Posts Tagged “William Schuman”

REED, O., HUSA, K., NELHYBEL, V., SCHUMAN, W: Fanfares and Overtures album coverFanfares and Overtures, the first CD by the esteemed Rutgers Wind Ensemble on Naxos Wind Band Classics, presents a dizzying range of music that include either fanfares or overtures. The CD includes music by Herbert Owen Reed, Vaclav Nelhybel, WIlliam Schuman and Karel Husa whose “Music for Prague” may be one of the finest pieces of musical protest music ever written.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572230

 

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PERRY, W.: Jamestown Concerto / SCHUMAN, W.: A Song of Orpheus / THOMSON, V.: Cello Concerto album coverWilliam Perry, William Schuman and Virgil Thomson share several important traits.

They are all 20th American composers (though Perry is stil alive, which makes him a 21st century composer), and all have written works for solo cello and orchestra.

This podcast introduces threse three beautiful but still unknown works.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559344

 

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