Percussion

Kaija Saariaho: Trios / Steven Dann, viola; Pia Freund, soprano; Tuija Hakkila, piano; Ernst Kovacic, violin et al.

1 CD / Ondine / 2012-09-25

Works: Kaija Saariaho: Mirage, for soprano, cello & orchestra; Cloud Trio, for violin, viola & cello; Cendres, for alto flute, cello & piano; Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello & piano; Sere...
Performers: Dann, Steven; Freund, Pia; Hakkila, Tuija; Helasvuo, Mikael; Jodelet, Florent; Karttunen, Anssi [Cello]; Zebra Trio

With the ongoing project to record Kaija Saariaho's music Ondine is pleased to announce a release of her chamber music works. Known for her skills...continue...

The Super Audio Collection, Vol. 6 from Linn Records

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Jerome Moross: Lazy Afternoon; Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (version for percussion); William Byrd: Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ("The Leaves Bee Greene"); George Frederick Handel: Es...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Kato, Kuniko; Martin, Claire [Vocals]; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallisch, Gottlieb
Conductors:
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble; Cappella Nova; Dunedin Consort; Magnificat (UK); Phantasm (Viol Consort); Retrospect Trio; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; The Prince Consort (Vocal Ensemble)

The sixth volume in the perpetually popular Linn Sampler series features an appealing selection of tracks from its catalogue of award-winning artists. From soloists like...continue...

Chamber music of David Kechley: Colliding Objects

1 CD / Innova / 2012-09-25

Works: David Kechley: Dancing, 4 movements for 5 percussionists playing 44 instruments; Design and Construction, trialogues, for trumpet, saxophone & percussion; Untimely Passages, a slow groove & chaconne,...
Performers: Bergeron, Tom; Bodner, Stephan; Chatterton, Linda; Chiu, Candy; Gold, Matthew; Stevenson, Doris; Tompkins, Joseph; Ward, Matt; Zdorovetchi, Ina
Conductors:
Ensemble: TimeTable

Award-winning composer David Kechley mines the intimate in order to find the dramatic, eschewing volume and mass in favor of tension and melodic invention of...continue...

Tansy Davies: Spine / Samuel Boden, Joby Burgess, Simon Haram, Darragh Morgan, Huw Watkins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Tansy Davies: Iris, concerto for saxophone & 15 instruments; Static, for voice & piano; Dark Ground, for solo percussion; Loure, for solo violin; Falling Angel, for 17 instruments; This Love, for voi...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Burgess, Joby; Haram, Simon; Morgan, Darragh; Watkins, Huw
Conductors: Austin, Christopher;
Ensemble: Azalea Ensemble; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Concordia (Viol Consort)

This new recording includes make black white, a reconstruction of Dowland's Flow, My Tears performed by viol consort Concordia; the ritualistic Dark Ground for percussion...continue...

Grupo Folklore

1 CD / Acqua Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Manuel Jose Castilla: La Alejada, for ensemble; Mario Ponce: A pura Ushuta, for ensemble; Federico Bardotti: Tus ojos, for ensemble; Franco Luciani: Oro Americano; Rolando Valladares: Subo, for ensem...
Performers: Aznar, Pedro; Baglietto, Juan Carlos; Basurto, Nestor; Exertier, Franco [Percussion]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Franco Luciani

Franco Luciani is one of the most important musicians of his generation. An exquisite harmonica player, he demonstrates the music of Argentina in its two...continue...
Recording information: Estudios ION, sala A (01/2012-02/2012); Estudios ION, sala A (12/2011)....continue...

Christian Wolff: For Piano 1; For Pianist; Burdocks / Christian Wolff, flute; Gordon Mumma, french horn; John Nash, violin; David Behrman, viola; Frederic Rzewski, piano

1 CD / Wergo / 2012-09-12

Works: Christian Wolff: For Piano I; For Pianist; Burdocks, for 10 parts
Performers: Behrman, David; Mumma, Gordon [Composer]; Nash, Johnny; Rzewski, Frederic [Composer]; Tudor, David [Composer/Piano]; Wolff, Christian [Composer]

In the early 1960s, Wergo launched a series that would become a legend in the history of contemporary music recordings. Studio Reihe Neuer Musik featured...continue...
Recording information: Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, USA (08/1971)....continue...

Samuel Barber: An American Romantic - The Choral Music of Samuel Barber / Conspirare

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-09-12

Works: Samuel Barber: Twelfth Night, for 4 voices. Op. 42/1; To Be Sung on the Water, for 4 voices, Op. 42/2; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8 no 1; Let Down the Bars, O Death, Op. 8 no 2; Reincarnations, for 4 vo...
Performers: Brickens, Nathaniel; Burritt, Thomas; Burritt, Tom; Clarke, Karen; Debow, Faith; Henderson, Rebecca; Hughes, Patrick [Trumpet]; Jones, Adah Toland [Flute]; Punter, Melanie; Sauer, Gregory; Shaw, Bria...
Conductors: Hella-Johnson, Craig
Ensemble: ; Conspirare

On their new recording Samuel Barber - An American Romantic, Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare honor the great composer with a selection of some of...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Indiana (09/2011)....continue...

Armenian Spirit / Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-09-12

Works: T. Tchukhadjian: Menk kadj tohmi (Chant de lutte); O'h intsh anush (Chant e'exil); Anonymous, Armenian: Krunk (Aknay), song; Sayat Nova: Khani Vur Jan Im, for ensemble; Dun en glkhen (Supplique au ro...
Performers: Clos, Marc; Espasa, Dani; Estevan, Pedro; Mayoral, David; Minassyan, Georgi; Mouradian, Gaguik; Sarikouyoumdjian, Haig; Savall, Jordi
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Hespèrion XXI

This album is a tribute to Armenia and to the Armenian musicians who have played alongside Jordi Savall and his wife Montserrat Figueras over the...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (2012-03-29_2012-03-30&2010-)....continue...

Michael Colgrass Percussion Music 1951-1957 / Braun, Craig, DiSanza, Herron, Humphreys, Robinson

1 CD / Equilibrium / 2012-09-11

Works: Michael Colgrass: Three Brothers, for percussion ensemble; Percussion Music, for ensemble; Chamber Piece, for Percussion Quintet; Inventions on a Motive, for percussion ensemble; Variations for 4 dru...
Performers: Braun, Roger; Craig, Mark; Herron, Greg; Humphreys, Michelle; Robinson, N. Scott; Roulet, Patrick [Drums]; Sanza, Anthony di; Yanik, Megan [Viola]
Conductors: Roulet, Patrick [Drums]; Harrison, Mike

This disc of the percussion music of Michael Colgrass written between 1951 and 1957 includes conversations with the composer on each of the works....continue...

Lampersberg: Bunte Steine (1928-2002) - Chamber works and songs / Julia Henning, soprano; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-09-11

Works: Gerhard Lampersberg: Songs (3) on poems of Thomas Bernhard, for voice & piano; Blumiade, for flute & piano; Jetzt, pieces (13) for piano; Trio for clarinet, violin & snare drum; Bunte Steine, for pia...
Performers: Henning, Julia; Kreher, Matthias; Mielke, Ralf; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas; Stopora, Stefan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde

Heavy-duty chord series in the piano, breathtaking leaps in the voice part, and then silence returns: emotional oppositions collide head on in Gerhard Lampersberg's songs...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (11/27/2011-11/28/2011)....continue...

Mathew Rosenblum: Circadian Rhythms - Yonah's Dream; Two Harmonies; Under the Rainbow / Calmus Ensemble

1 CD / New World / 2012-09-11

Works: Mathew Rosenblum: Yonah's Dream, for flute & microtonal instruments; Circadian Rhythms, for cello, percussion & piano; Harmonies (2), for viola, piano & percussion; Under the Rainbow, for flute/bass ...
Performers: Feeney, Timothy; Goodman, Lindsey; Richman, Wendy; Yoo, Shirley
Conductors: Drummond, Dean;
Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble; Deoro; Newband; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

Mathew Rosenblum's music is a synthesis of diverse musical elements derived from classical, jazz, rock, and world music traditions, exploring how seemingly independent musical voices...continue...

Xavier Montsalvatge: Piano Music, Vol. 3 / Mordi Maso and Miquel Villalba, pianos; Pia Freund, soprano; Ensemble Barcelona 216

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Xavier Montsalvatge: Barcelona Blues, for 2 pianos; Calidoscopi, for 2 pianos; Homenatge, for 2 pianos; Divertimentos (3) sobre temas de autores olvidados, for piano; Sum Vermis, for voice, 2 pianos ...
Performers: Carceller, Ferran; Freund, Pia; Martinez, Miguel Angel Gomez; Maso, Jordi; Villalba, Miquel
Conductors: Izquierdo, Ernest Martinez; Izquierdo, Ernest M.
Ensemble: ; Barcelona 216; Ensemble Barcelona 216

Xavier Montsalvatge was a major contributor to Catalonian culture in the 20th century. His works for two pianos collect most of his musical preoccupations into...continue...
Recording information: Auditori Symphony Hall, Barcelona, Spain (07/13/2011-07/17/2011)....continue...

La géographie des rêves / Sophie Alour, tenor sax and clarinet

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-08-28

Works: Sophie Alour: Suite Bucolique, for saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, percussion & bass; Tambour Urbain, for saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, percussion & bass; Un Caillou du Ciel, for saxophone, clarinet, t...
Performers: Alour, Sophie; Caracci, Stephan; Loustalot, Yoann; Pasqua, Frederic

Recording information: Studio L'Alhambra Colbert, Rochefort, France (11/20/2011/11/21/2011)....continue...

Bent Lorentzen: Erotic Hymns, sacred song cycle; organ works; Motet / Marten Frank Larsen, baritone; Jens E. Christensen, organ

1 CD / Dacapo / 2012-08-28

Works: Bent Lorentzen: Erotiske salmer (Erotic Hymns), for voice & organ, Op. 133; Triplex, for organ, Op. 40; Flamma, for percussion & organ, Op. 142; Saturnus, for organ, Op. 123; Fire Koralmotetter (Four...
Performers: Christensen, Jens E.; Larsen, Morten Frank; Stroz, Joanna

The tall, vocally hardy baritone Morten Frank Larsen, in his Met debut, was wonderful. The New York Times - March 2011 Erotic Hymns (1998) is...continue...
Recording information: Vor Frelsers Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark (08/26/2011-08/28/2011)....continue...

John Cage: Music for an Aquatic Ballet; Music for Carillon No. 6 / Jonathan Faralli, percussion; Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: John Cage: Music for an Aquatic Ballet, for flutes, percussion & tape (reconstruction); Dialogues, for bass flute & percussion; 27'10.554", for percussion; Atlas Eclipticalis; Two, for flute & piano;...
Performers: Fabbriciani, Roberto; Faralli, Jonathan

In addition to electrifying performances and exciting repertoire, this fascinating disc offers several world premiere recordings to the Cage canon. Flautist and Cage expert Roberto...continue...
Personnel: Jonathan Faralli (electronics).

Recording information: Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy (2011)....continue...

Singin' in the Rain [2012 London Cast]

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-08-28

Works: Nacio Herb Brown: Singin' in the Rain, musical
Performers: Baggs, Simon; Brewer, Barry; Brown, Charlie; Chibah, Reiad; Cornwell, Phil; Freeman, Richard; George, Richard; Hunter, Andy; Justin, Graham [Trumpet]; Knights, Phil; Lewis, Oliver; McManus, Steve; Me...
Conductors: Scott, Robert

Personnel: Phil Adams (keyboard programming).

Recording information: Angel Studios (06/2012)....continue...

Bedroom Window

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-28

Works: Nanea Miyata: The Bedroom Window, musical
Performers: de Tarnowsky, Kyle; Einstein, Jesse; Fortier, Aimee; Glazer, Brett; Gomez, Patrick; Higgins, Christopher; Huxley, Justine; Kaddi, Keven; Lee, Debra Kay; Lee, Rachel; Linder, Diane; Mackintosh, Terra;...
Conductors: de Tarnowsky, Kyle

Recording information: Asylum Recording Studio....continue...

Joy to the World / US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants, Lowell E Graham

1 CD / Klavier / 2012-08-28

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Frank Weldon: Christmas in Killarney, song; Pietro Yon: Gesú bambino; Alfred Reed: Russian Christmas Music; Christmas Traditional: Christmas Medley; God Rest You ...
Performers: Adams, Aubrey; Adcock, William [Trumpet]; Colleran, Russell; Defranchi, Alexis; Farwig, David; James Cavanaugh / John Redmond / Nat Simon; Kadison, Erica M.; LaDuke, Lance; Maloy, Thomas; Nokes, Davi...
Conductors: Graham, Lowell E
Ensemble: United States Air Force Band; United States Air Force Singing Sergeants

Recording information: Hylton Memorial Chapel, Woodbridge, VA (11/17/1997-11/21/1997)....continue...

Annie Gosfield: Almost Truths and Open Deceptions

1 CD / Tzadik / 2012-08-28

Works: Annie Gosfield: Wild Pitch, for cello, percussion & piano; Phantom Shakedown, for piano & tape (or recorded media); Almost Truths and Open Deceptions, chamber concerto for cello, percussion, piano, 2...
Performers: Cossin, David; Fan, Felix; Gosfield, Annie; Hammarstrom, Sara; Kentros, George; Kleier, Roger; Landstrom, Marten; Lipowski, Alexander; McMillen, Blair; Olofsson, Mats; Smith, Ches
Conductors:
Ensemble: Real Quiet

Annie is a composer of great imagination whose work brings together noise, minimalism and improvisation with wit and a charming sense of humor. For her...continue...

Dreams & Landscapes - Danish 21st Century Choir Music / Copenhagen Girls' Choir, Maj-Britt Kramer, piano

1 CD / Proprius / 2012-08-28

Works: Bo Holten: Cantigas d'Amigo, for women's chorus; Jens Erik Raasted: On Children, for women's chorus; The Woman with the Eggs, for women's chorus; Majbritt Kramer: The Sea is a Stage, for women's chor...
Performers: Haastrup, Benita; Kramer, Majbritt; Mazur, Marilyn
Conductors: Holten, Bo; Jensen, Claus Vestergaard
Ensemble: ; Copenhagen Girls' Choir

The Copenhagen Girls' Choir rates among the best of its kind in Denmark. The Choir was founded in 1973, and it has a broad repertoire...continue...

Per Norgard: Sceneries for percussion & ensemble - Prelude to Breaking; Four Meditations; Arabesques / Christian Martinez

1 CD / Dacapo / 2012-08-28

Works: Per Norgård: Prelude to Breaking, for 8 players; Meditations (4) on the poem "The Year" by Ole Sarvig, for flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, cello, organ &; Arabesques (3), for solo percussion; Scenes...
Performers: Martinez, Christian
Conductors: Sundkvist, Petter
Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

If the music of today is to have any tomorrow, Nørgård will surely be part of it. - GRAMOPHONE The Danish composer Per Nørgård finds...continue...
Recording information: Musikhuset, Esbjerg, Denmark (06/20/2011-06/23/2011)....continue...

Serenity: The Beauty of Arvo Pärt

2 CD / Decca / 2012-08-21

Works: Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Für Alina; My Heart's in the Highlands, for chorus (or alto or countertenor) & organ; Canta...
Performers: Anderson, Mark; Anthony, Adele; Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Benedetti, Nicola; Carlsson, Roger; Grynyuk, Alexei; Kremer, Gidon; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Owens, Matthew; Risberg, Erik; Shaham, Gil; W...
Conductors: Short, Nigel; Järvi, Neeme; Owens, Matthew; Christophers, Harry; Pitts, Anthony

An album of peace and tranquility that will set you in complete bliss. 9 beautiful and relaxing tracks that will compliment the perfect day or...continue...

Tamandandy: The Apparition [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2012-08-21

Works: Tomandandy: The Apparition, film score
Performers: Castro, Gabe

Illumination

1 CD / Danu / 2012-08-14

Works: American Traditional: La Chanson de Mardi Gras; Michael McGlynn: Siosúram só, for vocal ensemble; Dormi Jesu, for vocal ensemble; Cúnnla, for vocal ensemble & bodhran; Illumination, fo...
Performers: Champion, Lucy; Dubhain, Padraig O [Bodran]; Eccles, Noel; Hilary, Lynn; Hozier, Andrew; Leeney, Hugo; Malir, Andreja; McGlynn, John; McGlynn, Michael; McNeill, Tara [Violin, Vocals]; Murphy, Blathna...
Conductors: Rossow, Stacie L.

Recording information: 2010-2012.

One of the first things evident about Anúna's 2012 album, Illumination, released in celebration of the group's 25th anniversary, is the diversity of the m...continue...

Yoshio Hachimura - Breathing Field / Aki Takahashi, piano; Masami Nakagawa, flute

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-08-14

Works: Yoshio Hachimura: Meditation Higan-Bana for piano, Op 6; Maniera for flute solo, Op 14; Dolcissima Mia Vita for metallic percussion solo, Op 16; Breathing Field for flute, clarinet, harp, percussion ...
Performers: Hiroshi Koizumi; Nakagawa, Masami; Shinozaki, Ayako; Takahashi, Aki; Yamaguchi, Yasunori; Yoshiaki Suzuki; Yoshihara, Sumire

This is a reissue of recordings originally made between 1969 and 1982 of music by Japanese composer Yoshio Hachimura....continue...

Flight: Music for Flute & Harp / Bridget Douglas, flute; Carolyn Mills, harp

1 CD / Atoll / 2012-08-14

Works: Toru Takemitsu: Toward the Sea III, for alto flute & harp; Jack Body: Rainforest, for flute & harp; Tan Dun: In Distance, for piccolo, harp & bass drum; Eve de Castro-Robinson: Pearls of the Sea, for...
Performers: Douglas, Bridget; Marinissen, Arnold; Mills, Carolyn

This CD features unique, on-location works from Southeast Asian and New Zealand composers....continue...

Michael F. Williams: The Juniper Passion / Stephanie Acraman, Julia Booth, Lilia Carpinelli, Pene Pati et al.

2 CD / Atoll / 2012-08-14

Works: Michael F. Williams: The Juniper Passion, opera
Performers: Abramova, Elena [Violin]; Acraman, Stephanie [Soprano (Vocal)]; Austin, Katherine; Bierre, Susan; Booth, Julia; Campbell, Ian; Carpinelli, Lillia [Soprano (Vocal)]; Cross, Douglas; Grapes, Brent [Tru...
Conductors: Griffiths-Hughes, Rachel
Ensemble: New Zealand Chamber Soloists

This World War II opera, set during the Battle of Monte Cassino, presents a universal experience of war with a uniquely New Zealand perspective. Contains...continue...
Recording information: Stebbing Recording Centre, Auckland, New Zealand (07/2011-09/2011)....continue...

David Shifrin & Friends - works by Copland, Hartke, Kernis and Zwilich / Chamber Music Northwest

1 CD / Delos / 2012-07-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Sextet, for clarinet, piano & string quartet (arr. of Symphony no 2); Stephen Hartke: The Horse with the Lavender Eye, episodes (4) for violin, clarinet & piano; Aaron Jay Kernis: Trio...
Performers: Arm, Theodore; Ching, Daniel; Cho, Catherine; Cox, John [Horn]; DePonte, Niel; Feves, Julie; Gindele, Joshua; Heard, Cornelia; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Kuhns, Sally Nelson; Largess, Joh...
Conductors: ; Wilson, Ransom
Ensemble: ; Chamber Music Northwest

'... a score truly inspired by a tragic event (9/11) and one that is likely to transcend it.' - Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine...continue...

Kings of the Evening [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / K-Tone / 2012-07-24

Works: Kevin Toney: Kings of the Evening, film score; Scott Joplin: The Entertainer
Performers: Coleman, Chris; Davis, Rahmlee; Evans, Art; Hollingsworth, Mark; Hughes, John Austin; Nakamura, Tetsuya; Orlando, Victor; Toney, Kevin

The Phoenix - Music by Rotem Luz and Yehezkel Braun / L. Eitan, Flute & Piccolo; U. Shalev, Bassoon; R. Luz, Piano [2 for 1 price]

2 CD / Romeo Records / 2012-07-18

Works: Yehezkel Braun: Sonata for bassoon & piano; Flute Sonata; Songs of Zion (3) for bassoon & piano; Sonata for piccolo & piano ("Sonata piccola"); Tchiri-biri-bom, for 2 bassoons; Sonata for Piano no 2;...
Performers: Eitan, Lior; Luz, Rotem; Moshayev, Dan [Percussion]; Shalev, Uzi

Yehezkel Braun, one of Israel's foremost composers, was born on 1922 in Breslau, Germany and came with his parents to Palestine, then under British mandate,...continue...

Arianna Savall: Hirundo Maris / Petter Udland Johansen, Sveinung Lilleheier, Miquel Àngel Cordero and David Mayoral

1 CD / ECM / 2012-07-17

Works: Catalan Traditional: El Mestre, folk song; El mariner, folk song; Sephardic Traditional: Buenas noches, folk song; Ya salió de la mar la galana (She Came Out of the Sea), song (Salonica); Morena...
Performers: Cordero, Miquel Angel; Johansen, Petter Udland; Lilleheier, Sveinung; Mayoral, David; Savall, Arianna

Hirundo Maris is Latin for "sea swallow" and, like that bird's nomadic flight, harpist Arriana Savall's quintet - part early music ensemble, part folk group...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (01/2011).

Hirundo Maris is dedicated to the memory of Montserrat Figueras, the legendary advocate, researcher, and performer of Renaissance and Baroq...continue...

Music of Robert Carl: From Japan / Elizabeth Brown, shakuhachi; Katie Kennedy, cello; Bill Solomon, vibraphone; Sayun Chang, percussion

1 CD / New World / 2012-07-10

Works: Robert Carl: A Clean Sweep, for shakuhachi & fixed media; Bullet Cycle, for 2 soloists, percussion & fixed media; Brown Velvet, for bassoon & electronics; Collapsible Mandala, electronics
Performers: Brown, Elizabeth [Flute]; Carl, Robert; Chang, Sayun; Hare, Ryan; Kennedy, Katie; Solomon, Bill; Sternfeld-Dunn, Aleksander

Robert Carl (b. 1954) has long been interested in Japanese music and culture, and in the spring of 2007 he received a grant from the...continue...

Beckoning: New Music for Cello - works by Lera Auerbach, Jay Greenberg, Serra Hwang & Huang Ruo / Anthony Arnone, cello

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Serra Whang: Beckoning, for cello & Korean drums; Huang Ruo: Fragments (4) for solo cello; Lera Auerbach: Sonata for Cello Op. 72; Jay Greenberg: Sonata for Cello
Performers: Arnone, Anthony; Giles, James; Hesselink, Nathan; Whang, Serra

Cellist Anthony Arnone enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor and teacher throughout the United States and around the world. He offers...continue...

Music by Kjartan Olafsson / Petur Jonasson

3 CD / Icelandic Music / 2012-07-10

Works: Kjartan Olafsson: StringQ, for string quartet; Tilbrigdi vid jómfrú (Variations on a Virgin), for guitar; Calculus, for solo flute; Structure II, for piano; Sextet no 2, for flute, clar...
Performers: Aarnink, Frank; Birgisson, Snorri Sigfus; Bjorgvinsdottir, Dagny [Piano]; Clapperton, James; Johannesson, Ogmundur Thor; Martial Nardeau; Olafsson, Kjartan; Petur Jonasson; Sunneva Kjartansdottir; Th...

This 3-CD collection of the music of Icelandic composer Petur Jonasson has one disc devoted to live recordings of acoustic music for traditional instruments; one...continue...

Andrew Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem / Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano; Joseph Dietrich, tenor

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Andrew Earle Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem, music to Schiller's drama "Don Carlos", for soloists, mixed chorus & instrumental ensemble
Performers: Ament, Anne; Barnet, Lori; Birch, Robert; Bisesi, John; Carson, Mark; Daglar, Fatma; Dewey, Glenn; Dircksen, Eri; Firsow, Karin; Fritz, Ben [Trombone]; Humphreys, Michelle; Kaye, Jane; Kivrak, Osman;...
Conductors: Becker, Gisèle
Ensemble: Maryland State Boychoir

Andrew Earle Simpson's A Crown of Stars is a wedding oratorio celebrating the universality of human love and was commissioned by the Cantate Chamber Singers...continue...

Leonard Bernstein: Mass / Jerry Hadley, tenor; Kent Nagano

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Alleluia
Performers: Albert, Adreinne [Vocals]; Allen, Betty; Altman, Karen; Brauns, Sigurd; Cossa, Dominic; DeVoll, Raymond; Elliott, William; Lehmann, Tobias; Magruder, Charles; Magruder, June; Manno, John; Modersohn, ...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Woodstock, Nixon and the Vietnam War were undoubtedly underlying influences on the increasingly oppressive dramaturgy of this incredible 'Theatre Piece' composed in memory of J....continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (11/2003).

Leonard Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers was given a mixed reception upon its premiere as the inaugural ...continue...

"Noah" - Ave Maria; Deep River; Notte di Luce; Shenandoah; Amazing Grace et al. / Noah Stewart, tenor

1 CD / Verve / 2012-07-03

Works: Mantovani: Cara mia; Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Justin Hayward: Nights in White Satin; Vincent Youmans: Without a Song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Bertl, Johnny M.; Dorn, Elisabeth; Dubach, Susanne [Violin, Viola]; Hintringer, Harry [Drums]; Juritz, David; Karlsson, Fridrik; Knollmueller, Christian; Laher, Werner; Sasdi, Inka [Ce...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Bertl, Johnny M.; Hein, Richard

Verve Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Harlem Tenor, Noah Stewart.

It is hard to believe that only a few years ago

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Personnel: Susanne Dubach (violin, viola); Inka Sasdi (cello); Wolfgang Drechsler (woodwinds, horns).

Tenor Noah Stewart, a native of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, has won raves not only i...continue...

Finding Home

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-03

Works: Ricky Ian Gordon: Heaven, for voice & ensemble; God's World, song for voice & piano; I Thank You God, song for voice & piano; Prayer, song for voice & piano; Will There Really Be A Morning?, for voic...
Performers: Gordon, Ricky Ian; Heggie, Jake; Moretti, Amy Schwartz [Violin]; Moretti, Steve; Partridge, Leah [Soprano Vocal]

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA; Neva Langley Ficklin (06/28/2011-07/05/2011)....continue...

Symphonic Stories

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-03

Works: Eric Goetz: The Dragonriders, for orchestra; Catherine Grealish: Artist & the Muse, for orchestra; Eric Nielsen: Of Sailing Ships & Sea Nymphs, for orchestra; Tim Huling: Demeter & Persephone, for or...
Performers: Bazhanov, Eugene; Bazhanov, Natasha; Bryant, Stephen; Bryant, Sue Jane; Burnett, Rodger; Carrington, John; Chee, Kyung [Violin]; Dilorenzo, Tony; Dyring, Wesley; Emerich, Justin; Farkas, Stefan; Fols...
Conductors: Sabee, David
Ensemble: ; Silk Strings Koto Ensemble (Koto Ensemble)

Recording information: Bastyr University Chapel, Seattle, WA....continue...

Aperghis: Die Hamletmaschine / Octors, Kubler, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Georges Aperghis: Die Hamletmaschine-Oratorio
Performers: Bischoff, Romain; Drouet, Jean-Pierre; Kubler, Françoise; Peintre, Lionel; Strosser, Geneviève
Conductors: Octors, Georgea
Ensemble: Ictus (Belgium)

Jean-Louis Robert: Aquatilis; Lithoïde VIII; Domino

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Jean-Louis Robert: Aquatilis, for orchestra; Lithoïde VIII, for brass quintet; Domino for piano (or piano ensemble) & 2 percussionists (or percussion ensemble)
Performers: Alain Janti; Bartholomee, Pierre; Edmond Compere; Michel Bassine; Octave Rasschaert; Octors, Georgea; Philippe Herr; Pierre Cox
Conductors: Bartholomée, Pierre

This selection contains both DDD and AAD recordings....continue...

David Keberle: Caught In Time - chamber music with clarinet, flute, piano & strings

1 CD / Innova / 2012-06-26

Works: David Keberle: Soundings 2, for flute & flute choir; Four to Go, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion; Percorsi d'anima, for violin, clarinet, cello & piano; Incroci, for clarinet &...
Performers: Almarza, Alberto; Evans, Paul; Frankenberry, Rob; Howell, Jack; Keberle, David; Moe, Eric [Composer]; O'Boyle, Sarah; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Ojeda, Rodrigo; Premo, David
Conductors: ; Meyer, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Pittsburgh Flute Club Flute Choir; Trio Johannes

Caught in Time captures moments in clarinetist/composer David Keberle's work from 1997 to 2007 upon his return from seventeen years in Rome. These six eloquent...continue...

Petr Eben: Okna; Landscapes of Patmos; Concerto for Organ no 2 / Gunther Rost, organ; Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-06-26

Works: Petr Eben: Windows; Landscapes of Patmos for organ & percussion; Concerto No 2 for organ & orchestra
Performers: Haag, Babette; Helseth, Tine Thing; Rost, Gunther
Conductors: Feltz, Gabriel
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Sympony Orchestra; Bavarian State Philharmonic

Petr Eben is considered to be one of the Czech Republic's leading contemporary composers. His organ compositions explore new territory in regard to playing techniques,...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Heilberth-Saal (04/2009); Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Heilberth-Saal (09/2010); Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Heilberth-Saal (09/2011)....continue...

Marty Regan: Magic Mirror - chamber music for traditional Japanese instruments

1 CD / Navona / 2012-06-26

Works: Marty Regan: Flamefox, for shakuhachi quartet; Dragoneyes, for shakuhachi, shamisen & koto; In the Night Sky, for shakuhachi, koto & percussion; Magic Mirror, for shamisen, hichiriki, ryuteki, sho, s...
Performers: Hirano, Etsuko [Violin]; Jin, Ray [Shakuhachi]; Kazue, Tajima; Matsumura, Erina [Koto]; Nakamura, Hitomi; Nozawa, Tetsuya [Shamisen]; Sakata, Seizan; Sakurai, Akiko [Biwa]; Sawada, Yuka [Shinobue]; S...

"Regan's well-crafted compositions show a serious, almost cautious, respect for the tradition..." (Asian Music Journal). Vol.2 of Regan's series of Selected Works for Japanese Instruments,...continue...

Dreams of Birds - Chamber music with flute by Brandon, Shapiro, Volpe, Montano, Horsley et al. / Jenni Olson, flute

1 CD / Delos / 2012-06-26

Works: Jenni Brandon: The Dreams of Birds, for flute & piano; Alex Shapiro: Intermezzo, for bass flute & harp; Dave Volpe: Riverbed, for alto flute, bassoon & harp; Gwinna, for voice, flute, piccolo, viola,...
Performers: Chung, Sherri; Dickstein, Marcia; Duckles, Andrew; Marks, Lynda Sue; Olson, Jenni; Pezzone, Bryan; Webb, Christian

Chamber repertoire for standard concert flute abounds, but cousins of the flute - like the piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute - are often relegated...continue...

Costinescu: Jubilus & Pantomime / Ensemble Sospeso, Lucy Shelton, Brian McWhorter, David Rozenblatt, Rand Steiger [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Ravello / 2012-06-26

Works: Gheorghe Costinescu: Jubilus for voice, trumpet & percussive body sounds; Pantomime, for chamber orchestra
Performers: McWhorter, Brian [Trumpet]; Rozenblatt, David; Shelton, Lucy
Conductors: Steiger, Rand
Ensemble: Ensemble Sospeso, New York City

Jubilus & Pantomime is a full-length performance DVD . Jubilus, written for soprano, trumpet, and percussion is an expression of physical and spiritual rejoicing hailed...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
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Piranha [Score]

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2012-06-19

Works: Elia Cmiral: Piranha 3DD, film score
Performers: Cmiral, Elia; Hanson, John Samuel; Kaplan, Melissa R.; Mason, Michael; Novak, Katy

People Like Us

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2012-06-19

Works: A.R. Rahman: People Like Us, film score
Performers: Bisharat, Charlie; Brophy, Robert; Broughton, Belinda; Campo, Darius; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Dembrow, Brian; Doering, George; Duckles, Andrew; Duke-Kirkpatrick, Erika; Dukov, Bruce...

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Choral music of Henryk Górecki: Totus Tuus / National Youth Choir of Great Britain

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-06-12

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Euntes Ibant et Flebant, for chorus, Op. 32; Lobgesang (Song of Praise), for chorus, Op. 76; Totus tuus, for chorus, Op. 60; Salve, Sidus Polonorum, for chorus, Op. 72; A...
Performers: Elmasry, Hannah-May; Hart, Alisha; Miller, Rosie; Thomas, Bethan; Thornhill, Sarah; Wilkins, Julian
Conductors: Brewer, Mike
Ensemble: ; National Youth Choir of Great Britain

Henryk Górecki (1933 - 2010) made his reputation as a leader of the Polish avant-garde in the 1950s, with his early works marking the most...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, England (04/15/2011); Chapel of OUndle School (04/15/2011); Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, England (08/25/2011); Chapel of OUndle School (08...continue...

Annea Lockwood: In Our Name / David Behrman, John King, William Winant, Thomas Buckner, Theodore Mook

1 CD / New World / 2012-06-12

Works: Annea Lockwood: Jitterbug, for ensemble; In Our Name, for voice, cello & tape; Thirst, for narrator, voice & tape
Performers: Behrman, David; Buckner, Thomas [Baritone Vocals]; King, John; Mook, Theodore; Norderval, Kristin; Winant, William [Percussion]

Annea Lockwood (b. 1939) distinguishes herself with works ingeniously combining recorded found and processed sounds, live-performance and visual components, and exhibiting her acute sense of...continue...