Various Artists - Music for Glass Harmonica / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With it's enduring message of comfort and inspiration, gospel music's origins are rooted in the tragedy of African-American slavery. From the earthy recordings of the evangelist street performers to the polished sound of the jubilee quartets, this Rough Guide features many of the trailblazing artists who paved the way for what has become a global phenomenon. Album Tracks 1. Arizona Dranes - It's All Right Now 2. Luther Magby - Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit 3. Rev. J.C. Burnett - True Friendship 4. Four Dusty Travelers - Po' Mourner 5. St. Mark's Chanters - So High 6. Jessie May Hill - the Crucifixion of Christ 7. Blind Willie Johnson - God Don't Never Change 8. Laura Henton - I Can Tell the World About This 9. Washington Phillips - I Am Born to Preach the Gospel 10. Thomas a. Dorsey & the Gospel Singers - Singing in My Soul 11. Famous Blue Jay Singers - Children Wade in the Water 12. Elder Beck - Drinking Shine 13. Rev. J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming 14. Mother McCollum - Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane 15. Alfred G. Karnes - I Am Bound for the Promised Land 16. Brother William's Memphis Sanctified Singers - I Will Meet You at the Station 17. Rev. Gary Davis - Have More Faith in Jesus 18. Birmingham Jubilee Singers - Do You Call That Religion 19. The Morris Gospel Family - He Rose Unknown 20. Rev. A.W. Nix - Black Diamond Express to Hell - Part 21. Rev. F.W. McGee - Fifty Miles of Elbow Room (Take) 22. Delta Big Four - Jesus Got His Arms Around Me 23. Rev. Edward w. Clayborn - Then We'll Need That True Religion 24. Dinwiddie Colored Quartet - Down on the Old Camp Ground 25. Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet - Don't Grieve After Me 26. Sister Mary M. Nelson - the Royal Telephone

Navona Records presents some of the finest American voices of modern serious music on THROUGH GLASS, a brand-new compilation of recently-created works for piano - both solo and in chamber setups. Ovidiu Marinescu's Rorrim for cello and piano makes the start. Loosely based on a motif by Johann Sebastian Bach, it could be called a concept piece it's title, InchmirrorInch spelled backwards, is reflective of the mirrorings and variations of Bach's fragment therein. Bruce Babcock continues on a similar note with his riskily-titled Alternative Facts, a piece for solo piano characterized by a deceptively simple, mechanical main rhythm repeated in complex harmonies. As announced in the title, a deliberate systematic confusion prevails, and with astonishing accuracy. I'lana Cotton's ambitious The Return for piano, violin, and cello bridges the gap between Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu and French avant garde composer Olivier Messiaen - and that gap is smaller than one might think. At 13.5 minutes, the work impressively centers around a beautiful dark mode and the melodic variations it generates. Alla Cohen's Three Film Noir Pieces were intended to be heard along two movies, Cat People and The Curse of the Cat People, both films from the WWII-era. Cohen's solo piano works reflect the composer's celebrated sophisticated style, and perfectly transport the eerie atmosphere of the films into music. Curt Cacioppo's Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano derives it's material entirely from solfège spellings of the names of the three players. The three-movement work cycles through a wide range of emotions, from whimsy to unhinged rage, and concludes with a quasi-tango with a political message. Peter Deutsch's fugue de Profundis Clamavi (roughly, Inchfrom the depths I have cried [to you, Lord]Inch) is a calm reflection on the human longing that creates but also transcends religion. Insp

He went on to head major orchestras in Dallas and Atlanta and to guest conduct leading ensembles all over the world. But before that, Louis Lane honed his craft while working in the shadow of one of the great masters in 1947, legendary maestro George Szell chose the young, inexperienced Texan to assist him in Cleveland - InchI think you will doInch was the gruff maestro's verdict, exceptional praise indeed from that notorious perfectionist. Between 1959 and 1972 - with the full Cleveland Orchestra, the somewhat smaller Cleveland Pops and the chamber-sized Cleveland Sinfonietta - Louis Lane made a series of critically acclaimed recordings for Columbia. They display the Inchexceptional breadth and impeccable tasteInch for which this gifted but perennially undervalued conductor was lauded in a tribute by the orchestra's executive director. Sony Classical is pleased to present them now - many for the first time on CD - in a new 14-disc set. Reviewers were effusive in their praise when these albums were originally released on LP. Here is a sampling Pop Concert U.S.A. (1959) - music by Copland, Gershwin, Bernstein and other American composers InchIf only all the pops (or, for that matter, all the classics) were as good as this!. The orchestra plays splendidlyInch (Gramophone). On the Town with the Cleveland Pops (1960) - selections from On the Town, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma, The King and I and other Broadway musicals InchScintillating. Under Lane's enthusiastic direction, the Clevelanders play these familiar musical comedy excerpts with such precision and virtuosity that they emerge with glistening freshnessInch (High Fidelity). Music from the Films (1961) - Henry V, Louisiana Story, Bridge on the River Kwai, Gigi, Exodus and other motion pictures InchThis concert of music from the movies is so superior to most issues of it's kind that it calls for special commendation.