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John Harbison: Winter's Tale / Kravitz, Hammond and Rose

2 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2012-08-14

Works: John Harbison: Winter's Tale, opera
Conductors: Rose, Gil

John Harbison's Winter's Tale is a two-act opera with libretto adapted by the composer from Shakespeare's five-act The Winter's Tale. First premiered in 1979, the...continue...
Recording information: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA (03/23/2009-03/24/2009)....continue...

Evan Ziporyn: Big Grenadilla; Mumbai / Boston Modern Orch. Project

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2012-04-24

Works: Evan Ziporyn: Big Grenadilla, for bass clarinet & orchestra; Mumbai, for tabla, strings & percussion
Performers: Das, Sandeep; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: ; Boston Modern Orchestra Project

"[Ziporyn's] whole career has been about making us see and hear that music is one world." - The Boston Globe Following the critically acclaimed Frog's...continue...
Recording information: Jordan Hall, Boston (05/29/2011/06/30/2011)....continue...

Eric Moe: Kick & Ride / Gil Rose, Robert Schulz

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2011-11-08

Works: Eric Moe: Superhero, tone poem; Eight Point Turn, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, viola, bass, percussion & piano; Kick & Ride, concerto for drum set & orchestra
Performers: Schulz, Robert
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: ; Boston Modern Orchestra Project

In Eric Moe: Kick & Ride, BMOP/sound presents a selection of winning works that manage to be exuberant, complex, engaging and hip. Featuring Grammy-nominated percussionist...continue...
Recording information: Merrimack College, North Andover, MA.

Eric Moe is one of a group of young American composers who have at long last threaded the needle between popular accessiblity and ri...continue...

Francis E. Fairman: Diurnal Thoughts / Slovak Radio SO - Stoltzman

1 CD / Navona / 2011-09-27

Works: Francis E. Fairman III: The Fox, for orchestra; Diurnal Thoughts, for orchestra; New York Taxi, for orchestra; Concerto for Clarinet; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk; Micka, Vit; Rose, Gil

Diurnal Thoughts is a collection of four previously unreleased works for orchestra by composer Francis Fairman. Born into a prolifically musical family, Fairman began his...continue...

Steven Mackey: Dreamhouse

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2010-10-12

Works: Steve Mackey: Dreamhouse, for chorus & guitar quartet
Conductors: Rose, Gil

In this electrifying new release, BMOP/sound features rock 'n' roll-inspired American composer, Steven Mackey. Composed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Dreamhouse was not...continue...
Recording information: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA (05/20/2007-05/21/2007)....continue...

Lisa Bielawa: In media res; Double Violin Concerto

2 Super Audio CD / BMOP/Sound / 2010-08-10

Works: Lisa Bielawa: Roam, for orchestra; Double Violin Concerto; Unfinish'd, Sent, for soprano & orchestra; In medias res, concerto for orchestra; Synopses Nos. 1-15 for ensemble & orchestra
Performers: Bielawa, Lisa; Bob, Sarah; Jacobsen, Colin [Violin]; Kihlstedt, Carla
Conductors: Rose, Gil

Lisa Bielawa: In medias res represents a culmination of Bielawa's longtime relationship with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, both as composer in residence and as...continue...

William Thomas McKinley: R.A.P.

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2010-04-13

Works: William Thomas McKinley: Marimba Concerto 'Childhood Memories'; R.A.P., for piano, clarinet, bass & orchestra; Dances (13), for orchestra
Performers: D'Amico, Anthony; Schulz, Robert; Stoltzman, Peter; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Zeltsman, Nancy
Conductors: Rose, Gil

BMOP/sound's William Thomas McKinley: R.A.P. offers three works by one of the most highly regarded and prolific composers of his generation. In the Marimba Concerto,...continue...

Ken Ueno: Talus

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2010-03-09

Works: Ken Ueno: Talus, for viola & orchestra; On a Sufficient Condition for the Existence of Most Specific Hypothesis, for overtone vocals & orche; Kaze-no-Oka, for biwa, shakuhachi & orchestra
Performers: Mitsuhashi, Kifu; Richman, Wendy; Tanaka, Yuko
Conductors: Rose, Gil

Ken Ueno: Talus offers three concerti that collectively represent Ueno's long-term collaboration with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and its bold conductor Gil Rose. Composed...continue...

Elliott Schwartz: Chamber Concertos I-VI / Gil Rose, Boston Modern Opera Project, et al

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2009-10-13

Works: Elliott Schwartz: Chamber Concerto I; Chamber Concerto II; Chamber Concerto III "Another View"; Chamber Concerto IV; Chamber Concerto V "Water Music"; Chamber Concerto VI "Mr. Jefferson"
Performers: D'Amico, Anthony; Dimmick, Charles; Ferrigno, Nina; Gattegno, Eliot; Gorczyca, Gary; Haroutunian, Ron
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

BMOP/sound's newest release, Chamber Concertos I-VI, is a comprehensive recording featuring the six chamber concertos of Elliott Schwartz. Spanning more than 30 years of his...continue...

Neharót / Kim Kashkashian

1 CD / ECM / 2009-08-25

Works: Betty Olivero: Neharót Neharót, for viola, accordion, percussion, 2 string ensembles & tape; Tigran Mansurian: Tagh for the Funeral of the Lord, for viola & percussion; Three Arias (Sun...
Performers: Avraham, Lea; Elia, Ilana; Jungk, Philipp; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Mansurian, Tigran [Composer]; Raskin, An; Schulkowsky, Robyn
Conductors: Liebreich, Alexander; Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Münchener Kammerorchester

These intense and complex compositions are also highly melodious and accessible and are tied together by Kim Kashkashian's outstanding musical personality, sensitivity and tone. Themes...continue...
Personnel: Kim Kashkashian (viola); Lea Avraham (vocals); Tigran Mansurian (piano); Robyn Schulkowsky (percussion).

Violist Kim Kashkashian brings her distinctively warm, earthy tone and impa...continue...

Andriessen: La Passione, Bells for Haarlem, etc / Gil Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Cristina Zavalloni, Monica Germino

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2009-05-12

Works: Louis Andriessen: Bells for Harlem; Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno; Letter from Cathy; La Passione
Performers: Germino, Monica; Zavalloni, Cristina
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Louis Andriessen: 'La Passione' is BMOP/sound's latest release featuring four works by one of today's most significant figures in the international new music scene. 'Passeggiata...continue...

Harbison: Full moon in March, Mirabai Songs, Exequien for Calvin Simmons / Rose, DiSimone, Baty, et al

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2009-04-14

Works: John Harbison: Full Moon in March, opera; Mirabai Songs; Exequien for Calvin Simmons
Performers: Baty, Janna; Harley, Anne; Kelley, Frank; Maddalena, James; Simone, Lorraine di
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

BMOP/Sound's latest release features John Harbison's 'Full Moon in March', an emblematic ritual-opera, the libretto of which is adapted from the poem, 'A Full Moon...continue...

Rakowski: Winged Contraption, Persistent Memory, Piano Concerto, etc / Rose, Nonken, et al

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2009-02-10

Works: David Rakowski: Persistent Memory; Concerto for Piano; Winged Contraption
Performers: Nonken, Marilyn
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

BMOP/Sound's latest release, 'David Rakowski: Winged Contraption', is a compilation of three profound compositions by one of this generation's most visible American composers. Winged Contraption...continue...

Bermel: Voices, Dust Dances, Thracian Echoes, Elixir / Bermel, Rose, BMOP

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2008-12-09

Works: Derek Bermel: Dust Dances; Thracian Echoes; Elixir; Concerto for Clarinet "Voices"
Performers: Bermel, Derek
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

'Voices' is a compilation of three orchestral works and one solo piece by Derek Bermel. Seductively called his "spectral potion," 'Elixir' reflects Bermel's influences as...continue...

American Classics - Lang: Pierced, Heroin, Wed, etc / Rose, Bleckmann, Real Quiet, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: David Lang: Pierced; Cheating, Lying, Stealing, for bass clarinet, cello, piano & 2 percussionists; How to Pray; Memory Pieces; Lou Reed: Heroin
Performers: Bleckmann, Theo; Russo, Andrew; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors: Rose, Gil;
Ensemble: Real Quiet

"One of the things I like about this disc is that all the pieces try to take classical music someplace it doesn't usually go," declares...continue...

Diesendruck: Theater of the Ear / Rose, Kluksdahl, Berman, Pro Arte String Quartet, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2008-11-01

Works: Tamar Diesendruck: Sound Reasoning in the Tower of Babel; Coming to Terms in the Tower of Babel; On That Day; Quartet for Strings no 2 "Babel Dreams"; How/Feel, for 14 instrumentalists
Performers: Berman, Donald; Kluksdahl, Scott; Merrigan, Chadd
Conductors: ; Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Lions Gate Trio

Fussell: Wilde / Boston Modern Orchestra

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2008-09-09

Works: Charles Fussell: High Bridge Prelude; Wilde, symphony for baritone & orchestra
Performers: Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Charles Fussell's 'High Bridge', 'Portrait of Hart Crane' and 'Wilde' are the result of considering the lives of Hart Crane and Oscar Wilde as possible...continue...

Sawyer: Our American Cousin / Gil Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project

2 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2008-07-08

Works: Eric Sawyer: Our American Cousin
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

"Our American Cousin" is a monumental work of American contemporary opera, which draws upon the tragic events of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. A collaborative invention of...continue...

Hyla: Lives of the Saints, At Suma Beach / Nessinger, Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2008-05-01

Works: Lee Hyla: At Suma Beach; Lives of the Saints
Performers: Nessinger, Mary
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Lee Hyla's epic Lives of the Saints is a set of psychological character studies filled with fierce musical and spiritual imagination, inspired by a diverse...continue...

Gandolfi: Y2K Compliant, Points of Departure, Themes from A Midsummer Night, / Gil Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2008-04-01

Works: Michael Gandolfi: Points of Departure; Themes from a Midsummer Night; Y2K Compliant
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

This BMOP CD proves that Michael Gandolfi is a master of innumerable musical approaches, ranging from the lush "Points of Departure" to the theatrical suite...continue...

John Harbison: Ulysses / Gil Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project

1 CD / Boston Modern Orchestra Project / 2008-03-01

Works: John Harbison: Ulysses
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

'Ulysses' was composed in 1983 as a full-length ballet consisting of two acts: 'Ulysses Raft' and 'Ulysses Bow. Though 'Ulysses' had partial performances, the first...continue...

Shih-Hui Chen: 66 Times / Fischer Duo

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-07-01

Works: Shih-Hui Chen: 66 Times; Fu 1, for pipa; Twice Removed, for clarinet; Fu 2, for pipa & orchestra; Shui
Performers: Fischer, Norman; Kierman, Jeanne; Man, Wu; Weigle, Elisabeth; Yeh, Min-Ho
Conductors: Rose, Gil;
Ensemble: ; Fischer Duo

The art-composer of today faces many challenges. On the one hand, one is tempted to create music that embraces a diversity of styles. On the...continue...

Machover: Hyperstring Trilogy / Rose, Haimovitz, et al

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2006-04-04

Works: Tod Machover: Begin Again Again...; Song of Penance; Forever and Ever
Performers: Bennett, Karol; Haimovitz, Matt; Kashkashian, Kim; Kavafian, Ani
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

"Players Humanize Techno 'Trilogy': No praise can be too high for conductor Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, for the computer team, for...continue...

Mackey: Banana/Dump Truck / Steven Mackey, Fred Sherry

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Fusion Tune, for cello & guitar; Deal; Banana/Dump Truck; San Francisco, for Cello & Guitar
Performers: Dillard, Ray; Mackey, Steven; Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

21st Century Classics - Vali: Flute Concerto, etc / Gil Rose, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Reza Vali: Flute Concerto; Folk Songs (Set no 10), for voice & orchestra; Deylámân, for bárbát, ney & orchestra
Performers: Almarza, Alberto; Baty, Janna; Mgodichian, George
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Vali's 'Flute Concerto', commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, is influenced by Persian classical and folk-music. The flautist uses a technique involving simultaneous playing...continue...

Trans - Music of Lee Hyla / Rose, Boston Modern Project

1 CD / New World / 2004-02-01

Works: Lee Hyla: Concerto for Bass Clarinet; Trans; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Frautschi, Laura
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project