1 CD / Kairos /
2009-09-08
Works: Georges Aperghis: Crosswind; Alter ego; Rasch; Volte-face; Signaux
Performers:
Meuge, Pierre-Stephane; Strosser, Genevieve
Ensemble:
Xasax
Georges Aperghis was not the first well-known composer for musical theatre who neglected the less "spectacular" varieties of music. But unlike the "symphonic form," which...continue...
Recording information: Wuppertal, Immanuelskirche (11/06/2006-11/09/2006)....continue...
1 CD / Musik Strasse /
2009-08-25
Works: Jozef Kropinski: Pange lingua; Traditional: Hatikvah; Zikmund Schul: Mogen Owaus; Uv' tzeil Knofecho; Robert Emanuel Heilbut: Muziekboekje
Performers:
Cafagna, Umberto; Cianciaruso, Massimo; De Leonardis, Angelo; De Palma, Cataldo; Di Modugno, Nando; Facchini, Luigi; Ferri, Nicola; Granatiero, Libera; Inglese, Alessandro; Lentini, Giuseppe; Lotoro,...
Ensemble:
Foggia University Choir
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-07-28
Works: Charles Ives: String Quartet No. 1 'From the Salvation Army'; Jennifer Higdon: Short Stories; Fred Sturm: Picasso Cubed; Michael Torke: July; David Bixler: Heptagon; Carleton Macy: Elusive Dreams; F....
Performers:
Claussen, Kurt; Langley, Dee
Ensemble:
Ancia Saxophone Quartet
Taking its name from Jennifer Higdon's 'Short Stories', this album explores stylistically diverse music showcasing the saxophone quartet's immense expressive potential. The Ancia Saxophone Quartet...continue...
Recording information: Hamline United Methodist Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, U (07/31/2003-08/03/2003); Hamline United Methodist Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, U (07/22/2007)....continue...
1 CD / Metier /
2009-07-14
Works: Thomas Fortmann: Sonata for Saxophone and Piano; Catholic Blues; Bach Cab; Eben, eben; Three piggies in clover; Sonkram; Pop oh kapapitl; Sonatina; A little American night music; Collodis Pinocchio
Performers:
Candela, Ettore; Corsi, Francesca; Falaschi, Marco; Frati, Roberto; Lapegna, Carlo; Marani, Ruber; Podesta, Marco; Potts, Steve; Tarolli, Devis; Vallini, Davide; Vannelli, Milo
Born in Switzerland, Thomas Fortmann became a successful songwriter during the 70s, writing more than 100 songs for famous German rock stars. At the age...continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-04-28
Works: Frank Ticheli: Wild Nights!; David Dzubay: Shadow Dance; Steven Bryant: Dusk; Roshanne Etezady: Anahita; John Mackey: Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
Performers:
Gnojek, Vince
Ensemble:
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble
The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble offers musically enriching and artistically outstanding performances of the finest wind band repertoire. Following 'Redline Tango' (NXS 8570074), the...continue...
1 CD / Crystal /
2009-03-10
Works: Jun Nagao: Paganini Lost; Lovers on the Celestial Sphere; Paul Hindemith: Konzertstück for 2 Alto Saxophones; Masanori Katoh: Oriental; Guy Lacour: Suite en duo; Victor Morosco: Contemporary Etu...
Performers:
Murakami, Kazuo; Sugawa, Nobuya; Tse, Kenneth
1 CD / Farao Classics /
2009-01-09
Works: Mauricio Kagel: Suite for Saxophone Trio "Der mündliche Verrat"; Franz Schubert: Trio for Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 471; Trio for Strings no 2 in B flat major, D 581
Performers:
Hastedt, Arend; Maier, Markus; Schussler, Frank
Ensemble:
Sax Allemande
Founded in 1996, Sax Allemande is now one of the most successful saxophone ensembles of the day. Impressive virtuosity, chamber musical precision and a passionate...continue...
1 CD / ECM New Series /
2008-11-18
Works: Giya Kancheli: Amao Omi; Little Imber
Performers:
Coon, Kenneth; Mamuka Gaganidze; Marjanishvili, Zaza; Memahishvili, Nika; Miminoshvili, Zaza; Rall, Christine [saxophone]; Riley, Elliot [saxophone]; Weinberger, Bruce
Ensemble:
Children's Choir; Matrix Ensemble; Netherlands Chamber Choir; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet; Rustavi Choir
Giya Kancheli is one of ECM's central contemporary composers whose works have been championed by the label since the early nineties. This release features highly...continue...
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1 CD / Centaur Records /
2008-11-01
Works: Mara Helmuth: No. 7 for Gyil and Computer; Abandoned Lake in Maine; The Man and the Moon; Smoke; The Edge of Noise; Mountain Wind
Performers:
Bern, Alan; Duncan, Kaylie; Helmuth, Mara; Ke, Ming; Massol, James; O'Neill, Timothy; Otte, Allen; Tu, I-Yin; Vanmatre, Anna; VanMatre, Rick; Velez, Carlos [Flute]
Ensemble:
Next Ens
Mara Helmuth composes for computer and acoustic instruments, often using her own software. She is Associate Professor in Composition and the director of the College-Conservatory...continue...
1 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-10-28
Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Chôro no 1 for Guitar; Bachiana brasileira no 4 for Piano; Bachiana brasileira no 2 for Orchestra; Preludes (5) for Guitar,...
Performers:
Barrueco, Manuel; Ghiglia, Oscar; Harle, John; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Osorio, Jorge Federico; Sayao, Bidu; Tagliaferro, Magda
Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; French National Radio Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Symphony of the Air
11 CD / Nonesuch Records (USA) /
2008-09-30
Works: Philip Glass: Music in Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Opening; Facades; Floe; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg;...
Performers:
Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joe; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barr, Nicholas; Benincasa, Rex; Blachly, Alexander; Burns, Steve; Cassara, Frank; Chambers, Steve; Childs, Lucinda; Clark, Ph...
Ensemble:
American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Hispanic Young People's Chorus; Hungarian Radio/TV Children's Chorus; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; Morgan State ...
As the man who popularized minimalism, composer Philip Glass has had an enormous effect on both contemporary classical music and pop/rock. The 10-disc GLASS BOX set is as comprehensive an accounting o...continue...
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4 CD / Orange Mountain Music (USA) /
2008-09-09
Works: Philip Glass: Music in 12 parts
Performers:
Bielawa, Lisa; Gibson, Jon [class / sax]; Glass, Philip; Peck, Richard; Riesman, Michael; Rossi, Mick; Sterman, Andrew
Ensemble:
Philip Glass Ensemble
Philip Glass' 'Music in 12 Parts' may be the most seminal work of the minimalist movement. The entire four-hour piece has come to be viewed...continue...
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1 CD / Albany Records /
2008-09-09
Works: Laurie Altman: South of New Jersey for String Quartet; Homage à Stravinsky for Instrumental Octet; Calle de la Amrgura; Theme, Variations and Finale for 2 Pianos; Antarctic (3) Songs; On Course;...
Performers:
Altman, Laurie; Barton, Ena; Bauer, Randall [Piano]; Beck, Steven; Brock, Zach; Burhans, Caleb; Day, James [Guitar]; Eley, Elem; Ellison, Kenneth; Faniuk, Yevgeny; Fennely, Michael; Gellev, Vesselin;...
The works from 'On Course' represent a broad cross section of sonic and stylistic moments created over an almost 24 year period by composer Laurie...continue...
1 Super Audio CD / Cybele /
2008-09-04
Works: Philip Glass: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet; Frank Reinshagen: The Invitation; Barbara Thompson: Quartet for 4 Saxophones no 2 "From darkness into light"; Zdenek Lukás: Rondo for 4 Saxophones; ...
Performers:
Ax, Volker; Frey, Elmar; Hass, Steffen; Mays, Richmond
Ensemble:
Tetraphonics
Formed in 1994, the Tetraphonics Saxophone Quartet is a truly diverse band, made up of freelance musicians who play in various orchestras across Germany. Theirs...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players....continue...
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1 CD / Albany Records /
2008-08-12
Works: Lansing McLoskey: Wild Bells; OK-OK; Solsange; Tinted; Glaze
Performers:
Azuma, Taiki; Buff, Carolann; Durkovic, Timothy [piano]; Faieta, John; Ferringo, Nina; Germond, Melanie; Hudson, William [tenor]; Kurkowicz, Joanna; Kush, Jason; Luke, Jeff; Manning, John [Tuba]; Mol...
Ensemble:
Atlantic Brass Quintet; Frost Saxophone Quartet; Liber unUsualis
Lansing McLoskey (b.1964) came to the world of composition via a somewhat unorthodox route. The proverbial "Three B's" for him were The Beatles, Bauhaus and...continue...
1 CD / MSR Records /
2008-08-12
Works: Robert Benford Lepley: You Darkness, That I Come From; Already the ripening barberries are red; To Music; My life is not this steeply sloping hour; I find in you all these things of the world; I live...
Performers:
Drewes, Billy; Fox, Caprice; Haddad, Jamey; Lepley, Robert; London, Amy; Meader, Darmon
Ensemble:
New York Voices
Composer Robert Lepley links the ancient past with the present in these works for voices. Chants are propelled into mesmerizing polyrhythmic orbit by contemporary fugues...continue...
1 CD / MD&G (Dabringhaus & Grimm) /
2008-07-08
Works: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Caprices (25) and Sonata for Saxophone solo, Op. 153
Performers:
Peters, Christian
For almost eighty years Sigfrid Karg-Elert's 25 Caprices were regarded as mere learning pieces for young musicians. Neither a public performance nor a recording of...continue...
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1 CD / CPO /
2008-06-24
Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autu...
Performers:
Gomersall, Anatole; Lettermann, Uli; Menzel, Andreas; Niedermeier, Kai; Salzmann, Hartmut
Ensemble:
Quintessence Saxophone Quintet
Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons numbers among the most frequently recorded and performed works of the musical world literature. Nevertheless, our ears never grow weary of...continue...
1 CD / Orange Mountain Music (USA) /
2008-05-13
Works: Philip Glass: Concerto Grosso; Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
Performers:
Coon, Kenneth; Rall, Christine [saxophone]; Riley, Elliot [saxophone]; Weinberger, Bruce
Ensemble:
Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet
The Concerto Project Vol. III is the penultimate installment in a series documenting the eight Glass concertos. Each movement of the 'Concerto Grosso' - performed...continue...
1 CD / Mmc /
2008-04-01
Works: Keith Allan Kramer: Duality; Causality
Performers:
Juhl, Ching Chen; Lee, Clara; Lee, Lisa; Stoger, Gottfried; Tan, Wei; Taylor, David [trombone]
Ensemble:
Jade Strings; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Keith Kramer is a Visiting Professor at Hartford Community College in Maryland, and counts among his teachers Thomas DeLio, John van der Slice and Stuart...continue...
1 CD / Quartz /
2008-03-11
Works: David Heath: A Song for Daniel Pearl; Moroccan Fantasy; The Truth Will Set You Free; Concerto for Piano "The Passionate"; Gottlieb; Only Love Can Conquer Hate; Visions of Freedom; Elegy for Daniel Ho...
Performers:
Anderson, John [Classical]; Gould, Clio; Haram, Simon; Heath, David; Heath, Liam Hendrix; Lucas, Andrew; Mitchell, Scott; Nieminski, Simon; Reid, Andrew; Shapira, Ittai
Ensemble:
BBC Concert Orchestra; Scottish Ensemble
The murder of 'Wall Street Journal' writer Daniel Pearl in 2002 by Jihadi extremists shocked the world. In 2004, David Heath received a call from...continue...
1 CD / LPO /
2008-02-26
Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Twice through the heart; Hidden Love Song; The Torn Fields
Performers:
Connolly, Sarah; Finley, Gerald; Robertson, Martin
Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Here three works by London Philharmonic Orchestra Composer in Residence Mark-Anthony Turnage offer strikingly different glimpses of the human interface: a chilling first-person account of...continue...
2 CD / Centaur Records /
2008-02-02
Works: Joanna Bruzdowicz: Jacquot de Nantes; David Morgan: Vignettes (3) for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra; Subaram Raman: Aria for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra; Wojciech Kilar: The Ninth Gate; Heitor...
Performers:
Banaszak, Greg; Bielarczyk, Ewelina; Kalinowski, Jan; Klejdysz, Marcin; Klimczyk, Marta; Szlezer, Marek; Urbanek, Beata
Ensemble:
Beethoven Academie
Greg Banaszak, one of today's leading saxophonists, has performed with orchestras and at concert halls throughout the world. Mr. Banaszak is one of the most...continue...
1 CD / Crystal /
2007-10-30
Works: Ron Nelson: Danza capriccio; Charles Koechlin: Pieces (15) for Horn and Piano, Op. 180; Monodies (11), Op 216; Paul Bonneau: Caprice en forme de Valse; Elliot Anthony Del Borgo: Canto for Alto Saxoph...
Performers:
Radell, Judith; Versace, Angelo; Warren, Ron [Piano]; Young, Keith R.
1 CD / MD&G (Dabringhaus & Grimm) /
2007-10-23
Works: Robert Schumann: Quintet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 44; Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Performers:
Bae, Jang Eun; Gauthier, Daniel; Hilner, Martin; Koppetsch, Lutz; Pottmeier, Sebastian
Ensemble:
Alliage Saxophone Quartet
"Adolphe Sax (who patented the saxophone in 1843, the same year both these pieces were premiered) dreamed of a time when his instrument would become...continue...
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