Search - Norman Dello Joio, Edvard Chivzhel, Edvard Tchivzhel :: Music for Martha Graham, Vol. 3

Classic Dello Joio, beautifully performed.

10/10/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Norman Dello Joio was a man who stuck to his compositional guns and never succumbed to what Paul Creston thought of as the "disturbing trends" of the 20th century. You won't find dark, illogical, unmelodic music from Dello Joio. Rather, you'll hear some wonderfully crafted, simply beautiful music with an emphasis on rich melodic content. Perhaps his finest works are those he wrote for the legendary Martha Graham, as stated in the fine liner notes. All of them have formal orchestral titles that have been renamed for the Martha Graham Company. His "Triumph of Saint Joan" symphony, for example, was renamed "Seraphic Dialogue." If you enjoy the sound of a good chamber orchestra, the Atlantic Sinfonietta delivers with a tremendous blend of strings and just the right amount of interplay with the wind instruments. Should you like a full orchestral version of "Triumph," you can consider a recording James Sedares did with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. But after hearing it performed by this class group of chamber musicians, it needn't be necessary. A tremendous disc of underrated music."