Summing Up
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This 2-CD set honors the life of Charles Bestor with recordings of his chamber works and song cycles.

This 2-CD set honors the life and career of Charles Bestor with a selection of his late chamber music. Bestor (1924-2016) studied at Yale with Paul Hindemith after returning from service in World War II; then at Juilliard where he was a student of Vincent Persichetti and Peter Mennin. Bestor worked as a jazz arranger to supplement his income as a composer but turned to teaching. He taught at the University of Colorado; Juilliard; was Dean of the College of Music of Willamette University; but his longest tenure (35 years) was as Head of the Departments of Music and Dance at the University of Massachusetts. He continued to compose, tending toward shorter works because of time constraints. The compositions on this recording include song cycles; a suite for saxophone and piano; a cello sonata; a work for chamber ensemble; and a work for narrator and piano.
Contents:
Charles Bestor, composer
Suite for Alto Saxophone and Percussion
Lynn Klock, alto saxophone; Eduardo Leandro, percussion

Charles Bestor, composer
Thirteen Other Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Estela Olevsky, piano; Paulina Stark, narrator

Charles Bestor, composer
"J.B." Suite for wind sextet
Stony Brook Contemporary Players

Charles Bestor, composer
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Astrid Schween, cello; Estela Olevsky, piano

Charles Bestor, composer
Of Times and their Places
Paulina Stark, soprano; Estela Olevsky, piano

Charles Bestor, composer
Ann in Autumn
Jon Humphrey, tenor; Estela Olevsky, piano

Charles Bestor, composer
More Sorts of Love Songs
Nigel Coxe, piano

Charles Bestor, composer
Nursery Rhymes for Grown-Ups
Dana Varga, soprano; Estela Olevsky, piano

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