quatour Athenaeum Enescu |
999068 |
CPO |
September 2, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Sel. fr. West Side Story |
Te Kanawa, Carreras, Bernstein, Orch. & Chorus |
447898 |
DG |
| Paul Hindemith |
Horn Sonata |
David Pyatt, Martin Jones |
21632 |
Erato |
| Albert Roussel |
Symphony No. 3 (II) |
Leonard Bernstein, French Natl. Orch. |
445512 |
DG |
| Michel Norris |
Zonam Solvere |
Ensemble Multifoon |
26510316 |
Soundzfine |
| Eric Dolphy |
God Bless the Child |
Eric Dolphy |
24027 |
Prestige |
| Gustav Mahler |
Kindertotenlieder (I. Nun will die Sonn so hell aufgehen/II. Nun seh ich wohl….) |
Janet Baker, Bernstein, Israel Phil. |
61837 |
CBS |
| Marlos Nobre |
Desafio XVII |
Duo Contemporain |
5126 |
Globe |
| Maurice Ravel |
Piano Concerto (II) |
Bernstein, Philharmoina Orch. |
61650 |
RCA |
| Richard Wilson |
Concerto for Horn, Marimba & B. Clar. (III, IV) |
Jeffrey Lang et al, Leon Botstein, American SO |
2011 |
American SO |
| Harry Burleigh |
Deep River |
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Peter Serkin |
907500 |
Harmonia Mundi |
August 26, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Chichester Psalms (III. Psalms 131 & 133) |
Bernstein, Camerata Singers, NY Phil. |
44710 |
CBS |
| Eric Ewazen |
Grand Canyon Suite (I, II) |
American Horn Quartet, NY Phil. horns |
1089 |
MSR |
| Gustav Mahler |
Ruckert Lieder (Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen/Ich atmet' einen linden Duft |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, L. Bernstein |
47140 |
CBS |
| Vernon Duke |
Cello Concerto (I) |
Sam Magill, Dmitri Yablonsky, Russian PO |
559286 |
Naxos |
| Vernon Duke |
Cabin in the Sky/Takin' a Chance on Love |
Thomas Stevens, Andre Previn |
5222 |
DRG |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (III. Riffs) |
Benny Goodman, Bernstein, Columbia Jazz Ens. |
61697 |
CBS |
| Paul Hindemith |
Octett (IV, V) |
Berlin Phil. Octet |
5461 |
Nimbus |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Sel. fr. Candide (arr. Guitar) |
Lucian Plessner |
999505 |
CPO |
| Billy Strayhorn |
Suite for Horn and Piano |
Willie Ruff, Dwike Mitchell |
2411 |
Kepler |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Clarinet Sonata (arr. Cello) |
Yo-Yo Ma, Jeffrey Kahane |
53126 |
CBS |
August 19, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Karl Amadeus Hartmann |
Symphony No. 4 (I) |
Christoph Poppen, Munich CO |
1720 |
ECM |
| Lukas Foss |
Central Park Reel |
Concord Chamber Music Soc. |
120 |
Reference |
| Arthur Bliss |
Oboe Quintet (II) |
Pamela Woods, Audubon SQ |
80205 |
Telarc |
| Carlos Chavez |
Xochipilli |
Rambuco, Southwest Chamber Music |
8852 |
Cambria |
| William Schuman |
Symphony No. 4 (II) |
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO |
559254 |
Naxos |
| Arturo Marquez |
Malandro Octet |
Orq. Mexicana de las Artes |
01 |
Arturo Marquez |
| Lukas Foss |
Song of Songs (IV. Set me a seal) |
Jennie Tourel, L. Bernstein, NY Phil. |
47553 |
CBS |
| John Harbison |
String Quartet No. 4 (I, II) |
Orion Quartet |
7598 |
Koch |
| Karl Amadeus Hartmann |
Chamber Concerto for Clarinet, SQ & String Orch. (I) |
Paul Meyer, Christoph Poppen, Munich CO |
1720 |
ECM |
| Jacque Ibert |
Ports of Call (III. Valencia) |
Paul Paray, Detroit SO |
432003 |
Mercury |
| Paul Paray |
Symphony No. 1 (I) |
James Paul, Royal Scottish NSO |
78 |
Reference |
August 12, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Valentin Silvestrov |
Symphony No. 5 (3-4) |
David Robertson, German SO-Berlin |
66825 |
CBS |
| Astor Piazzolla |
Tristango |
Quintetto di Ottoni della Toscana |
572611 |
Naxos |
| Vissarion Shebalin |
Concertino for Horn (I, II) |
Marie Luise Nuenecker, Werner Andrea Albert, Bamberg SO |
31357 |
Koch |
| Jonathan Bartz |
Concertino for Bassoon, Piano & String Trio |
Paula Brusky, Kay Kim et al |
1367 |
MSR |
| Alfred Schnittke |
Concerto for Piano and Strings (II-III) |
Constantine Orbelian, Moscow CO |
3259 |
Delos |
| Paquito D'Rivera |
Dizzyness/Contradanza |
P. D'Rivera |
59861 |
Timba Records |
| Dmitri Smirnov |
Quartet (IV) |
Chilingirian Quartet |
51252 |
Conifer |
| Reza Vali |
Flute Concerto (II) |
Alberto Almarza, Gil Rose, Boston Modern Orch. Project |
557224 |
Naxos |
| Sofia Gubaidulina |
I tempus praesens (excerpt) |
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Valery Gergiev, LSO |
4777450 |
DG |
| Michael Torke |
Tahiti (1-2) |
Clark Rundell, 10/10 Ensemble |
93231 |
Ecstatic Records |
August 5, 2011
Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| Alexander Glazunov |
Saxophone Concerto (I, II) |
John Harle, Neville Marriner, ASMF |
54301 |
EMI |
| Leo Brouwer |
Sonata del caminante |
Odair Assad |
126.064 |
GHA |
| Rodion Shchedrin |
Piano Concerto #1 (I) |
Shchedrin, Evgeni Svetlanov, USSR SO |
11129 |
Russian Disc |
| Grace Williams |
Two Choruses |
Richard Hickox Singers |
9617 |
Chandos |
| Nicolai Miaskovsky |
String Quartet No. 13 (III) |
Gosteleradio Quartet |
8178 |
Vox |
| David Heuser |
Deep Blue Spiral |
Todd Oxford |
93 |
Equilibrium |
| Dmitri Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 5 (I) excerpt |
Leonard Bernstein, NY Phil |
61841 |
CBS |
| Andre Jolivet |
Concertino for Trumpet, Piano & Strings |
Sergie Nakariakov, Jesus Lopez Cobo, Lausanne CO |
90846 |
Teldec |
| Moise Vainberg |
Symphony No. 12 (II) |
Maxim Shostakovich, Moscow RSO |
11010 |
Russian Disc |
| Michael Torke |
Corner in Manhattan (II, III) |
The Ying Quartet |
2003 |
Quartz |
March 11, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| John Corigliano |
Voyage for Flute & Strings |
Paul Edmund Davies, I Fiamminghi |
80503 |
Telarc |
| John Adams |
Shaker Loops |
Edo de Waart, SF SO |
412214 |
Philips |
| Maurice Ravel |
Scherazade (Asie/La Flute Enchantee) |
Ernest Ansermet, Suisse Romande Orch. |
417813 |
LON |
| Alban Berg |
Piano Sonata, Op. 1 |
Nikolai Demidenko |
66781 |
Hyperion |
| Quincy Porter |
Clarinet Quintet |
Chamber Music NW |
3088 |
Delos |
| Roy Harris |
Symphony No. 7 |
Theodore Kuchar, National SO Ukraine |
559050 |
Naxos |
| John Adams |
Violin Concerto (II) |
Gidon Kremer, John Adams, St. Luke's Orch. |
79360 |
Nonesuch |
| Alban Berg |
Seven Early Songs (selections) |
Brigitte Balleys, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Berlin RSO |
436567 |
LON |
| John Corigliano |
Oboe Concerto (II) |
Humbert Lucarelli, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, American SO |
60395 |
RCA |
March 4, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| John Corigliano |
Voyage for Flute & Strings |
Paul Edmund Davies, I Fiamminghi |
80503 |
Telarc |
| John Adams |
Shaker Loops |
Edo de Waart, SF SO |
412214 |
Philips |
| Maurice Ravel |
Scherazade (Asie/La Flute Enchantee) |
Ernest Ansermet, Suisse Romande Orch. |
417813 |
LON |
| Alban Berg |
Piano Sonata, Op. 1 |
Nikolai Demidenko |
66781 |
Hyperion |
| Quincy Porter |
Clarinet Quintet |
Chamber Music NW |
3088 |
Delos |
| Roy Harris |
Symphony No. 7 |
Theodore Kuchar, National SO Ukraine |
559050 |
Naxos |
| John Adams |
Violin Concerto (II) |
Gidon Kremer, John Adams, St. Luke's Orch. |
79360 |
Nonesuch |
| Alban Berg |
Seven Early Songs (selections) |
Brigitte Balleys, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Berlin RSO |
436567 |
LON |
| John Corigliano |
Oboe Concerto (II) |
Humbert Lucarelli, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, American SO |
60395 |
RCA |
February 25, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| George Walker |
Hoopla |
Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia |
1061 |
Albany |
| Eduard Tubin |
Concerto for Balalaika & Orch. |
Neeme Jarvi, Swedish RSO |
351 |
Bis |
| Erkki Tuur |
String Quartet (I) |
Duke Quartet |
14752 |
Collins |
| George Walker |
Violin Concerto |
Gregory Walker, Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia |
1178 |
Albany |
| Anon. |
Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas |
Cantus |
1207 |
Cantus |
| Billy Joel |
Lullabye |
Cantus |
1207 |
Cantus |
| George Walker |
Serenata for CO |
Edwin London, Cleveland Chamber Symphony |
270 |
Albany |
| Peteris Vasks |
Concerto for Cor Anglais (Elegie I & II) |
Normunds Schnee, Kriss Rusmanis, Riga PO |
51236 |
Conifer |
| Arvo Part |
Te Deum |
Tonu Kaljuste, Tallin Chamber Orch. & Chorus |
1505 |
ECM |
| George Walker |
Sinfonia No. 2 (II) |
Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia |
1178 |
Albany |
February 18, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| George Walker |
Piano Concerto (II, III) |
Natalie Hinderas, Paul Freeman, Detroit SO |
1111 |
DSO |
| Pierre Boulez |
Messagesquisse |
Daniel Barenboim, members of Chicago SO |
7 |
CSO |
| George Walker |
Lilacs |
Faye Robinson, Timothy Russell, Arizona SU SO |
274 |
Summit |
| Mason Bates |
Red River (Continental Divide/Interstate 70) |
Mason Bates, Antares |
1342 |
MSR |
| George Walker |
Serenata for Chamber Orch. (II, III) |
Edwin London, Cleveland Chamber Sym. |
270 |
Albany |
| Daniel Catan |
Rappaccini's Daughter selections |
Encarnacion Vasquez, Fernando de la Mora, Eduardo Diazmunoz, Orq. Filarmonica de la Ciudad de Mexico |
557034 |
Naxos |
| George Walker |
Song Without Words |
George Walker |
1082 |
Albany |
| Serge Prokofiev |
Violin Concerto No. 1 (I) |
Sarah Chung, Simon Rattle, Berlin Phil. |
46053 |
EMI |
| George Walker |
Poem for Violin & Orch. (I) |
Gregory Walker, Edwin London, Cleveland Chamber Sym. |
270 |
Albany |
February 11, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Spine Number |
Label |
| George Walker |
Pageant & Proclamation |
Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia |
1178 |
Albany |
| Miklos Rosza |
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello & Orch. (II, III) |
Victor Aitay, Frank Miller, Jean Martinon, Chicago SO |
7 |
CSO |
| Eugenio Toussaint |
El Pez Dorado |
Eugenio Toussaint |
279044 |
M&L |
| George Walker |
Trombone Concerto |
Denis Wick, Paul Freeman, London SO |
32783 |
CBS |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Tierkreis (Aquarius) |
Schlagwerk Nordwest Percussion Ens. |
319219 |
Antes |
| Mary Lou Williams |
Zodiac Suite (Aquarius/Pisces) |
Mary Lou Williams |
40810 |
SFW |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Tierkreis (Aries) |
Schlagwerk Nordwest Percussion Ens. |
319219 |
Antes |
| Eugenio Toussaint |
Cello Concerto |
Carlos Prieto, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Orq. de la Americas |
47 |
Urtext |
February 4, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Label |
| George Walker |
String Quartet No. 1 (I, II) |
Son Sonora SQ |
Albany |
| Morton Gould |
Flute Concerto (I, II) |
Donald Peck, Georg Solti, Chicago SO |
CSO |
| George Walker |
Piano Sonata #1 (I, II) |
Natalie Hinderas |
CRI |
| Charles Coleman |
Absolution |
Kristjan Jarvi, Absolute Ensemble |
Enja |
| George Walker |
George Walker speaks about Lyric for Strings |
George Walker |
private recording |
| George Walker |
Lyric for Strings |
Paul Freeman, London SO |
CBS |
|
Daniel Catan speaks about Milton Babbitt |
Daniel Catan |
private recording |
| Milton Babbitt |
Correspondences |
James Levine, Chicago SO |
DG |
| George Walker |
Folk Songs for Orchestra |
Edwin London, Cleveland CO |
Albany |
| Moisse Vainberg |
Trumpet Concerto |
Serge Nakariakov, Andrey Bereyko, Jenaer Philharmonie |
Teldec |
January 28, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Label |
| Philip Glass |
Cello Concerto (I) |
Julian Lloyd Webber, Gerard Schwarz, Royal Liverpool PO |
OMM |
| Bagn Holmboe |
Symphony No. 1 |
Owain Arwel Hughes, Aarhus SO |
Bis |
| John Teverner |
Come and do Your will in me |
Anonymous 4 |
HMU |
| Stephen Paulus |
Violin Concerto (I) |
William Preucil, Robert Shaw, Atlanta SO |
New World |
| Jerome Kern |
Three Songs (I'm Old Fashioned, Yesterdays, All the Things You Are) |
Kiri Te Kanawa, Jonathan Tunick, London Sinfonietta |
EMI |
| Maurice Ravel |
Daphnis and Chloe selections |
Bernard Haitink, Chicago SO |
CSO ReSound |
| Witold Lutoslawski |
Piano Concerto (I, III) |
Krystian Simerman, Lutoslawski, BBC SO |
DG |
| Virgil Thomson |
Four Saints in Three Acts (Act I excerpts) |
Thomson, Chorus & Orchestra |
RCA |
January 21, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Label |
| Walter Piston |
Flute Quintet (I, II) |
Olga Shylayeva et al |
Naxos |
| Daniel Catan |
Florencia (Act I, sc. 1) |
Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera |
Albany |
| Berthold Goldschmidt |
Clarinet Concerto (I, II) |
Sabine Meyer, Yakov Kreizberg, Orch. de Komischen Oper, Berlin |
London |
| Charles Fitts |
Chisos Epiphany |
Juan Carlos Lomonaco, Orq. Sinfonica Carlos Chavez |
Conaculta |
| Henri Dutilleux |
Cello Concerto (II) |
Rostropovich, Serge Baudo, Orch. de Paris |
EMI |
| John Corigliano |
Piano Concerto (I) |
Alain Lefevre, Carl St. Clair, Pacific SO |
Koch |
| Walter Piston |
Prayer of David |
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO & Chorale |
Delos |
| John Williams |
Horn Concerto (I) |
Karl Pituch, Leonard Slatkin, Detroit SO |
Naxos |
January 14, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Label |
| Matt Dennis |
Angel Eyes |
Andre Previn |
EMI |
| Richard Rodgers |
It Might as Well Be Spring |
Andre Previn |
EMI |
| Arne Nordheim |
Nachruf for Strings |
C. Eggen, Oslo Philharmonic |
Aurora |
| Pierre Boulez |
Repons (selections) |
Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemperain |
DG |
| Pierre Boulez |
(In conversation) |
Pierre Boulez |
DG |
| Hilding Rosenberg |
String Quartet #9 (II. Tema con Variazioni) |
Copenhagen String Quartet |
Caprice |
| Jacques Hetu |
Guitar Concerto (I, II) |
Francois Fowler, Alexander Jimenez, Arts Centre Orch. |
CBC |
| Arne Nordheim |
Tres Lamentaciones |
Grex Vocalis |
Aurora |
| David Diamond |
Flute Quintet (II. Romanza) |
Chicago Chamber Musicians |
Cedille |
| Luigi Dallapiccolo |
Variations for Orch. (selections) |
Hans Rosbaud, Concertgebouw Orch. |
RCO |
| Dmitri Tiomkin |
Wild is the Wind |
Helen Merrill |
Sunnyside |
| Marian McPartland |
Portrait of Helen |
Helen Merrill |
Sunnyside |
| Andre Previn |
Diversions (II) |
Andre Previn, Vienna Phil. |
DG |
January 7, 2011
| Composer |
Title |
Artist |
Label |
| Michael Tippett |
Concerto for violin, viola, cello & orch. (tr. 2-3) |
Tippett, soloists, BBC PO |
Nimbus |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Pulcinella |
Pierre Boulez, Chicago SO |
CSO Resound |
| Alexander Scriabin |
Piano Sonata No. 4 |
Vladimir Sofronitsky |
Philips |
| Billy Taylor |
Homage (I) |
Billy Taylor, Turtle Island SQ |
GRP |
| Francis Poulenc |
Montparnasse/C |
Pierre Bernac, Francis Poulenc |
Testament |
| Serge Prokofiev/Barshai |
Fugitive Visions (1-8) |
Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Soloists |
Onyx |
| Michael Tippett |
String Quartet No. 1 (III) |
Edinburgh Quartet |
EMI |
| Dmitri Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 8 (II) |
Rudolf Barshai, WDR SO |
Brilliant Classics |
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