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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...

Paul Osterfield: Rocky Streams / H. Stephen Smith, Caleb Harris

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-09-13

Works: Paul Osterfield: Divertimento, for 7 players; Songs of Love, for voice & piano; Klee Abstractions, for flute, clarinet & guitar; Walt Whitman's America, for voice & piano; Rocky Streams, for 6 players
Performers: Aliquo, Don; Arndt, Michael; Arndt, Sandra; Douglass, James; Harris, Caleb; Little, Deanna R.; Loucky, Dave; Pigg, Dewayne; Smith, H. Stephen; Stone, Maya; Waldecker, Todd; Yelverton, William [Guitar]
Conductors: Osterfield, Paul

Composer Paul Osterfield was born in 1973. He composed and performed as a cellist throughout middle school and high school. He won first prize as...continue...
Recording information: Studio A, Ocean Way, Nashville (05/23/2009/05/11/2010)....continue...

David Dies: Agevolmente

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-06-14

Works: David Dies: The Garden of Song, for cello (from The Songs of the Sephardim); Lorca Songs, for voice & cello; Dance Variations on a Theme by Persichetti, for piano; un(bee)mo, for 2 voices; Kai-'r / x...
Performers: Beia, Suzanne; Fink, Marc [Oboe]; Fulmer, Mimmi; Kellock, Judith; Larson, Elizabeth; Lavine, Karl; Marshall, Elizabeth; Omsky, Jakub Jerzy; Talbot, Katrin; Taylor, Christopher [Piano]; Vallon, Marc

The music of composer David Dies (b. 1972) has been performed in venues around the world, including London, Lima, New York City, Chicago, Lenox, Massachusetts,...continue...

Leon Kirchner: Orchestral Works / Mitropoulos

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-06-14

Works: Leon Kirchner: Music for Orchestra; Lily for soprano & chamber orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 1
Performers: Beard, Allen; Buswell, James; Dunkel, Paul; Heller, Alexander; Hoagland, Diana; Hollander, Lorin; Imai, Nobuko; Kirchner, Leon; Lesser, Laurence; Routch, Robert; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Vogel,...
Conductors: Kirchner, Leon; Mitropoulos, Dimitri

This disc includes a premiere recording made in 1992 with Leon Kirchner conducting his Music for Orchestra with the orchestra he founded at Harvard along...continue...

Marya Martin Plays Eric Ewazen

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-05-10

Works: Eric Ewazen: Sonata for Flute no 1; Mosaics, for flute, bassoon & marimba; Bridgehampton Suite, for flute, violin, viola & cello; SeaSkye Songs, for voice, flute, violin, cello, piano & percussion
Performers: Arron, Edward; Brey, Carter; Farina, Danielle; Kataoka, Ayano; Kolkay, Peter; Martin, Marya; Mills, Jesse; Narucki, Susan; Park, Jeewon; Susmann, Arnaud

The internationally acclaimed flutist Marya Martin, assisted by musicians from the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, offer a program of Eric Ewazen's music for flute. The...continue...

Gernot Wolfgang: Short Stories

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Gernot Wolfgang: Low Agenda, for bassoon & contrabass; Theremin's Journey, for theremin & piano; Rolling Hills & Jagged Ridges, for violin & piano; Quiet Time, for viola & piano; Encounters, for bass...
Performers: Cheng, Gloria; Dembow, Brian; Farmer, Judith; Martin, Joanne Pearce; Parkins, Sara; Pezzone, Bryan; Stanislav, Tereza

As on the previous release of Gernot Wolfgang’s music on Albany Records, rhythms (grooves) from musical styles such as jazz, rock & roll, pop, world...continue...

Amaya: Clepsydra / Amaya, Canty, Donaldson, Rago, Steinhauer, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-02-10

Works: Efraìn Amaya: Phantasmagorilla? No! Phantasmagoria, children's opera in one act; Clepsydra, opera
Performers: Ahlstedt, Douglas; Amaya, Amadis; Bohannon, Scott; Canty, Charlene; Culver, Barney; Donaldson, Sean; Fennell, Drew; Galbraith, Amy; Navia, Jose Gomez de; Palumbo, Katie; Park, Susanne; Posnock, Dilsh...
Conductors: Amaya, Efraìn

Efrain Amaya was born in Venezuela. He studied composition and piano at the University of Indiana and conducting at Rice University. He is on the...continue...

Enescu: Chamber Symphony, Piano Quartet, etc / Hobson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-02-10

Works: George Enescu: Impressions d'enfance, for violin & piano in D major, Op. 28; Chamber Symphony, for 12 instruments in E major, Op. 33; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Dee, John J.; Erdélyi, Csaba; Flores, Amy Catron; Gilreath, Amy; Golescu, Samir; Harris, David; Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Iancovici, Mirel; Keeble, Jonathan; Kilp, Brian; Lupu, Sherban; Murray, Dav...
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia da Camera

George Enescu was an extraordinary musician. One of the most acclaimed violinists of the last century, he was also an accomplished pianist, conductor, and composer....continue...

Legacy - Still, Kay, etc / Lecolion Washington, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-08-12

Works: William Grant Still: Songs of Separation; Song for the Lonely; Bayou Home; Adolphus Hailstork: Bassoon Set; Ed Bland: One-on-One for Clarinet and Bassoon; For Bassoon; One on one for Bassoon and Virt...
Performers: Ensley, Mark; Washington, Carina Nyberg; Washington, Lecolion Jr.

Lecolion Washington, Jr., a faculty member at the University of Memphis, has put together an intriguing mix of works for bassoon by African-American composers. Ranging...continue...

Derivations / University of Calgary Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-02-01

Works: Marco Pütz: Derivations, for wind band; Yasuhide Ito: Sinfonia Singaporiana; John Estacio: Frenergy (version for wind ensemble); Michael Torke: The Kiss; Joseph Schwantner: Concerto for Percussi...
Performers: Baril, Gianetta; Burritt, Michael; Coburn, Michael; Cox, Dorian; Ebear, Andrew; Ingram, Karmen; Mayer, Adam; Michalak, Jay; Sussman, David; West, Neil
Conductors: Price, Glenn D.
Ensemble: University of Calgary Wind Ensemble

The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble is widely recognized as Canada’s leading wind orchestra. It is made up of the most advanced performers of wind...continue...

Thomas Pasatieri: The Hotel Casablanca / John Nardolillo, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-02-01

Works: Thomas Pasatieri: Hotel Casablanca, comic opera in 2 acts
Performers: Baker, David [Cello/Trombone]; Barker, Christopher; Brown, Eric; Diltz, Darla; Hawkins, Brandy Laura; Krupansky, Natalie; Lewis, Luther H. III; Probus, Christopher; Smith, Hannah
Conductors: Nardolillo, John

America’s premiere opera composer here presents his first full-length comic opera, based on the classic farce "A Flea in Her Ear" by Feydeau. But here,...continue...

Into the Future - Gompper, Berners, Dahn, Eckert, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-09-01

Works: David Gompper: Musica Segreta, for violin, viola, cello & piano; John Berners: Piccolos and Plungers, for chamber ensemble; Luke Dahn: Edges, for large ensemble; Michael Eckert: Wind Quintet; Lawrenc...
Performers: Armstrong, Ginny; Arne, Kelly; Arnone, Anthony; Bowen, Michele; Breczinski, Stuart; Brobston, Andrew; Chamasyan, Armine; Chang, Liang-fang; Conklin, Scott; Dial, Ursula; Fitkin, Mark; Flores, Yasmin;...
Conductors: Gompper, David Karl;
Ensemble: ; Iowa Wind Quintet

This CD celebrates both the 1966 founding of the Center for New Music at the University of Iowa, and the many accomplishments made over four...continue...

Monsterology - Fritts, Eckert, et al / Gompper, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-02-01

Works: Lawrence Fritts: Monsterology, for chamber orchestra & computer-realized sound; Musicometry I, for amplified clarinet & tape; Michael Eckert: Echo's Song, for choir; Point of No Return, for flute, cl...
Performers: Armstrong, Ginny; Cross, Alla; Flores, Yasmin; Geary, Michael; Ishii, Ken; Lamneck, Esther; Lyman, Jeffrey; Murakami, Kazuo; Muriello, John; Stalter, Tim; Thweatt, Tamara
Conductors: Jones, William LaRue; Stalter, Tim; Gompper, David Karl
Ensemble: ; University of Iowa Center for New Music

This recording features works by members of the composition faculty of the University of Iowa School of Music: Michael Eckert, Lawrence Fritts and David Gompper....continue...

Wolfgang: Common Ground / Batjer, Dembow, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-08-01

Works: Gernot Wolfgang: Metamorphosis, for violin, viola, cello & piano; Common Ground, for bassoon & cello; Jazz & Cocktails, for violin, cello & piano; Dual Identity, for bassoon; Thin Air, for violin, vi...
Performers: Batjer, Margaret; Dembow, Brian; Erdody, Stephen; Farmer, Judith; Ksajikian, Armen; Stanislav, Tereza; Stevens, Delores; Thies, Robert; Tsan, Cecilia

Gernot Wolfgang is a graduate of USC's "Scoring for Motion Picture and TV," and also holds degrees from the Berkley College of Music in Boston...continue...

Musino: Orchestral Works / Newland, Trevor, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-02-01

Works: Angelo Musolino: Equinox, for piano & orchestra; If Music Be the Food of Love..., for trombone & orchestra; Remembering Duke, for clarinet, saxophone quartet & orchestra; Suite for Doubles, for woodw...
Performers: Ackerman, Robert; Hoda, Pavel; Karpat, Peter; Klein, Julius; Oldham, Denver; Silverstein, Steven; Sklenka, Peter; Willems, Tristan; Zverin, Robert
Conductors: Newland, Larry; Trevor, Kirk
Ensemble: Adolphe Saxquartette; Kosice State Philharmonic

Angelo Musolino was responsible for original music and arrangements for the Ed Sullivan Show, the Children's Television Workshop, and many more. He writes in a...continue...

Contemporary Bassoon Works - Westby, etc / Hannevold, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-11-01

Works: David Maslanka: Sonata for bassoon & piano; Olvind Westby: Portrait of a Family, for bassoon & chamber ensemble; James Lassen: Strange Interlude no 3, for bassoon & piano
Performers: Hannevold, Per; Torgersen, Torleif
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bergen Chamber Ensemble

"Bassoonist Per Hannevold inspired three divergent works for his instrument from the composers assembled for this collection. David Maslanka's Sonata for Bassoon and Piano presents...continue...

The Music of David Sampson / Scott Brubaker, Ron Levy

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-10-01

Works: David Sampson: Serenade for Flügelhorn and Strings; Sonata Forty, for horn & piano; Strata, for brass quintet; Dectet, for ensemble
Performers: Brozkova, Jana; Brubaker, E. Scott; Cepicky, Leos; Kasprik, Ales; Levy, Ron; Mase, Raymond; Nydl, Voytech; Ormrod, Richard; Roskovec, Ondrej; Schulmeister, Jan; Zalud, Radomir; Zigmund, Jiri
Conductors: Polivnick, Paul;
Ensemble: American Brass Quintet; Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

The Ceiling of Heaven - Crockett, Shawn / Anderer, Oei

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-07-01

Works: Donald Crockett: Horn Quintet "La Barca", for horn & piano quartet; The Ceiling of Heaven, for piano quartet; Allen Shawn: Sleepless Night, for string quartet; Wind Quintet no 2
Performers: Anderer, Joseph; Arron, Edward; Cords, Nicholas; Finckel, Michael; Gottesman, Joseph; Guibbory, Shem; Gythfeldt, Marianne; Jolles, Renee; Kahn, Sue Ann; Leclair, Jacqueline; Neuman, Maxine; Oei, Davi...

Reise: The Devil in the Flesh, etc / Marc-André Hamelin

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-11-01

Works: Jay Reise: Sonata Rhythmikosmos, for solo piano; Yellowstone Rhythms, for bassoon and piano; Satori, for soprano voice & piano; Pictures (6) from The Devil in the Flesh, for solo piano
Performers: Applebaum, Jody; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; Ullery, Charles

Forget Me Nots / The DePaul Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-04-01

Works: Jacques Castérède: Fanfare for Lafayette, for brass & percussion; Bohuslav Martinu: Concertino for cello, wind & brass ensemble, percussion & piano in C minor, H. 143; Georges Auric: Divert...
Performers: Buchman, William; Costanza, Christopher; DePaul University Wind Ensemble; DeRoche, Donald; Kirk, Lewis
Conductors: DeRoche, Donald
Ensemble: DePaul University Wind Ensemble; Depaul Wind Ensemble

Personnel: Elizabeth Alvarado (flute); Ken Chin (clarinet, bass clarinet); Stephen Fontaine (clarinet, e flat clarinet); Alison Chung (oboe); William Buchman (bassoon); Lewis Kirk (contrabassoon); Chr...continue...

Robert Maggio: The Wishing Tree, Aristotle, Jacklight, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-03-01

Works: Robert Maggio: Aristotle, for chorus; The Wishing Tree, for chorus; Jacklight, for chrous; Rachel and Her Children - Small hands, Relinquish All, for chorus
Performers: Bass, Leonard; Bryan, Paul; Cook, Thomas; Gaarder, Jon; Gentry, Katherine; Gwynn, Kirsten; Hollander, Adam; LaFollette, Paul; McCommon, Karen; Plantis, Suzanne du; Rosenberg, Paul; Running, Arne; Sal...
Conductors: DeVenney, David; Lloyd, Thomas

Bassoon Images - Villa-Lobos, etc / Benjamin Coelho, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-01-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 6 for Flute and Bassoon; Amelia Kaplan: Blow, for bassoon; Mario Lavista: Responsorio in memorian Rodolfo Halffter, for bassoon & percussion; John Steinmetz...
Performers: Coelho, Benjamin; Coelho, Tadeu; Grosso, Adam; Jones, William LaRue; Moore, Daniel

Songs, Dances and Incantations - American Music for Trombone

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-07-01

Works: Raymond Premru: Concertino for Trombone; Michael Davis: Mission Red; Allan Schindler: Eternal Winter; Mark Phillips: T. Rex for trombone & electronics; Max Steiner: Gone With the Wind, film score; Bi...
Performers: Boyd, Bonita; Dobbins, Bill; Gardiner, Ron; Glendening, Andrew; Grant, Kenneth; Hunt, John [Trumpet]; James, Kevin [Trombone]; Killmer, Richard; Marcellus, John; Oyster, Roger; Phillips, Mark; Plsek,...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bionic Bones

Georger Quincy: Choctaw Nights, etc / The New York Five

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-07-01

Works: George Quincy: Choctaw Nights, for chamber ensemble; Voices from Ground Zero, for chamber ensemble; Three Shakespeare Nocturnes, for narrator & chamber ensemble
Performers: Barto, Mary; Quincy, George; Rudin, Joel; Scribner, William; Segal, Myra
Conductors:
Ensemble: New York 5

Island of Hope - New American Choral Music / Longstreth

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-12-01

Works: Ronald Perera: The Golden Door, choral song cycle; Randall Thompson: The Garment of Praise (4th movement of the Requiem); Paul Alan Levi: Acts of Love, for chorus; Ricky Ian Gordon: Three by Langston...
Performers: Feld, Melanie; Garment, Paul; Gomez, Lino; Rath, Lutz; Rodgers, Elizabeth; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Rosenfeld, Peter; Spencer, Patricia; Strenge, Maureen; Stuckenbruck, Dale; Ting, Liuh-Wen; Trigg, William; ...

The Music of Ezra Laderman Vol 5 - Bassoon Concerto, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-11-01

Works: Ezra Laderman: Violin Duets; Concerto for bassoon & strings; Sextet for English horn, bass clarinet & string quartet
Performers: Blomquist, Sarah; Goeres, Nancy; Lev, Louis; Lin, Chia-Chi
Conductors:
Ensemble: Pittsburgh Chamber Music Project

Maslanka: Music for Winds / Janice Wenger, Missouri Quintet

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-11-01

Works: David Maslanka: Quintet for winds no 3; Music for Dr. Who, for bassoon & piano; Little Symphony, for solo clarinet; Sonata for oboe & piano
Performers: Garritson, Paul; Micklich, Albie; Missouri Quintet; Willett, Dan

Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon & the Manticore / Koch

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Jack Gottlieb: Presidential Suite; R. Murray Schafer: A Medieval Bestiary, for chorus; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore (The Three Sundays of a Poet), madrigal fable
Performers: Anderson, Eric; Burk, Jacqualine; Chavez, Kirstin; McMurtry, Lynn; Smith, Trevor
Conductors: Koch, Timothy
Ensemble: Carolina Chamber Chorale

The highlight of this disc is Menotti's "The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore." Here is one of Menotti's most accomplished works. It calls for...continue...

New Music for Winds & Percussion Vol 2 - Christina's World

1 CD / Albany Records / 2000-08-01

Works: Kenneth Fuchs: Christina's World; Timothy Broege: No Sun, No Shadow, for wind ensemble; Michael Daugherty: Niagara Falls, for symphonic band; Gordon Jacob: Concerto for bassoon and strings With (Opti...
Performers: Magnanini, Luciano
Conductors: Green, Gary
Ensemble: University of Miami Wind Ensemble

First Chairs - Adler: Cantos for Solo Instruments

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-12-01

Works: Samuel Adler: Canto I, for solo trumpet; Canto XIV (Klezmer Fantasy) for solo clarinet; Canto XI, for solo horn; Canto XIII, for solo piccolo; Canto II, for solo trombone; Canto XV, for solo English ...
Performers: Bilger, David [trumpet]; Cohen, Franklin; Gippo, Jan; LeClair, Judith; Meulen, William Ver; Sampen, John; Stacy, Thomas; Vernon, Charlie

"Adler's music recalls Berio's series of compositions called Sequenzias. Each is an essay into a particular instrument's (including the human voice's) postmodern possibilities. These pieces,...continue...

Bazelon: Cross-Currents, Fairy Tale, etc / Farberman, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-04-01

Works: Irwin Bazelon: Fairy Tale for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion & piano; Re-Percussions for piano; Cross-Currents for brass quintet, percussion & piano; Vignette for harpsicho...
Performers: Balm, Neil; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Buskirk, John van; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Dunn, Scott; Estrin, Mitchell; Goldberg, Marc; Haas, Jonathan; Lang, Jeffrey; Lawson, Dorothy; Martin, Lois; Ma...
Conductors: Farberman, Harold
Ensemble: ; Ensemble

Wilson: Persuasions, Lord Chesterfield To His Son, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-07-01

Works: Richard Edward Wilson: Persuasions, cantata for soprano & chamber ensemble; Lord Chesterfield to His Son, for solo cello; Fixations, for solo piano; Sonata for viola & piano
Performers: Burton, Amy; Dejean, Gilbert; Schachman, Marc; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Solum, John; Trampler, Walter; Uribe, Blanca

To Sun To Feast & To Converse - American Vocal Duet Music

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-10-01

Works: Timothy Hoekman: Margarets, songs (2) for voice & piano; Stephen Jaffe: Fort Juniper Songs; Penka Kouneva: Aeon, song cycle; Lee Hoiby: Bermudas, a Song of Praise; Robert Ward: Lady Kate, opera (revi...
Performers: Anderson, Brother James; Arnett, Sylvia; Bagg, Jonathan; Budrow, Marilyn; Cirba, Anita; Deane, Christopher; Dimsdale, Allison; Dimsdale, Todd; Eckerson, Katherine; Emerson, Paul; Emerson, Randolyn; F...

Jacques Around the Clock - Ibert: Chamber Music for Flute

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-03-01

Works: Jacques Ibert: Entr'acte; Jeux, sonatine for flute (or violin) & piano; Movements (2) for 2 flutes, clarinet & bassoon; Interludes (2) suivi de Carillion, for flute, violin & harpsichord (or harp) (f...
Performers: Goldstein, Lauren; Hand, Frederic; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Kahn, Sue Ann; Krakauer, David; Lawrence, Elanor; Macomber, Curtis; Schadeberg, Christine; Schecter, Peggy; Schmidt, Rie; Willis, Andrew

Berger: Concerto Manuale, etc; Del Aguila / Earle, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1992-02-01

Works: Theodor Berger: Concerto Manuale for 2 pianos, marimba, metallophone, strings & percussion; Rondino Giocoso for string orchestra, Op 5; Miguel del Aguila: Concerto for Clarinet; Herbsttag, for flute,...
Performers: Farmer, Judith; Fuchs, Wenzel; Mary, Maura Bayer St.; Mossyrsch, Gabriela; Schultz, Wilhelm
Conductors: Earle, Hobart
Ensemble: American Music Ensemble Vienna