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Henry Cowell (1987-1965) was one of the bad boys of American music, playing all kinds of musical tricks on the audience (if not the instruments used in his music). This disc, however, has none of that and shows a poignant and meditative side to his character. Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) never quite went as far as Cowell; his music, as seen in The Hollow Men, is quite conservative, rather traditional for American romanticism. Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) is the great-granddady of them all. MacDowell's To a Wild Rose is a nostalgic piece stuck in the middle of the 19th century played very well here. --Paul Cook