Louis Karchin: To the Sun and Stars <BR> BRIDGE 9437This album presents vocal works by New York's Louis Karchin. Of the disc, critic Robert Carl writes: Karchin is a quintessentially American composer. When one listens to the bold opening gestures of such works as American Visions and Gods of Winter, one hears a spirit that loves space, great open sounds and the drama of contrasts between large and small, vast and intimate. This is a spirit unafraid to combine clear and simple sounds evocative of the

Jiyeon Kim

Barbara Kolb

violin (Brahms)

CRUMB HIMSELF APPEARS ON THE SERIES AS PIANIST

including sound quality

The recording is a newly mastered performance of the long out of print 1978 LP

conducted by Thomas Sondergard

San Francisco Chronicle Review

Tom Flaherty's compositions grow organically from small motives or cells that expand and contract in unpredictable yet satisfyingly logical spans

also includes Schubert’s immortal masterpiece- the Sonata in B-flat

winner of top prizes at the Leeds

The 19th century “salon music” repertoire was characterized by the combination of hit tunes from popular operas combined with great instrumental virtuosity