Amy Williams: Crossings - Richer Textures, BrigidÆs Flame, Falling, Astoria, et al.; JACK Quartet; Jeffrey Jacobs; Amy Williams1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 Conductors:Ensemble: Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo The compositions of Amy Williams have been presented at renowned contemporary music venues in the United States, Australia and Europe. Her works have been performed...continue... ![]() Bottesini's Greatest Hits - Bottesini: Fantasy on Themes from La Sonambula, Reverie, Tarantella, et al.; Paganini: Variation on One String; Mark Morton, double bass2 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 This unique recording features Mark Morton performing the double bass and piano parts of popular works by Bottesini and Paganini on the first disc, while...continue... ![]() David Patterson: Loon's Tail Flashing - Chamber Music / A. Hern Baumgartner and Charles Peltz1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Patterson, DavidEnsemble: New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble Composer David Patterson is on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He was a recipient of a Fulbright Scholars Award and the Chancellor's...continue... ![]() Steven R. Gerber: (Mostly) Solo Piano Music - Three Little Duets, Two Intermezzi, Piano Sonata, et al.; Steven Gerber, piano; Gregory Fulkerson, violin; Jennifer Rinehart, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 Born in 1948, composer/pianist Steven R. Gerber studied at Haverford College and Princeton. His music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles across the United...continue... ![]() Findlay in Blue - Gershwin, Gottschalk, Gould; Findlay Cockrell, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 Pianist Findlay Cockrell has had a long and distinguished career in upstate New York as a soloist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. He served on...continue... ![]() Steven Holochwost (b. 1978): Sounding Surfaces - 5 Etudes, Op. 5; String Trio, Op. 2b; 5 Preludes, Op. 1; Clarinet Trio1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-03-12 Conductors:Ensemble: Argot Trio Steven Holochwost (b. 1978) studied at Yale and Rutgers University, where he was under the tutelage of Charles Wuorinen. He has received awards and citations...continue... ![]() Roger C. Vogel: Things Fall Apart / Odekhirn Amaize, voice & narration; Todd Mueller, percussion; Martha Thomas, piano; Angela Jones-Reus, flute1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-03-12 Things Fall Apart, a work for voice/narration and small ensemble, is based on the landmark novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It tells the story...continue... ![]() David Wolfson: Seventeen Windows for Solo Piano; Sonata for Cello / Jenny Lin, piano; Laura Bontrager, cello1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-03-12 Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard Mr. Wolfson's Seventeen Windows is performed by pianist Jenny Lin... Her command of an extraordinary breadth of...continue... ![]() Karim Al-Zand (b. 1970): Chamber Music / Yung-Hsiang Wang; Tali Morgulis; Brian Connelly, Eric Siu; Michelle Cheramy et al.1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-03-12 Conductors:Ensemble: Enso String Quartet The music of Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand (b. 1970) is wide-ranging - from settings of classical Arabic poetry to scores for dance and pieces for...continue... ![]() Moross: Frankie & Johnny; Biguine; Flute Concerto; A Tall Story for Orchestra / Alexa Still, flute; JoAnn Falletta1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Falletta, JoAnnEnsemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 2013 celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jerome Moross, an American original. Best known for his outstanding motion picture scores, he considered himself...continue... ![]() Jennifer Higdon: Chamber Music - "Dash" for trio; Alto Sax Sonata; Trumpet Songs; Legacy; Piano Trio / Univ. of Wyoming Music Dept. Faculty1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-02-12 Three world premiere recordings highlight this disc of chamber music by the distinguished American composer Jennifer Higdon. Ms. Higdon served as Eminent Artist-in-Residence at the...continue... ![]() Jerome Moross: Symphony No. 1; The Last Judgement; Waltz Variations / JoAnn Falletta, London SO1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-02-12 Conductors: Falletta, JoAnnEnsemble: London Symphony Orchestra Jerome Moross (1913-1983) was in the vanguard of composers who realized that there was a music of America, and for America written by Americans. This...continue... ![]() August Nolck: Salon Music for cello and piano / Beth Vanderborgh, cello; Theresa Bogard, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-02-12 August Nölck was a respected and well-published cello teacher of his day, a director of the Vienna conservatory and a voice from the great German...continue... ![]() Daniel Dorff: Perennials; 3 Romances; 3 Little Waltzes; Andante with Variations; Bach/Dorff: Inventions / Shannon Scott, clarinet; Leonard Garrison, flute; Rajung Yang, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-02-12 This disc of music for flute and clarinet by Daniel Dorff includes his own compositions as well as his arrangements of Bach inventions for the...continue... ![]() Sigmund Romberg: Blossom Time / Justin Berkowitz, Amy Maples, Luke Bahr, Ted Christopher2 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08 Works: Sigmund Romberg: Blossom Time, operettaConductors: Byess, Steven Ensemble: Ohio Light Opera Blossom Time, Sigmund Romberg's delightful 1921 operetta, is based on the music of Franz Schubert and on that composer's touching love life. Blossom Time opened...continue... Recording information: College of Wooster, Ohio (2012)....continue... ![]() Alec Wilder: Music for Horn & Piano / Charles Tibbetts, horn; Heinzel & Cecchini, pianists1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08 Works: Alec Wilder: Sonata for horn & piano no 1; Love Songs (5), for horn & piano (or orchestra); Sonata for horn & piano no 3; John Barrows, for horn & piano; Suite for horn & pianoPerformers: Cecchini, Penelope; Heinzel, Wolfgang; Tibbetts, Charles This recording fulfills a long-time dream of Charles Tibbetts to make the music of Alec Wilder for French horn more widely available. Tibbetts first met...continue... ![]() Bits and Pieces - Works for Solo Clarinet by Donizetti, Osborn, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Mandat, Sutermeister / Sean Osborn, clarinet1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08 Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Study for Clarinet no 1 in B flat major; Sean Osborn: Bits and Pieces, for solo clarinet; Character Pieces, for clarinet; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Olivier Mes...Performers: Osborn, Sean This recording is a short tour of some of the most important works in the development of the clarinet as a stand-alone instrument along with...continue... Recording information: Jack Straw Productions, Seattle (11/2011-07/2012)....continue... ![]() Music by Laura Kaminsky / Ensemble Pi; Cassatt Quartet; Colorado Quartet2 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08 Works: Laura Kaminsky: Vukovar Trio; Cadmium Yellow, for chamber ensemble; Music for Artur, suite in 6 movements, for piano; Duo for cello & piano; Transformations, for string quartet; Triftmusik, for piano...Performers: Meshulam, Idith Conductors: Ensemble: Cassatt Quartet; Colorado Quartet; Ensemble Pi Laura Kaminsky is an astute and voracious listener. For decades, the journeys her ears have taken have benefited audiences in her native New York City...continue... Recording information: Recital Hall of the Purchase College Conservatory of Mu....continue... ![]() Almeda Trio Plays Ferguson: Solstice Suite; Piazzolla: Cuatro Estanciones Portenas; Schoenfield: Café Music / Almeda Trio1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11 Works: Paul Ferguson: Solstice Suite, for ensemble; Astor Piazzolla: Las estaciones porteñas (4); Paul Schoenfield: Café MusicConductors: Ensemble: Almeda Trio (Piano Trio) For its first commercial recording, the Almeda Trio takes the traditional classical music ensemble of piano, violin and cello on a journey through various styles...continue... Recording information: Waetjen Concert Hall, Cleveland State University, Cleve (11/14/2011-11/16/2011)....continue... ![]() Laura Schwendinger: Three Works - Esprimere for cello & Orch.; Chiaroscuro Azzurro for Violin and CO; Waking Dream for Flute & CO / Haimovitz, Macomber, Jennings1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11 Works: Laura Elise Schwendinger: Esprimere, for cello & orchestra; Chiaroscuro Azzurro, for violin & chamber orchestra; Waking Dream, for flute & chamber orchestraPerformers: Haimovitz, Matt; Jennings, Christina; Macomber, Curtis Conductors: Paiement, Nicole A.; Smith, James Ensemble: ; Madison Sinfonietta; University of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Three works for solo instruments and orchestra by Laura Schwendinger are presented in world premiere recordings. Esprimere for cello and orchestra was written in 2007...continue... Recording information: Mills Hall, University of Wisconsin School of Music, Ma (2009-11-12&2009-11-26_2009-)....continue... ![]() George Whitefield Chadwick: Songs / Glenn Siebert, tenor; Peter Kairoff, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11 Works: George Whitefield Chadwick: When stars are in the quiet skies, for voice & piano, L. 7/102 (from "Songs (5) (1910)"); Love's Image, for voice & piano; A Flower Cycle, song cycle for voice & piano, L....Performers: Kairoff, Peter; Siebert, Glenn George Whitefield Chadwick was one of the most significant and influential composers in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although...continue... Recording information: Wake Forest University (2012)....continue... ![]() Latvian Winterfest: Cantatas of the Christmas Season1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11 Works: Eriks Esenvalds: Ziemassvetku vakara (Christmas Eve), cantata for mixed choir, soloists & chamber orchestra; Valts Puce: Christmas Cantata for alto, mixed choir & chamber orchestra; Aldonis Kalnins: ...Conductors: Jansons, Andrejs; Ensemble: Latvian National Opera Chamber Orchestra; New York Ltvian Concert Choic; RLB Chamber Choir "Austrums"; Youth Choi "Basis" Recording information: Riga Recording Studio, Latvia (02/24/2012-02/25/2012)....continue... ![]() Close to Home - music for clarinet & piano: Bernstein: Sonata; Copland: Sonata; Coleman: Sonatine; Reich, Mandat / Michael Rowlett, clarinet; Stacy Rodgers, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11 Works: Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Jeanne Singer: Nocturne for clarinet & piano; Eric Mandat: Rrowzer!, for clarinet & piano; Valerie Coleman: Sonatine for clarinet & piano; Aaron Copl...Performers: Rodgers, Stacy; Rowlett, Michael The program for Close to Home began when clarinetist Michael Rowlett met two composers whose music intrigued him - Valerie Coleman and Eric Mandat. He...continue... Recording information: First Presbyterian Church, Oxford, Mississippi....continue... ![]() Peter Ash: The Golden Ticket, opera (2010) / cast, chorus & orch. of the Atlanta Opera2 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11 Works: Peter Ash: The Golden Ticket, musicalPerformers: Wenzelberg, Benjamin P. [Vocals] Conductors: Ash, Peter Ensemble: Atlanta Opera Chrous The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was commissioned by the American Lyric Theater and Felicity Dahl....continue... Recording information: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, Atlanta, GA (03/2012)....continue... ![]() Remembranza - Piano pieces by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos; Nazareth, Granados, Albeniz / Rosa Antonelli, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11 Works: Astor Piazzolla: La última grela, tango song; El mundo de los dos, tango song; Adiós Nonino, tango; Imperial, tango; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Poema singélo, for piano, A. 434; Valsa da dor,...Performers: Antonelli, Rosa [Piano] Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard One of the highlights for me on this disc is the Valsa Da Dor by Villa-Lobos. It's...continue... Recording information: Nola Studios, New York City, NY....continue... ![]() Emmerich Kálmán: The Carnival Fairy, operetta (1915) / Cast, chorus and orchestra of the Ohio Light Opera2 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11 Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Faschingsfee, operettaConductors: Byess, Steven Ensemble: Ohio Light Opera The Ohio Light Opera performs Emmerich Kálmán's delightful three-act operetta in a new English performance. Written by Kálmán in 1915 and called Miss Susie, producers...continue... Recording information: College of Wooster, Ohio (2012)....continue... ![]() A Musical Celebration: New Works for Clarinet, Viola & Piano / Ewazen, Sokolovski / Trio Con Brio1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-11-13 Works: Elena Sokolovski: Venice Suite, concerto grosso for 3 soloists & 9 instrumentalists; Eric Ewazen: Trio, for clarinet, viola & pianoPerformers: Trio Con Brio Conductors: Ensemble: Trio Con Brio Texas Christian University's Trio Con Brio performs two new works for clarinet, viola and piano. The first, by Russianborn composer Elena Sokolovski has an intriguing...continue... ![]() Adderley & Holliday: Piano Duo Project / works by White, Still, Smith, Adderley1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-11-13 Works: Dolores White: Rock-a-My-Soul, for 2 pianos; Rhythm of the Claves, for 2 pianos; William Grant Still: Summerland, for piano; Kaintuck, poem for piano & orchestra; Scherzo, for orchestra or band (arr....Performers: Adderley, Meisha; Holliday, Stacey Conductors: Ensemble: Adderley & Holliday Piano Duo Meisha Adderley and Stacey Holliday present a program of music for piano duo by black composers. Spanning a time frame of music written in 1935...continue... Recording information: University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Ha (05/2011)....continue... ![]() Lowell Liebermann: Revelry / Grant Llewellyn, BBC Symphony Orchestra1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-11-13 Works: Lowell Liebermann: Concerto for Orchestra; Variations on a theme by Mozart for 2 pianos, Op. 42; Nocturne, for orchestra; Revelry, for orchestraConductors: Llewellyn, Grant Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra It is a mistake to generalize about the music of a composer with an oeuvre as broad as Lowell Liebermann's - and not only because...continue... Recording information: BBC Maida Vale Studios, Studio 1....continue... ![]() East Meets West: Clarinet Music by Chinese Composers / Gao Hong, Mei-Chun Chen, Bright Sheng, Chen Yi, Shih-Hui Chen, et al.1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-11-13 Works: Mei-Chun Chen: Suite Antigua, for clarinet & piano; Bright Sheng: A Tune from Childhood, for solo clarinet; Little Cabbage, duet for 2 clarinets; Gao Hong: Nostalgia, for clarinet, pipa, cello & pian...Performers: Anderegg, Francesca; Baumbauer, Sara; Carter, David; Hong, Gao; McWilliams, Kent; Qian, Jun The intersection of Chinese cultural elements with Western art music provides a rich palette of Eastern colors in this first commercial recording of music for...continue... Recording information: Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio "M" MPR, St. Paul, MN (01/2012-06/2012)....continue... ![]() Man-Ching Donald Yu: Surrealistic Soundscapes1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-11-13 Works: Man-Ching Donald Yu: Symphony no 1; From the Depth, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Octet for strings; Sunset in My Homeland, for clarinet, violin & piano; The Maximum Speed of Raphael's Madonna, for ...Performers: Ching, Caleb Woo Wing; Chung, Bonnie; Li, Amanda; Yu, Donald; Yu, Edwin Conductors: Chernyak, Serhij; Chan, Jimmy; Ensemble: Equinox Trio; Lugansk Academic Philharmonic; Ukraine String Octet Dr. Man-Ching Donald Yu is a Hong Kong born Chinese composer and pianist. As a prolific and versatile composer, he has composed more than 150...continue... ![]() Bernard Hoffer: "Cosmic" Trio; Five Anecdotes; Concerto di Camera II / Albert Regni, saxophone; Jan Juller-Szeraws, cello1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-10-09 Works: Bernard Hoffer: Cosmic, for violin, cello & piano; Five Anecdotes, for saxophone & string trio; Concerto di camera no 2 for cello & chamber ensemblePerformers: Bobo, Ann; Burleson, Geoffrey; Keyes, Bayla; Kirkley, William; Ling, Teresa; Muller-Szeraws, Jan; Regni, Al; Schulz, Robert; Tapping, Roger Conductors: Pittman, Richard Ensemble: ; Boston Musica Viva Members of the renowned Boston Musica Viva perform three works by Bernard Hoffer, including a work commissioned by them - Concerto di Camera - that...continue... Recording information: Fraser Performance Studio, WGBH, Boston....continue... ![]() Shifting Cells - music for percussion ensemble by Muhly, Cherney, Griffin, Rumbelow / Amy Griffiths, saxophone1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-10-09 Works: Charles Griffin: Fist Through Traffic, for saxophone & percussion ensemble; James M. David: Shifting Cells, for percussion ensemble; The Locomotive Geryon, for saxophone & percussion ensemble; Nico M...Performers: Griffiths, Amy [Saxophone]; Ryan, Jonathan [Organ]; Vaillancourt, Paul Conductors: Vaillancourt, Paul; ; Rumbelow, Robert Ensemble: Columbus State University Percussion Ensemble New works for percussion ensemble written between 1993 and 2009 are performed by the Columbus State University Percussion Ensemble on this recording. Offering a unique...continue... Recording information: Legacy Hall, RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, Colum....continue... ![]() From Afar - Music for guitar by de Falla, Schwantner, Ponce and Britten / Nicholas Goluses, guitar1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-10-09 Works: Manuel de Falla: Homenaje - M. de Falla; Joseph Schwantner: From Afar..., fantasy for guitar; Manuel Ponce: Folias de España, 20 variations and fugue for guitar; Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal afte...Performers: Goluses, Nicholas Nicholas Goluses appears as soloist, chamber music player and with orchestras across North America, South America, Europe, Australia and the Far East to critical acclaim....continue... Recording information: Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, (01/09/2012-01/11/2012)....continue... ![]() Music of Florencio Asenjo "Glimpses" / Bulgarian Philharmonic, Mario Filipov, Kirk Trevor1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-10-09 Works: Florencio Asenjo: A Diptych of Lord Dunsany's Tales, for orchestra; Concerto for orchestra; Glimpses at Borges Universe, impressions (3) for violin & orchestraPerformers: Filipov, Mario Conductors: Trevor, Kirk Ensemble: ; Bulgarian Philharmonia Argentinian-American composer Florencio Asenjo couples two works inspired by books whose authors were attracted to the contrast between the finite and the infinite with a...continue... Recording information: Sofia, Bulgaria (05/15/2012-05/18/2012)....continue... ![]() James Bolle: Late Works / Christopher Gross, Robert Black, Jessi Rosinski, Christina McGann and Elizabeth Weisser1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-10-09 Works: James Bolle: Sea Monsters (2), for cello & bass; Music for flute, strings, & wood blocks; Quartet for Strings no 3 (Whistling in the Dark); Sinfonia no 6Performers: Black, Robert [Bass]; Fulmer, David; Gleason, Nicholas [Percussion]; Gross, Christopher; McGann, Christina [Violin]; Miahky, Stephen; Reeve, Basil; Rosinski, Jessi; Ullery, Ben [Viola]; Weisser, Eliz... Born in Chicago in 1931, composer/conductor James Bolle studied at Harvard, Antioch College and Northwestern. He was instrumental in founding numerous musical organizations, the first...continue... Recording information: Peterborough Town House, Peterborough, NH (07/2010/08/2011)....continue... ![]() The Horn of Eric Ruske: 7 Albums: Just Me & My Horn; Romantic Horn Concerti; Night Poems; The Classic Horn; Mozart Concerti; Virtuoso Music for Horn & Piano; Music by Three7 CD / Albany Records / 2012-09-11 Horn soloist Eric Ruske has established himself as an artist of international acclaim. Named Associate Principal Horn of The Cleveland Orchestra at the age of...continue... ![]() Joel Hoffman: Three Paths; 9 Pieces for Piano / Parry Karp, cello; Christopher Karp, piano; Joel Hoffman, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-09-11 Works: Joel Hoffman: Three Paths, for cello & piano; Pieces (9) for piano; ...the first time and the last, for 10 cellosPerformers: Hoffman, Joel; Karp, Christopher; Karp, Parry Conductors: Ensemble: Decacelli Composer Joel Hoffman writes that this collection of his chamber music is named Three Paths because each of the three works follows a distinctly unique...continue... ![]() American Breeze - Music for wind quintet by Stucky, Brandon, Adolphe, Beach, Higdon, Maslanka / Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-09-11 Works: Steven Stucky: Serenade for wind quintet; Jenni Brandon: Five Frogs, for woodwind quintet; Bruce Adolphe: Night Journey, for wind quintet; Amy Beach: Pastorale for woodwind quintet, Op. 151; Jennifer...Conductors: Ensemble: Musical Art Quintet The Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet is the resident faculty wind quintet at Ball State University. They were awarded an American Masterpieces grant from the National...continue... Recording information: Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, (2011-05-16_2011-05-19&2011-)....continue... ![]() Stockhausen: Zeitmasze; Schoenberg: Wind Quintet, Op. 26 / Phoenix Ensemble1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-09-11 Works: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zeitmasze, for 5 winds; Arnold Schoenberg: Quintet for winds, Op. 26Performers: Lieb, Mark Conductors: Ensemble: Phoenix Ensemble [New York] (New York) The Phoenix Ensemble is a New York City based, mixed-instrument chamber music group, consisting of a full complement of winds, brass, strings, and percussion. The...continue... Recording information: Dreamflower Studios, Bronxville, NY....continue... ![]() George Walker: Great American Concert Music / Alison Buchanan, soprano; George Walker, piano; Gregory Walker, violin; Robert Pollock, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-09-11 Works: George Walker: Sonata for Piano no 3; Music for Three, for violin, cello & piano; The Bereaved Maid, for voice & piano; Hey Nonny No, for voice & piano; Sweet Let Me Go, for voice & piano; So We'll G...Performers: Bates, Leon; Buchanan, Alison; Pollock, Robert; Walker, George; Walker, Gregory Conductors: Ensemble: Ritz Chamber Trio This recording continues the series on Albany Records of the music of the distinguished composer George Walker, who celebrated his 90th birthday June 27. Walker...continue... ![]() John Eaton: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Pocket Opera Players, Karl Kramer-Johansen, conductor [DVD]1 DVD Video / Albany Records / 2012-08-14 The opera, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is based entirely on the very ironic, humorous short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The libretto was...continue... ![]() Brian Fennelly: The Other Side of Time; Corollary III; Tropes & Echoes; Fantasia Concertante et al. / Jean Kopperud, clarinet1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-08-14 Works: Brian Fennelly: Sigol, for string orchestra; Fantasia Concertante, for violin, cello & orchestra; Tropes and Echoes, solo clarinet, woodwinds, violin, viola, cello, piano & percussion; Corollary no 3...Performers: Gekker, Chris; Kopperud, Jean; Sloan, Rita Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric; Dzubay, David; Karchin, Louis; Peltz, Charles Ensemble: Duo Parnas; Indiana University New Music Ensemble; Moravian Philharmonic; New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble; Washington Square Ensemble The five varied compositions presented on this CD provide a concise portrait of Brian Fennelly's compositional practice. They are arranged to begin with string orchestra,...continue... ![]() Allan Blank: Song Cycles with Double Bass & Piano / Catharine Thieme, mezzo-soprano; Jennifer Miller, soprano; Andrew Kohn, double bass; Robert Thieme, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-08-14 Works: Allan Blank: Poems from the Holocaust, for voice, double bass & piano; Introduction, Five Poems, Interludes & Conclusion, for voice, double bass & pianoPerformers: Frankenberry, Rob; Kohn, Andrew; Miller, Jennifer; Thieme, Catharine; Thieme, Robert Composer Allan Blank has written two song cycles for voice and piano with double bass, both of which are given world premiere recordings on this...continue... ![]() Charles Bestor: The Sound of Time - a study in the electronic manipulaton of language / Eric Berlin, trumpet1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-08-14 Works: Charles Bestor: Cycles, for electronics; Concerto Piccolo, for trumpet & electronics; Pathways from the Dream Spell series, for electronics; Into the Labyrinth, for electronics; Time and the River's ...Performers: Berlin, Eric; Bestor, Charles The Sound of Time, a study in the electronic manipulation of language, consists of the artistic genre often referred to as installation art. All but...continue... Recording information: Electronic and Computer Music Studios, Department of Mu....continue... ![]() Animal Songs - Bestiaries in English, French and German / Stephen Swanson, baritone; David Gompper, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-08-14 Works: Maurice Ravel: Histoires naturelles; Max Reger: Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76; Donald Swann: The Warthog (The hog beneath the skin); The Armadillo; The Spider; The Sloth; The Wild Boar; David Gompper: The...Performers: Gompper, David Karl; Swann, Donald; Swanson, Stephen Baritone Stephen Swanson and pianist/composer David Gompper perform a program of songs about animals, including the world premiere recording of The Animals by David Gompper,...continue... Recording information: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)....continue... ![]() This Is The World - works by Maslanka, Larsen, Lutoslawski / CanAm Piano Duo, David Steffens, percussion1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-08-14 Karen Beres and Christopher Hahn, members of the CanAm Piano Duo, have been presenting innovative programs of duet and two-piano repertoire since 2002. They received...continue... ![]() David Maslanka: Symphony No. 9 / Illinois State University Wind Symphony
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