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J. Diamond: Music for Javanese Gamelan / Jody Diamond

1 CD / New World / 2009-06-09

Works: Jody Diamond: In That Bright World; Hard Times; Kenong; Sabbath Bride; Lou Harrison: Gending Chelsea; Bubaran Bill
Performers: Astono, Sigit; Darsano; Diamond, Jody; Kuwat; Rusdiyantoro; Sarno; Suraji; Suskamso; Waluyo

Jody Diamond (b. 1953) is a composer, performer, and scholar who has specialized in music for Indonesian gamelan for close to 40 years. Her compositions...continue...

Drums Along the Pacific - Harrison / Abel, Miller, Winant

1 CD / New Albion / 2003-05-20

Works: Lou Harrison: Threnody for Carlos Chavez; Simfony no 13; Music for Violin and Various Instruments - European, Asian and African; Fugue for Percussion; Song of Quetzalcoatl; Canticle no 3; Solo to Ant...
Performers: Abel, David [violin/vla]; Cass, Jennifer; Evans, Scott; Johnson, David [percussion]; Kennedy, Daniel; Manley, Todd; Miller, Leta; Rosenthal, David; Smith, Gordon; Steinberg, Julie; Strizich, Robert; ...
Conductors: Winant, William; Davies, Dennis Russell
Ensemble: Ensemble; William Winant Percussion Group

"Although Harrison was far from ovscure - his pre-eminence among the American West Coast school of composers in the past few decades has rarely been...continue...