Our Living Composers Vol. I

Track Listings

1. Alvin Brehm Sextet for Piano and Strings (1975)

2. Ezra Laderman Meditation on Iswaiah (1971) for cello solo

3. Iain Hamilton Sonata Notturno (1965) for horn and piano

4. Ezra Laderman, Nonette (1962) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, cello and piano

Editorial Reviews
From the Label
Robert Johnson is the Producer and Artistic Director for the New York Philomusica Records catalogue. He offers this rationale for its distinction: "It provides the listener with a continuum of carefully honed programming which is intended to enhance one's capacity for intimate knowledge and enjoyment of great classical music through the juxtaposition of the selections. The perspective begins on each CD and ultimately informs the entire catalogue. The inspiration for this is drawn from the New York Philomusica subscription concerts presented annually in New York. Music selected encompasses the period beginning in the early18th Century to the present; the performances include studio-produced recordings as well as live concerts."

About the Artist
New York Philomusica was formed in 1971 by its members who were drawn together by appreciation for each other's musicianship and common interest in the uncommon repertory for diverse instrumentations of the early 18th century to the present. Its programs encompass combinations varying from sonata, trio or quartet to concerto and classical symphony. They have performed and recorded on three continents in programs formed in the subscription concerts, which are the basis for nearly all their other... read more

Album Description
The four composers represented here have produced a panoply of sound in infinite variety, magnificently recorded by Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz. These two CDs are a hi-fi fan's delight. Kim Kashkashian partners with Robert Levin in Meyer Kupferman's Beauty and the Beast in an all-out display of musicianship and power, Paige Brook's sonic reach spans the four instruments of the flute family from the highest to the lowest in Iain Hamilton's Sonata for Flautist, composer Alvin Brehm takes the bass part in his own Sextet, inspired by Alban Berg's Lyric Suite, Ezra Laderman has the benefit of Timothy Eddy for 'cello on his Partita for Solo 'Cello and Iain Hamilton's great musicality and skill is heard in his writing for a very wide selection of instruments in original and fascinating combinations.

Our Living Composers Vol. I

Tracks:

Swanee
Come To the Moon
I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
Nobody But You
Limehouse Nights
Drifting Along With The Tide
Rhapsody In Blue
Oh Lady Be Good!
Fascinating Rhythm
Hang On To Me
I'd Rather Charleston
The Man I Love
The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
So Am I
Kickin' The Clouds Away
Concerto In F

Tracks:

Sweet And Low-Down (I)
That Certain Feeling (I)
Looking For A Boy
When Do We Dance?
Sweet And Low-Down (II)
That Certain Feeling (II)
Irish Waltz
Do, Do, Do
Someone To Watch Over Me
Clap Yo' Hands
Maybe
Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
Meadow Serenade
My One And Only
'S Wonderful/Funny Face
He Loves And She Loves
An American In Paris
Liza
Strike Up The Band
Embraceable You
I Got Rhythm (I)
I Got Rhythm (II)

Tracks:

Of Thee I Sing
Jilted
Second Rhapsody
For You, For Me, For Evermore
Cuban Overture
Isn't It A Pity?
Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Our Love Is Here To Stay

Tracks:

Girl Crazy Overture
French Ballet Class
Dance Of The Waves
Slap That Bass
Walking The Dog
I've Got Beginner's Luck
They All Laughed
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Shall We Dance
By Strauss
I Can't Be Bothered Now
The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
Put Me To The Test
The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
Stiff Upper Lip
A Foggy day (In London Town)
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Things Are Looking Up
I Was Doing All Right
Love Walked In

Customer Reviews:

Excellent performer.......2007-03-09

This plates are wonderful. I was charmed, and when I close my eyes now, I see scenes with American in Paris or Porgy and Bess but my favorite piece of music is Rhapsody in Blue. It's more than excellent is fantastic. Jack Gibbons perfectly feels the unique tone Gershwin's music, the mixture rythms of jazz with influences of impressionists and clear and beauty melodies.
I'm fascinating.

A unique project.......2006-11-23

Gibbons' undertaking is unique: to reconstruct and then execute and record the note-for-note playing of Gershwin as documented on the composers' piano rolls, sound recordings and certain published arrangements. I agree with the reviewer who points out that the result is like a library and not a recital you sit back and listen to (or get up and dance to). In fact Gibbons does some editing of his "library" now and then, and clearly documents it in his liner notes: in some reconstructions he augments accompaniment effects and even the melodic line itself. I don't mind that at all, especially as Gibbons scrupulously accounts for such tampering in his liner notes; but it seems to me that it is in this area of "tampering" that Gibbons the artist is asserting himself...which of course undermines the "library", the "historical archive": you have to search and read a bit to find out when you're hearing only Gershwin and when you're hearing some added Gibbons. I don't mind; Gibbons is a remarkable artist in his own right, not merely an impeccable documentarian. For sheer generosity of production Gibbons' Gershwin must also be unique: 4 cd's, scholar-level liner notes (yes, you need a magnifying glass to read them), and rock-bottom bargain price.

Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12

First: this is 4 high-end produced cd's (in low-end jewel cases) for the price of 2. The liner notes of all 4 cd's are condensed in a booklet of microscopic print, so you may need to spend the savings on a magnifying glass. MONEY WELL SPENT.
Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.

Definative.......2005-07-23

Here's the whole Gershwin catalog at a great price... Five plus hours of bliss. Definately five stars!

Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.

Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. 3

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Essential works from an essential composer
The entire set is outstanding!!!

Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. 3

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000002ZS1
Release Date: 1994-04-28

Tracks:

The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Blow Up The Trumpet In Sion Z10
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: The Lord Is King, Be The People Never So Impatient Z53
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Begin The Song, And Strike The Living Lyre Z183
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Thy Word Is A Lantern Unto My Feet Z61
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation) Z196
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Heat My Prayer, O Lord Z15
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Lord, I Can Suffer Thy Rebukes Z136
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: O Lord, Our Governor Z141
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences Z50
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: Hosanna To The Highest Z187
The Complete Anthems And Services - 3: O God, Thou Hast Cast Us Out Z36

Customer Reviews:

Essential works from an essential composer.......2004-10-07

This volume contain the holy works of Purcell that are composed only for continuo without orchestra. Thw anthems have a haunting immediacy without orchestra. If you can no afford all of the 11 volumes of Purcell, I recommend you buy this volume and Number 1.
Purcell died at a very young age. His output is a deep and important as that of Bach. The 3 volumes I have listened to have demonstrated Purcell's ability to word paint gorgeously all of his texts.
As many of these volumes as you can afford belong in the collection of every classical music lover.

The entire set is outstanding!!!.......2003-01-16

While some of the works are superior to others the entire set is great in the realm of production. Mostly all of these pieces are just superb and if you are someone who enjoys English Baroque then you absolutely MUST purchase these cds. If you enjoy complex, melancholic or heroic music then I urge you to purchase this cd and the rest of the volumes in the set...you won't be disappointed.

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Our Living Composers Vol. I
Iain Hamilton, Meyer Kupferman, Ezra Laderman Alvin Brehm , Paige Brook , David Krakauer, Joseph Rabbai , Robert Johnson , Cynde Iverson , Neil Balm, Allan Dean , Vernon Post , Seymour Bernstein, Robert Levin , Guillermo Figueroa, Felix Galimir, Todd Phillips, Richard Young , Kim Kaskashian , Timothy Eddy, Marcy Rosen, Alvin Brehm Susan Gregory , Robert Johnson, Artistic Director New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble , and Iain Hamilton, Meyer Kupferman, Ezra Laderman Brehm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000JI2Y
Release Date: 1996-05-20

Tracks:

Alvin Brehm Sextet for Piano and Strings (1975)
Ezra Laderman Meditation on Iswaiah (1971) for cello solo
Iain Hamilton Sonata Notturno (1965) for horn and piano
Ezra Laderman, Nonette (1962) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, cello and piano

Album Description

The four composers represented here have produced a panoply of sound in infinite variety, magnificently recorded by Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz. These two CDs are a hi-fi fan's delight. Kim Kashkashian partners with Robert Levin in Meyer Kupferman's Beauty and the Beast in an all-out display of musicianship and power, Paige Brook's sonic reach spans the four instruments of the flute family from the highest to the lowest in Iain Hamilton's Sonata for Flautist, composer Alvin Brehm takes the bass part in his own Sextet, inspired by Alban Berg's Lyric Suite, Ezra Laderman has the benefit of Timothy Eddy for 'cello on his Partita for Solo 'Cello and Iain Hamilton's great musicality and skill is heard in his writing for a very wide selection of instruments in original and fascinating combinations.

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1. Alvin Brehm Sextet for Piano and Strings (1975)
2. Ezra Laderman Meditation on Iswaiah (1971) for cello solo
3. Iain Hamilton Sonata Notturno (1965) for horn and piano
4. Ezra Laderman, Nonette (1962) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, cello and piano