African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol 2 / Freeman, Chicago Sinfonietta
"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:
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Catalog Number: CDR 061
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UPC: 735131906128
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Label: Cedille
Composer: Adolphus Hailstork, George Walker, Hale Smith, Roque Cordero, Ulysses S. Kay
Conductor: Paul Freeman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
Works:
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Theater Set: Overture
Composer: Ulysses S. Kay
Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
Conductor: Paul Freeman
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Lyric for Strings
Composer: George Walker
Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
Conductor: Paul Freeman
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Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra
Composer: Roque Cordero
Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
Conductor: Paul Freeman
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An American Port of Call
Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
Conductor: Paul Freeman
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Epitaph for a man who dreamed
Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
Conductor: Paul Freeman
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Ritual and Incantations
Composer: Hale Smith
Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
Conductor: Paul Freeman