Alessi, Joseph [Trombone] > Contemporary Period

Diversions: Music for Trombones / Joseph Alessi

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-12-13

Works: Fisher Tull: Diversion, for 6 trombones; Simon Wills: Sonata for trombone quartet; Jacques Castérède: Prélude & Dance, for 3 trombones, tuba, piano & percussion; Eric Ewazen: Danza del...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Ellefson, Peter; Meehan, Todd; Puccinelli, Elvia; Tull, Tim
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stentorian Consort

The Stentorian Consort (David Begnoche, Barney McCollum, Brent Phillips and Jonathan Whitaker) offers a program of works for trombone that includes five world premiere recordings....continue...
Recording information: Jones Concert Hall, Baylor University....continue...

Music of Melinda Wagner / Joseph Alessi, trombone; Christine Brandes, soprano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-08-09

Works: Melinda Wagner: Concerto for trombone & orchestra; Settings (4), for ensemble; Wick, for ensemble
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Brandes, Christine; Gilbert, Laura; Gosling, Stephen; Kaye, Alan; Macomber, Curtis; O'Neill, Richard; Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Lemon, J. Karla; Milarsky, Jeffrey
Ensemble: ; New York New Music Ensemble; New York Philharmonic

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner has composed a highly regarded catalog of chamber and orchestral music. Critic Tim Page writes: "Melinda Wagner's work suggests what...continue...
Recording information: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center For The Performing Ar (02/22/2007-02/24/2007); Theater C, SUNY College at Purchase, Purchase, NY (02/22/2007-02/24/2007); Avery Fisher Hall, Li...continue...

Earth Games: 2012

1 CD / Summit Records / 2010-02-09

Works: Nicola Ferro: Earth Games 2012, Suite no 1; Earth Games 2012, Suite no 2; Earth Games 2012, Suite no 3; Earth Games 2012, Suite no 4
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Belda, Alexandre Cerda'; Ciuccio, Pietro; De Paola, Pasquale; Ferro, Nicola; Tofanelli, Andrea

The year of the culmination of the grand cycle of evolution (2012). Powerful conceptual CD featuring Joseph Alessi and Andrea Tofanelli! From Italy's super trombonist,...continue...
Personnel: Nicola Ferro (trombone, keyboards, vocoder, sampler); Andrea Tofanelli (trumpet); Joseph Alessi (trombone); Justin B. Clark (bass trombone); Alexandre Cerda' Belda (tuba); Domenico Andria ...continue...

Philip Smith, Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Bruce Broughton: Concert Piece for 8 trumpets; Joseph Turrin: Intrada for Trumpet and Piano; Festival Fanfare, for 8 trumpets; Portraits (2), fo Flügelhorn, trumpet (or cornet) & piano; George E...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Carlo, Ken De; Deck, Warren; Derasse, Dominique; Jaudes, Christian; Mills, Frederic [Trumpet]; Myers, Philip; Penzarella, Vincent; Smith, Philip [Trumpet]; Soloff, Lew; Sul...
Conductors: Turrin, Joseph
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Visions - Appermont, etc: Works with Trombone / Alessi

1 CD / Summit Records / 2008-01-08

Works: Bert Appermont: Colors, for trombone & wind ensemble; Christopher Theofanidis: I wander the world in a dream of my own making, for wind ensemble; J. M. David: Bright Window, for trombone & wind ensem...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]
Conductors: Rumbelow, Robert
Ensemble: Columbus State University Wind Ensemble

New wind music (three commissioned for this project and artist) brilliantly performed by the acclaimed Columbus University Wind Ensemble featuring the internationally renowned Principal Trombone...continue...

Return to Sorrento - Italian Songs arranged for Trombone

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-03-27

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Eduardo di Capua: Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Paolo Tosti: A Marechiare; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&e...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Allen, Barbara; Jones, Warren
Conductors: ; Allen, Virginia; Pilafian, Sam [Tuba]
Ensemble: Alessi Street Band; Joe's Jersey Jazz Jesters Big Band; Juilliard School Trombone Choir

"Most of the pieces on this disc are arrangements of Italian opera arias, rendered in Alessi's beautiful legato tone. The accompaniments are nicely varied, ranging...continue...

Charles Wourinen Series - Genesis

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-08-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Genesis, oratorio for chorus & orchestra; Ave Christe of Josquin; A Solis Ortu; Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Chaney, Harold; Macomber, Curtis; Pugh, Jim [Trombone]; Taylor, David; Wuorinen, Charles
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Wuorinen, Charles
Ensemble: ; New York Virtuoso Singers

Hora Decima - Brass Ensemble

1 CD / Summit Records / 2004-01-04

Works: Lawrence Widdoes: Concertino for Brass Choir; Wallingford Riegger: Nonet for brass, Op 49; Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust; Alfred Reed: Symphony for Brass & Percussion; Janko Nilovic: Double concerto for...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Kainuma, Morris; Kelley, R.J.; Markey, James; Schneck, David

Founded 13 years ago by David Chamberlain, Hora Decima is the only large professional brass ensemble in New York City that plays together on a...continue...

Trombonastics - Bizet, Brahms, et al / Alessi, Fujiwara

1 CD / Summit Records / 2002-04-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Tommy Pederson: Cogent Caprice, concerto for tenor trombone, solo trombone & 6 trombones (4 tenors & 2 basses); Stjepan Sulek: Sonata for trombone & piano ("Vox Gabriel...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Allen, Barbara
Conductors: Allen, Virginia
Ensemble: Juilliard Alumni Trombone Choir

Bass Hits - Ewazen: Concert Pieces for Bass Trombone

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-12-01

Works: Eric Ewazen: Concertino, for bass trombone & trombone choir; Ballade for bass trombone, harp & string orchestra; Concerto for bass trombone & orchestra (or piano); Rhapsody for bass trombone & string...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Bollinger, Blair; Cortese, Glen; Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Dodson, Glenn; Gaiswinkler, Otmar; Hainzl, Erik; Kublbock, Dietmar; Lawrence, Mark; Polivnick, Paul; ...
Conductors: Cortese, Glen; ; Polivnick, Paul
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Sejong Soloists

Personnel: Mark Lawrence, Glenn Dodson, Joseph Alessi (trombone); Charles Vernon, David Earl Taylor, Stephan Sanders, John Rojack (bass trombone).

Recording information: Academy of Arts and Le...continue...

Fandango - Turrin, Goldstein, et al / Alessi, Smith, et al

1 CD / Summit Records / 2000-10-17

Works: William Goldstein: Colloquy, for trombone & wind ensemble; Joseph Turrin: Chronicles, for trumpet & wind ensemble; Fandango, for trumpet, trombone & wind ensemble; Derek Bourgeois: Concerto for tromb...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Smith, Philip [Trumpet]
Conductors: Rombach-Kendall, Eric

"Solo recordings by...trumpeter Philip Smith...and trombonist Joseph Alessi...are among the best ever made for their instruments, and this fits right in. Both players have exemplary...continue...