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Dennis Russell Davies
12+ albums
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Dennis Russell Davies (born 16 April 1944, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.) is an American conductor and pianist. He studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School of Music where he received his doctorate. He is a noted champion of living composers and modern music including Hans Werner Henze, William Bolcom, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, Philip Glass, Giya Kancheli, Arvo Pärt, Virgil Thomson, and Aaron Copland. He has commissioned, premiered and recorded numerous pieces by living composers, along with the standard classical works. Of note are the recordings of Copland's Appalachian Spring with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 1979 for which he won a Grammy Award; Arvo Pärt Fratres and Miserere; and many of Philip Glass's operas and symphonies including his 5th symphony which is dedicated to Davies. Lou Harrison's 3rd Symphony is also dedicated to Davies. He is currently (2009-2010 season) music director of the Sinfonieorchester Basel. Davies served as Music Director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (1972-80). Together with the composer Francis Thorne he founded the American Composers Orchestra, New York in 1977 and conducted that orchestra until 2002. In 1980, he moved to Stuttgart, Germany when he became the General Music Director of the Baden-Württemberg State Opera House (1980-1987). There he premiered two Phillip Glass operas along with many standard operas with often innovative and unusual staging productions. He has worked with many directors including Rober
top songs
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Akhnaten: Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III - Voice
1,2672Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten
6523Fratres (for 12 celli)
3914Chamber Symphony, Op.110a: 1. Largo
3505Akhnaten: Act I, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III
1476Philip Glass: Sense of Doubt - Edit
1407Music For Two Pianos: Largo
1208Festina Lente (Arvo Pärt)
1089Act I, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III
10410Etude No. 5
104albums
Ung: Inner Voices / McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan / Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings
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The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition
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Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Glass: Akhnaten
American Piano Music For Two Pianos & Solo Piano (Philip Glass)
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Shostakovich, Vasks, Schnittke: Dolorosa
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Yellow Lounge Vol.3
Harrison: Seven Pastorales; Glanville-Hicks: Etruscan Concerto; Riley: June Buddhas
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American Piano Music For Two Pianos & Piano Four Hands (Aaron Copland & Leonard Bernstein)
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Glass: Akhnaten
Keith Jarrett: Ritual
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Arvo Pärt: Miserere