Arnold Rosner

[JollyRoger]

If you have not heard the music of Arnold Rosner, you have not heard one of America's greatest composers.
His music is tonal, majestic, powerful, inspired, accessable, non-minimalist and yet like no one else.
I bought this NAXOS CD for the Missa Sinfonica by Flagello, and never expected to be completely bowled over by something else unfamiliar to me - the fabulous fifth symphony by Arnold Rosner.

http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559347

Buyer beware, addiction to Rosner is a certainty for anyone looking for great, music.

[jimmosk]

I would also add modal to that list of adjectives -- a particular version of modal writing that was also favored by Ernest Bloch.  I'm crazy about his Concerto Grosso No.1 in D minor... and really this entire CD: http://www.amazon.com/Rosner-Concerto-Meditations-Chronicle-Magnificat/dp/B000007QLR

-J

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