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Divertingly Arranged

Music from China
and the USA -
heard by
HOWARD SMITH

'... less conclusive ...'

Delights & Dances. © 2013 Cedille Records

I would 'delight' in feeling a wave of enthusiasm during this indeterminate Cedille programme with its curiously motley form. A noteworthy highlight is the West Side Story Concerto, divertingly arranged by Randall Craig Fleischer, current Music Director of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Anchorage Symphony, and Youngstown Symphony Orchestra.

Mr Fleischer first came to international attention while serving his first of five years as Assistant, then Associate conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra. He conducted Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Rostropovich as soloist during the NSO's 1990 tour of Japan and the USSR...

Copyright © 14 July 2014 Howard Smith,
Masterton, New Zealand

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DELIGHTS & DANCES

BENJAMIN LEES

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

CEDILLE RECORDS

CHAMBER MUSIC

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

CHINA

ILLINOIS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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