Aaron Copland <br> Rarities and Masterpieces <BR> BRIDGE 914510 10 "Highest Rating" from ClassicsToday. com This disc presents superb new recordings of two Copland masterpiecesthe original version of the "Appalachian Spring Suite" and the jazz influenced "Music for the Theatre". Conductor Steven Richman and His Harmonie Ensemble New York have a long history with these two works. In 1980, in celebration of his 80th birthday, Aaron Copland conducted the Harmonie Ensemble in the "Appalachian Spring Suite" and

they could hardly do better than with this exceptional Bridge Records release

both large and small

Jorge Liderman

especially for the Concertino

David Starobin is the only guitarist ever to have been awarded Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Prize

Emanuele Arciuli

“These performances recapture for us some of the wonder and excitement Beethoven’s original audiences must have felt

at least outside Germany

“The 12 songs recorded by Barber in 1938 are quite a surprise

9 in E Major

insidious rhythms

” - inTune