classical music: Stanley Drucker     classical music:     Stanley Drucker      The Americans: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Stanley Drucker, Samuel Barber, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Very Good To Memorable Recordings of Bernstein's American Composer Recordings This is yet another superb box set of Bernstein's Deutsche Grammophon recordings, emphasizing his strong affinity and interest in the work of such great American composers like Charles Ives, Aaron Copland and William Schuman. The best recordings are those with The New ...             Tredici: Steps For Orchestra/Haddock's Eyes Jon Deak, Paul Clement, ... New World Records, 1992 This guy dares to let you have fun at the concert hall Imagine Varese refusing to take himself seriously. Or imagine Carl Stalling writing for concert halls instead of for WB cartoons. This guy's music is the antidote to the dry academic layer of dust that coats most modern classical composition. This music is about ...             The Essential Bernstein Stanley Drucker, Leonard Bernstein, ... Sony, 1999 Why 'The essential Bernstein' is not conducted by Lenny? The pieces of music selected for this recording are indeed a selection of the 'Essential Bernstein'. The 60's "Candide Overture" is the best version recorded by Bernstein. But the "West side Story" is conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas (a good conductor, but there are ...             John Corigliano: Concerto for Clarinet; Samuel Barber: Third Essay for Orchestra Stanley Drucker, Samuel Barber, ... New World Records, 1992 Superb clarinet This disk marks the coupling of two of America's most prominent musicians: Stanley Drucker and John Corigliano. This concerto was written specifically for Drucker's abilities, and it shows. Even though it has been recorded by others (most notably Richard Stoltzman), ...             The Spanish Harpsichord Lorne Munroe, Stanley Drucker, ... Sony, 1993 This is a wonderful collection of Spanish Baroque harpsichord music. Of course Scarlatti, who came from Italy, is the king. Igor Kipnis plays one of Scarlatti's single sonatas and the great triptych, K. 490- 92. He gives an object lesson in performing Scarlatti with imagination, virtuosity, taste, and ornamented repeats, the latter adding a ...             Barber: Adagio for Strings; Violin Concerto; Orchestral & Chamber Works Judith LeClair, Stanley Drucker, ... EMI Classics, 2005 His best Wonderful collection of Barber's best. Of course it includes Adagio, his most well know, but many other greats as well, like Essay for Orchestra.             Gershwin / Fazil Say, New York PO George Gershwin, Stanley Drucker, ... Warner Music France, 2000 This is one of my absolute favorite Gershwin CD's There's some rather rare pieces on this CD--including the wonderful cakewalk Novelette in Fourths. Gershwin wrote some wonderful jazz-style preludes for piano, but usually only three are recorded. There are a number of other short piano works that are delightful and ...             Eugene Levinson, Principal Double Bass of the New York Philharmonic Judith LeClair, Lorne Munroe, ... Cala, 2006 Legendary Bassist in top form. A must for fans of the bass Eugene Levinson, Principal Bass of the New York Philharmonic, is also one of the all-time leading virtuoso soloists on the instrument. This album presents him in top form, performing a wide range of material, ranging from the classical clarity of his own transcription ...             Copland: El Salon Mexico/Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra/Music for the Theatre/Connotations for ... Stanley Drucker, Aaron Copland, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1991 Biggest and best conglomeration of American musical talent. This recording is taken from the final concerts Leonard Bernstein gave with the New York Philharmonic in October 1989, so it is a very historical bit of musical documentation as well as a fine reading of great American music. Bernstein and Copland had a long history ...             Omniphony 1 Elias Carmen, Harvey Shapiro, ... Rer, 2003             Historic Broadcasts 1923-1987 New York Philharmonic Valley Multimedia-Closeouts, 2002 The New York "Phil": overrated as usual I have often thought that symphony orchestras with a long history, i.e. Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati etc., should put out albums of historic broadcasts, but so far only the N.Y. Philharmonic has done so. The quality of the transfers, booklet, musician ...             Barber: Orchestral and Chamber Works Judith LeClair, Alan Stepansky, ... EMI Classics, 2001 Mist Valued and Varied Barber Collection (If this set is unavailable, don't fret. EMI has sensibly reissued the same collection in its Gemeni series at a lower cost than this one originally was. This is practically the same review you'll see there.) Having virtually all the shorter orchestral works plus ...             Bernstein Royal Edition: Debussy: Images pour orchestre, Rhapsody No. 1 for Clarinet and Orchestra / Ravel: ... Stanley Drucker, Claude Debussy, ... Sony, 1992 Leonard Bernstein and his New York Philharmonic prove to be able, even distinguished, interpreters of French repertoire in these readings from 1958-68, a period that Bernstein acknowledged to be the best of his career. Taut rhythms, shapely phrases, and sensuous coloristic and dynamic effects combine to make these performances durable, memorable, ...             New York Philharmonic: An American Celebration [Selections from the new 10 CD set] Stanley Drucker, John Adams, ... New York Philharmonic, 1999 eNJOYED IT Enjoyed it very much. I could not afford the deluxe box set, but the sampler was very good.             The Shadows of October - World Premiere Recordings Michael Whalen, Stanley Drucker, ... Arabesque Recordings, 1999 The Shadows of October, heard on radio, great clarinet piece I'm excited about this CD because my son and I have known Mitch Estrin, clarinetist with the NY Philharmonic, for several years and this is the first time we've seen a CD on which he has a solo performance. The Shadows of October was played on WQXR(New York City) ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music broadcasts, celebration, connotations, harpsichord, philharmonic, selections      toavi.com    web randomly chosen VHS: Moving the Mountain