BARBER Motetto. Two Choruses, Op. 8. Agnus Dei, Op. 11. Heaven-Haven, Op. 13, No. 1. Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3. A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15. Reincarnations, Op. 16. Two Choruses, Op. 42. Easter Chorale. Happy Birthday, Sam Barber ● Eric Banks, cond; The Esoterics ● TERPSICHORE CD-1110 Read the CD review

BARBER Piano Concerto.  Essays for Orchestra: Nos. 1-3 ● Daniel Kawka, cond; National SO of RAI; Giampaolo Nuti (pn) ● STRADIVARIUS STR-33814 (58:36) Read the CD review

A Rare Opportunity: Bernard Herrmann’s Magnum Opus Read the performance review

FAST JUMP ● Danny Holt (pn) ● INNOVA 734 (79:49) LANG memory pieces. KOZIK Fast Jump. FITKIN Relent. BURHANS In Time of Desperation. NARVESON ripple. Read the CD review

PANUFNIK Symphony No. 6, “Sinfonia Mistica.” Autumn Music. Rhapsody. Hommage à Chopin ● Łukasz Borowicz, cond; Polish Radio SO; Łukasz Długosz (fl) ● cpo 777 498-2 (73:57) Read the CD review

PERSICHETTI Symphony No. 6. Parable IX. Masquerade. Divertimento. Psalm. Pageant ● Stephen K. Steele, cond; Illinois State University Wind Symphony ● ALBANY TROY1253 (70:09)Read the CD review

PERSICHETTI Piano Sonatas: No. 10; No. 11. Serenade No. 7 ● Ellen Burmeister (pn) ● STARKLAND R-3016 (47:07)Read the CD review

HOVHANESS Symphony No. 1, “Exile” (original version). COPLAND Symphony No. 2, “Short.” MILHAUD Symphony No. 1.  SEREBRIER Symphony No. 1. ● Leopold Stokowski, cond; NBC SO; Houston SO ● GUILD GHCD-2347 (72:51) Live: 12/6/1942; 1/9/1944; 3/21/1943; 11/4/1957 Read the CD review

ZAIMONT Chroma—Northern Lights. Ghosts. Elegy. STILLNESS ● Kirk Trevor, cond; Slovak Natl SO ● NAXOS 8.559619 (52:560
ZAIMONT Zones (Piano Trio No. 2). String Quartet, “The Figure.” Astral. Serenade ● Ilmar Gavilán (vn); Melissa White (vn) Juan-Miguel Hernandez (va); Paul Wiancko (vc) Awadagin Pratt (pn) ● NAVONA NV5846, “enhanced” (64:41) Read the CD review