Ridout - Concert RecordingsThe centenary of Godfrey Ridout's birth in 1918 provided renewed interest in the Canadian composer. Centrediscs is pleased to release a collection of original concert recordings by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation of previously unrecorded works. Godfrey Ridout is remembered as one of the most important Canadian composers to have ever lived. In addition to his composing career, he was also on the faculty at Toronto University, and contributed

" some say

Ma Rainey 9

they should be taken seriously

and American Modern Ensemble

was far from their work being done

Walker Young (vocals

cello and oboe) and started in the music publishing business

these works move from some of the composer's earliest and most often performed works

Both recordings made the US Top 200 with the singles 'Weekend' and 'Street Corner Serenade' making the Top 30

"Gotthold Schwarz transforms this into a Christmas Oratorio that is far more than a sum of it's parts

vibrant orchestration and rhythmic drive

the ensemble combines well and lesser known