Piston: Chamber Music

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Walter Piston (1894-1976) was part of that famous generation of American composers of the 1930s and 1940s whose distinct brand of Romanticism set the tone for American music for the rest of the century. Piston studied with Nadia Boulanger and Paul Dukas in Paris, and their insistence on textural balances shows up in Piston's best music, including his chamber works, the best of which are on this disc. They range from public expressions of sheer joy (the Quintet for Flute and String Quartet of 1942) to the darkly private (the String Sextet of 1964). Piston also makes use of various postmodern techniques (atonality and serialism among them) where it serves the music, making it all the more interesting. This is an extraordinary collection of brilliant--and beautiful--music. --Paul Cook

Piston: Chamber Music, Music, Judith Glyde, Walter Piston, Ian Munro, Randolph Kelly, Theodore Kuchar, James Oliver IV Buswell, Michele Walsh, Chamber, Chamber Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Quintet for Keyboard and Four String Instruments

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American Music for Two Pianos and Orchestra Manufacturer: Helicon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Piston | Piston, Walter | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lilacs: The Music of George Walker Gould: StringMusic; Piano Concerto Leslie Bassett: Echoes from an Invisible World Camargo Guarnieri: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Blood on the Fields ASIN: B000035X6L Release Date: 1999-11-30

Tracks:

1. Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra: Allegro
2. Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra: Adagio
3. Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra: Con spirito
4. Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra
5. Dance Variations For Two Pianos And Orchestra - Chaconne
6. Arabesques: Gavotte, Pavane, Polka, Quadrille, Minuet, Waltz, Can-Can
7. Pas de deux (Tango)
8. Tarantella

Average customer rating: Do yourself a favor... Five Stars for the Performances, Four for the Music

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1. Qnt: Allegro Moderato Grazioso - Olga Shylayeva/James Buswell/Michele Walsh/Randolph Kelly/Carol Ou
2. Qnt: Andantino Con Espressione - Olga Shylayeva/James Buswell/Michele Walsh/Randolph Kelly/Carol Ou
3. Qnt: Vivace E Leggero - Olga Shylayeva/James Buswell/Michele Walsh/Randolph Kelly/Carol Ou
4. Qnt: Allegro Non Troppo - Olga Shylayeva/James Buswell/Michele Walsh/Randolph Kelly/Carol Ou
5. Str Sxt: Adagio Espressivo - James Buswell/Dimity Hall/Randolf Kelly/Theodore Kuchar/Judith Glyde/Carol Ou
6. Str Sxt: Leggerissimo E Vivace Assai - James Buswell/Dimity Hall/Randolf Kelly/Theodore Kuchar/Judith Glyde/Carol Ou
7. Str Sxt: Energico - James Buswell/Dimity Hall/Randolf Kelly/Theodore Kuchar/Judith Glyde/Carol Ou
8. Pno Qt: Leggero E Scorrevole - James Buswell/Theodore Kuchar/Carol Ou/Michael Gurt
9. Pno Qt: Adagio Sostenuto - James Buswell/Theodore Kuchar/Carol Ou/Michael Gurt
10. Pno Qt: Allegro Vivo - James Buswell/Theodore Kuchar/Carol Ou/Michael Gurt
11. Pno Qnt: Allegro Comodo - Ian Munro/James Buswell/Anthony Gault/Theodore Kuchar/Judith Glyde
12. Pno Qnt: Adagio - Ian Munro/James Buswell/Anthony Gault/Theodore Kuchar/Judith Glyde
13. Pno Qnt: Allegro Vivo - Ian Munro/James Buswell/Anthony Gault/Theodore Kuchar/Judith Glyde

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Do yourself a favor..........2006-08-30

Five Stars for the Performances, Four for the Music.......2001-10-12

For one thing, the String Sextet and Piano Quartet, both written in 1964, are much more chromatic than is typical of Piston and sound almost atonal in spots, with the lack of developmental focus that seems to imply. Often, the two pieces seem to meander along without any particular place to go. But then the finales have the usual elan and drive that Piston luckily couldn't forgo in his last movements. The Energico last movement of the Sextet is especially infectious.

But then the other works are vintage Piston. The earliest piece on the disc, the Flute Quintet of 1942, has a pastoral langor that seems just right for this instrumental combination, except, that is, in the bouncing fugato of the scherzo and in the fleet first theme of the finale. The gentle dialogs among the instruments have the air of good conversation. A very pleasant work indeed. The Piano Quartet, equally fine, is equally unabashedly Romantic, taking as its models the great quintets of the 19th century: Schumann, Brahms, and especially Dvorak. A balletic finale of real charm crowns the work.

The host of players in this project include familiar names such as James Buswell and Theodore Kuchar, and all play with evident relish, as well a high sense of ensemble. Naxos' Down Under recording team provide sound that is warm and wonderfully immediate. Another winning bargain from Naxos.

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Made In The USA Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grofé, Ferde | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hanson | Hanson, Howard | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Piston | Piston, Walter | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schuman | Schuman, William | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000071H Release Date: 1992-12-14

Tracks:

1. Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday (Excerpts)
2. Symphony No. 3, Second Movement: Symphony No. 3, Second Movement (Excerpts)
3. Symphony No. 4, Second Movement
4. Through The Looking Glass: Introduction (Excerpt)
5. The School For Scandal: Overture (Excerpts)
6. The Lement For Beowulf: The Lement For Beowulf (Excerpt)
7. Symphony No. 4, 'Requiem,' Fourth Movement, 'Lux Aeterna': Symphony No. 4, 'Requiem,' Fourth Movement, 'Lux Aeterna' (Excerpt)
8. New England Triptych: Chester
9. Music To Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet: Juliet And Her Nurse
10. artita For Flute, Violin And Strings, Second Movement, 'Sarabande': Partita For Flute, Violin And Strings, Second Movement, 'Sarabande'
11. Serenata: Serenata, Third Movement ('Con Spirito')
12. Merry Mount: Love Duet From The Suite From The Opera Merry Mount
13. Symphony No. 3, Third Movement
14. Grande Canyon Suite: On The Trail
15. An American In Paris: An American In Paris (Excerpt)
16. Bacchanale

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Delos compilation.......2006-08-06

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American Music from Saint Thomas Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Piston | Piston, Walter | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thompson | Thompson, Randall | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009VAAKA Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

1. I Kyrie
2. II Gloria
3. III Credo
4. IV Sanctus - Benedictus
5. V Agnus Dei
6. Prelude And Allegro For Organ And Strings
7. Pater Noster
8. I The Carol Of The Rose
9. II The Pelican
10. III The Place Of The Blest
11. IV Alleluia. Amen

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Heartache: An Anthology of English Viola Music Manufacturer: Guild ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Viola | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Portrait of the Viola ASIN: B0001PIZII Release Date: 2005-01-17

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American String Quartets 1900-1950 Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hanson | Hanson, Howard | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Piston | Piston, Walter | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schuman | Schuman, William | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: American String Quartets, 1950-1970 ASIN: B000001K3X Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Quartet No. 3: Introduction And Fugue
2. Quartet No. 3: Intermezzo
3. Quartet No. 3: Rondo - Variations
4. Quartet In One Movement, Op. 23
5. Quartet No. 2: Allegro moderato
6. Quartet No. 2: Tempo di valzer
7. Quartet No. 2: Adagio sostenuto
8. Quartet No. 2: Allegretto
9. Lullaby For String Quartet

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1. Quartet No. 2: Lento; Allegro appassionato alla breve; Andante tranquillo; Presto
2. Quartet No. 2: Adagio
3. Scherzo For 2 Violins, Viola And Cello
4. Quartet No. 2: Allegro ardentemente
5. Quartet No. 2: Prestissimo
6. Quartet No. 2: Adagio semplice
7. Quartet No. 2: Allegro focosamente
8. Quartet No. 5: Allegro
9. Quartet No. 5: Adagio
10. Quartet No. 5: Allegro
11. Two Pieces For A String Quartet: Lento molto
12. Two Pieces For A String Quartet: Rondino

Average customer rating: The Schwarz/Seattle Piston Series Reappears on Naxos

Walter Piston: The Incredible Flutist Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Piston | Piston, Walter | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Walter Piston: Symphony No. 4; Three New England Sketches; Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra Walter Piston: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6 Virgil Thomson: Symphony No 1-3 Rorem: Three Symphonies Piston: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Fantasia Concertos ASIN: B00008V5ZY Release Date: 2003-04-15

Tracks:

1. Introduction - Siesta In The Market Place
2. Entrance Of The Vendors
3. Entrance Of The Customers
4. Tango Of The Merchant's Daughters
5. Arrival Of The Circus
6. Circus March
7. The Flutist
8. Minuet
9. Spanish Waltz
10. Siciliana
11. Polka Finale
12. Fantasy For English Horn, Harp & Strings - Glen Danielson
13. Allegro - Gerard Schwarz
14. Andante - Gerard Schwarz
15. Allegro - Gerard Schwarz
16. Concerto For String Quartet, Wind Instruments & Percussion - Juilliard String Quartet
17. Psalm: 'O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song' - Gerard Schwarz
18. Prayer Of David: Bow Down Thine Ear, O Lord' - Gerard Schwarz

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The Schwarz/Seattle Piston Series Reappears on Naxos.......2003-06-14

'The Incredible Flutist' was the first music by Piston I ever heard. I was a young boy, taken to a concert by my music-loving aunt, and can still remember the excitement I felt when the Circus Parade Music came by, and my surprise and delight that it ended with the sound of a dog barking. On this recording the dog is a yapper. I think I would have preferred to hear a deep-voiced dog (as it was on Leonard Slatkin's old recording), but there you are. The performance by flutist Scott Goff, and by the Seattle Symphony, is first-rate.

The English Horn Fantasy was written as a display piece and shows off the plaintive voice of the solo cor anglais. Its mood and use of modal harmonies make it sound as if it could have been written by one of the English pastoralists. Glen Danielson is a fine English hornist, and harpist Therese Elder Wunrow makes the most of her important accompanying role.

The 'Suite for Orchestra' (1929) is a three-movement piece, Piston's first published work. His background working in dance bands is in evidence in the energetic jazzy rhythms of the first movement. The English horn figures again in the bluesy middle movement. The finale deserts the American pop world when it develops into a vigorous multi-voiced canon.

'Psalm and Prayer of David' is a two-movement work for chorus and orchestra that sets two biblical texts: 'O sing unto the Lord a new song,' (more recently set in somewhat altered form by Bernstein in his 'Mass') and 'Bow down thine ear, o Lord.' It is in a somewhat astringent, but not notably Jewish, harmonic language that aptly illustrates the texts. It was, I believe, Piston's last published music, premiered in 1976.

For me the most interesting piece on the CD is the ten-minute, 'Concerto for String Quartet, Wind Instruments & Percussion,' played here by the dedicatees, the Juilliard Quartet, and members of the Seattle Symphony. It is a one-movement set of variations which evolve each from the other, beginning with a harsh juxtaposition of winds and percussion against straining string quartet, but then slowing and quietening to a lyrically mournful middle section. There is an extended and virtuosic cadenza for the quartet that leads to a vigorous full wind-and-percussion peroration that eventually culminates in a quiet, pensive ending.

Hats off to all involved in this wonderful series. I understand that Piston's Fourth Symphony and Three New England Sketches have just been released and I expect that issue will be one of my next reviews!

Review by Scott Morrison

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Tracks:

1. George Walker: Lyric for Strings (5:17) - Chicago Sinfonietta / Paul Freeman, conductor
2. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: October from The Seasons, Op. 37a (4:25) - Dmitry Paperno, pno
3. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Kyrie from Mass in G minor (3:47) - His Majestie's Clerkes / Anne Heider, director
4. Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo, Op. 116, No. 4 from Seven Fantasies, Op. 116 (4:16) - Dmitry Paperno, pno
5. Lita Grier: Andante from Renascence (Concertino for Flute and Orchestra) (3:41) - Mary Stolper, flute
6. Frank Ferko: Eia mater from Stabat Mater (2:31) - His Majestie's Clerkes / Anne Heider, director
7. Walter Piston: Prelude from Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings (5:16) - David Schrader, organ; Grant Park Orchestra / Carlos Kalmar, conductor
8. Sergei Rachmaninov: Moment musical in D-flat, Op. 16, No. 5 (4:12)Dmitry Paperno, piano
9. Thomas Albert: IV from Thirteen Ways (3:28) - eighth blackbird
10. William Grant Still: Adagio from Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" (4:18) - Chicago Sinfonietta / Paul Freeman, conductor
11. Federico Mompou: Canción y Danza No. 1 (3:14) - Dmitry Paperno, piano
12. Aaron Copland: Midsummer Nocturne (1:53) - Ramon Salvatore, piano
13. Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas: Adagio from Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major (5:48) - Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Encore Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Hege, conductor
14. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Alla sarabande from Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2 for Strings (5:35) - Chicago Sinfonietta / Paul Freeman, conductor
15. Alexandre Tansman: Dialogue from Sutie pour Trio D'Anches (2:06) - The Chicago Chamber Musicians
16. Fela Sowande: Nostalgia from African Suite (4:14) - Chicago Sinfonietta / Paul Freeman, conductor
17. Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati Quorum Via from Three Motets, Op. 38 (3:36) - His Majestie's Clerkes / Anne Heider, director
18. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (5:12) - Dmitry Paperno, piano

Album Description

Say "adios" to the same old adagios you typically find on serenity-themed CDs of contemplative classical music.

This new disc of calming classics, drawn from 16 different, acclaimed CDs in the Cedille Records catalog, consists of rare gems of relaxing classical music, ranging from symphony and concerto movements to solo piano, choral, and chamber works. Included are the slow movement of a violin concerto by a Black contemporary of Mozart and numerous works by "Romantic" American composers.

It's some of the most sublime music you've never heard.

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Engineer's Choice Bela Bartok , David Diamond , Ottorino Respighi , Falla, Manuel de , Ravel, Maurice , James DePreist , Schwarz, Gerard , Wagner, Roger , Shifrin, David , and Davidovich, Bella Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grofé, Ferde | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hanson | Hanson, Howard | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Piston | Piston, Walter | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Respighi | Respighi, Ottorino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Engineer's Choice II ASIN: B00000071F Release Date: 1992-05-22

Tracks:

1. Symphony No. 10: Scherzo
2. Gimpel The Fool: 'Jester's Song And Mazel Tov'
3. Through The Looking Glass: Looking-Glass Insects
4. Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset
5. Billy The Kid: Gun Battle
6. Symphony No.6: Movements III. And IV.
7. Piano Concerto: Adagio
8. Wassail Song
9. Fleurs
10. Menuetto
11. Symphony No. 51: Finale (Allegro)
12. Suite For Skip And Sadie: Good Morning
13. Piano Trio: Tema con Variazioni
14. Treestone: Tristopher Tristian
15. Prelude In G Minor
16. A Quaker Reader: Movements IV and VIII
17. Symphony No. 6: Scherzo (Leggerissimo vivace)
18. The Miraculous Mandarin: The Miraculous Mandarin (excerpts)
19. Symphony No. 2: Finale (Allegro vigoroso) (Excerpt)
20. Roman Festivals: Roman Festivals (excerpts)
21. Nights In The Gardens Of Spain (excerpts)
22. Daphnis And Chloe: Daphnis and Chloe (excerpt)

Music Review:

1. Piston: Violin Concerots Nos. 1 and 2; Fantasia Concertos
2. Régine Crespin - Songs of Ravel & Satie, Beethoven "Ah! Perfido", Concert Arias
3. Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
4. Revueltas: Orchestral Music
5. Rossini: La Cenerentola [Import]
6. Schenk: The Nymphs of the Rhine, Vol. 2
7. Schmidt: Symphony No. 4; Strauss: Symphonic Fragment (Josephs-Legende)
8. Shadowcatcher
9. Shchedrin: Carmen Suite; Concerto for Orchestra "Naughty Limericks"
10. Sibelius: Op. Nos. 2, 9, 11, 26 & 112

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