Richard Pennycuick: >I heard on the radio Ewazen's Violin Concerto, a most beautiful work >apparently influenced by Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia and Dives and >Lazarus. I tracked down the contents of the rest of the Albany CD, and >there was information about Ewazen's career at his website. There are >a number of CDs of his music available but I hadn't heard of him before >and Classical Net's search engine hadn't either. I'm interested to know >if the violin concerto is typical of his style or, if not, which other >composers he might be compared to. It IS typical of his style. He writes unfailingly beautiful melodies, and has both rhythmic and harmonic interest, well within a rather conservative neo-classic vein. But he has not primarily written for orchestra and/or strings. He has written tons for brass and winds. I first heard his music played by the American Brass Quintet out in Aspen; they've played a lot of his stuff and have recorded some of it, too. Like you, I was blown away by the Albany disc, which I reviewed (under the title 'I Can't Stop Playing This Disc') here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008YJEF/classicalnetA/ Scott Morrison