The Music of Alan Shulman

Alan Shulman (Composer), Frank Black (Conductor), Milton Katims (Conductor), Samuel Antek (Conductor), Leonard Bernstein (Conductor), Guido Cantelli (Conductor), Don Gillis (Conductor), NBC Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Emanuel Vardi (Performer), Alfred Gallodoro (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Emanuel Vardi, Alfred Gallodoro
• Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Frank Black, Milton Katims, Samuel Antek, Leonard Bernstein, Guido Cantelli, et al.
• Composer: Alan Shulman
• Audio CD (July 20, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bridge
• ASIN: B00006CJM5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #430,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This CD presents rarely heard music of Alan Shulman in performances by one of the country's great orchestras- the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Like the music of his contemporaries- Morton Gould and Leonard Bernstein, Alan Shulman's music reflects the "gritty, urban style" popular in New York in the ‘40s and ‘50s. None of Shulman's orchestral works were recorded. They were, however, performed by virtually every major American symphony orchestra, and conducted by such luminaries as Barbirolli, Mitropoulos, Dorati, Fiedler, Ozawa and Levine. A member of the NBC Symphony, Shulman's music was frequently performed by that orchestra. Highlights of this CD include Leonard Bernstein's impassioned performance of Shulman's arrangement of the Israeli National Anthem, Hatikvah; Emanuel Vardi's lush performance of Theme and Variations for Viola and Orchestra; Guido Cantelli's reading of A Laurentian Overture; and Shulman's buoyant Waltzes for Orchestra.