OSO recordings

OSO's Greatest Hits: Highlights from the 40th Season
$15.00

The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra (OSO) is pleased to release its third CD on the OSO's SymphonicDiscoveries label. "OSO's Greatest Hits: Highlights from the 40th Season" includes well-know orchestral favorites such as Rossini's Barber of Seville Overture and the Finale from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony complete with a 150+ voice chorus and soloists. The music was recorded live in the RiverPark Center during the 2005-2006 Season and features the OSO conducted by Music Director Nicholas Palmer as well as the Owensboro Civic Chorus, Diane Earle, Director and Violinist John MacFarlane. The recording was generously sponsored by WaxWorks, Inc. and ADventures Advertising Specialties & Design Services.

The OSO has made a total of eight CD recordings in the last eight seasons, including commercial recordings on the Vienna Modern Masters and Albany Records label, a rarity for an orchestra in a smaller city. Recent recordings have received much praise and have been featured in Fanfare and other CD magazines.

This new OSO CD can be purchased for $15 at the OSO office at 211 East 2nd Street, or by calling Renee Beasley Jones, OSO Marketing Director at: (270) 684-0661, ext. 11

United We Stand
Recorded live September 16, 2001
$10.00 including tax

CDs are available at the  Symphony Center ( 122 E. 18th Street).  To charge by phone, call the  Symphony office at (270) 684-0661.  Visa, Mastercard, and Discover Card are welcome.

Symphony musicians donated their services for this concert and a chorus of 200, organized by Dr. Diane Earle, joined the Symphony for several selections.  Ministers from area churches read scriptures, and Mayor Waymond Morris and Daviess County Judge-Executive Reid Haire gave the invocation and benediction, respectively.  A special message by Thurman Bennett of the Owensboro Fire Department was a highlight of the program.  Special guest artists Alma Randolph, Jon Brennan, and Katie Lynn Herron also donated their talents to this community event.  Proceeds from the CD will go to the September 11 relief efforts.

Musical selections include: My Old Kentucky Home, Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland, the 2nd movement from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Amazing Grace, Armed Forces Salute, Finlandia (Be Still My Soul) by Sibelius, God Bless America, and Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA (sung by Jon Brennan).

All-American Celebration
Recorded live at RiverPark Center-Owensboro, Kentucky
April 17, 1999
$10.00 including tax
Available at the Symphony Center

George Gershwin - An American In Paris (1928)
George Gershwin - Cuban Overture (1932)
Amy Beach - Symphony in E Minor, Op.32, "Gaelic" (1986)
Helen Stanley - Fanfare (1992)
Aaron Copland - Hoe Down (1942)

The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the Jacksonville Community Foundation and Marshall Milne for making this CD possible.

Holiday Traditions
Recorded live December 9, 2001
$10.00 including tax
Available at the Symphony Center

The OSO is pleased to announce the production of its first Holiday compact disc recording. Holiday Traditions was recorded live at RiverPark Center on December 9th, 2001, during the OSO's Annual Holiday Pops concert. The CD also features The Owensboro City Singers, the OSO Chorus, and the OSO Brass Quintet.

Christmas Festival (L. Anderson)
Carol of the Bells (Traditional/arr. Hayman)
Mr. Santa (D. Schwartz/arr. George)
March of the Toys (V. Herbert/arr. Langey)
A Chanukah Overture (D. Friedman/arr. Wendel)
Snow Chorus* (P. Tchaikovsky)
Tintinnabulations (J.S. Pierpont/arr.Punwar)
Sleigh Ride* (L. Anderson)
Frosty The Snowman (S. Nelson, J. Rollins/arr. George)
Christmas Medley: Sing Along* (Traditional/arr. Finnegan)
Hallelujah Chorus* (G.F. Handel)
*Owensboro Symphony Chorus

OSO By Request: Favorite Orchestral Masterworks
$10.00 including tax
Available at the Symphony Center

Featuring:
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1
Diane Earle, piano
Robert Murray, trumpet

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4
(first movement)

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5
(fourth movement)

Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9
(second movemenr)

Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor: Polovetsian Dances
Presto
Andantino

Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1
Allegretto; Alegro vivace
Lento
Moderato
Allegro con brio

The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Talmage and Rosemary Hocker for making this CD possible. Proceeds from this CD benefit the OSO Youth Orchestra programs.