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Lydia Kakabadse: Phantom Listeners; Arabian Rhapsody Suite; The Mermaid

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-05-31

Works: Lydia Kakabadse: The Mermaid, for voice, narrator, piano & strings; Russian Tableaux, quartet for violin, viola, cello & double bass; The Song of the Shirt, for voice & piano; Arabian Rhapsody Suite,...
Performers: Amherst, Timothy; Bradley, Sarah-Jane; Brain-Gabbott, Emma; Bundy, Michael; Dale, Caroline; Easton, Madeleine; Fullbrook, Ben; Griffiths, Benjamin; McCaldin, Clare; Shipway, Nigel; Vukotic, Bozidar; ...
Conductors: Vass, George

British composer Lydia Kakabadse has a number of musical theatre, vocal, choral and chamber works to her credit. The Arabian Rhapsody Suite for string quartet...continue...
Recording information: St. Michael's Church, Highgate, London (2010-02-05&2010-02-15_2010-)....continue...

Strange Humors / Music for Winds

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: John Mackey: Strange Humors; Michael Daugherty: Raise the Roof; Brooklyn Bridge, for band; James Syler: The Hound of Heaven, for wind ensemble
Performers: Hurd, Maureen [Clarinet]; Quinlan, Todd
Conductors: Berz, William

The Rutgers Wind Ensemble here presents four engaging works rich with cross-cultural allusions by leading American composers. John Mackey’s aptly named Strange Humors merges African...continue...
Recording information: Nicholas Music Center, Rutgers, The State University of....continue...

American Classics - Daugherty: Fire & Blood, Raise the Roof, etc / Ida Kavafian, Neeme Järvi, Detroit SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-08-25

Works: Michael Daugherty: Fire and Blood, for violin & orchestra; MotorCity Triptych, for orchestra; Raise the Roof
Performers: Becker, Michael; Hawes, Randall; Jones, Brian; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Parcells, Ramon; Thompkins, Kenneth
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This recording celebrates three exciting works commissioned and premiered by the Detroit Symphony Orch. during Michael Daugherty's four years as composer in residence . Inspired...continue...

Nielsen: Symphony no 4 & 5 / Michael Schonwandt, Danish NSO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 4, Op. 29 "Inextinguishable"; Symphony no 5, Op. 50
Performers: Mathiesen, Rene; Nybye, Tom; Schioler, Christian Utke; Thomsen, Niels
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael
Ensemble: Danish National Symphony Orchestra

The most important Danish composer of the first third of the twentieth century, Carl Nielsen was prolific in almost all genres. The six 'Symphonies' are...continue...

Class of '38 - Corigliano, Coates, Rzewski, Serebrier, etc / Slatkin, Nashville SO, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Gloria Coates: Symphony no 15; John Corigliano: A Black November Turkey; José Serebrier: Fantasia for strings; Frederic Rzewski: Four North American Ballads; John Harbison: Trio for Piano and ...
Performers: Andrea Moore [Score Preparation/Timpani]; Fischer, Norman; Kierman, Jeanne; Raat, Ralph van; Rothenberg, Sarah
Conductors: Boder, Michael; Serebrier, José;
Ensemble: ; Amelia Piano Trio; Camera of Houston; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

The eight composers on this compilation, all of them born in 1938, adhere to no single trend or movement, yet each is united by an...continue...

American Classics - William Bolcom: Complete Works for Cello

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: William Bolcom: Capriccio for cello & piano; Suite for Cello no 1 in C minor; Décalage, for cello & piano; Dark Music for cello & timpani; Sonata for Cello and Piano
Performers: Andrea Moore [Score Preparation/Timpani]; Fischer, Norman; Kierman, Jeanne

"Ranging in date from 1961's Decalage to the Suite No. 1 in C minor for Solo Violoncello, listeners are treated to a wide swath of...continue...

Stravinsky: Histoire du soldat (Suite), etc / Craft, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon; L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments; Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Pour Pablo P...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Blount, William; Bowlin, David; Ciesinski, Catherine; Dean, Chris; Druckman, Daniel; Evitts, David; Feeney, John; Frautschi, Jennifer; Gekker, Christopher; Gottlieb, Gordon;...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members; Philharmonia Orchestra; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

This is a unique collection of mostly short works that Stravinsky re-worked in different arrangements to suit the occasion. Pastorale, transcribed here for a quartet...continue...

American Classics - Barber: Choral Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Samuel Barber: A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, for male chorus & 3 tympani, Op. 15; Vanessa, Op. 32; Twelfth Night, for 4 voices. Op. 42/1; To Be Sung on the Water, for 4 voices, Op. 42/2; Hermit So...
Performers: Dickson, Ben; Kayser, Deborah; McDonald, Grantley; Vorster, Len
Conductors: Lawrence, Douglas
Ensemble: Ormond College Choir

"It's nice to have a Samuel Barber choral anthology, because he wrote exceptionally well for the voice, and everything here deserves to be heard. Naxos...continue...

Meynaud: Chamber Music / Grau, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: Michel Meynaud: Sonatine for treble recorder & piano; Sonatine for double bass; ¡Viva Emiliano!, for tenor recorder & timpani; Chaconne, for violin; Les points d'orgue de la Saint-Jean, for flut...
Performers: Dennaud, Cecile; Grau, Joseph; Hartmann, Pierre; Jubin, Jean-Jacques; Mones, Olivier de; Repecaud, Beatrice

Maynaud combines avant-garde techniques with traditional methods of composition to produce a kind of rhetorical drama, with a political edge. This approach is well illustrated...continue...

American Classics - Gloria Coates: Symphonies 1, 7 and 14

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Gloria Coates: Symphony no 14; Symphony no 1 "Music on Open Strings"; Symphony no 7 ("Dedicated to those who brought down the Wall in PEACE")
Performers: Curfs, Raymond
Conductors: Poppen, Christoph; Rotter, Jorge; Henzold, Olaf
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Chamber Orchestra; Siegerland Orchestra

Despite her brave new sound world, Gloria Coates is something of a classicist among modern composers. Having now written fourteen symphonies, three of which are...continue...

Virtuoso Timpani Concertos / Alexander Peter, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-07-19

Works: Georg Druschetzky: Concerto for 6 Timpani & Orchestra; Concerto for oboe, 8 timpani & orchestra; Partita for 6 Timpani and orchestra in C; André Philidor / Jacques Philidor: Marche á 4 Timb...
Performers: Peter, Alexander
Conductors: Peter, Alexander
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

It was not unusual for virtuoso timpanists of the 18th century to perform on up to 16 drums, of the style used for this recording....continue...

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, etc / Bedford, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Nocturne, Op. 60; Phaedra, Op. 93
Performers: Fearon, Alan; Francomb, Peter; Haslam, David; Langridge, Philip; Lloyd, Frank [horn]; Murray, Ann; Plane, Robert; Reay, Stephen; Rhys, Christina
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia

This second volume of Britten orchestral songs features his two arguably best-known works in the genre, together with a major vocal work from the very...continue...

Handel: The Messiah / The Scholars Baroque Ensemble

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1992-10-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Amps, Kym; Atherton, Diane; Banda, Pál; Bicknell, Susan; Blackadder, David; Bowen, John; Charlston, Terence; Coxwell, Janet; Davidson, Angus; Doveton, Robin; Gibbs, Charles; Gould, David; Howa...
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Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble