Music of Arlene Sierra, Vol. 1 <BR> BRIDGE 9343The music of Arlene Sierra (b. 1970) has begun to make waves on both sides of the Atlantic. With recent commissions by the New York Philharmonic, the Royal Opera and the New York City Opera, the British based young American composer has found devoted advocates among many leading performers of our time. The American Academy of Arts and Letters cited Sierra recently: "Arlene Sierra's music is, by turns, urgent, poetic, evocative, and witty. She has a

Spirals is scored for an orchestra of double woodwinds

Han-earl Park

“Karis understands the inner workings of these pieces

Hermine Haselböck began her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna with Rita Streich and Hartmut Krones

Barbara Govatos

it is only that it’s too short

as well as a filmed "masterclass" held in Budapest

were among the most influential quartets of their era

This disc of three major 20th century works for voice and string quartet marks the final recording by the distinguished soprano Benita Valente before her retirement from the concert stage

Mat Maneri

(Evening in the Mountains) a brief snatch of Peer Gynt

and devotees of the composer