Premiere Recordings! The overture and a new suite from CANDIDE, and orchestrations of FIVE SONGS, withmezzo Beth Clayton,Three Meditations fromMASS feature cellist Anthony Ross, and thisunusual program ends with the whimsical,rousing DIVERTIMENTO FOR ORCHESTRA.

The world-renowned Minnesota Orchestra in the firstrecordings with its dynamic new music director. Eiji Oue(A.G. OH-way), a former protege of Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa, has turned the entire Twin Cities area on itshead with his exciting and masterful interpretations.

Track Listing:

BERNSTEIN:

Overture and Suite from Candide

Three Meditations from Mass (with Anthony Ross, cello)

Five Songs (Extinguish My Eyes; When My Soul Touches Yours; Piccola Serenata; So Pretty; Silhouette) with Beth Clayton, mezzo

Divertimento for Orchestra

Total running time - 65:03