classical music: Henry Cowell

classical music: Henry Cowell

classical music:

Henry Cowell

Elliott Sharp, Willie Dixon, ...

© 1993 Elektra Entertainment, 1993

perhaps the furthest out of Kronos' recordings
SHORT STORIES is an outstanding collection of new music. "Digital" by Elliot Sharp is all percussion, presumably produced with violin, viola and cello. "Spoonful," the great Willie Dixon song, is arranged for strings much like "Purple Haze" before it. "Spectre," by ...

Percussion Music

Michael Colgrass, Henry Cowell, ...

Nonesuch, 1992

Classic recording.
They don't get any better than this. The Varese performance is marvelous and the Wuorinen Symphony is stunning.

Permit Me Voyage: Songs by American Composers

Dominick Argento, Giovanni Battista Buonamente, ...

Albany Records, 1995

A real find
This is a terrific recording of some familar and some little-known American composers. The most substantial work in this varied collection is certainly the Argento setting of selections from the diary of Virginia Woolf. Mary Ann Hart must be just about the ideal ...

The Composer-Performer 40th Anniversary

Andre Emelianoff, Fred Sherry, ...

Composers Recordings, 1994

Very interesting
- especially the Walzt-Gavottte is playfull and summes of live and fun - a bit Childrens Corner here. But some of the pieces are very etniclike and can be foreign to listen to. Though - it sounds interesting.

Henry Cowell: Fiddler's Jig; Air & Scherzo; Concerto Grosso; Hymn & Fuguing Tune No. 10

Gary Louie, Henry Cowell, ...

Koch Int'l Classics, 1994

Neglected Master
Cowell was a very influential fingure in pre-war American music; a friend of Ives, teacher of Cage and Harrison, and a generous champion of other people's music. It is sad, therefore, that so much of his music is ignored by the record companies. His avant-garde piano ...

Barber: Adagio for Strings; Ives; Symphony No. 3; Copland: Quiet City

Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, ...

Decca, 1990

Quite Wonderful
Excellent performances of American works! The Quiet City is wonderful, and I think this is a remarkably atmospheric rendition of the Adagio. The Creston Rumor is a delight, and one of his less dated works. This was good on LP, and although the CD is a little bright, ...

Jeanne Baxtresser - A Collection of My Favorites
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Samuel Barber, ...

MSR Classics, 2006

Hailed as an artist who ?plays with absolute perfection, a refined style, and a ravishing sonority,? Jeanne Baxtresser has held principal positions with three major orchestras, culminating with her 15-year tenure as solo flutist with the New York Philharmonic. Making her heralded debut with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 14, Ms. Baxtresser began ...

Drums
John Cage, Henry Cowell, ...

Thorofon, 1994

Pulse

Madeleine Shapiro, John Cage, ...

New World Records, 1992

Sublime
This album is incredible. From the jungle sounds of John Cage's Third Construction to the sounds of urban life depicted in his Second Construction....this CD is definitely worth buying. Also on the CD is a piece called Double Music, which was co-written by John Cage ...

Henry Cowell: Instrumental, Chamber and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

Henry Cowell, Joel Sachs, ...

Naxos American, 2005

About Time
It is indeed about time that we get recordings of this American Master's work. His centennial passed in 1997 with all too little fanfare and many of his works unavailable to the listening public. But leave it to the wonderful folks at NAXOS to bring such essential ...

Henry Cowell: Works for Orchestra

Henry Cowell, Jorge Mester, ...

First Edition, 2003

Cowell more original here than I expected - a good introduction to the orchestral composer
I find myself enjoying this disc much more than I expected. The compositions featured here date between 1954 (Hymn and Fuguing Tune #3 and 11th Symphony) and 1961 ("Thesis"-Symphony No. 15). By then Cowell, the erstwhile trailblazing experimenter in piano sounds, ...

Twenty Fanfares for the Common Man

Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, ...

Koch Int'l Classics, 1994

Excellent collection.
The breadth of the collection is impressive. Biased toward the first half of the 20th century, with some notable exceptions. The Piston fanfare is a delight, as are the WWII-inspired items. The performance is very good, and the recording somewhat less so, but still ...

Pulse
John Cage, Lou Harrison, ...

Classic Records, 1999

Audiophile favorite merging portions of two volumes of avant-garde percussion music featuring the compositions of John Cage, Lou Harrison, Henry Cowell, Harvey Sollberger, and Lukas Foss. Recorded by legendary engineers Tony Salvatore and Paul Goodman at the RCA Studios in New York directly onto 1/4" 2-track analog tape at 15 ips.

Wizards & Wildmen

Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, ...

Composers Recordings, 2000

An interesting program of piano music by three American maverick innovators, in serviceable to excellent readings
Anthony de Mare offers an interesting program of piano music by three American maverick innovators, linked to each other by personal and stylistic ties. The excellent liner notes give a detailed account of how Harrison became in the mid-thirties an early advocate of ...

Gay American Composers-Volume 2

Dick Schleppe, David Reid, ...

Composers Recordings, 1997

Gay pride taken to absurdity
A compilation with no purpose, pasted together (tastefully) from slices of other great CRI releases. Is this supposed to have educational value? Shock value? Wouldn't you rather hear Cowell paired with, say, an openly hetero Charles Ives? Or a complete epic Partch ...