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Beaser: Chorale Variations; The Seven Deadly Sins; Concerto for Piano & Orchestra
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Artist
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Jan Opalach, bass-baritone. Pamela Mia Paul, piano. American Composers Orchestra. Dennis Russell Davies, conductor.
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Label
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Phoenix USA
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Format
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CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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77'08/2005
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Label Number
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162
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Daedalus Item Code
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17935
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This item is not available.
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Description
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In 1977, Robert Beaser was the youngest American composer ever to win the Prix de Rome; in 1982 the New York Times said he had "a lyrical gift" comparable to that of Samuel Barber. Gramophone calls the opening Chorale Variations "a terrific piece, dazzlingly colourful, fearless of gesture and visited by countless identifiable influences…. A beautifully fashioned and ingeniously constructed composition." Also among this CD's rewards is a canny setting of poet Anthony Hecht's The Seven Deadly Sins. "Beaser is one of this country's huge composing talents, with a gift for vocal writing that is perhaps unequaled."—Baltimore Sun "The performances, under Dennis Russell Davies, are stunning, and Argo's engineering is loving, bright, and rich. Pamela Mia Paul takes on the finger-busting piano writing and earns the role of hero."—Classical Net
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