... LP, Vinyl record album

(Out Sound, Classical) CD

Pieces include Bach-Busoni's "Organ Toccata In C Major", Schumann's "Fantasy In C Major Op 17" and "Traumerei", Scriabin's "Sonata No 9 In F Major Op 68", "Poem In F-Sharp Major Op 32 No 1", and "Etude In C Sharp Minor Op 2 No 1", Chopin's "Mazurka In C-Sharp Minor Op 30 No 4", "Etude In F Minor Op 10 No 8", and "Ballade In G Minor Op 23", Debussy's "Serenade For The Doll", and Moszowski's "Etude In A Flat Major Op 72 No 11". LP, Vinyl record album

Two wonderfully fresh works for orchestra – both conducted with plenty of inventive touches by Howard Hanson during his tenure with the Eastman Rochester Orchestra! "The Black Maskers" is a piece originally penned for a production of the dramatic work by Leonid Andreyev – but it works beautifully here on its own, in theses very vivid passages on woodwinds and percussion – recorded superbly, so that all of Hanson's energy from the stand flows through the playback of the performance. The flipside features "Tabuh Tabuhan" – a toccata for orchestra by Colin McPhee, done in a very modern sort of mode – one that mixes work on percussion that's almost gamelan-like at times, with brightly vivid orchestrations. The piece is beautiful – and almost seems like a precursor to later work by Lou Harrison, but mixed with some of the energy of the early century Russian composers. This CD version also includes Virgil Thomson's "Symphony On A Hymn Tune" and "The Feast Of Love". CD