Kaminsky/ Oppens/ Arizona State University Orch - Fantasy: Oppens Plays KaminskyThe twice Grammy nominated Lincoln Trio violinist Desire Ruhstrat, cellist David Cunliffe, and pianist Marta Aznavoorian offers engaging, rarely heard piano trios by 20th century Chicago composers Leo Sowerby, winner of the Rome Prize and Pulitzer Prize for music, and Ernst Bacon, recipient of three Guggenheim Fellowships and a Pulitzer Fellowship. Bacon's Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Piano (1987) receives it's world premiere recording. Hailed by

The de Castro Sisters were a vocal trio whose mother was a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl from Chicago who married a wealthy Cuban aristocrat

Ralph Vaughan Williams jokingly said of himself

which is the only recording he is not performing on and included to hear a Hispanic version of the title

music by Ravi Shankar

Given the obstacles he faced

Before beginning this new venture Dane went out and surrounded himself with some of the best musicians that he could find

a man "in the grip of the demonic spirit of his genius"

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The record follows his critically acclaimed LP 'Exit Ghost'

the high quality of his mature compositions

and it was for that particular liturgy

Jones' vast legacy of music includes 270 songs that he recorded from 1965-1971 for Musicor Records