classical music: James Barbagallo ...     classical music:       Arthur Foote: Chamber Music, Vol. 11 review Katharine Knight, Arthur Foote, ... Naxos American, 1998 American takes us to Europe To be honest, I really could care less that Arthur Foote "borrowed" his sound from Brahms, Dvorak, Shumann and Mendelssohn. It's just refreshing to hear music that "sounds" like something I already know, but yet is unfamiliar because it really isn't from any of the aforementioned composers. The recording which pairs the Da Vinci Quartet with an excellent pianist is wonderful!             Chamber and Gamelan Works1 review Lou Harrison, Paul Price, ... New World Records, 2006 Chamber and Gamelan works The harrison works on this disc are absoultely fabulous. Particularly haunting was a 'concerto' for horn and gamelan ensemble. Couldn't get the tune out of my head!             Edward MacDowell: Piano Music, Vol. 42 reviews Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo Naxos American, 1999 Fantastic bargain at the price We all have heard of the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH; but how many of us have heard a good deal of MacDowell's music other than "To a Wild Rose" during music appreciation classes or possibly his "Indian Suite" back in the old LP days over the radio? Noted mostly for his piano music, MacDowell has left a legacy that is pretty much in the European tradition in which he studied but still ...             MacDowell: Piano Music, Vol. 14 reviews Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo Naxos American, 1998 AN ENCHANTING PARCEL OF NEGLECTED MACDOWELL A master of the piano vignette, as these pieces aptly and beautifully illustrate, MacDowell (1860-1908) remains, for the most part, remembered solely as the composer of "To A Wild Rose," the first piece in his collection of Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, incomprehensible as it may seem. MacDowell is a bit of a paradox. Musically schooled in Europe, admired by Liszt, taught by Raff, and having ...             The Story of American Classical Music1 review John Adams, George Antheil, ... Naxos, 2005 A Great Intro to American Classical Music - Almost a Short Course! Many reasonably sophisticated American and European musiclovers still think there are really no American classical music composers of note other than perhaps Gershwin and Copland. It is to the credit of the Naxos label, via their 'American Classics' series, that the lie is put to that notion. Each month there are new issues from Naxos containing music by American composers. And it was a ...             Around the World in 80 Minutes Tamas Roo, Anonymous, ... Marco Polo, 1996             Edward MacDowell: Piano Music, Volume Three Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo Marco Polo, 1995             Edward MacDowell: Piano Music, Vol. 3 Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo Naxos American, 1999             Arthur Foote: Piano Quartet; String Quartet No. 1; Nocturne and Scherzo4 reviews Arthur Foote, Jeani Muhonen Foster, ... Naxos American, 1998 Music I listen to again and again. This isn't important or innovative music, it's just beautiful. I play all three volumes of Foote's Naxos discs quietly at work again and again, and never tire of them.             Edward Macdowell: Piano Music, Vol. 23 reviews Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo Naxos American, 1998 Only part of a wonderful series This is only the second volume in what is now a four volume series on Naxos label. The really good news is that these are from the same masters from which came the more expensive Marco Polo sets and here they are at half the price. No matter that our great American composer is more often than not indistinguishable from many European composers of his time. His "Woodland" pieces are marvelous ...             Music Of Lou Harrison1 review Joan Jeanrenaud, Lou Harrison, ... Composers Recordings, 1994 Great Introduction to Harrison This CRI recording was my first introduction to the music of Lou Harrison. While initially I was prepared to dismiss the music as gimmicky, i was quickly won over by Harrison's artistry, craft, flare for beautiful melody and sonic pallet. All of these things are evident in this wonderful collection. Concerto in Slendro is a great example of Harrison's "Eastern music with Western instruments" ...             American Classics - MacDowell: Complete Songs / Tharp, Barbagallo2 reviews Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo, ... Naxos American, 1999 Good performance of good music I find less to criticize than others in this music and performance. If you know MacDowell, you know the kinds of things to expect from these songs. Not great music, but still beautiful genteel songs. MacDowell lets the lyricism flow smoothly. Most of the songs float along in the 6/8 rhythm MacDowell used so often. Concentrating on the melodic line, some of the occasional awkwardly thorny ...             Edward MacDowell: Piano Music, Volume Two Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo Marco Polo, 1995             Edward MacDowell: Piano Music, Volume 1 Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo Marco Polo, 1994              search for classical music american, around, arthur, barbagallo, chamber, classical, classics, complete, edward, foote, gamelan, harrison, lou, macdowell, minutes, music, nocturne, piano, quartet, scherzo, songs, story, string, tharp, three, two, volume, works, world classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Littlest Leaguer (I Can Read Book 1) leave a comment home  impressum - about us