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Get your LIVE recording of the 2007 Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring 17-year old virtuoso pianist, Jeremy Jordan, a world premiere narrative written and performed by Lerone Bennett, Jr., soprano Jonita Lattimore, and a gospel choir performing with the orchestra.
1. Lyric for Strings (George Walker)
2. Piano Concerto No
1 (Sergei Prokofiev) - Jeremy Jordan, piano
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Now
(.mp3 - 14.6mb - 15:57 min)
3. Martin, Coretta, and Rosa:
A Musical Portrait (text by Lerone Bennett, Jr.)
Jonita Lattimore,
soprano; Lerone Bennett, Jr., narrator
4. I’ve Been ‘Buked (arr. Johnson) - Gospel Choir of the College of Lake County, Charles Clency, Director
5. Hallelujah from Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration (arr. Warren, Jackson, & Kibble) - Orchestra with Choir
6. Anthem of Praise (arr. Wilson) - Orchestra with Choir
7. We Shall Overcome (arr. Ringwald) - Orchestra with Choir and Audience
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A tribute to innovative American composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932–2004), whose accomplishments spanned the worlds of jazz, dance, pop, film, television, and classical music.
Sinfonietta No. 1 for Strings (1954–55)
Chicago Sinfonietta / Paul Freeman, conductor
Grass: Poem for Piano, Strings & Percussion (1956)
Joseph Joubert, piano
Chicago Sinfonietta / Paul Freeman, conductor
Read the review in Classics Today magazine.
Read the reviews from American Record Guide, Fanfare Magazine, and Atlanta Audio Society
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"…a marvel to experience… This is a must acquisition for all lovers of our indigenous muse." (Fanfare)
Symphony No. 2
Fugue: Not fast; with dignity
Full
Track (.mp3 - stereo - 6.2MB)
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Featuring music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Grant Still, and Fela Sowande.
Coleridge-Taylor: Danse
Nègre
Excerpt
(.mp3 - mono - 240K)
Read the review in Classics Today magazine.
Available now at Cedille Records
Featuring music of Ulysses Kay, George Walker, Roque Cordero, Adolphus Hailstork, and Hale Smith.
Hailstork: Epitaph for a Man who Dreamed
Excerpt
(.mp3 - mono - 472K)
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Featuring music of Michael Abels, David Baker, William Banfield, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Cellist Katinka Kleijn appears as soloist.
Abels: Global Warming
Excerpt
(.ram - RealAudio stream)
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Features pianist Ramon Salvatore performing Ganz's E-flat Major concerto.
"This is about as enjoyable as a recording of contemporary
concert music gets."
(Washington Post)
Ganz: Piano Concerto in E-flat Major
I. March-like: Allegro alla marcia
Excerpt (.mp3 - mono - 240K)
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