Jeffrey Biegel, Read Gainsford, Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Heidi Louise Williams, Alexander Jiménez - Millennium Fantasy (2010)

Tracklist

01. Millennium Fantasy: I. quarter note = 60
02. Millennium Fantasy: II. quarter note = 180
03. Images: I. Opening
04. Images: II. La Poupee Abandonnee
05. Images: III. Iris, Tulips, Jonquils and Crocuses
06. Images: IV. Bacchus No. 3
07. Images: V. Spiritualist
08. Peanuts Gallery: I. Schroeder's Beethoven Fantasy
09. Peanuts Gallery: II. Lullaby for Linus
10. Peanuts Gallery: III. Snoopy Does the Samba
11. Peanuts Gallery: IV. Charlie Brown's Lament
12. Peanuts Gallery: V. Lucy Freaks Out
13. Peanuts Gallery: VI. Peppermint Patty and Marcie Lead the Parade

Among America’s most admired, awarded and frequently performed composers, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, who celebrated her 70th birthday in 2009, remains young at heart.

Performed here by virtuoso pianist Jeffrey Biegel for whom it was written, Millennium Fantasy is based on a folksong that Zwilich’s grandmother sang to her as a child.

Images drew its inspiration from a number of paintings held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., including the Alice Bailly self-portrait reproduced on the cover of this disc.

Zwilich, herself featured in Charles M. Schulz’s famous Peanuts® comic strip, returned the favour with a delightful series of musical portraits of Schroeder, Linus, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Peppermint Patty and Marcie.

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