Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks <BR> BRIDGE 9379Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Grammy award, and is one of the most performed living American composers working today. Ms. Higdon's upcoming work includes an opera on Charles Frazier's book, 'Cold Mountain', for Santa Fe Opera and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. This recording feature three recent chamber works: In Scenes from the Poet's Dreams (composed for the performers who play it here) the piano left hand

Ohlsoon’s characteristic warmth and fullness of tone

Zion's Walls (1952)

Very highly recommended

of all things

for Santa Fe Opera and the Opera Company of Philadelphia

female chorus and chamber orchestra

Humphrey Searle: Two Practical Cats (1953)

the vocal lines are clear and emotionally convincing

taking the First Prize in the International American Music Competition sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation

" Maria Bachmann studied at The Curtis Institute of Music with Ivan Galamian and Szymon Goldberg

their warm exciting renditions of the pieces presented on this CD do justice to the music created by one of the most inventive Latin American composers of all time

Lowenthal plays the spectacular early version of Les Cloches de Geneva