"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
This concerto for piano and orchestra was written for the amazing skills of the pianist Niklas Sivelöv. Mikel Toms and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra join him in this stunning recording, from 2024.
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