American Triad Daniel Glover, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra & John McLaughlin Williams

• Felix Borowski ((1872 - 1956): Piano Concerto in D Minor:
• 1 Borowski: Piano Concerto in D Minor: I. Moderato maestoso – Animato 08:58
• 2 Borowski: Piano Concerto in D Minor: II. Andante 06:58
• 3 Borowski: Piano Concerto in D Minor: III. (attacca) Allegro con fuoco 07:50
• Beryl Rubinstein (1898 - 1952): Piano Concerto in C Major:
• 4 Rubinstein: Piano Concerto in C Major: I. Allegro 15:37
• 5 Rubinstein: Piano Concerto in C Major: II. Andante tranquillo 08:50
• 6 Rubinstein: Piano Concerto in C Major: III. Allegro con spirit 09:21
• Plainte de Pierrot:
• 7 Rubinstein: Plainte de Pierrot 03:48
• Scherzo Serenade:
• 8 Rubinstein: Scherzo Serenade 03:17
• Felix Borowski: Scherzo fantasque, B. 78:
• 9 Borowski: Scherzo fantasque, B. 78 10:14
• Total Runtime 01:14:53

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Reference Recordings ist stolz darauf „American Triad“ präsentieren zu dürfen – eine Hommage an die Musik dreier Komponisten, deren enge Beziehung von Respekt, Bewunderung und Kameradschaft geprägt war. Die Triade besteht aus Felix Borowski, Ernest Bloch und Beryl Rubinstein: Borowski und Bloch wanderten in die Vereinigten Staaten aus und wurden dort Staatsbürger, während Rubinstein in Athens, Georgia, geboren wurde. Jeder Komponist hat ein unverwechselbares Credo und einen eigenen Stil. Jeder von ihnen schrieb bedeutende Werke für Klavier und Orchester. Vier davon erscheinen erstmals auf diesem Album. „American Triad“ wurde von dem hervorragenden Toningenieurteam von Baltic Mobile Recordings aufgenommen und gemastert: Vilius Keras und Aleksandra Kerienė. Produziert wurde sie von Victor Ledin und Marina A. Ledin, dem Grammy-gekrönten Produzententeam.

„American Triad“ wurde vom 31. März bis zum 4. April 2025 mit dem Litauischen Nationalen Symphonieorchester in der wunderschönen und historischen Litauischen Nationalen Philharmonie in Vilnius, Litauen, aufgenommen. Das 1940 gegründete LNSO gibt jedes Jahr rund 50 Konzerte in Litauen und im Ausland. Es wirkt häufig bei Aufnahmen mit, nimmt an internationalen Festivals teil, bringt Werke litauischer Komponisten zur Uraufführung und präsentiert Musik in Live-Übertragungen von Euroradio. Die Leitung hatte der mit einem Grammy-Award ausgezeichnete amerikanische Orchesterdirigent und mehrfach für den Grammy nominierte Geiger John McLaughlin Williams. Am Klavier ist Daniel Glover zu hören, der einen Master-Abschluss der Juilliard School hat und von namhaften Persönlichkeiten wie Thomas LaRatta, Nancy Bachus, Jerome Lowenthal, Abbey Simon und Eugene List unterrichtet wurde. Glover gewann zahlreiche Wettbewerbspreise, darunter den ersten Preis beim renommierten Liederkranz-Wettbewerb im Jahr 1990. Zudem war er als Dozent an der New York University, der University of the Virgin Islands, der University of San Francisco, der Notre Dame de Namur University sowie beim Summer Piano Workshop der Kent State University tätig. Die „San Francisco Classical Voice“ bemerkte: „Die Eleganz und die Kultiviertheit von Glovers Spielweise waren musikalisch über jeden Zweifel erhaben.“ „Umwerfend … ein makelloses Gespür für den Liszt’schen Stil, das dessen emotionale Tiefe einbezieht.“

John McLaughlin Williams, Dirigent & Violine
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Glover, Klavier

Daniel Glover
has performed in 42 states and 25 countries throughout Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and the Caribbean.

He holds a master’s degree from New York’s Juilliard School, where he attended as a scholarship student. Among his numerous competition awards is first prize in the prestigious LiederkranzCompetition in 1990.

Mr. Glover has trained with such luminaries as Eugene List, Abbey Simon, Jerome Lowenthal, Nancy Bachus and Thomas LaRatta.

The San Francisco Classical Voice remarked, “Brilliant, tender, whimsical, sparkling…Glover brought everything together into a well-balanced, evenly measured medium.” “The elegance and civility of Glover’s approach were musically unimpeachable.” “Dazzling…golly can he play! I kept expecting smoke to emerge from the interior of the instrument…a flawless sense of Lisztian style incorporating its emotional depth.”

Mr. Glover has recorded eight CDs on the DG2 label, including Franz Liszt, The Profound and the Profane (2008), Spanish Impressions (2006), Romantic Russian Encores (2005), and a recording of live performances of works for piano and orchestra by Mozart, Strauss, and Prokofiev (2005). Previous recordings include the complete solo piano music by Ravel (2003), the Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano with New York violinist Matthew Reichert (2001), Russian Romantics (2000), and an all-Chopin concert recorded live in 1999.

John McLaughlin Williams
Grammy Award-winning Conductor John McLaughlin Williams has been critically acclaimed for his outstanding interpretive abilities and engaging podium presence. Equally at home in the standard literature and the masterworks of American composers, it was with the release of his critically praised recordings on the Naxos label that his conducting first attracted international attention. For Naxos’ celebrated “American Classics” series, Williams worked with the National Symphony and Radio Orchestras of Ukraine on world-premiere recordings of orchestral works by composers both well-known and neglected by history. He has been praised in international publications, among them Fanfare, Gramophone, Classic FM, International Record Review, American Record Guide, and the French recording journal Diapason. His recordings appear on labels such as Naxos, TNC, Artek, Cambria, and Afka.

In 2007 Williams was awarded a Grammy for the TNC recording of Messiaen’s L’Oiseau Exotiques with Angelin Chang and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony. Additional recognition came in 2009 and 2011 when he was awarded further Grammy nominations for his conducting in recordings of concerti by Ernest Bloch and Benjamin Lees with violinist Elmar Oliveira, and for “Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works”. He is also a recipient of the Geraldine C. & Emory M. Ford Award for American Conductors.

Williams has conducted both nationally and internationally for such orchestras as the Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Classic FM Orchestra (Bulgaria), Chicago Sinfonietta, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, The Britt Festival, and many others. In the popular realm, he conducted for R&B superstars Al Jarreau, Brian McKnight, The Winans, Terrence Blanchard, B Slade, as well as the celebrated Celtic band Colcannon, among others. Williams also conducted for televised events on FOX and UPN, while his composition/arrangement credits include the soundtrack to Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington (History Channel documentary starring Richard Dreyfuss), alongside Michael Kamen (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard), and arranging, as well as orchestrating the National Song of the Cayman Islands (“Beloved Isle Cayman”) for the official use of the nation’s government.

Williams is also a virtuoso violin soloist, pianist, and chamber musician. He began violin studies at age 10 in a Washington, D.C. public school. At age 14 he appeared as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Portland Symphony Orchestra and others. Williams served as Concertmaster of the Virginia Symphony and was a member of the Houston Symphony. As guest concertmaster he has appeared with the Bolshoi Ballet, Kirov Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Pennsylvania Ballet, the Opera Company of North Carolina, and the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and was Assistant Concertmaster of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.

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