George Walker - 60th Anniversary Retrospective

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George Walker - 60th Anniversary Retrospective

Release Date: 11/21/2006
Label: Albany Records Catalog #: 880 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: George Walker, Franz Liszt
Performer: Liuh-Wen Ting, Léo Grinhauz, Airi Yoshioka, Ashley Home, Scott Anderson,
Robert Pollock, Jonathan Howell, George Walker
Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Orchestra/Ensemble: Son Sonora String Quartet, North Texas University Wind Ensemble, North Texas University Cappella Choir

Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 1 Hours 7 Mins.

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Review quotes about "Lyric for Strings" by George Walker: "Deserves to be as popular as the string elegies by Grieg, Faure and Elgar". Classical New Jersey "Intense, haunting, lyrical beauty" News Journal, Mansfield, OH "Hushed beauty and passionate intensity" American Record Guide "A gorgeous find" Cincinnati Enquirer "A finely crafted and deeply felt piece" Philadelphia Inquirer "Intensely moving and beautiful" High Fidelity "It reminds one of Barber's Adagio for Strings, only less sentimental and ultimately, more profound" Baltimore Evening Sun "A Masterpiece" Fanfare Magazine "One of the most beautiful pieces ever written" News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware "A Gem." Baltimore Sun "As a piece of gentle art . . . it has few peers." Philadelphia Inquirer


Works on This Recording				Back to Top


1.	Lyric for Strings by George Walker
	Performer: Liuh-Wen Ting (Viola), Léo Grinhauz (Cello), Airi Yoshioka (Violin), Ashley Home (Violin) Orchestra/Ensemble: Son Sonora String Quartet Period: 20th Century Written: 1946/1990; USA


2.	Perimeters for Clarinet and Piano by George Walker
	Performer: Scott Anderson (Clarinet), Robert Pollock (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1963; USA


3.	Canvas by George Walker
	Performer: Jonathan Howell (Tenor) Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon Orchestra/Ensemble: North Texas University Wind Ensemble, North Texas University Cappella Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 2000; USA


4.	Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178 by Franz Liszt
	Performer: George Walker (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1852-1853; Weimar, Germany


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String Quartet No. 1, "Lyric"
Perimeters for Clarinet and Piano I. quarter note = 92
Perimeters for Clarinet and Piano II. quarter note = 58
Perimeters for Clarinet and Piano III. quarter note = 88
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178/R21
Canvas Extract 1: Landscape, "The View Below": quarter note = 58
Canvas Extract 2: Commentary, "Voices in the corridor": quarter note = 52
Canvas Extract 3: Psalm 121, "The Horizon and Beyond": quarter note = 72


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