"a gift for connecting one phrase with another, even one note with another." Fanfare
"a gift for connecting one phrase with another, even one note with another." Fanfare
Murmurations is a concerto for clarinet and Wind Orchestra, performed by the wonderful Søren-Filip Brix Hansen and Der Kongelige Livgardes Musikkorps, an amazing Wind orchestra from Denmark.
My String Quartet No. 2 is from 1986 and was recorded in the 2000s by the wonderful Meridian String Quartet.
Susan Narucki's achingly beautiful performance is a joy. These songs were created from letters from the 1940s and 1950s, I found in my house! Recorded on New Focus Records..
https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/edward-smaldone-once-and-again/
Performance materials at https://composers.com/com
Composed in 2011 and recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 2022, Mikel Toms Conducting. Released on Ablaze Records.
https://www.ablazerecords.net/orchestral-masters-prod/ar-00067-orchestral-masters-vol-10
The incomparable Tony Arnold breathes new life into these old Italian texts, originally set by Monteverdi in the 17th Century. Performance materials available at https://composers.com/composers/edward-smaldone
https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/edward-smaldone-once-and-again/
Performed in New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Beijing and then recorded in Brno. Score and parts available from American Composers Editions https://composers.com/composers/edward-smaldone
Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra, brilliantly performed by František Kantor, piccolo and the Brno Philharmonic, Mikel Toms conducting.
Inspired by the Rituals in our lives
A cappella setting of one of the most famous Italian poems, "Edward Smaldone’s L’infinito standing out for its adventurous harmonic language and deft evocation of an Italian landscape.” Donald Rosenberg , Grammophone, 2018