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Adam Schoenberg Releases Debut Orchestral Album on Inauguration Day
SAN FRANCISCO: Says Schoenberg: “I have dreamt of having an orchestral disc of my music since first becoming a composer.
This is an extraordinary gift, and I am thrilled to be sharing my music with all of you. The three pieces that you will soon experience embody my growth from student to professional composer. They each explore different styles, but my artistic voice remains consistent throughout.” Recently named one of the Top 10 most performed living classical composers by orchestras in the United States, ADAM SCHOENBERG’s (b. November 15, 1980) music is “invigorating” (Los Angeles Times), and full of “mystery and sensuality” (The New York Times). This most recent season included performances and premieres at the Library of Congress, Kennedy Center, New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Hollywood Bowl.
We are proud to present these new works, two of them commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony: American Symphony and Picture Studies. The collaboration between Schoenberg and MICHAEL STERN is extraordinary. Schoenberg states: “He is the first conductor to champion my music. He understands it, embraces it, and gives it an emotional dimension that would otherwise not exist. I also must thank the musicians of the Kansas City Symphony. This is an orchestra that plays with tremendous vigor, spirit, and emotion.“ The performances were brilliantly captured by GRAMMY® award winners Keith O. Johnson (engineer), David Frost (producer) and GRAMMY® nominee Sean R. Martin (engineer). The album will be released as a hybrid SACD, compatible with all CD and SACD players; and digitally in standard and high resolution.
The Kansas City Symphony is the region’s only full-time professional symphony orchestra. Led by Music Director Michael Stern since 2005, the Symphony has experienced impressive artistic growth, garnering national and international acclaim. The orchestra’s 80 full-time musicians are area residents, and each season they reach more than a million people through their concerts, educational programs and community outreach performances. They also serve as the orchestra for the Lyric Opera and the Kansas City Ballet.
For over 40 years, Reference Recordings has been one of the most innovative and respected independent labels in the music business. RR releases have been highly praised for their dedication to high quality sound in the service of great music. Founder Tam Henderson (1998 GRAMMY® nominee for Producer of the Year), was joined in 1978 by engineer Keith O. Johnson.Some 140 projects later, RR is still recording what many consider to be the finest-sounding classical, jazz and blues discs in the world.
Reference Recordings are distributed in North America by Naxos USA, and internationally through a network of independent distributors listed at: WWW.REFERENCERECORDINGS.COM
ADAM SCHOENBERG American Symphony • Finding Rothko • Picture Studies
MICHAEL STERN • KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY RR-139SACD - US suggested retail price $19.98 5.1 Surround and Stereo, SACD, Stereo CD with HDCD
Finding Rothko 1 Orange 3:30 2 Yellow 3:05 3 Red 4:-07 4 Wine 4:09 American Symphony 5 Movement I: fanfare 2:56 6 Movement II: white on blue 5:50 7 Movement III: rondo 3:06 8 Movement IV: prayer 4:58 9 Movement V: stars, stripes and celebration 5:56 Picture Studies 10 Intro 0:47 11 Three Pierrots 1:47 12 Repetition 4:40 13 Olive Orchard 5:15 14 Kandinsky 3:45 15 Calder’s World 3:54 16 Miró 1:24 17 Interlude 0:41 18 Cliffs of Moher 0:48 19 Pigeons in Flight 4:21
For more information: Janice Mancuso - Media Relations ReferenceRecordings@gmail.com • 1-800-336-8866 For artist interviews, please contact April Thibeault, AMT PR, 212.861.0990, april@amtpublicrelations.com
Photos, graphic elements available in the ‘Press Room’ at www.ReferenceRecordings.com https://www.facebook.com/referencerecordings https://twitter.com/RefRecordings https://www.youtube.com/user/ReferenceRecordings http://referencerecordings.blogspot.com https://soundcloud.com/reference-recordings
This is an extraordinary gift, and I am thrilled to be sharing my music with all of you. The three pieces that you will soon experience embody my growth from student to professional composer. They each explore different styles, but my artistic voice remains consistent throughout.” Recently named one of the Top 10 most performed living classical composers by orchestras in the United States, ADAM SCHOENBERG’s (b. November 15, 1980) music is “invigorating” (Los Angeles Times), and full of “mystery and sensuality” (The New York Times). This most recent season included performances and premieres at the Library of Congress, Kennedy Center, New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Hollywood Bowl.
We are proud to present these new works, two of them commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony: American Symphony and Picture Studies. The collaboration between Schoenberg and MICHAEL STERN is extraordinary. Schoenberg states: “He is the first conductor to champion my music. He understands it, embraces it, and gives it an emotional dimension that would otherwise not exist. I also must thank the musicians of the Kansas City Symphony. This is an orchestra that plays with tremendous vigor, spirit, and emotion.“ The performances were brilliantly captured by GRAMMY® award winners Keith O. Johnson (engineer), David Frost (producer) and GRAMMY® nominee Sean R. Martin (engineer). The album will be released as a hybrid SACD, compatible with all CD and SACD players; and digitally in standard and high resolution.
The Kansas City Symphony is the region’s only full-time professional symphony orchestra. Led by Music Director Michael Stern since 2005, the Symphony has experienced impressive artistic growth, garnering national and international acclaim. The orchestra’s 80 full-time musicians are area residents, and each season they reach more than a million people through their concerts, educational programs and community outreach performances. They also serve as the orchestra for the Lyric Opera and the Kansas City Ballet.
For over 40 years, Reference Recordings has been one of the most innovative and respected independent labels in the music business. RR releases have been highly praised for their dedication to high quality sound in the service of great music. Founder Tam Henderson (1998 GRAMMY® nominee for Producer of the Year), was joined in 1978 by engineer Keith O. Johnson.Some 140 projects later, RR is still recording what many consider to be the finest-sounding classical, jazz and blues discs in the world.
Reference Recordings are distributed in North America by Naxos USA, and internationally through a network of independent distributors listed at: WWW.REFERENCERECORDINGS.COM
ADAM SCHOENBERG American Symphony • Finding Rothko • Picture Studies
MICHAEL STERN • KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY RR-139SACD - US suggested retail price $19.98 5.1 Surround and Stereo, SACD, Stereo CD with HDCD
Finding Rothko 1 Orange 3:30 2 Yellow 3:05 3 Red 4:-07 4 Wine 4:09 American Symphony 5 Movement I: fanfare 2:56 6 Movement II: white on blue 5:50 7 Movement III: rondo 3:06 8 Movement IV: prayer 4:58 9 Movement V: stars, stripes and celebration 5:56 Picture Studies 10 Intro 0:47 11 Three Pierrots 1:47 12 Repetition 4:40 13 Olive Orchard 5:15 14 Kandinsky 3:45 15 Calder’s World 3:54 16 Miró 1:24 17 Interlude 0:41 18 Cliffs of Moher 0:48 19 Pigeons in Flight 4:21
For more information: Janice Mancuso - Media Relations ReferenceRecordings@gmail.com • 1-800-336-8866 For artist interviews, please contact April Thibeault, AMT PR, 212.861.0990, april@amtpublicrelations.com
Photos, graphic elements available in the ‘Press Room’ at www.ReferenceRecordings.com https://www.facebook.com/referencerecordings https://twitter.com/RefRecordings https://www.youtube.com/user/ReferenceRecordings http://referencerecordings.blogspot.com https://soundcloud.com/reference-recordings
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