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African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 2

African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 2
Ulysses Kay, George Walker, Roque Cordero, Adolphus Hailstork, Hale Smith, Paul Freeman, Chicago Sinfonietta

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Track Listing

  1. Theater Set, orchestral suite: Overture
  2. Lyric for strings
  3. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra: I. Marcha Grotesca
  4. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra: II. Meditaci�n
  5. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra: III. Pasillo
  6. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra: IV. Danzonete
  7. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra: V. Nocturno
  8. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra: VI. Mejorana
  9. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra: VII. Plegaria
  10. Miniatures (8) for Small Orchestra: VIII. Allegro Final
  11. An American Port of Call
  12. Ritual and Incantations, for orchestra
  13. Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed: In memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr., for orchestra

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #458046 in Music
  • Released on: 2002-01-29
  • Number of discs: 1

Editorial Reviews

Album Description
Not since the LP era of the 1970s has there been anything like Cedille Records' African Heritage Symphonic Series.

Volume II features compositions by exceptional Black composers from the 1940s to the 1980s, performed by the Chicago Sinfonietta led by its founder and music director, Dr. Paul Freeman,"one of the finest conductors our nation has produced." (Fanfare)

Ulysses Kay's ebullient Overture to Theater Set (1968) exudes a broad and good-natured energy. George Walker's intensely romantic Lyric for Strings (1941) is one of the great gems of the string orchestra repertoire. With his acclaimed Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra (1948), Panama's Roque Cordero succeeded in synthesizing the avant-garde techniques he learned in the U.S. with the Latin and Afro-Caribbean music of his homeland. Accented with archetypal African drumming patterns, Hale Smith's Ritual and Incantations (1974), radiates an aura of mystery and suspense. Adolphus Hailstork's An American Port of Call (1985) takes the listener on a lush, fanciful, and jazzy excursion. Ten years in the making, Hailstork's Epitaph for a Man who Dreamed (1979) pays tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King with passages of exquisite tenderness and noble power.

ClassicsToday.com
Paul Freeman and the Chicago Sinfonietta's idiomatic and highly polished performances bring each work vividly to life.

American Record Guide
The Chicago Sinfonietta gives excellent readings of these first-rate works.