20th Century Settings

Vaclav Nelhybel (Composer), Jean-Michel Defaye (Composer), Verne Reynolds (Composer), Thea Musgrave (Composer), Alec Wilder (Composer), David Gwilt (Composer), Mary Ann Covert (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Mary Ann Covert
• Composer: Vaclav Nelhybel, Jean-Michel Defaye, Verne Reynolds, Thea Musgrave, Alec Wilder, et al.
• Audio CD (January 4, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Summit(Classical)
• ASIN: B0000038JB
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #400,698 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredble Playing of Modern Music, April 6, 2004

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Zeev Saffir (Oberlin, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20th Century Settings (Audio CD)

Gail Williams is a former member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the current professor of horn at Northwestern University. Ms. Williams' is known for playing contemporary music. For those of you who think 20th Century Music is awful, this album will convert you. Ms. Williams' playing is very lyrical, especially on Verne Reynolds beautiful Partita. Also apparent is her brilliant technique on Nelhybel's awesome Scherzo Concertante. Incidentally Wilder's Suite is actually for Horn and Piano and not Tenor Saxophone and Strings as noted above. This album is a great album of contemporary music because the music it contains is very accessible, and fun to listen to.