Reviews: Recording, Repertoire: "I
didn't review the London Philharmonic collection of American works on
Leonarda, but it is so enjoyable that I cannot avoid acknowledging it.
Donald Erb's contrabassoon concerto is a gas; Marga Richter's and Erik
Lundborg's tone poems about Vermont's winter landscape and the American
West, respectively, are vital portrayals; and Irwin Bazelon's strings-only
Eighth Symphony is a major score. Critic Stephen Ellis'
"Want List," Fanfare, 1991. * "This is a
fine, varied collection of works by American composers who are scantily
represented on compact discs." James H. North, Fanfare.
* Erb: "Fantastic, wild, exciting Contrabassoon Concerto,
performed with stunning virtuosity by Gregg Henegar." Ron Klimco,
The Double Reed. * Richter: "Teeming
with instrumental color and rhythmic life." Lawrence Johnson,
Musical America. * Lundborg: "A work of sweeping, driving
grandeur." Charles Ward, The Houston Chronicle.
* Bazelon: "The nervous energy imbuing his music is
produced by a rhythmic style of a breadth and sophistication that calls
to mind great masters of rhythmic freedom in the 20th century, such as
Bartok and Varese." David Cox, The Musical Times
(London).
Recording: Recording producer: Marnie Hall. Recording
engineer: John Kurlander. Recording venue: Abbey Road Studios, London, England,
May 24 and 25, 1989. Post Production Producer: Marnie Hall; Digital Editor:
Allan Tucker (Foothill Productions). DDD. Support: This
recording is made possible with public funds from The New York State Council
on the Arts, a state agency. Additional funding was provided by The Joe
and Emily Lowe Foundation, and individual donors. Music
Publishers: Erb: Merion Music; Richter: Carl Fischer, Inc; Lundborg:
American Composers Alliance; Bazelon: Theodore Presser Co. Cover
Photo (Cornwall, England) and Graphic Design:
Marnie Hall. Copyright 1990, Leonarda Productions, Inc. CDs made
in the USA. All rights reserved. |
