First Edition Music: World Premier Collection

Henry Cowell (Composer), Lou Harrison (Composer), Alan Hovhaness (Composer), Luigi Dallapiccola (Composer), Walter Piston (Composer), Roy Harris (Composer), Heitor Villa-Lobos (Composer), Andrzej Panufnik (Composer), Toshiro Mayuzumi (Composer), George Crumb (Composer), Ned Rorem (Composer), John Corigliano (Composer), Karel Husa (Composer), Christopher Rouse (Composer), Joan Tower (Composer), Tobias Picker (Composer), John [1] Harbison (Composer), Jorge Mester (Conductor), Robert Whitney (Conductor), Lawrence Leighton Smith (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney, Lawrence Leighton Smith
• Composer: Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, Luigi Dallapiccola, Walter Piston, et al.
• Audio CD (March 1, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: First Edition
• ASIN: B0007DA4GA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,203 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable collection, August 3, 2009

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alk bender (Marshfield, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Edition Music: World Premier Collection (Audio CD)

This is a great collection of 20th century classical music, and a great place to start for people interested in lesser known composers. Although this is all modern music, there is quite a bit of variety in this collection: Hymn tand Fuguing tune is folksy americana, Danses Africaines sounds a little like the I Love Lucy theme at times, Gazebo Dances is tonal and accessable while being full of rhythmic vitality, while Echoes of Time and the River sounds other-wordly.

All these recordings are analog, some even from the '50s, but I think that the sound is still very good; even though you can tell these recordings are old, it never distracts from the music.

I definately recommend this CD, and at such a low price, you don't have much to lose.