George Crumb: Orchestral Music <BR> BRIDGE 9174ClassicsToday. com: 10 10 "Highest Rating" This CD presents George Crumbs (b. 1929) three mature orchestral compositions together for the first time. (Crumbs only other orchestral effort to date is his early doctoral thesisVariazioni). This disc includes the Grammy winning recording of Crumbs magnum opus, Star Child, led by conductor Thomas Conlin, in a performance that won numerous awards from the international press,. Also included are Crumbs

BRIDGE 9152

one of history's most famous bass players

the fine level of performance and production

Dominic Donato

The result is a seemingly through-composed set that successfully pulls the disparate parts into a convincing whole

Machine Language

this work is haunting and strangely evocative

Quakerbridge

entitled The Early German Song Cycle

Samuel Barber in 12 songs

Vitus' Dance (2003) for brass quintet

Sonata in c minor