20Th-Century Composer Series / Various 20Th-Century Composer Series / Various CD

From January 1957 to March 1962 Columbia Masterworks in collaboration with the Fromm Music Foundation released a series of 9 highly acclaimed LPs in the Twentieth Century Composer Series with music by composers including Elliott Carter, Luigi Dallapiccola, William Denny, Leon Kirchner, Ernst Krenek, Benjamin Lees, Jerome Rosen, Ilhan Usmanbas and Ben Weber. Sony Classical - with kind support by the Fromm Music Foundation - is now properly documenting the meritorious cooperation between Columbia Masterworks and the Fromm Music Foundation with the release of a special 9 (+1) album boxed set, remastering the remaining 6 LPs with repertoire by Foss, Harrison, Killmayer, Kirchner, Krenek, Weber and Dallapiccola from the 2- and 3-track analogue tapes, and thus making this special repertoire available worldwide and in high resolution audio. The Fromm Music Foundation was founded by the late Paul Fromm in 1952. Since 1972, it has been located at Harvard University where it has operated in partnership with the Harvard University Music Department. Over the course of it's existence, the Fromm Foundation has commissioned over 400 new compositions and their performances. The Fromm Foundation has also sponsored hundreds of new music concerts and concert series, among them Tanglewood's Festival of Contemporary Music, American Composers Orchestra, and the Fromm Concert Series at Harvard University.

1. Disc 1: Kirchner: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano with Nathan Rubin, Violin; George Neikrug, Cello; Leon Kirchner, Piano 2. Kirchner: Sonata Concertante (For Violin ; Piano) with Ludwig Shapero, Violin; Leon Kirchner, Piano 3. Disc 2: Wilhelm Killmayer: Missa Brevis for Mixed Chorus a Cappella with the New York Concert Choir 4. Lou Harrison: Mass for Mixed Chorus, Trumpet, Harp and Strings with the New York Concert Choir and Orchestra 5. Disc 3: Lees: String Quartet No. 1 with the Juilliard String Quartet 6. Denny: String Quartet No. 2 with the Juilliard String Quartet 7. Disc 4: Rosen: String Quartet No. 1 with the New Music String Quartet 8. Usmanbas: String Quartet with the New Music String Quartet 9. Disc 5: Krenek: Sestina for Voice and Instrumental Ensemble with Bethany Beardslee, Soprano 10. Krenek: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae, Op. 93 with Bethany Beardslee, Soprano 11. Disc 6: Weber: Fantasia (Variations), Op. 25 with William Masselos, Piano 12. Weber: Concertino for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and String Quartet, Op. 45 with Julius Baker, Flute; Harry Shulman, Oboe; Alexander Williams, Clarinet; Galimir String Quartet 13. Weber: Serenade for Strings, Op. 46 with the Galimir String Quartet; David Walter, Double Bass 14. Disc 7: Dallapiccola: Liriche Greche, 5 Frammenti Di Saffo (1942) with Frederick Fuller, Baritone 15. Dallapiccola: Liriche Greche, 2 Liriche Di Anacreonte (1944-45) with Elisabeth S÷derstr÷m, Soprano 16. Dallapiccola: Cinque Canti (1956) with Elisabeth S÷derstr÷m, Soprano 17. Dallapiccola: Goethe Lieder (1953) with Elisabeth S÷derstr÷m, Soprano 18. Dallapiccola: Concerto Per la Notte Di Natale Dell'anno 1956 with Elisabeth S÷derstr÷m, Soprano 19. Disc 8: Carter: Double Concerto for Harpsichord ; Piano with Ralph Kirkpatrick, Harpsichord; Charles Rosen, Piano 20. Kirchner: Concerto for Violin, Cello, 10 Winds ; Percussion with Tossy Spivakovsky, Violin; Aldo Parisot, Cello 21. Carter: Piano Sonata with Charles Rosen, Piano 22. Disc 9: Lukas Foss: Echoi for Four Soloists with the Group for Contemporary Music at Columbia University 23. Lukas Foss: Time Cycle (Chamber Version) with Grace-Lynne Martin, Soprano 24. Disc 10: Copland: Piano Sonata with Leon Fleisher, Piano 25. Sessions: From My Diary with Leon Fleisher, Piano 26. Kirchner: Piano Sonata with Leon Fleisher, Piano 27. Rorem: Three Barcarolles with Leon Fleisher, Piano