For the past fifty years, a group of Canada’s finest artists has been producing works of the highest order — for a tiny audience. If they were painters their names would be familiar and their work hanging on gallery walls across the country. But we’re talking about Canadian composers. Their gallery walls are concert halls, living rooms, Walkmans. CBC Records OVATION SERIES documents the emergence of this distinctly Canadian music. Each disc in this and subsequent 5-CD sets, is dedicated to a single composer; each collects in one convenient place that composer’s most accessible and representative works.
CD 1:
JOHN WEINZWEIG
1. Jumpin’ Blues
2. Contrasts for Guitar (excerpt/extrait)
3. Shoppin’ Blues
4. Hockey Night in Canada
5-7. 15 Pieces for Harp (excerpts/extraits)
8-10. Private Collection (excerpts/extraits)
11-13. Diverimento No.1 for Flute and String Orchestra
14. Round Dance
15-17. Divertimento No.7 for trumpet, trombone and wind ensemble
18. Red Ear of Corn: Barn Dance
CD 2:
JEAN COULTHARD
1. The Bird of Dawning Singeth All Night Long
2. Of Fields and Forests
3-6. Canada Mosaic: Introduction and Three Folksongs
7. Variations on BACH
8-11. Spring Rhapsody
12. Quebec May
13. Music on a Quiet Night
CD 3:
MURRAY ADASKIN
1. March No.1
2-4. Sonatine Baroque
5-7. String Quintet
8. Daydreams for E-flat alto saxophone and piano
9. Rondo for Nine Instruments
10-12. Woodwind Quintet No.1
13. Musica Victoria
CD 4:
JACQUES HETU
1-3. Symphonie no 3, Op.18
4-6. Concerto pour guitare et orchestre a cordes, Op.56
7-9. Concerto pour trompette et petit orchestre, Op.43
10. Antimonie, Op.23
CD 5:
HARRY FREEDMAN
1-3. Celebration
4. Toccata for Voice and Flute
5. Tikki Tikki Tembo
6. Pastorale
7. Chalumeau
8-11. Suite for the ballet Rose Latulippe
