Sergio Mims: Sony Classical releases Black Composers Series on CD for first time

Sergio A. Mims writes:

This is some very exciting news.

Sony Classical has announced they are finally releasing for the first time and remastered on CD their acclaimed Black Composers Series from the 1970's. The set provided the opportunity for many listeners to hear for the first time music written by such great black composers as Jose Mauricio Nunes-Garcia, Jose White, David Baker and George Theophilus Walker and the greatness and lasting legacy of the music, many works of which are conducted by Paul Freeman.

The 9 disc CD set is available for pre-order on Amazon.

Composers in the set include:

Olly Woodrow Wilson 

Chevalier de Saint-Georges 

Thomas Jefferson Anderson 

William Grant Still 

Talib Rasul Hakim

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 

Adolphus Hailstork 

Ulysses Simpson Kay 

Hale Smith 

George Theophilus Walker 

Roque Cordero 

Jose Mauricio Nunes-Garcia 

Jose White 

David Baker 

Fela Sowande

The artists and orchestras included on this series are: 

Paul Freeman (Conductor)

London Symphony Orchestra 

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 

Faye Robinson (Soprano)

Betty Allen (Mezzo Soprano) 

William Brown (Tenor) 

Matti Tuloisela (Baritone) 

Richard Bunger (Piano) 

Natalie Hinderas (Piano) 

Robert Mann (Violin) 

Earl Carlyss (Violin) 

Samuel Rhodes (Violin) 

Miriam Fried (Violin) 

Jaime Laredo (Violin) 

Claus Adam (Cello)