Concertos, Higdon (composer)
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Special offer. Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic
RecommendedRoberto Díaz (viola), James Button (oboe)
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero
[All Things Majestic] The piece conveys a marvellous sense of wonder in the vastness and minutiae of the natural world, from the soaring brass chorales of 'Teton Ridge' to the raindrop delicacy... —
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Classical Compendium
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Marin Alsop conducts MacMillan, Adès and Higdon
RecommendedColin Currie (percussion)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop
…a moving, compelling performance, and coupled with strong accounts of the phenomenal Adès Chamber Symphony… and Jennifer Higdon's essentially old-fashioned but well-wrought Percussion Concerto,... —
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Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Three works that embody the ‘American sound’. I longed for more challenging fare from Higdon, beautiful as her scoring is; Harlin’s Rapture is arresting. Barber provides the meat. —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Winner - Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Higdon - Harp Concerto)
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019)
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Special offer. American Music for Percussion Volume 1
New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein & Gunther Schuller
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American Classical Masterpieces
Leon Bates, James Barbagallo, Roberto Díaz, Sal Andolina, Carolyn Enger, Ike Hawkersmith, Kirsten Gunlogson, Dean Anthony, Todd Thomas, Kevin Short (bass), Bart LeFan, Boris Berman (piano), Christopher Mallett, Tim Fain, Jeffrey Silberschlag, Peter Mintun, Christopher Lamb, Blair McMillen (piano),...
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Higdon & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Following [the first-movement theme's] transformations is easy, thanks to Higdon's exquisite ear for orchestral balance and the supremely violinistic solo part, played with consummate conviction... —
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To the Point
Diane Monroe (violin), Dorothy Freeman (cor anglais), Maria Bachmann (violin)
Orchestra 2001, Gunther Schuller, James Freeman
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Naxos July 2013 New Release Sampler
Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano), Robert Cook (horn), Peter Franks (trumpet), Javier Arnal Gonzalez (oboe), Mary Oleskiewicz (baroque flute), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Adrian Butterfield (baroque violin), Philip Dukes (viola), Piers Lane (piano), Thomas...
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