(1998) 20th Century American Music Omar Clay Brahms left some 200 songs

Brahms left some 200 songs as well as 91 harmonizations of folk songs and 80 vocal duets and quartets with piano

Until the appearance of Sweelinck’s students (Jacob and Johann Praetorius

Born into a well-known family of Swiss musicians

one that might open up new paths of thought and suggest untried expressive possibilities in the interpretation of these signal works

one of the great masters of the solo cantata

(1998) 20th Century American Music Omar Clay Brahms left some 200 songsThis new disc includes the world premiere recording of Henry Cowells Symphonic Set, Op. 17. The piece dates from the early 1940s and is typically innovative, incorporating contemporary techniques and complexities, and musics of other cultures. Charles Ives Symphony No. 2 is filled with classical allusions and direct musical quotations, sometimes tongue in cheek, and other times as part of the overall musical fabric. His harmonic, polyrhythmic,