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A CBS commission, this piece was premiered on 17 February 1940 with the CBS Radio Orchestra on their network program \u003cem\u003eAmerican School of the Air\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally composed as the second movement of three Visions for solo piano, \u003cem\u003eSummerland\u003c\/em\u003e (1936) is Still’s delicate description of the serenity and purity of Heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother work originally written for solo piano, \u003cem\u003eQuit Dat Foolnish\u003c\/em\u003e (1935) conjures up a jazzy romp with the composer’s mischievous dog, Shep. Still also wrote a version for solo saxophone and orchestra, transposed for this recording by Dana Paul Perna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePastorela\u003c\/em\u003e (1946) is a tone picture of a Californian landscape, peaceful but exciting, arousing feelings of languor in some of its aspects, and of animation in others, presenting an overall effect of unity in its variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Suite\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ecirca\u003c\/em\u003e 1918) is the composer’s first symphonic work. Still sent the parts of the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Suite\u003c\/em\u003e to Chicago Symphony conductor Frederick Stock. In 1998, Still’s daughter Judith Anne shared the orchestral parts with Dana Paul Perna, who created the present score.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron\u003c\/em\u003e (1945), which resonates with pride, courage, and patriotic resolve, was composed in honor of the Tuskegee airmen who during WWII gave everything for the cause of peace and justice. This work was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Los Angeles Philharmonic on 22 July 1945 in commemoration of the end of war and the valiant service of those Airmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSerenade\u003c\/em\u003e (1957) was originally intended as material for a cello concerto proposed by Still’s friend, the famous cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. Instead, it became a commission by the Great Falls, Montana High School Orchestra, with its lush cello writing hinting at its conception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eViolin Suite\u003c\/em\u003e (1943) is a musical impression of three works of art. \u003cem\u003eAfrican Dancer\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning bronze statue by Richmond Barthe (1901-1989). \u003cem\u003eMother and Child\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant colored lithograph by Sargent Johnson (1888-1967). \u003cem\u003eGamin\u003c\/em\u003e is a sassy bronze bust by Auguste Savage (1892-1962). These works were featured in \u003cem\u003eThe Negro in Art\u003c\/em\u003e, a book published in 1940 by Still’s friend and champion Alain Locke (1885-1954). The book so impressed Edith Halpert (1900-1970), a Russian-Jewish refugee, visionary and art promoter, that she contacted Locke to promote an exhibition in her Downtown Gallery in New York. The exhibition opened on 8 December 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but despite the deep sadness that engulfed American society, this first major commercial showing of African American art in New York was a great success. Still rose to the occasion and translated the artists’ imagination into music full of verve, tenderness and very often charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe beautiful \u003cem\u003eThrenody: In Memory of Jean Sibelius\u003c\/em\u003e (1965) was commissioned for a concert in memory of Finland’s national hero, composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth. Still’s tribute is a noble and haunting farewell, channeling the spirit and mystique of Sibelius the man and the composer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a marvelously exciting hour of music by a composer of substance whose recorded catalog is still only average. Hopefully, Naxos’s advocacy for Still’s \u003cem\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/em\u003e will induce more labels and listeners to turn to this uplifting repertoire which is as moving as it is entertaining. Do not remain still to Still’s sound world. You will be missing an experience and you might come to regret that. A peach of an issue, superbly performed, recorded and annotated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003cem\u003eClassical Music Daily\u003c\/em\u003e (Gerald Fenech)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012679061738,"sku":"636943986721","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4085568-2829908.jpg?v=1778247751"},{"product_id":"wright-barton-orchestral-music","title":"Wright \u0026 Barton: Orchestral Music \/ Watkins, Andrews, Royal Scottish National Orchestra","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis album brings together music by two English composers who are also good friends –and both born in East Anglia: Nicholas Barton in Norfolk in 1950 and Christopher Wright in Suffolk in 1954. 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Though representing differing schools of thought regarding African American classical music, the composers here are united by their roots in black history, culture and its rich musical heritage. Drawing upon jazz and spirituals – ‘I Want Jesus to Walk with Me’ serving as the source material – Margaret Bonds’ Montgomery Variations engages with African American history, namely the Montgomery bus boycott and the 1963 Birmingham church bombing. In this work, re-discovered in 2017, Bonds tackles the themes of strength, resistance, determination and faith. Bonds’ contemporary, the prolific composer Ulysses Kay cultivated a neoclassical voice, as his Concerto for Orchestra exemplifies, very much in line with William Grant Still and his teacher Paul Hindemith. A versatile musician, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson comes a generation later. 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Then again, that’s the nature of this performance, which has none of the self-seeking pyrotechnics that so often mar this exhilarating finale. And so it is with the compact, closely argued Op. 75, where Xiayin Wang’s technical prowess, sensitively channelled, serves the music and nothing else. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  How sensuous she is in the Scriabin, its rich harmonies superbly realised by soloist and orchestra alike. It’s a piece that’s apt to sprawl, and that it doesn’t here is a measure of everyone’s clarity and commitment. The Andante has wonderful poise and detail, the latter a reminder of how good the engineering is. It’s all so exquisitely washed and tinted, our painter-pianist showing exemplary taste and good judgment throughout. 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