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Jorge Mester on the record
By JOHN FLEMING
Published March 20, 2005
Naples Philharmonic music director Jorge Mester played a significant role in a remarkable chapter of 20th century music history. As music director of the Louisville Orchestra from 1967 to 1979, he conducted many works that the orchestra commissioned and performed for the legendary First Edition Records. Now Naxos is planning to release an average of two dozen titles annually from this treasure trove of modern music.
The first batch of First Edition releases with Mester conducting includes some thrilling performances, such as Janos Starker playing Peter Mennin's Cello Concerto; William Schuman's Symphony No. 4 and Prayer in Time of War; soprano Paula Seibel in a Darius Milhaud song cycle; Symphony Nos. 7 and 8 of Walter Piston; Ned Rorem's Piano Concerto in Six Movements, with soloist Jerome Lowenthal; George Crumb's 1968 Pulitzer Prize winner, Echoes of Time and the River.
These performances and others in Louisville represent a high-water mark of American culture, and Mester was there. The First Edition CDs, superbly remastered, have a suggested retail price of $12.99. See www.naxos.com
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