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Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, Op. 50; Variazioni; Pastorale, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35

1 CD / Smekkleysa / 2013-04-09

Works: Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, for flute, clarinet, basson, viola & cello, Op. 50; Variations on a Theme by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35
Performers: Arni Askelsson; Bjarni Benedikt Björnsson; Bragi Berg_órsson; Egill Arni Pálsson; Einar Jörundsson; Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson; Gudmundur Arnlaugsson; Hafsteinn _&oacut...
Conductors: Wilkinson, Bernhardur
Ensemble: Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra

Chamber music was never the main focus of Jón Leif ' s compositional activity. The ideal venue for his often rough and primitive music was...continue...

David T. Little: Soldier Songs / David Adam Moore; Newspeak; Todd Reynolds

1 CD / Innova / 2013-02-26

Works: David T. Little: Soldier Songs, opera
Performers: Kathman, Kelli; Lee, Andrew McKenna; Moore, David Adam; Reynolds, Todd [Violin]
Conductors: Reynolds, Todd [Violin]
Ensemble: Newspeak

Based on interviews with veterans of five wars conducted by the composer, Soldier Songs traces the path of the soldier through three phases of life...continue...
Recording information: Avatar Studios, NYC; Flux Studios, NYC....continue...

Maxwell Davis: Piccolo Concerto; Trumpet Concerto; Maxwell's Reel; Five Klee Pictures / Stewart McIlwham, piccolo; John Wallace, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Peter Maxwell Davies: Piccolo Concerto, J. 285; Concerto for Trumpet, for trumpet & orchestra, J. 219; Maxwell's Reel, with Northern Lights, for orchestra, J. 294; Klee Pictures (5), for school orche...
Performers: McIlwham, Stewart; Wallace, John [Trumpet]
Conductors: Maxwell Davies, Peter
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

A wide cross-section of Maxwell Davies's work is represented on this programme, part of the ongoing Naxos reissues of recordings fist released by Collins Classics....continue...

Erling Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil / Ken Berry Rachel Wylie, Tod Brody, Melissa Vainio, Fred Morgan and Marja Mutru

1 CD / Minmax / 2013-02-26

Works: Erling Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, chamber opera
Performers: Amat, Laurie; Berry, Ken; Brody, Tod; Cave, Jim; Gwinn, Deborah; Hugh Livingston [Composer/Cello]; Josheff, Peter; Morgan, Fred; Mutru, Marja; Rose, Ellen; Vainio, Melissa; Wylie, Rachael
Conductors: McClure, Deirdre

The Concertos of David Finko / Marcantonio Barone, piano; Mimi Stillman, piccolo; Mikhail Tsinman, violin

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-02-08

Works: David Finko: Concerto for Viola; Concerto for Piano ("Moses"); Concerto for Violin; Piccolo Concerto
Performers: Barone, Marcantonio; Stillman, Mimi; Strauss, Michael [Viola]; Tsinman, Mikhael
Conductors: Freeman, James
Ensemble: ; Orchestra 2001

Recording information: Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Penn....continue...

Intrinsic Versatility - Music by Debussy, Mower, Hindemith, Stravinsky et al. / Miles Osland, piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor & baritone saxophone

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Clare Fischer: Rhapsody Nova, for wind ensemble; Claude Debussy: Syrinx; Mike Mower: Collaboraçâo, for saxophone, trumpet & piano; Conglomerate, for saxophone, trumpet & piano; Paul Hindemi...
Performers: Dailey, Raleigh; DiMartino, Vince; Osland, Miles
Conductors: Dalley, Raleigh; DiMartino, Vince;
Ensemble: University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble

Miles Osland stands out front by virtue of his versatility and flexibility. Featured as a soloist on this CD, Osland performs on piccolo, flute, alto...continue...

Dan Visconti: Lonesome Roads / Horszowski Trio

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-12-11

Works: Dan Visconti: Black Bend, for string quartet; Lawless Airs, for violin & harp; Ramble and Groove, for bassoon; Hard-Knock Stomp, for viola; Drift of Rainbows, for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass...
Performers: Afkham, Micha; Bader, Alexander; Brandl, Wolfram; Duven, Richard; Jezierski, Stefan de Leval; Langlamet, Marie-Pierre; Lenton, Rebecca; Schlichte, Jan; Stockhausen, Majella; Streuli, Christoph; Weidm...
Conductors: ; Hasel, Michael
Ensemble: ; Horszowski Trio; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The opening track, Black Bend for string quintet, starts with what sounds like distant train whistles...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (05/13/2009-05/19/2009); Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY College at Purc (05/13/2009-05/19/2009); Kammermusiksaal, Philhar...continue...

Pastoral - works by Tomasi; Ibert; Milhaud; Auric; Poulenc; Roussel; Martelli; Ferroud; Honegger et al / Jean-Louis Beaumadier & Friends

1 CD / Skarbo / 2012-11-13

Works: Henri Tomasi: Le Tombeau de Mireille, for galoubet (fife) (or oboe) & tamborine; Le petit chevrier corse; Jacques Ibert: Pastoral, for 4 pipes; Darius Milhaud: Exercice musical, for pipe (or flute) &...
Performers: Beaumadier, Jean-Louis; Bride, Philip; Callier, Yannick; Daoues, Stella; Desmond, Yves; Gabriel, Andre; Imbert, Cedric; Marzullo, Claire; Raynaut, Jacques

"The title of this lovely collection describes the character of the pieces heard on this new CD performed by Jean-Louis Beaumadier and friends. The friends...continue...
Recording information: La Grange, Studio Alys (2010)....continue...

Andrew May: Imaginary Friends, Music for Instruments and Computer

1 CD / Ravello / 2012-10-30

Works: Andrew May: Shimmer, for piano; Chant Songe, for clarinet & computers; Retake, for flute & computer; Ripped-Up Maps, for electric violin & computers; The Twittering Machine, for flute & computers; Wa...
Performers: Brizgys, Deanna [Clarinet]; Eckert, Erika; Errante, F. Gerard; Glyde, Judith; May, Andrew; McNutt, Elizabeth; Reed, Brett; Sanches, Marcelo; Tipton, Megan [Viola]; Wettstein, Shannon; Yoder, Rachel
Conductors: May, Andrew

The works of May nearly defy classification, seamlessly blending the personal expressiveness of traditional classical performance with the alien landscape of ambient computer music. In...continue...

Mathew Rosenblum: Circadian Rhythms - Yonah's Dream; Two Harmonies; Under the Rainbow / Calmus Ensemble

1 CD / New World / 2012-09-11

Works: Mathew Rosenblum: Yonah's Dream, for flute & microtonal instruments; Circadian Rhythms, for cello, percussion & piano; Harmonies (2), for viola, piano & percussion; Under the Rainbow, for flute/bass ...
Performers: Feeney, Timothy; Goodman, Lindsey; Richman, Wendy; Yoo, Shirley
Conductors: Drummond, Dean;
Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble; Deoro; Newband; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

Mathew Rosenblum's music is a synthesis of diverse musical elements derived from classical, jazz, rock, and world music traditions, exploring how seemingly independent musical voices...continue...

Winds & Strings - chamber works by Spohr, Ibert, Janacek, Widmann / Leleux, Manz, Neunecker, Jensen, Arp Psoch, Donderer

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Louis Spohr: Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, Op. 31; Jacques Ibert: Interludes (2) suivi de Carillion, for flute, violin & harpsichord (or harp) (from "Le Burla...
Performers: Arp, Julian; Batiashvili, Elisabeth; Bouskova, Jana; Brill, Shirley; Donderer, Florian; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Jensen, Dag; Leleux, Francois; Lieberknecht, Andrea; Manz, Sebastian; Neunecker...

A typical evening program from Europe's beloved chamber music festival, recorded live in 2011, features rarely-played jewels of chamber music. Works from various periods in...continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Germany (Wasserkraftwerk, Hydroelectric plant (06/2011)....continue...

John Cage: Music for an Aquatic Ballet; Music for Carillon No. 6 / Jonathan Faralli, percussion; Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: John Cage: Music for an Aquatic Ballet, for flutes, percussion & tape (reconstruction); Dialogues, for bass flute & percussion; 27'10.554", for percussion; Atlas Eclipticalis; Two, for flute & piano;...
Performers: Fabbriciani, Roberto; Faralli, Jonathan

In addition to electrifying performances and exciting repertoire, this fascinating disc offers several world premiere recordings to the Cage canon. Flautist and Cage expert Roberto...continue...
Personnel: Jonathan Faralli (electronics).

Recording information: Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy (2011)....continue...

Flight: Music for Flute & Harp / Bridget Douglas, flute; Carolyn Mills, harp

1 CD / Atoll / 2012-08-14

Works: Toru Takemitsu: Toward the Sea III, for alto flute & harp; Jack Body: Rainforest, for flute & harp; Tan Dun: In Distance, for piccolo, harp & bass drum; Eve de Castro-Robinson: Pearls of the Sea, for...
Performers: Douglas, Bridget; Marinissen, Arnold; Mills, Carolyn

This CD features unique, on-location works from Southeast Asian and New Zealand composers....continue...

The Phoenix - Music by Rotem Luz and Yehezkel Braun / L. Eitan, Flute & Piccolo; U. Shalev, Bassoon; R. Luz, Piano [2 for 1 price]

2 CD / Romeo Records / 2012-07-18

Works: Yehezkel Braun: Sonata for bassoon & piano; Flute Sonata; Songs of Zion (3) for bassoon & piano; Sonata for piccolo & piano ("Sonata piccola"); Tchiri-biri-bom, for 2 bassoons; Sonata for Piano no 2;...
Performers: Eitan, Lior; Luz, Rotem; Moshayev, Dan [Percussion]; Shalev, Uzi

Yehezkel Braun, one of Israel's foremost composers, was born on 1922 in Breslau, Germany and came with his parents to Palestine, then under British mandate,...continue...

Doug Lofstrom: Concertino

1 CD / Origin Classical / 2012-07-17

Works: Doug Lofstrom: Concertino for oboe & orchestra; Concertino for harp & orchestra; The Plumed Serpent, for orchestra
Performers: Boyd, Ralph; Corpolongo, Rich; Dowd, Scott [Viola]; Drozdoff, Nick; Emery, John; Galarden, Bill; Hackl, Marty [Violin]; Ingle, Jennet; Kaucher, Craig; Kennedy, Ed; Miller, Chris [Violin]; Molinari, K...
Conductors: Muspratt, Kirk; Lofstrom, Doug

Andrew Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem / Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano; Joseph Dietrich, tenor

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Andrew Earle Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem, music to Schiller's drama "Don Carlos", for soloists, mixed chorus & instrumental ensemble
Performers: Ament, Anne; Barnet, Lori; Birch, Robert; Bisesi, John; Carson, Mark; Daglar, Fatma; Dewey, Glenn; Dircksen, Eri; Firsow, Karin; Fritz, Ben [Trombone]; Humphreys, Michelle; Kaye, Jane; Kivrak, Osman;...
Conductors: Becker, Gisèle
Ensemble: Maryland State Boychoir

Andrew Earle Simpson's A Crown of Stars is a wedding oratorio celebrating the universality of human love and was commissioned by the Cantate Chamber Singers...continue...

Symphonic Stories

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-03

Works: Eric Goetz: The Dragonriders, for orchestra; Catherine Grealish: Artist & the Muse, for orchestra; Eric Nielsen: Of Sailing Ships & Sea Nymphs, for orchestra; Tim Huling: Demeter & Persephone, for or...
Performers: Bazhanov, Eugene; Bazhanov, Natasha; Bryant, Stephen; Bryant, Sue Jane; Burnett, Rodger; Carrington, John; Chee, Kyung [Violin]; Dilorenzo, Tony; Dyring, Wesley; Emerich, Justin; Farkas, Stefan; Fols...
Conductors: Sabee, David
Ensemble: ; Silk Strings Koto Ensemble (Koto Ensemble)

Recording information: Bastyr University Chapel, Seattle, WA....continue...

Handel: Acis and Galatea / Dawn Kotoski, David Gordon, Glenn Siebert, Jan Opalach - Gerard Schwarz

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Dupree, Jillon Stoppels; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Kriewall, Judy; Morgan, Michael G.; Shapiro, Bernard; Williams, Susan
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale

Acis and Galatea, variously described as a pastoral, a 'little opera' and a masque, is one of Handel's most popular works. It is a delectable...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (03/04/1991-03/05/1991)....continue...

Dreams of Birds - Chamber music with flute by Brandon, Shapiro, Volpe, Montano, Horsley et al. / Jenni Olson, flute

1 CD / Delos / 2012-06-26

Works: Jenni Brandon: The Dreams of Birds, for flute & piano; Alex Shapiro: Intermezzo, for bass flute & harp; Dave Volpe: Riverbed, for alto flute, bassoon & harp; Gwinna, for voice, flute, piccolo, viola,...
Performers: Chung, Sherri; Dickstein, Marcia; Duckles, Andrew; Marks, Lynda Sue; Olson, Jenni; Pezzone, Bryan; Webb, Christian

Chamber repertoire for standard concert flute abounds, but cousins of the flute - like the piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute - are often relegated...continue...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...