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Amy Williams: Crossings - Richer Textures, BrigidÆs Flame, Falling, Astoria, et al.; JACK Quartet; Jeffrey Jacobs; Amy Williams

1 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 bass

2 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 Peltz

1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Patterson, David
Ensemble: 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, piano

1 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, piano

1 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 Trio

1 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, flute

1 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, cello

1 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 Falletta

1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-03-12

Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: 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...

August Nolck: Salon Music for cello and piano / Beth Vanderborgh, cello; Theresa Bogard, piano

1 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...

Jerome Moross: Symphony No. 1; The Last Judgement; Waltz Variations / JoAnn Falletta, London SO

1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-02-12

Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: 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...

Daniel Dorff: Perennials; 3 Romances; 3 Little Waltzes; Andante with Variations; Bach/Dorff: Inventions / Shannon Scott, clarinet; Leonard Garrison, flute; Rajung Yang, piano

1 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...

Jennifer Higdon: Chamber Music - "Dash" for trio; Alto Sax Sonata; Trumpet Songs; Legacy; Piano Trio / Univ. of Wyoming Music Dept. Faculty

1 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...

Music by Laura Kaminsky / Ensemble Pi; Cassatt Quartet; Colorado Quartet

2 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...

Bits and Pieces - Works for Solo Clarinet by Donizetti, Osborn, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Mandat, Sutermeister / Sean Osborn, clarinet

1 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...

Alec Wilder: Music for Horn & Piano / Charles Tibbetts, horn; Heinzel & Cecchini, pianists

1 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 & piano
Performers: 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...

Sigmund Romberg: Blossom Time / Justin Berkowitz, Amy Maples, Luke Bahr, Ted Christopher

2 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Sigmund Romberg: Blossom Time, operetta
Conductors: 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...

Laura Schwendinger: Three Works - Esprimere for cello & Orch.; Chiaroscuro Azzurro for Violin and CO; Waking Dream for Flute & CO / Haimovitz, Macomber, Jennings

1 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 orchestra
Performers: 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, piano

1 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 Season

1 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...

Peter Ash: The Golden Ticket, opera (2010) / cast, chorus & orch. of the Atlanta Opera

2 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Peter Ash: The Golden Ticket, musical
Performers: 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, piano

1 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...

Close to Home - music for clarinet & piano: Bernstein: Sonata; Copland: Sonata; Coleman: Sonatine; Reich, Mandat / Michael Rowlett, clarinet; Stacy Rodgers, piano

1 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...

Emmerich Kálmán: The Carnival Fairy, operetta (1915) / Cast, chorus and orchestra of the Ohio Light Opera

2 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Faschingsfee, operetta
Conductors: 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...

Almeda Trio Plays Ferguson: Solstice Suite; Piazzolla: Cuatro Estanciones Portenas; Schoenfield: Café Music / Almeda Trio

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Paul Ferguson: Solstice Suite, for ensemble; Astor Piazzolla: Las estaciones porteñas (4); Paul Schoenfield: Café Music
Conductors:
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...