ClassicalConnect.com Samples Music of José Silvestre White, Other Composers of African Descent

[José Silvestre White, Afro-Cuban Composer (1835-1918) in 1856]

Geoff Gegenfurtner recently contacted us on behalf of ClassicalConnect.com:

“My name is Geoff and I represent http://www.ClassicalConnect.com, a virtual concert hall and the biggest searchable collection of classical music on the Internet. All our performances are either uploaded by professional musicians or sent to us by those who own legal rights for those performances. We feature over 2000 performances of classical music masterpieces and that number is constantly growing.”

We visited the website and found that seven composers featured at AfriClassical.com are also included in the list of composers at ClassicalConnect.com:

Eleanor Alberga: If the Silver Bird Could Speak; Hyunjung Chung, piano

Leo Brouwer: Preludio Epigramatico, Nos. 2 and 6; Hector Murrieta, guitar

Duke Ellington: Sultry Sunset; Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo, saxophone; Risto-Matti Marin, piano;

Fela Sowande: African Suite (Selections); Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor; African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1, Cedille 90000 055 (2000)

William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American); Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor; African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1, Cedille 90000 055 (2000)

George Walker: Lyric for Strings; Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor

José Silvestre White: Violin Concerto in F-sharp Minor is played by violinist Rachel Barton Pine and the Encore Chamber Orchestra, which is conducted by Daniel Hege, on Cedille 90000 035 (1997)