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Conducting legends and world tours

Paul Fromm was a German immigrant to the US whose success as a wine importer allowed him to turn his passion for new music into a foundation that commissioned some 478 works.() the Fromm Music Foundation’s banner initiative, which recorded new classical music with top players from 1956-63, is celebrated across ten discs. These include recordings outside of the series, but each represents the massive impact Fromm had on new American music. Composers here include Elliott Carter, Lukas Foss and Leon Kirchner.

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