A couple of recent releases from Navona celebrate the music of Beth Mehocic and Rain Worthington, composers whose work has appeared on some of the label's multi-composer compilations. Beth Mehocic was a Professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She died this past January and Navona, which has released a variety of her works over the past few years, put together a new release to honor her music and life. The Collected Works of Beth Mehocic (Navona 6410) allows listene

Today marks the 100th Anniversary of Elmer Bernstein's birth. Admittedly, I am from the generation that came after some of the composer’s greatest scores. It would be quite a while before I even connected that great main title from THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) to a composer who for me was the person more known for some now iconic comedies. Consider this then more then a possible guide for discovery of this significant film composer. For my, it was Bernstein who provided t

Sequoias: The Music of Jeffrey Jacob Jeffrey Jacob, piano; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra/Stanislav Vavrinek Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Spalding The New England Quartet Navona 6411 Total Time: 59:18 Recording: ****/**** Performance: ****/**** Navona has released several albums of music by pianist/composer Jeffrey Jacob A couple years ago, Navona released an album featuring music by Jeffrey Jacob. The current release introduces a full-length sy