A Composer's new World
Donald Macleod looks at Hindemith's life as an exile in America, where he was the most performed European composer and where he taught composition at Yale.
Donald Macleod looks at Hindemith's experiences as an exile in America, where he was the most performed of the European composers seeking refuge there, and where he held composition classes at Yale which were considered the best in the country.
Fuga Segunda in G (Ludus Tonalis)
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Sonata for trombone
Henry Charles Smith (trombone)
Glenn Gould (piano)
When lilacs last in the door yard bloom'd (mvts 2-7)
William Stone (baritone)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Robert Shaw (conductor)
Horn Concerto
Dennis Brain (horn)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paul Hindemith (conductor).
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