Music of Still and Beach <br> Royal Philharmonic Orchestra <BR> BRIDGE 9086Here is a superb CD two classic American Symphonies in famous sterling performances from the Society for the Preservation of American Musical Heritage. William Grant Still's most celebrated work, the African American Symphony of 1930, blends negro spirituals with glittering orchestrations to form a work of great character and individuality. As Howard Hanson stated, " William Grant Still brought to American music a new voice, a voice filled with lovely

after which he toured throughout the world until a right hand injury in 1979 slowed a major career

Renowned for her Mozart and Strauss interpretations

as well as beautiful tone

“I have never seen a thereminist in action

This is altogether one of the most rewarding and significant recordings of 1999

Some are content to chew on the garrulous sounds of people chattering away

David Hancock

treble and baritone concertina

waking and dreaming

Schubert's piano sonatas used to be damned as unpianistic

while both were performing on a vaudeville show in Detroit

May this series never end