Music of Leo Kraft
Liner Notes   Cat. No. NWCR799     Release Date: 1998-01-01
Chamber Players of the League/ISCM: Louis Martin, violin; Cyrus Stevens, violin; Ted Mook, cello; Sue Ann Kahn, flute; Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Robert Helps, piano; Catherine Rowe, soprano; Alexander Kouguell, cello; Gerardo Levy, flute; Leo Kraft, Conductor; Andrew Thomas, piano; Gerardo Levy, flute; New York Virtuoso Singers; Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Joel Eric Suben, Conductor

Born in Brooklyn in 1922, Leo Kraft has had an active career as a composer, educator and author. While the bulk of his work is in the field of chamber music, he has also written orchestra, piano, vocal, band and electronic music. His compositions have been performed and recorded in the USA and abroad. He has served actively with the College Music Society, the Society for Music theory and Meet the Composer. Mr. Kraft is past President of the American Music Center. Professor Emeritus of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College CUNY, he was also Distinguished Composer in Residence at New York University.


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Music of Leo Kraft

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   Liner Notes



Track Listing

Omaggio: I. Intenso
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Omaggio: II. Tempo di Marcia, Fantastico
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Omaggio: III. Adagio
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Omaggio: IV. Risoluto
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Allegro Giocoso
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Spring in The Harbor: I. On Paumanok
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Spring in The Harbor: II. A Plectrum
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Spring in The Harbor: III. A Girl Skipping Rope in Flushing
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Spring in The Harbor: IV. The Boy From San Juan
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Spring in The Harbor: V. Beside a Lake
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Spring in The Harbor: VI. Spring in The Harbor
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Dialogues for Flute and Tape
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Eight Choral Songs: I. Drinking Song
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Eight Choral Songs: II. Nature's Quiet
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Eight Choral Songs: III. Love's Desire
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Eight Choral Songs: IV. Winter is Past
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Eight Choral Songs: V. A Vision of Night
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Eight Choral Songs: VI. The Oak Tree's Branches
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Eight Choral Songs: VII. The Lord Suspends The World from Nothing
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Eight Choral Songs: VIII. To Spring
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A New Ricercar
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