African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol 2 / Freeman, Chicago Sinfonietta

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Review quotes about "Lyric for Strings" by George Walker:

"Deserves to be as popular as the string elegies by Grieg, Faure and Elgar". Classical New Jersey
"Intense, haunting, lyrical beauty" News Journal, Mansfield, OH
"Hushed beauty and passionate intensity" American Record Guide
"A gorgeous find" Cincinnati Enquirer
"A finely crafted and deeply felt piece" Philadelphia Inquirer
"Intensely moving and beautiful" High Fidelity
"It reminds one of Barber's Adagio for Strings, only less sentimental and ultimately, more profound" Baltimore Evening Sun
"A Masterpiece" Fanfare Magazine
"One of the most beautiful pieces ever written" News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware
"A Gem." Baltimore Sun
"As a piece of gentle art . . . it has few peers." Philadelphia Inquirer


Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: CDR 061


  • UPC: 735131906128


  • Label: Cedille


  • Composer: Adolphus Hailstork, George Walker, Hale Smith, Roque Cordero, Ulysses S. Kay


  • Conductor: Paul Freeman


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta



Works:


  1. Theater Set: Overture

    Composer: Ulysses S. Kay

    Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta

    Conductor: Paul Freeman


  2. Lyric for Strings

    Composer: George Walker

    Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta

    Conductor: Paul Freeman


  3. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra

    Composer: Roque Cordero

    Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta

    Conductor: Paul Freeman


  4. An American Port of Call

    Composer: Adolphus Hailstork

    Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta

    Conductor: Paul Freeman


  5. Epitaph for a man who dreamed

    Composer: Adolphus Hailstork

    Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta

    Conductor: Paul Freeman


  6. Ritual and Incantations

    Composer: Hale Smith

    Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta

    Conductor: Paul Freeman