Rorem, Ned > Cello

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival: Moravec, Rorem, Bunch & MacCombie / Marya Martin

1 CD / BMCF Records / 2012-05-29

Works: Paul Moravec: Wind Quintet; Ned Rorem: The Unquestioned Answer, quintet for flute, 2 violins, cello & piano; Kenji Bunch: Changes of Phase, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon; Bruce MacCombie:...
Performers: Arron, Edward; Baer, Seth; Franch-Ballester, Jose; Guterman, Beth; Jaciw, Stefan; Kolkay, Peter; Lee, Yura; Martin, Marya; McGill, Anthony; Mills, Jesse; Rose, Stewart; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Snow, Jo...

Founded by flutist Marya Martin in 1984, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival is pleased to release its first recording on its self-published label BCMF RECORDS....continue...
Recording information: Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, New Y....continue...

Ned Rorem: Chamber Music with Flute / Fenwick Smith, flute; David Leisner, guitar, Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-08-30

Works: Ned Rorem: Mountain Song, for flute (or oboe or violin or cello) & piano; Romeo and Juliet, for flute & guitar; Trio for flute, cello & piano; Book of Hours, pieces (8) for flute & harp; Prayers (4),...
Performers: Lee, Mihae; Leisner, David; Pilot, Ann Hobson; Smith, Fenwick; Thomas, Ronald [Cello]

Ned Rorem's clarity of emotional expression is perfectly suited to the 'breathy gold' of the flute. Covering much of the composer's career, these pieces range...continue...
Recording information: Campion Center, Weston, Massachusetts, USA (04/25/1993); First and Second Church, Boston, USA (04/25/1993); Sonic Temple, Roslindale, Massachusetts (04/25/1993); Campion Center,...continue...

José Serebrier conducts Ned Rorem

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Ned Rorem: The Waking, for voice & piano; Root Cellar, for voice & piano (from "Three Poems of Theodore Roethke"); My Papa's Waltz, for voice & piano; I Strolled Across an Open Field, for voice & pia...
Performers: Farley, Carole; Khaner, Jeffrey; Mulligan, Simon; Quint, Philippe; Rorem, Ned; Yang, Wen-Sinn
Conductors: Serebrier, José

"This stuff is simply gorgeous. Ned Rorem's symphonies are shot through with long, lyrical melodies that some observers might relate to his gifts as a...continue...

After Reading Shakespeare / Matt Haimovitz

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2007-10-09

Works: Ned Rorem: After Reading Shakespeare, for cello; Paul Moravec: Mark Twain Sez, for speaker & cello; Lewis Spratlan: Shadow, for solo cello
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt

Trailblazing cellist Matt Hamovitz returns to his solo cello performances with literary-themed suites in which he responds in "kind, navigating huge leaps of melodic line,...continue...

American Classics - Rorem: Piano Concerto no 2, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Ned Rorem: Concerto for Piano no 2; Concerto for Cello
Performers: Mulligan, Simon; Yang, Wen-Sinn
Conductors: Serebrier, José

When Leonard Bernstein gave the premiere of Ned Rorem's Third Symphony with the New York Philharmonic in 1959, it signaled a significant triumph for his...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (08/30/2006-08/31/2006)....continue...

Rorem: Double Concerto, After Reading Shakespeare

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: Ned Rorem: Double Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra; After Reading Shakespeare, for cello
Performers: Laredo, Jaime; Robinson, Sharon [Cello]
Conductors: Stern, Michael
Ensemble: Iris Chamber Orchestra

"Ned Rorem describes this performance of his Double Concerto for Violin and Cello as "perfect", so it would be presumptuous to challenge his opinion of...continue...

Ned Rorem: Miss Julie, etc / David Agler, et al

2 CD / Albany Records / 2005-06-01

Works: Ned Rorem: Miss Julie, opera; Aftermath, song cycle for medium voice, violin, cello & piano
Performers: Blumenschein, Jose; Boyer, Jacqueline; Canellakis, Nicholas; Eliasen, Mikael; Gunnell, Brenden; Inbar, Lishir; Kee, James; Murphy, Fiona; Reddy, Howard; Romphf, Joslin; Unice, Charles
Conductors: Agler, David
Ensemble: Curtis Institute Chorus

Ned Rorem: Songs and Cycles

1 CD / Orfeo / 2004-04-13

Works: Ned Rorem: Six Songs for High Voice, for voice & orchestra (or piano); Last Poems of Wallace Stevens, song cycle for soprano, cello & piano; Ariel, cycle of 5 poems of Sylvia Plath for soprano, clari...
Performers: Aiken, Laura; Jurgensen, Nicola; Sulzen, Donald; Zank, Gerhard

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Interest continues in Ned Rorem's vocal music - more than 300 solo songs and numerous songcycles. There's little duplication between Laura Aikin's...continue...

An American Cellobration / Richard Slavich, Alice Rybak

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1997-10-28

Works: William Bolcom: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Ned Rorem: After Reading Shakespeare, for cello; George Rochberg: Ricordanza Soliloquy for cello & piano; John Harbison: Suite for cello; Aaron Copland: Bi...
Performers: Rybak, Alice; Slavich, Richard

The Listeners / William Parker

1 CD / New World / 1995-09-01

Works: Ned Rorem: Mourning Scene from Samuel; Robert Ward: He Who Gets Slapped "Pantaloon"; Lee Hoiby: Summer and Smoke; Theodore Chanler: Peacock Pie; Norman Dello Joio: The Listeners; Robert Evett: Billy ...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Blackwell, Virgil; Emelianoff, Andre; Hill, Janet Lyman; Huckaby, William; Hudson, Benjamin; Parker, William [Classical]; Zeavin, Carol
Conductors:
Ensemble: Columbia String Quartet

Rorem: Piano Concerto for Left Hand, etc / Graffman, Previn

1 CD / New World / 1994-04-01

Works: Ned Rorem: Concerto for Piano no 4, for left hand & orchestra; Eleven Studies for Eleven Players
Performers: Chang, Choong-Jin; Copes, Steven; Englichova, Katerina; Graffman, Gary; Lafargue, Anthony; Lastrapes, Jeffrey; Leveille, Ryan; Lord, Kathy; Ostling, Elizabeth; Raden, Gregory; Sutte, Jack; Uchida, Re...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Milanov, Rossen
Ensemble: Curtis Institute Orchestra; Instrumental Ensemble

Ned Rorem: Winter Pages; Bright Music

1 CD / New World / 1992-03-01

Works: Ned Rorem: Winter Pages, for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello & piano; Bright Music, for flute, 2 violins, cello & piano
Performers: Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Martin, Marya; Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Palmer, Todd; Schub, Andre-Michel; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Wadsworth, Charles