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Margaret Buechner Music
The Margaret Buechner CD collection
is now available to order, including:
Elizabeth • The Liberty Bell
The American Civil War • Erlkonig
Ordering information at the bottom of this web page.
"A remarkable quality that all the CDs of Buechner's music
share is brilliant performance and state-of-the-art recorded sound.
One cannot imagine the conductors, orchestras, recording engineers
and the gifted singers in 'Elizabeth' being surpassed in this
music." -- Robert McColley, Fanfare Magazine
About the composer: Margaret Buechner was born in Germany in 1922 and came to this country in 1951, becoming a US citizen ten years later. She died in Midland, Michigan on June 8, 1998. Margaret's early compositions were atonal and mostly for small chamber music groups. Phantomgreen (the story of the Princess and the Pea) was her first CD. Erlkonig, performed by the Royal Scottish Orchestra under John Varineau, is a grand tone poem and tells the story of Goethe's ballade "The Erl-King." She turned to her now-familiar grand symphonic style with the story ballet Elizabeth; featuring soprano Susan Anthony, tenor James McLean and the Nurnberger Symphoniker (Nuremberg Symphony) with conductor Georg Schmohe. The Love Duet from Elizabeth is perhaps her most beloved piece and is immediately a favorite of most audiences. The Liberty Bell, an "Orchestral-Choral Reminiscence of the Birth of the American Nation," includes four pieces for full choir and a gorgeous "ah" chorus. It has become popular for the 4th of July and now for September 11th. The Liberty Bell is performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Chorus under the direction of conductor Neil Mantle and chorusmaster Christopher Bell. The American Civil War trilogy, with conductor John Varineau leading the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, incorporates gentle arrangements of period songs into a symphonic storytelling of that part in American history.
"I paint a sound picture using all the colors and shades of
expression available from the symphony orchestra, rather than
placing the main emphasis on the strings." -- Margaret Buechner
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| NORD 2026-2 | Elizabeth (limited stock) | Double CD set |
$21.95 |
| NORD 2034 | The Liberty Bell | CD |
$12.95 |
| NORD 2034-T | The Liberty Bell | Cassette |
$7.95 |
| NORD 2028 | The American Civil War | CD |
$12.95 |
| NORD 2028-T | The American Civil War | Cassette |
$7.95 |
| NORD 2024 | Erlkonig | CD |
$14.95 |
| NORD 2030 | Five Symphonic Classics (compilation, rare) |
CD |
out of print |
| NORD 2032 | Symphonic Ballet Music |
CD |
$16.95 |
| Colosseum 34.9009 | Phantomgreen (rare) | CD |
out of print |
| NORD MBMC2 | The Margaret Buechner Memorial Collection |
All Five CD's |
$62.00 |
U.S. postage and sales tax (if applicable) are INCLUDED in the prices above.
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Nord-Disc Record Company
Post Office Box 10255
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-0255
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For more information, please call 206/842-2525
You may also e-mail music@nord-disc.com