Brant,Hicks,Rudhyar- "American Composer Series" Remington Musirama mono (1953)

Today is the 5th anniversary of the passing away of Henry Brant at the age of 94 years.

Notes excerpted from the back cover (enclosed):

Henry Brant's Concerto For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra,1941,is the last in a series of seven Concertos written for different solo instruments which were composed from 1931 to 1941, a time to which Mr. Brant refers as his "Americana and Satire period".Mr. Brant conceived the Concerto with the remarkable technical accomplishments of Sigurd Rascher, the saxophone soloist, in mind.
When the world premiere of the Concerto was given by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Victor Kalar conducting,on January 17,1942, Russell McLaughlan,music reviewer of the Detroit News commented: "The composer glides from lyric melody to pure and simple low-down antics. He believes,and proves his point, that the saxophone is capable of anything from the song of the lark to the hottest kind of squawk, and that this enormous scope is the legitimate concern of  a soloist with a symphonic orchestra."
In a casual description of the Concerto,Mr. Brant has said: "The first movement of the concerto is called "Prelude" and generally indicates good weather.The second movement, "Idyll", is more astronomical.Finally,there is a snide rondo called "Caprice", complete with cadenza. It is aimed to exploit to the utmost the capacities of the solo instrument in virtuoso hands. Generally speaking, this seems to be a "country concerto".
 

Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Gymnopedies

George Antheil, in a glowing article, has stated "A whole new world,aesthetically and expressively, has been revealed to me personally in her music,and I have no doubt that when it is opened up to others upon the scale that it deserves, they will agree with me: For the musical world of Peggy Glanville-Hicks is a very enthralling world,and it behooves us to listen with new ears".

Dane Rudhyar: Sinfonietta

Dane Rudhyar's Sinfonietta is a lyrical work in four short movements marked respectively: Allegro tragico, Allegro con fuocco, Andante contemplative, and Moderato marcato.There is no pause between the first and second, and third and fourth movements.
(I have not separated them at all-DrE).
Composed in 1925 in Hollywood, orchestrated in Chicago, and published in the New Music Orchestral Series in 1934, Sinfonietta was not heard until 1952, when it was premiered by the U.S. Air Force Symphony, conducted by Colonel George Howard in Washington D.C.

Side One:

Henry Brant: Concerto For Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (1941)
a1-Prelude
a2-Idyll
a3-Caprice 

Sigurd Reicher,Saxophone
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Thor Johnson,Conductor
Side Two:

Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Gymnopedies
b1-No.1
b2-No.2
b3-No.3

b4-Dane Rudhyar: Sinfonietta (1925) 

RIAS Symphony Orchestra,
Jonel Perlea, Conductor

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