In This Hid Clearing, the latest CD with the University of Missouri Wind Ensemble features a huge range of music, including the first ever recordings of works by Gordon Jacob and Jack Stamp.

This podcast features an interview with Tom O’Neal, Director of Bands and conductor on this CD.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572108

 

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A review from Audiophile Audition by Gary Lemco of KAPUSTIN: Piano Sonata No. 15 (Naxos 8.570532)

Texas pianist John Salmon (b. 1954) may have accomplished for Ukrainian composer Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) what Leonard Pennario did for Louis Moreau Gottschalk a generation ago…

… The curious combination of classical procedures and jazzy, hip sounds takes us to The Half Note in New York City, a real “club” sonority that Salmon’s right hand whips out in runs while the left has the bumping ostinati…

… Salmon ends with a blistering Scherzo–a toccata really–from the Sonata No. 2, wherein any number of pounding of the D in 12/8 time gets our blood pumping…

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