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Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2011-10-04

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: String quartet; Aulis Sallinen: Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March"), Op. 19; Philip Glass: Company; Conlon Nancarrow: Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Heanrenaud, Joan; Sherba, John [Violin]
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

This recording is representative, according to the liner notes, of what a Kronos Quartet concert might be like. There are performances by a disparate selection of contemporary composers with a catchy ...continue...

Peter Sculthorpe: Chamber Music from Australia

1 CD / Fifth Continent Music Import / 2010-09-07

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Port Essington for string trio & string orchestra; Lament; Irkanda 4, for violin, strings & percussion; Sonata for strings
Performers: Australian Chamber Orchestra

Recording information: Sydney Opera House Recording Hall, Sydney, Australia (12/1983)....continue...

Musica Viva 60th Anniversary

1 CD / CBC Records Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Quartet for Strings no 9; Ross Edwards: Laikan, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion; Mark Isaacs: So it Does; Gordon Kerry: Sonata da Camera; Carl Vine: Quartet f...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Australia Ensemble; Goldner String Quartet; Takács String Quartet

Cantilena - Koehne, Kats-Chernin, Meale, etc / Tasmanian SO

1 CD / ABC Classics / 2008-09-12

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Night Song
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Ensemble: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

The tasmanian symphony orchestra has long been a champion of australian music, and the orchestra's groundbreaking australian composer series on abc classics, with eleven cds...continue...

Musica Viva - 60th Anniversary

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2006-03-01

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Quartet for Strings no 9; Ross Edwards: Laikan; Mark Isaacs: So It Does; Gordon Kerry: Sonata da Camera; Carl Vine: Quartet for Strings no 4
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Ensemble: Australia Ensemble; Goldner String Quartet; Takács String Quartet

Sculthorpe: Second Sonata, Irkanda I, etc /Tognetti, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Irkanda 1, for solo violin; Irkanda 4, for violin, strings & percussion; Lament; Second Sonata for strings; Cello Dreaming, for cello & ensemble; Djilile for orchestra
Performers: Murphy, Emma Jane; Tognetti, Richard
Conductors: Tognetti, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Chamber Orchestra

"Peter Sculthorpe writes appealing music, primarily, it would seem, for strings. Colorful and somewhat modern in sound, it uses some Australian ethnic material and is...continue...

Sculthorpe: Island Dreaming, etc /Von Otter, Brodsky Quartet

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2001-03-06

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Quartet for Strings no 11 ("Jabiru Dreaming"); Little Serenade; Quartet no 13 ("Island Dreaming"), for string quartet & mezzo-soprano; From Nourlangie; Quartet for Strings no 8; Mar...
Performers: von Otter, Anne Sofie

"The Brodskys... play this whole programme with precision and spirit. The equally adventurous von Otter is almost unrecognizable with her vibrato-less chest tones in the...continue...

25 Years: Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1998-10-20

Works: John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances, for string quartet; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Psalom, for string quartet; Summa; Missa sillabica, for chorus; Ken Benshoof: Traveling Music no 4, for string ...
Performers: Brosnan, Michael; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Krakauer, David; Kronos Quartet; Nolan, Mark; Piazzolla, Astor; Rogers, Neal; Takahashi, Aki

The 20th century has not been kind to most standard classical music forms. The piano sonata, the concerto, the symphony -- none of them have disappeared entirely, but none remain in a state that could...continue...

Sculthorpe: Complete String Quartets Vol 2 / Goldner Quartet

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 1998-10-01

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Quartet for Strings no 10; Quartet for Strings no 11 "Jabiru Dreaming"; Hill Song no 1; Hill Song no 2; Earth Cry; Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 3; Pastorale for ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet

Sculthorpe: Complete String Quartets Vol 1 / Goldner Quartet

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 1998-05-01

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Irkanda IV for Violin, Strings and Percussion; Small town from the fifth continent; Quartet for Strings no 6; Quartet for Strings no 7; Quartet for Strings no 8; Quartet for Strings...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet