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Meanwhile - works by Mazzoli, Hurel, Etezady, Hartke, Glass, Ades, Etezady / Eighth Blackbird

1 CD / Cedille / 2012-09-25

Works: Missy Mazzoli: Still Life with Avalanche, for ensemble; Philippe Hurel: ...à mesure, for ensemble; Roshanne Etezady: Damaged Goods; Damaged goods; Stephen Hartke: Meanwhile, incidental music t...
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Ensemble: eighth blackbird

Remarkable new-music ensemble eighth blackbird has won Grammy awards for its last two albums on Cedille Records - and now the group returns with meanwhile,...continue...
Recording information: Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music, Joy Faith Music C....continue...

Steven Mackey: Lonely Motel; Music from Slide / Steven Mackey & Rinde Eckert

1 CD / Cedille / 2011-09-27

Performers: Blackbird, Eighth
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Ensemble: Eighth Blackbird

Lonely Motel is the world premiere recording of songs from the startlingly innovative music and theater work Slide, written for new-music sextet eighth blackbird, an...continue...

Strange Imaginary Animals / Eighth Blackbird

1 CD / Cedille / 2006-01-01

Works: Jennifer Higdon: Zaka; Gordon Fitzell: Violence, for chamber ensemble; Evanescence, for chamber ensemble; Steven Mackey: Indigenous Instruments, for ensemble; David M. Gordon: Friction Systems, for c...
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Ensemble: eighth blackbird

"The six performers that comprise Eighth Blackbird play with such breathtaking virtuosity that it's very tempting to sit back and simply gasp in admiration. This...continue...

Fred - Rzewski: Pocket Symphony, etc / Eighth Blackbird

1 CD / Cedille / 2005-01-01

Works: Frederic Rzewski: Pocket Symphony, for ensemble; Les Moutons de Panurge, for any number of instruments; Coming Together for speaker, bass instruments & ensemble
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Ensemble: eighth blackbird

"The six-person ensemble, Eighth Blackbird [sic], masterfully realizes three of Frederic Rzewski’s works. Rzewski (b. 1938) is a highly inventive composer who, typical of this...continue...

Serenely Cedille - Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, etc

1 CD / Cedille / 2005-01-01

Works: George Walker: Lyric for strings; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Johannes Brahms: Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Lita Grier: Renascence, ...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Paperno, Dmitry; Salvatore, Ramon; Schrader, David; Stolper, Mary
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; ; Kalmar, Carlos; Hege, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Chamber Musicians; eighth blackbird; His Majestie's Clerkes

Say adios to the same old adagios you typically find on serenity-themed CDs of contemplative classical music. This new disc of calming classics drawn from...continue...

Thirteen Ways / Eighth Blackbird

1 CD / Cedille / 2003-01-01

Works: Joan Tower: Petroushkates for flute, violin, clarinet, cello & piano; George Perle: Critical Moments 2, for ensemble; David Schober: Variations for ensemble; Thomas Albert: Thirteen Ways, for ensemble
Performers: Albert, Matt; Barth, Molly Alicia; Blackbird, Eighth; Duvall, Matthew; Kaplan, Lisa; Maccaferri, Michael J.; Photinos, Nicholas
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Ensemble: eighth blackbird

"Whether for reasons of economy or aesthetics, the chamber ensemble is the primary vehicle for contemporary classical music – witness the plethora of groups currently...continue...
Personnel: Nicholas Photinos (cello); Michael J. Maccaferri (clarinet); Lisa Kaplan (piano); Matthew Duvall (percussion).

Recording information: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL (07/13/2...continue...