Places in Time
Lucy Yates (soprano), Dvorak Symphony Orchestra, Julius Williams (conductor)
The very nature of this disc is appealingly old-fashioned: a collection of works that reveal the composers' innermost feelings about distinctly American places. For example, Lee McQuillan's Sweet Home Suite is inspired by his hometown, Middletown, Connecticut and its people and geography. A more wistful approach is taken by Christopher Montgomery in the second half of Two Cities: the idea that unless New Orleans is relocated to higher ground, then the city might be completely submerged in the future -- akin to the ancient legend of Atlantis. And the veteran Chicago composer, Helmuth Fuchs, pays homage to the Second City in his Chicago Fantasie Overture.
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Track Listing
Title | Composer | Performer |
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Sweet Home Suite | Lee T. McQuillan | Dvorak Symphony Orchestra, Julius P. Williams, conductor |
Noi Sian Le Triste Pene | Armand Qualliotine | Dvorak Symphony Orchestra, Julius P. Williams, conductor |
Two Cities | Christopher Montgomery | Dvorak Symphony Orchestra, Julius P. Williams, conductor |
Chicago Fantasie Overture | Helmuth H. Fuchs | Dvorak Symphony Orchestra, Julius P. Williams, conductor |
His Cove Is Now The Firmament | Armand Qualliotine | Dvorak Symphony Orchestra, Julius P. Williams, conductor |
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"...this is the kind of release that has always characterized Albany. This is latter-day 20th Century American orchestral music at its best."
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