This album celebrates Gerard Schwarz at the top of his game, conducting music close to his heart. Maestro Schwarz served long tenures as music director for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and later the Seattle Symphony, and made over 100 recordings with those orchestras. Many of these recordings are being re-released through Naxos.

The Colburn Orchestra is well-known to CD buyers from its recordings on Yarlung. In 2012, the Colburn Orchestra opened the Grammy Foundation’s 14th Annual Music Preservation Project. Concertgoers and press celebrate the Colburn Orchestra for the quality of its performances and music director Yehuda Gilad’s creative leadership. Maestro Schwarz describes The Colburn Orchestra as “without question, among the finest orchestras in the world.”