Like the evening spread out against the sky, the music in this album is spread out over countless national boundaries. These are memorable melodies by some of the world’s foremost composers, performed with taste and virtuosity under the sure hand of Alfredo Antonini. The pervading mood of the program mirrors the calm, reflective aura of the evening. Evening blossoms forth with the expression and imagery of Frederic Chopin’s Polonaise In A Flat. This stately dance form of Polish ballrooms is captured on the larger canvas of the symphonic orchestra that blends bravura piano passages with a glowing ensemble sound. (Jascha Zayde is the piano soloist.) Another impressive concert piece follows – Sir Edward Elgar’s lilting melodic inspiration La Capricieuse. (George Ockner contributes the violin virtuosity.) The eloquently tender title tune, Evening Song, by Prince Louis Ferdinand is next, dispensing lyric enchantment in the best romantic vein. Then the lilting fascination of a Minuet weaves its way through the Anto