Jon Deak: Symphonic Tales

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Folktales blended with orchestral and chamber music isn’t a new concept, but here the performers also narrate. A fun, live recording, although the sound quality could be more dynamic. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019

Release Date: 14th Jun 2019
Catalogue No: 8559785
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Length: 53 minutes

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Deak: B.B. Wolf (An Apologia)

Work length9:30

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$2.60

Jon Deak

Deak: Bye-Bye!

Work length11:34

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$3.85

Julia Bogorad-Kogan, Judith Lynn Stillman

Deak: The Snow Queen Finale: The Ice Palace

Work length13:30

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$3.85

Pamela Goldsmith
Cabrillo Festival Orchestra
Marin Alsop

Deak: The Legend of Spuyten Duyvil

Work length18:41

$4.00

$5.15

Chris Gekker, Marin Alsop (narrator)
Cabrillo Festival Orchestra

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Jon Deak is a composer who ‘has more fun with music than anyone I know’ (New York Newsday), and all of the pieces on this album of symphonic stories for young and old alike involve the performers as narrators. These tales include the wolves of Canada and Alaska in B.B. Wolf (An Apologia), a loving tribute to the immigrants of America in Bye-Bye!, and a dramatic and virtuoso version of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen Finale. The Legend of Spuyten Duyvil is a tale of old New Amsterdam that invokes the heroic spirit of trumpeter Anthony Van Corlaer. John Deak, composer and education specialist, was associate principal bassist with the New York Philharmonic for many years. A Pulitzer and Grammy Award-nominated composer, he has written over 300 groundbreaking works, many of which are accessible to children.

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September 2019

Folktales blended with orchestral and chamber music isn’t a new concept, but here the performers also narrate. A fun, live recording, although the sound quality could be more dynamic.

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