This latest recording presented by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the result of a long-standing friendship between acclaimed pianist Garrick Ohlsson and the Symphony. Mr. Ohlsson was the first soloist Spano ever worked with when he made his professional debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the two have shared many happy collaborations since. When…
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Our faculty member, Paul Murphy, provides the current music selection: the Brahms Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18. He likes the recording by the Amadeus Quartet, but notes that it is part of a set of most of Brahms chamber music and that you cannot buy just the recording of the Sextet without…
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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has released the second recording on its own in-house label, ASO Media.The first recording featured Robert Spano (currently celebrating his tenth anniversary as the orchestra’s Music Director) conducting two ASO commissions: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s concerto On A Wire, featuring the chamber ensemble eighth blackbird, and Michael Gandolfi’s choral work…
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Our board member, Alex Simmons, recommends the Kronos Quartet recording of Osvaldo Golijov’s “Tenebrae.” Alex first heard “Tenebrae” performed by the Franklin Pond Quartet. Here is a quote from the composer: “I wrote Tenebrae as a consequence of witnessing two contrasting realities in a short period of time in September 2000. I was in Israel…
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