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SOCIETY
OF COMPOSERS, INC
"Grand Designs"
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Cover Design: Gerald Warfield & Richard Brooks |
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Track
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| Charles Argersinger | ||||
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| David Schrader, piano | ||||
| Members
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| Clifford Colnot, conductor | ||||
| Daniel McCarthy | ||||
| 2. | Harmonizer (9:44) | |||
| Roger Zahab, violin | ||||
| Emilio Mendoza | ||||
| 3. | RainForest (8:16) | |||
| Juan José Pérez, turtle shell | ||||
| Carlos Arias, woodblocks | ||||
| Militza Nuñez, maracas | ||||
| Gwinnever Graci, claves | ||||
| Julio Cegarra, agogo bell | ||||
| Alfredo Rugeles, conductor | ||||
| Laura Elise Schwendinger | ||||
| 4. | Chamber Concerto (16:10) | |||
| Donald Berman, piano | ||||
| ALEA III | ||||
| Theodore Antoniou, conductor | ||||
| James Lentini | ||||
| 5. | Music for Brass (5:15) | |||
| The Michigan State University Brass Ensemble | ||||
| Stanley, E. DeRusha, conductor | ||||
| Brian Bevelander | ||||
| 6. | Synthecisms No. 4 (15:43) | |||
| Philip Mead and Stephen Gutman, piano | ||||
| Aarhus Symphony Orchestra | ||||
| Soren Hansen, conductor |
All Recordings by the
Society of Composers, Inc.
Mélange CPS-8755 Mood Shifts CPS-8748 Soundscapes CPS-8741 Cornucopia CPS-8725 Sonic Images CPS-8712 Milestones CPS-8701 Inspirations CPS-8690 Cultivated Choruses CPS-8674 Inner Visions CPS-8670 Connections CPS-8660 Transcendencies CPS-8656 Chamber Works CPS-8651 Illuminations CPS-8643 Grand Designs CPS-8639 Intimate Thoughts CPS-8632 Evocations CPS-8631 Extended Resources CPS-8626 Songfest CPS-8618 Contra-Punctus CPS-8615 America Sings! CPS-8613 Potpourri CPS-8609 View from the Keyboard CPS-8606
Related
Links
• Society
of Composers, Inc.
• Laura
Schwendinger
Reviews
Detroit News/Free Press - January 11, 1998 - by Mark Stryker
"While high-profile composers affiliated with the University of Michigan – William Bolcom, Bright Sheng, Michael Daugherty – grab most of the ink, other local composers deserve attention, too. Start with Detroit native, James Lentini, associate professor of music at Wayne State University. Newly recorded, "Dreamscape" is a seven-minute fantasy for orchestra and "Music for Brass a five-minute miniature for 11 pieces. The former displays Lentini’s skill as a colorist, with gauzy wind pastels balanced by Technicolor outbursts of brass, icy strings, booming percussion and warbling chimes. Both works sound tonal but dissonant, with tension and release juggled deftly in compact structures. Lentini knows where he’s going, and it’s worth the trip."
Turok’s Choice - by Paul Turok
"Three discs present music by members of the "Society of Composers." Most teach, and with performances from many a provenance and in varying states of sonic balance, the discs undoubtedly represent part of the "publish or perish" syndrome. One contains songs (with varied instrumental combinations) by Dinos Constantinides, Elizabeth Lauer and others – undistinguished, but not embarrassing (CPS-8632). The other presents a sprightly chamber concerto (for piano) by Charles Argersinger and an extremely imaginative handling of violin and taped sounds, Harmonizer, by Daniel McCarthy, along with less successful efforts by others (CPS-8639). An ambitious project offers orchestral works by Richard Brooks, Elizabeth Austin and F. DiArta-Angeli (CPS-8634). All open promisingly, but turn lugubrious. None finishes convincingly."
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