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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...

Harold Farberman: Diamond Street

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-01-11

Works: Harold Farberman: Diamond Street, opera
Performers: Barrett, Walter; Buerkle, Suzanne; Cheuveront, Joshua; Heath, David [Composer]; Hendrickson, Allisa; Melito, Chris; Moore, Garfield; Renino, Robert; Statser, Sean; Suzuki, Mitsuko; Ward, Brad; Zaryky...
Conductors: Farberman, Harold

As the world is turning from the 19th to the 20th century, Hudson, New York, on the Hudson River, in the Hudson Valley, was a...continue...
Recording information: Sasnoff Hall, Fischer Center, Bard College (01/25/2010/03/10/2010)....continue...

Music of Donald Wheelock

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-12-08

Works: Donald Wheelock: Piano Variations; Music for 7 Players; Bagatelles (10), for oboe & string quartet; Soliloquy, for cello
Performers: Ahlbeck, Laura; Blustine, Allen; Gold, Matthew; Gordon, Judith; Haimovitz, Matt; Huebner, Christof; Krimsler, Renee [Flute]; Pitchon, Joel; Rabbat, Annie [Violin]; Scripp, Ashima

Donald Wheelock is the Irwin and Pauline Alper Glass Professor of Music at Smith College, where he has been a member of the faculty since...continue...

American Reflections - Beaser, Foss, Dahl / Leonard Garrison, Jonathan Sokasits

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Robert Beaser: Souvenirs, for piccolo & piano; Variations for flute & piano; Lukas Foss: American Pieces (3) for violin & piano; Ingolf Dahl: Variations on a Swedish Folk Tune, for flute
Performers: Garrison, Leonard; Sokasits, Jonathan

Rhythmic vitality, lyricism, a fascination with folksong and virtuosity, and a distinctive American voice are traits that unite the four works on this recording performed...continue...

Was My Brother In The Battle? - Steffe, Foster, Ives, etc / Stephen Swanson, David Gompper

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-10-14

Works: William Steffe: Battle Hymn of the Republic; Stephen Foster: We Are Coming, Father Abraham for voice & piano; Was My Brother in the Battle? for voice & piano; Charles Ives: In Flanders Fields; He is ...
Performers: Esposito, Nicole; Gompper, David Karl; Swanson, Stephen

"It's not just that baritone Stephen Swanson combines art songs, popular music, and songs of the American Civil War, which somehow don't fit either of...continue...

Into the Future - Gompper, Berners, Dahn, Eckert, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-09-01

Works: David Gompper: Musica Segreta, for violin, viola, cello & piano; John Berners: Piccolos and Plungers, for chamber ensemble; Luke Dahn: Edges, for large ensemble; Michael Eckert: Wind Quintet; Lawrenc...
Performers: Armstrong, Ginny; Arne, Kelly; Arnone, Anthony; Bowen, Michele; Breczinski, Stuart; Brobston, Andrew; Chamasyan, Armine; Chang, Liang-fang; Conklin, Scott; Dial, Ursula; Fitkin, Mark; Flores, Yasmin;...
Conductors: Gompper, David Karl;
Ensemble: ; Iowa Wind Quintet

This CD celebrates both the 1966 founding of the Center for New Music at the University of Iowa, and the many accomplishments made over four...continue...

Armand Qualliotine: Chamber Works / Auros Group, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-05-01

Works: Armand Qualliotine: BACH Fantasia, for saxophone quartet & piano; Hummingbird, for piccolo & piano; Love Feast of the Fireflies, for soprano saxophone & piano; Phonocopia, for piccolo, 2 soprano flut...
Performers: Bento-Rei, Linda; Chang, Anny; Dreeben, Jill; Feldman, Emmanuel; Lin, Pei-Chun; McDonald, John; O'Leary, Avien; Radnofsky, Kenneth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Auros Group for New Music; Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet

Awards in Qualliotine's field have included residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the Composers Conference and the Tanglewood Music Center where he was the Leonard Bernstein...continue...

Wayne Peterson: Vicissitudes / New York New Music Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-03-01

Works: Wayne Peterson: Vicissitudes; Duodecaphony; Labyrinth, for flute, clarinet, violin & piano; Capriccio; Diptych
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Finckel, Chris; Kopperud, Jean; Martin, Lois; Niemann, Edmund; Quan, Linda; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Winn, James
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Malarski, Jeff
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble

Wayne Peterson's music is that of a composer who embraces and takes delight in the hands-on process of making music, especially as it relates to...continue...

Howard Hersh - Chamber Music 2000-2005

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-03-01

Works: Howard Hersh: The Pony Concerto, for winds, strings, piano & chamber orchestra; Sonata for violin & percussion (with string bass obbligato); Braided River Nights, for flute & marimba
Performers: Barbini, William; Carlisle, David; Cogan, Dmitri; Darling, Matthew; Ehrlich, Victoria; Krejci, Mathew; Mayforth, Robin; Shands, Patricia
Conductors: Hersh, Howard;
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Sacramento

"Howard Hersh writes attractive, timbrally inventive music in an approachable post-minimalist idiom that should pose few problems to listeners interested in contemporary music... The Sonata...continue...

Pablo Ortiz: Oscuro / Chanticleer

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-09-01

Works: Pablo Ortiz: Oscuro; Milonguitas; Hipermilonga; Little Milonguitas (5); Concerto Rastrojero
Performers: Baune, Terrie; Brody, Tod; Ellis, Nancy; Freier, Susan; Harrison, Stephen [Engineer, Audio Producer]; Josheff, Peter; Kennedy, Daniel [Percussion]; Malan, Roy; Rosenak, Karen; Wohlmacher, William; Wo...
Conductors: Milnes, David;
Ensemble: San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Ortiz's output, comprising chamber music, vocal, orchestral and electronic works, has received international recognition and performances by the Arditti Quartet, Specullum Musicae, Les Percussions de...continue...

Vali: Chamber Music / Aimarza, Seattle Chamber Players

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-02-01

Works: Reza Vali: Chant and Dance, for chamber ensemble; Folk Songs for soprano, piano & string quartet, Set no 12A; Calligraphy no 4, for santoor & string quartet; Folk Songs for chamber ensemble, Set no 15
Performers: Almarza, Alberto; Bassman, Damien; Crabiel, Jon; Hernandez, Patricio; Kocmieroski, Matthew; Lerner, Mimi; Leyden, Patrick; Manriquez, Luz; Schreier, Irene
Conductors: Leibovich, Nizan
Ensemble: ; Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Seattle Chamber Players

Music for large chamber ensemble is featured on this recording, with an emphasis on the Persian music Vali grew up with. His early works indicated...continue...

Felciano: Chamber Works / Cahill

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-06-01

Works: Richard Felciano: Lontano, for harp & piano; String Quartet; Masks, for flute/piccolo/alto flute & trumpet; Dark Landscape, for English horn; Shadows, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & perc...
Performers: Adams, Anne; Cahill, Sarah; Chaffe, Barbara; Galante, Jane; Giacobassi, Julie Ann; Guarneri, Mario; Harrison, Stephen [Engineer, Audio Producer]; Josheff, Peter; Ketchum, Janet; Malan, Roy; McCurdy, ...
Conductors: ; Le Roux, Jean-Louis
Ensemble: Chamber Ensemble; The Stony Brook Chamber Players

Chamber Music for Solo Flute / Patti Monson

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-12-01

Works: Harold Meltzer: Rumours, for flute; Martin Bresnick: High Art, for piccolo & toy piano; Mathew Rosenblum: Under the Rainbow, for flute/bass flute/piccolo & electronics; Steven Burke: Nervosa, for sol...
Performers: Bresnick, Martin; Monson, Patti; Woolf, Randall

Manookian: Concertos / Manookian, Armenian PO, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-05-01

Works: Jeff Manookian: Piccolo Concerto; Improvisations on Armenian Folk Songs, for viola & orchestra; Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra; Khachkar, for alto flute, harp & strings
Performers: Duehlmeier, Susan; Gritton, Bonnie; Maurer, Laurel Ann; Pickford Richards, John
Conductors: Manookian, Jeff
Ensemble: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra; Duehlmeier-Gritton Piano Duo

"Jeff Manookian collects an impressive amount of awards and honors for his compositions. They have been performed by orchestras in the Americas and Europe. He...continue...

Moe: Up & at 'em, etc / Lemon, Moe, Martin, Smith, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-04-01

Works: Eric Moe: Time Will Tell, for flute & piccolo (1 player), clarinet in A & bass clarinet (1 player), violin, vi; Mouth Music; Blue Air, for violin & piano; The Lone Cello, for solo cello; A Whirling a...
Performers: Butler, Marcia; Josheff, Peter; Kopperud, Jean; Martin, Lois; Moe, Eric [Composer]; Rosenak, Karen; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Rudich, Rachel; Russell, David [Cello]; Schulte, Rolf; Smith, Tim; Winn, James; Za...
Conductors: Purvis, William [Horn]; Lemon, J. Karla

First Chairs - Adler: Cantos for Solo Instruments

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-12-01

Works: Samuel Adler: Canto I, for solo trumpet; Canto XIV (Klezmer Fantasy) for solo clarinet; Canto XI, for solo horn; Canto XIII, for solo piccolo; Canto II, for solo trombone; Canto XV, for solo English ...
Performers: Bilger, David [trumpet]; Cohen, Franklin; Gippo, Jan; LeClair, Judith; Meulen, William Ver; Sampen, John; Stacy, Thomas; Vernon, Charlie

"Adler's music recalls Berio's series of compositions called Sequenzias. Each is an essay into a particular instrument's (including the human voice's) postmodern possibilities. These pieces,...continue...

Bazelon: Cross-Currents, Fairy Tale, etc / Farberman, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-04-01

Works: Irwin Bazelon: Fairy Tale for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion & piano; Re-Percussions for piano; Cross-Currents for brass quintet, percussion & piano; Vignette for harpsicho...
Performers: Balm, Neil; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Buskirk, John van; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Dunn, Scott; Estrin, Mitchell; Goldberg, Marc; Haas, Jonathan; Lang, Jeffrey; Lawson, Dorothy; Martin, Lois; Ma...
Conductors: Farberman, Harold
Ensemble: ; Ensemble

Music of Irwin Bazelon

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-04-01

Works: Irwin Bazelon: Spires for trumpet & orchestra; Legends and Love Letters, song cycle for soprano & ensemble, Nos 1-5, complete; Trajectories for piano & orchestra
Performers: Annis, Robert; Epstein, Frank; Heller, Joan; Lefkowitz, Ronan; Maximilien, Wanda; Moerschel, Joel; Murphy, Maurice; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Scolnik, Julie
Conductors: Farberman, Harold; Fussell, Charles
Ensemble: Collage New Music; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Rolnick: Requiem Songs, Screen Scenes

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-03-01

Works: Neil B. Rolnick: Requiem Songs for the Victims of Nationalism; Screen Scenes
Performers: Fradon, Amy; Jannone, John J.A.; Reynolds, Todd [Violin]; Ritter, Leslie [Vocals]; Rolnick, Neil B.; Sorgen, Harvey; Sterman, Andrew

Wheeler: The Dancing Bird / Soucy, Vanasco, Rice, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1994-08-01

Works: Thad Wheeler: The Dancing Bird, suite
Performers: Rice, Victor; Soucy, Dominque; Vanasco, Francesca; Wheeler, Thad

The Complete Songs of Charles Ives Vol 3

1 CD / Albany Records / 1994-01-01

Works: Charles Ives: He is there!; Eyes so Dark; The Cage; My Native Land (II), song for voice & piano, S. 304 (K. 6B38c); The Children's Hour; Old Home Day, song for voice & piano (& optional fife, violin ...
Performers: Blier, Steven; Bush, Phillip; Hart, Mary Ann [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hecht, Gerard; Helmrich, Dennis; Ohrenstein, Dora; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Scott, Les; Sharp, William [Baritone Vocal]; Sperry, Paul [Ten...

The Complete Songs of Charles Ives Vol 1

1 CD / Albany Records / 1992-12-01

Works: Charles Ives: Slow March; There is a certain garden, song for voice & piano, S. 369 (K. 6B17); In Autumn; Friendship; A Song--For Anything, song for voice & piano, S. 355 (K. 6B14); Canon; Rock of Ag...
Performers: Blier, Steven; Bush, Phillip; Hart, Mary Ann [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Helmrich, Dennis; Kokoris, Eva; Ohrenstein, Dora; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Seigel, Jerrold; Sharp, William [Baritone Vocal]; Sperry, Paul ...