World Premiere Recording - 1924 Version - Rhapsody in Blue.
Ryan Banagale's critical edition of the classic
composition. Adrian Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Bruce Anthony Kiesling join Jeffrey Biegel at the piano.
Kenneth Fuchs - one of America's leading composers - celebrates his fifteen-year recording
history with conductor JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra with this stunning
release of three new concertos and an orchestral song cycle. Kenneth Fuchs has composed
music for orchestra, band, voice, chorus, and various chamber ensembles.
Jeffrey Biegel appears on the Piano Concerto - Spiritualist - (from 3 paintings
by Helen Frankenthaler)
"Jeffrey
Biegel, who played some fantastic Liszt the other night at the St Regis
during the dinner in my honor, ... is a splendid musician and a
brilliant performer. I think you will be proud to present him to the
public."
Leonard Bernstein
"It is a great honor for me to have my compositions performed by one of
the world's greatest and most talented pianists. Jeffrey Biegel's style
and ability to understand the classical world and the pop world without
compromise to either is perhaps his greatest gift. I don't like to
listen to my own pieces at all but, this is one time where I will
definitely make an exception. Thank you Jeffrey for all the wonderful
music and performances you have given to all of us."
David Foster
"Biegel presented himself as a major Beethovenian in his sparkling playing of the "Choral" Fantasy."
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
"Biegel knows how to control the dynamics to give each Bach piece a
drama beyond the intense cerebral unfolding of the themes. The title of
the album suggests a breaking of the rules, which would not have been
understood 50 years ago. Biegel's playing is so formidable that - to
answer my friend's question - he makes the music music in a revelatory
way."
