Francis Poulenc: Music for Piano; Aleck Karis, piano <br> BRIDGE 9459Francis Poulenc, praised by Arnold Schoenberg as a great lyric voice, is one of the most frequently performed and widely admired 20th century composers. The pieces chosen for this program are concise, songful and cover a wide range of emotions. They also span most of Poulencs career, from the Trois Mouvements Perptuels, written at age 19 to the final Improvisations, written four years before his death at 64. Aleck Karis has made numerous recordings

Jesse Kranzler

Nouveau Rag (1995)

Grofé arranged hundreds of works for the Whiteman Band

Shapeshifters for two pianos and orchestra was commissioned by The Alabama Symphony and Justin Brown for the piano duo Quattro Mani

Annotator Matthew Mendez calls the Viola Concerto "a big-hearted

and frequently performed composer

the International Record Review stated that 'Primakov's Beethoven offers thoughtful performances from a young musician who is more than a virtuoso

Crosstalk takes us into a new sonic realm that is informed by hip-hop but is ultimately something quite different

including the wonderful Czech violinist

Timur Bekbosunov

“This is an appealing recital of songs by John Musto

Sergei Prokofiev: Visions fugitives