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Special offer. Joplin: Treemonisha
Anita Johnson (Treemonisha), AnnMarie Sandy (Monisha), Edward Pleasant (Zodzetrick), Frank Ward Jr. (Ned), Chauncey Packer (Remus)
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers, Rick Benjamin
Benjamin's recording...is perfectly balanced to get the best out of the score. Glory lies less with the singers, who range from woolly (AnnMarie Sandy's Monisha) to bright (Anita Johnson's Treemonisha).... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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Intellectual as well as technical virtuosity are required to play the music of Ben Johnston, and in this second volume of his quartets, the Kepler Quartet continue their accomplished advocacy... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Chamber Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Barber: Antony & Cleopatra
RecommendedEsther Hinds & Jeffrey Wells
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Christian Badea
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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The music's decidedly free, flowing with the players' compelling rapport and Ligeti's musical vision. —
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Special offer. Bernstein: Candide
RecommendedErie Mills (Cunegonde), David Eisler (Candide), John Lankston (Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss), Joyce Castle (Old Lady), Scott Reeve (Maximillian), Maris Clement (Paquette)
New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra, John Mauceri
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Lou Harrison: Scenes from Cavafy
John Duykers (tenor), Adrienne Varner (piano), Jessika Kenney (voice)
Gamelan Pacifica, Gamelan Pacifica Chorus, Jarrad Powell
The second movement [of the Concerto], in particular, is as imposing as a head on Easter Island and it is fascinating to discover how Harrison creates familiar moods and emotions while he speaks... —
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Grammy Awards, 31st Awards (1988), Best Orchestral Performance
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New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media
Women In Electronic Music 1977
Allen Strange, Stephen Ruppenthal, David Morse, Brenda Hutchinson, Donald Buchla, Charles Amirkhanian, Annea Lockwood, Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Spiegel, Danny Sofer, Megan Roberts, Phil Loarie, William Novak, Ruth Anderson, Scott Johnson, Laurie Anderson, Electric Weasel Ensemble
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Special offer. Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto & Variations for Orchestra
Ursula Oppens (piano)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen
