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Thrum - Music for Guitar Quartet by Daniel Roumain, David Thomas, Van Stiefel & Gao Hong / Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

1 CD / Innova / 2013-03-26

Works: Daniel Bernard Roumain: Ghetto Strings, for 4 guitars; David Evan Thomas: Thrum, for 4 guitars; Van Stiefel: Cinema Castaneda, for 4 guitars; Gao Hong: Guangxi Impression, for pipa & 4 guitars
Performers: Hong, Gao
Conductors:
Ensemble: Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

Since the release of their debut album, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet have established themselves as master arrangers and interpreters of music from a broad range...continue...
Recording information: Wild Sound, Minneapolis, MN (2011-2012)....continue...

Stanley Kubrick's Mountain Home

1 CD / Innova / 2011-04-26

Works: American Traditional: Old Joe Clark, folk song; Cluck Old Hen, traditional folk melody; Paul Elwood: In the Zone, for banjo; Stanley Kubrick's Mountain Home, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cel...
Performers: Combs, Matthew; Davidson, Ilana; Drury, Stephen; Elwood, Paul; Fen, Min Xiao; Hartford, John; Roberts, Hank
Conductors: Drury, Stephen;
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort

"A number of years ago I dreamed that I was hiking in the mountains above Brevard, North Carolina. I crested the ridge of a valley...continue...

Quiet Forest, Flowing Stream

1 CD / Innova / 2010-08-31

Works: Gao Hong: Butterfly, for pipa; Courage, for pipa & percussion; Quiet Forest, Flowing Stream, for pipa & sitar; Flying Dragon Concerto, for pipa & piano; Celebration, for ensemble; Lin Schicheng: Moth...
Performers: Bhattacharya, Biplab; Endo, Kenny; Hagedorn, Dave; Hong, Gao; Kinney, Michelle; Rajasekar, Nirmala; Rao, Shubhendra; Schad, Joseph; Shicheng, Lin

Antiphony

1 CD / Innova / 2010-03-30

Works: Wang Guowei: Songs, for Huqin & saxophone quartet; Zhou Long: Antiphony for Erhu, Daruan, percussion & saxophone quartet; Lei Liang: Yuan, for 4 saxophones; Chen Yi: Septet for Erhu, pipa, percussion...
Performers: Cassara, Frank; Guowei, Wang; Li, Sun
Conductors:
Ensemble: Prism Quartet (Saxophone Quartet)

Since the Renaissance, 'antiphony' normally refers to performers separated in space, tossing musical phrases back and forth to dramatic effect. Rarely does it connote a...continue...

Earth Music: Ten Years of Meridian Music - Composers in Performance

1 CD / Innova / 2010-02-23

Works: Vinny Giola: Steps; John Bischoff: Quarter Turn; Matthew Sperry: Improvisation; Damon Smith: Lines for Trio, for cello, contrabass & violin; Pauline Oliveros: Pauline's Solo; Ben Goldberg: All Chords...
Performers: Bickley, Tom; Bischoff, John; Braxton, Anthony; Burr, Ellen; Corringham, Viv; Dogan-Corringham, Vivienne; Gelb, Philip; Giola, Vinny; Goldberg, Ben [Clarinet]; Golia, Vinny; Gratkowski, Frank; Hikage...

Since 1998, the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco, CA has run a stimulating series of gallery concerts under the umbrella title of Meridian Music: Composers in Performance. Innova's Earth Music is a c...continue...

Yuanlin Chen: Away from Xuan, Chasing the Sun, etc / Dun, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, et al

1 CD / Innova / 2008-12-23

Works: Yuanlin Chen: Away from Xuan, for orchestra; Wondering Along the Journey, for ensemble; Chasing the Sun, for 4 guitars
Performers: Addario-Berry, Hannah; Guo, Wanpeng; Josheff, Peter; Lu, Xian; Meyers, Eric; Wang, Hong; Zhang, Shenshen; Zhao, Gangqin; Zhao, Yangquin
Conductors: Dun, Tan; Chen, Yuanlin;
Ensemble: ; Minneapolis Guitar Quartet