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Walker & Dawson: Orchestral Works (Live)

2/10/2023, 12 Tracks, 59:27

Featuring

  • Asher Fisch
  • Nicole Cabell
  • Roderick Cox
  • Seattle Symphony
  • George Theophilus Walker
  • William Levi Dawson

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Recording & Production

The works by George Walker and William Dawson on this album were recorded live in concert as part of the Seattle Symphony's 2021/2022 Delta Air Lines Masterworks Series.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Roderick Cox, one of the conductors on this album, won the 2018 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award and started the Roderick Cox Music Initiative to provide scholarships for young musicians of color.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Soprano Nicole Cabell, featured on this album, is acclaimed for her velvety timbre and versatile interpretations across Baroque to contemporary repertoire.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Both George Walker and William Levi Dawson, the composers on this album, drew upon African American music idioms and programmatic narratives in their classical compositions.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Seattle Symphony has garnered five Grammy Awards, 27 Grammy nominations, and two Emmy Awards, and was named Gramophone's 2018 Orchestra of the Year.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Asher Fisch, another conductor on this album, is the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) since 2014.

Source: Booklet

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