Gordon Getty is mainly known for his vocal works but that he writes very well for orchestra proves the CD Orchestral Works.  American Getty, in his sixties, does not feel embarrassed to say that for two/thirds he stands in the nineteenth century. That other part is responsible for the fact that his music sounds everything but old-fashioned. Stravinsky, Copland and Prokofiev have inspired him here and there without affecting his originality. The Homework Suiteopens seductively with an oboe part, followed in the other small movements with beautiful, dancing-like roles for the other soloists.Not only in super audio this music is a surprise.

Hans Visser
Gooi en Eemlander, 2010

(Translated from Spanish) Gordon Getty says of himself that he is “seventy percent a nineteenth century composer,” and so he is, but it appears that the other thirty percent channels Copland, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky, and that isn’t a bad thing…The truth is that these pieces are very enjoyable: his music is sweet, delicate, simple, easy, and sentimental. That this approach is the most hated by the old guard of the 1970s and today’s academia doesn’t seem to keep people from enjoying it…Those who like to listen to all kinds of music…can have a good time with this disc.

Benjamin Fontvella
Diverdi, 2010

Gordon Getty…composes facile but propulsive music, to which this CD makes a good introduction. In the space of 12 minutes, the delectable overture to his opera Plump Jack, based on Shakespeare’s immortal Falstaff, creates a juicy musical characterization of the Bard’s unforgettable fat man. The discs’ other works, which include the Ancestor Suite and the Homework Suite, have the same attractive qualities as the overture, and they are all played robustly by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner.

Kevin Filipski
The Flip Side, 2010