Sigma Alpha Iota

24 Winter 2022 • sai-national.org BRITTEN, FINZI, MILHAUD, & R. STRAUSS Joshua Pierce, piano, & orchestras MSR Classics, MSR 1756 Joshua Pierce deftly navigates a program of diverse piano concertos in collaboration with the Slovak State Chamber Orchestra of Zilina and the Slovak Radio Orchestra of Bratislava. FINDING A VOICE: MEXICAN SONG CYCLES AFTER 1920 Juan Carlos Mendoza and Jessica Monnier MSR Classics, MSR 1772 Tenor Juan Carlos Mendoza and pianist Jessica Monnier serve up a beautiful selection of post-Mexican revolution songs that convey the emotion and changing music styles of the time period. ERBERK ERYILMAZ: DANCES OF THE YOGURT MAKER Carpe Diem String Quartet and Erberk Eryilmaz MSR Classics, MSR 1785 A colorful and rhythmic collection of works by Turkish-American composer Erberk Eryilmaz for string quartet and Turkish folk percussion, including darbuka, davul, and wooden spoons. IRANIAN NEW WAVES, VOL. 1 Kelariz Keshavarz, flute Petrichor Records, PR-1005 A unique project featuring over fifty new compositions for solo flute created by contemporary Iranian composers. Includes a beautiful hardbound book highlighting each composer in both Persian and English. DARON HAGEN: RAPTURE AND REGRET Music for Soprano, Tenor, and Piano MSR Classics, MSR 1713 Five of Hagen's vocal works skillfully performed by Soprano Ariana Wyatt, tenor Brian Thorsett, and pianist Tracy Cowden. Includes the title piece, Vegetable Verselets, and Muldoon Songs. MUSIC OF BARBARA HARBACH: CHAMBER MUSIC VI Soloists & St. Louis Chamber Orchestra MSR Classics, MSR 1695 A collection of four chamber works by the prolific Harbach, featuring soprano, flute, violin and piano soloists, including Visions of Hildegard andThe Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky. Reviews

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