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| Starer: Samson Agonistes, Etc; Mckinley / Válek, Et Al | |||||
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Release Date: 10/26/1999 Label: Mmc Recordings Catalog #: 2070 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Robert Starer, William Thomas McKinley Performer: Dorothy Jonas, Joshua Pierce Conductor: Vladimír Válek, Carlos Piantini Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Radio Orchestra
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| For those who feel good music is not being written today- listen to this disc. You could not begin an orchestral program in any better fashion than with Lightning and what a delightful work the two piano concerto is. Simon Agonistes was first conceived and composed as ballet music for Martha Graham. It received its premiere in 1960, under the title Visionary Recital. It was originally scored for chamber orchestra, but was shortened and re-orchestrated in 1963 for full orchestra. The premiere of the newly titled Samson Agonistes as a "symphonic portrait" took place in 1965, with the Cincinnati Symphony under Max Rudolf. Premiered in 1996 by soloists Misha and Cipa Dichter and the Seattle Symphony under Gerard Schwarz, Starer's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra is an energetic and challenging work in four movements. Composed in 1987, the Adagio for Strings by William Thomas McKinley was commissioned by SinfoNova and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts. The piece is a single-movement work which explores the expressive possibilities of the string orchestra. McKinley notes that there is a certain dark, "tragic lyricism" inherent in the string orchestra, characteristics that compliment the "dramatic purpose" of the Adagio. McKinley's overture Lightning, was composed in 1993, and was commissioned by Absolut Concerto. It received its premiere in 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall. The overture, according to McKinley, has both a formal and programmatic purpose: it is a rondo, with an "imbricated architecture," and it is also a metaphorical simulation of "the power and multileveled nature of perhaps one of the Earth's most frightening and primordial forces." 761594207120 MMC Recordings MMC 2071 "SHAKARIAN, Roupen | |||||
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Samson Agonistes by Robert Starer | ||||
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Conductor:
Vladimír Válek,
Carlos Piantini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Radio Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1960/1963; USA |
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Concerto for 2 Pianos by Robert Starer | ||||
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Performer:
Dorothy Jonas (Piano),
Joshua Pierce (Piano)
Conductor: Vladimír Válek, Carlos Piantini Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Radio Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA |
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Lightning by William Thomas McKinley | ||||
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Conductor:
Vladimír Válek,
Carlos Piantini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Radio Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA |
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Adagio for Strings by William Thomas McKinley | ||||
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Conductor:
Vladimír Válek,
Carlos Piantini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Radio Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA |
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