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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...

In Absentia - Kevin Keller / Kevin Keller Ensemble

1 CD / Kevin Keller Productions / 2009-10-20

Works: Kevin Keller: In Absentia
Performers: Jensen, Clarice; Keller, Kevin; Orlando, Courtney; Pickford Richards, John; Robinson, Christa; Roland, Tomm
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Ensemble: Kevin Keller Ensemble

Swedish Brass Quartet

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Swedish Traditional: Bridal March from Gotland, traditional melody; Isidor Dannström: Erotiskt svärmeri; Axel Frthiof Bergendahl: Göta Coldinu, festival march; Albert Löfgren: Sve...
Performers: Larsson, Hans; Torgé, Christer

Goplerud: It Takes Two, Rhumboid, etc; Clearfield, Nagel, Mann / Vecchione/Erdahl Duo

1 CD / Centaur / 2008-11-01

Works: Timothy Goplerud: Vignettes from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, for oboe & double bass; Rhumboid, for oboe & double bass; It Takes Two..., for English horn & double bass; Dinos Constantinid...
Performers: Erdahl, Rolf; Vecchione, Carrie
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Ensemble: Vecchione/Erdahl Duo

The Vecchione/Erdahl Duo's efforts have effectively created a new repertoire for duo oboe/English horn and double bass. They have performed recitals for The Lakeville Area...continue...

Vasks: Viatore, Musica Adventus, English Horn Concerto / Sne, Sinfonetta Riga

1 CD / Wergo / 2008-09-09

Works: Peteris Vasks: Musica adventus for String Orchestra; Viatore; Concerto for English horn
Performers: Sne, Normund
Conductors: Sne, Normund
Ensemble: Riga Sinfonietta

Peteris Vasks' early style owed much to the aleatoric experiments of Lutoslawski, Penderecki and Crumb. Later works include elements of Latvian folk music, such as...continue...

Glass: Book of Longing

2 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2007-12-11

Works: Philip Glass: Book of Longing
Performers: Cohen, Leonard; Erat, Will; Fain, Tim; Glass, Philip; Hugo, Tara; Keeling, Daniel; Marolf, Megan; Oppenheim, Eleonore; Plaisant, Dominique; Riesman, Michael; Rossi, Mick; St. John, Kate; Sterman, And...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael

A new work by Philip Glass based on the poetry of Leonard Cohen, Book of Longing is a song cycle composed for ensemble, singers, spoken...continue...

Encounters with Schumann

1 CD / Audite / 2007-06-20

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder (6), Op. 33; Gesänge (5) aus Heinrich Laubes Jagdbrevier, Op. 137; Uwe Kremp: Tief im dem blauen Traum; Mark Anton Moebius: Fluchtpunkte eines Jagers
Performers: Fischer, Johannes; Goritzki, Ingo; Hudacsek, Laszlo; Wild, Hubert
Conductors: Breuninger, Klaus
Ensemble: Detmolder Horn Quartet; Die Meistersinger

Robert Schumann's psychological profile has intrigued biographers, performers and composers for years. This "concept" CD presents two modern composers and their "encounters" with and reinterpretations...continue...

Pakhmutova, Ewazen, Plog: Trumpet Concertos / Holt, Trevor

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2007-05-01

Works: Alexandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova: Concerto for trumpet & orchestra in E flat minor; Eric Ewazen: Concerto for trumpet & strings; Anthony Plog: Concerto no 2, for trumpet & orchestra
Performers: Bojtos, Zdenko; Holt, John [Vocals]
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

John Holt is principal trumpet with the Dallas Opera Orchestra and trumpet professor at the University of North Texas. His first three CDs received unanimous...continue...

Libera - Angel Voices

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Tagatsugu Muramtsu: Far Away; Robert Prizeman: Locus iste; Ave Maria; Going Home; Salva me; Libera; Always With You; We are the lost; I am the day; Recordare; Jean Sibelius: Be still my soul; Gustav ...
Performers: Anderson, John [Classical]; Dodd, Chris; Geraghty, Steven; Pears, Fiona; Prizeman, Robert; Tilley, Ian
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert
Ensemble: Libera

Libera's 'Angel Voices' collection includes the best of past tracks combined with some new tracks-the deeply moving "Going Home," employing the melody of Dvorak's Largo...continue...

SCENE Steffen Schleiermacher: Ensemble Music

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-09-19

Works: Steffen Schleiermacher: Auto Werk mit Hup Raum, for ensemble & tape; Obophon, for 6 oboes; Streit Fall, for viola & bass clarinet; Hoch Zeit, for viola & bass clarinet; Schei-Dung, for viola & bass c...
Performers: Gengelbach, Bernd E.; Hemken, Dorothea; Hemken, Volker; Kitamura, Noriko; Klein, Sandra; Lee, Minyonng; Leschowski, Christian; Matthes, Robert; Schönheit, Michael; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Schwa...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde; Sächsisches Blechbläserensemble

Eve Beglarian: Tell the Birds

1 CD / New World / 2006-05-01

Works: Eve Beglarian: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, for voice & chamber ensemble; Creating the World, for voice & chamber ensemble; Robin Redbreast, for voice & piccolo; Wonder Counselor, for organ & tap...
Performers: Adelson, Andrew; Arron, Edward; Beglarian, Eve; Bielawa, Lisa; Burhans, Caleb; Dargel, Corey; Ferrari, John; Fieldes, Mat; Gould, Jessica; Grabois, Daniel; Grice, Janet; Herrington, Benjamin; Kampmei...
Conductors: ; Dresher, Paul; Lubman, Bradley
Ensemble: ; MATA Ensemble; Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band

Eve Beglarian is a composer and performer whose music has been described as "an eclectic and wide-open series of enticements." Tell the Birds is her...continue...

Getty: Young America, etc / Thomas, Vedernikov, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-07-19

Works: Gordon Getty: Young America, for chorus & orchestra; Welsh Songs (3), for chorus & orchestra; Annabel Lee, for male chorus & orchestra; Victorian Scenes, for chorus & orchestra; Plump Jack, opera
Performers: Birgersson, Gunnar; Carlsson, Mats; Chernov, Vladimir; Delan, Lisa; Giacobassi, Julie Ann; Hunka, Pavlo
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Vedernikov, Alexander
Ensemble: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir; San Francisco Symphony Chorus

"...The truth is that Getty is an extremely talented, communicative composer... his music is tonal and tuneful, it is not without touches of 20th-century harmonic...continue...

Ancora - Casken: Golem / Bernas, Music Projects London

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-05-05

Works: John Casken: Golem
Performers: Beswick, Judith; Clarke, Adrian; Cotterell, Stephen; Hall, John; Harrhy, Paul; Hockings, David; Honour, Colin; Irvine, Robert; McFarlane, Belinda; Morris, Richard; Preston, Sophia; Robson, Christophe...
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: Music Projects, London

Swedish Woodwind Quintets / Amade Quintet

1 CD / Daphne Records / 2005-01-17

Works: Rolf Martinsson: Coloured Flames; Gunnar de Frumerie: Suite for Wind Quintet, Op. 71; Daniel Börtz: Winter Pieces 2; Hilding Rosenberg: Quintetto
Performers: Andersson, Niklas; Blixt, Henrik; Horberg, Susanne; Larsson, Hans; Rosengren, Bengt
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Ensemble: Amadé Wind Ensemble

Voces de tierra - Oliva, Zyman, Gamboa, Saúl / I. Terrazas

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2005-01-01

Works: Eduardo Gamboa: Voces de tierra, for voice, flute, oboe, english horn, clarinet, violin, bass, piano & percussion; Julio César Oliva: Por siempre Sabines, for voice, oboe, clarinet, english horn...
Performers: Bautista, Yleana; Canales, Marisa; Flores, Victor Hugo; Jimenez, Gabriela; Kukawska, Beata; Montero, Cristina; Saul, Isaac; Spencer, Edward; Terrazas, Irasema; Weingartner, Eleanor; Yount, Marcia

Irasema Terrazas is one of Mexico's leading female vocalists, and here she presents a program of favorite songs and cycles by living Mexican composers. 'Voces...continue...

Gould: Symphony no 2; Harbison, Stucky, etc / Miller, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2004-02-03

Works: Steven Stucky: Son et Lumière, for orchestra; Gabriel Ian Gould: Watercolors, for orchestra; John Harbison: Concerto for Cello; Morton Gould: Symphony no 2 ("On Marching Tunes")
Performers: Finckel, David; Sheena, Robert
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Wizards! Works! - Fasch, etc

1 CD / Boston Records / 2004-02-01

Works: Graham Powning: Divertimento for WiZARDS!, for oboe, oboe d'amore, English horn & bassoon; Johannes Holik: Vier Peppis für Josef, sonatine for 2 oboes, English horn & bassoon; Frédéric...
Performers: Coelho, Benjamin; Duncan, S. Blake; Gullickson, Andrea; Morton, Greg; Weiger, Mark

Personnel: Andrea Gullickson (oboe, oboe d'amore); Mark Weiger (oboe); S. Blake Duncan (English horn); Benjamin Coelho, Greg Morton (bassoon).

Recording information: St. Bridget's Church In Sol...continue...

Bolcom, Bassett, Daugherty: Concertos / Kiesler, et al

1 CD / Equilibrium / 2004-02-01

Works: William Bolcom: Lyric Concerto for flute & orchestra; Michael Daugherty: Spaghetti Western for English horn & orchestra; Leslie Bassett: Concerto for alto saxophone & orchestra
Performers: Campbell, William; Leaman, Clifford; Porter, Amy K.; Smoliar, Harold
Conductors: Kiesler, Kenneth
Ensemble: University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

Feel the Spirit / Rutter, W. & M. Marshall, Creese, et al

1 CD / Collegium / 2001-09-01

Works: John Rutter: Feel the Spirit, a cycle of spirituals for mezzo-soprano, choir & orchestra; The Heavenly Aeroplane, for chorus & orchestra; Lord of the Dance, for chorus & orchestra; Birthday Madrigals...
Performers: Creese, Malcolm; Knight, Andrew; Marshall, Melanie; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Rutter, John; Walpole, Victoria; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; Cambridge Singers

"Whatever you feel about Rutter's compositions - and I admit I'm not usually a fan - you'd have to be a real killjoy to be...continue...
Personnel: Cambridge Singers (vocals); Melanie Marshall (mezzo soprano); Malcolm Creese (double bass).

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London, England (03/2001-04/2001)....continue...

Steve Reich: Tehillim

1 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Steve Reich: Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards
Performers: Armstrong, Rebecca; Bardekoff, Ellen; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Blackwell, Virgil; Burdick, Vivian; Chausow, Robert; Clayton, Jay; Finckel, Chris; Guibbory, Shem; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; ...
Conductors: Manahan, George
Ensemble: Steve Reich

Personnel: Steve Reich (percussion); Pamela Wood, Rebecca Armstrong (soprano); Robert Shausow, Robert Chausow, Shem Guibbory (violin); Ruth Siegler (viola); Christopher Finckel (cello); Virgil Blackwe...continue...

Origins - Moylan: Dawn, The Stolen Child, etc /Danton, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1999-04-20

Works: William Moylan: Dawn; The Stolen Child; Mother Earth - Her Whales
Performers: Ann, Beate; Danton, Jean; Donovan, Erin; LeMentec, Marianne; Martins, David J.; Moylan, William; Moyls, Anne; Newsome, Bo; Stumpf, Thomas; Young, Marka

Christmas Wonderland / Vänskä, Laulupuu Choir, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-05

Works: Georg Joseph Vogler: Hosanna zu Davids Sohn; Jean Sibelius: Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1; Otto Kotilainen: The Sparrow's Christmas; Jarkko Kiiski: The Language of Christmas; Felix Bernard: Winter Wonde...
Performers: Heinonen, Ari; Hirvikangas, Jukka; Lidsle, Harri; Pietiläinen, Pauli
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Laulupuu Choir Lahti

Carolyn Hove - Music by Hindemith, Salonen, et al / Cheng

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1997-01-15

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for English horn & piano; Esa-Pekka Salonen: Second Meeting; John Marvin: Pieces (5) for English horn & piano; Vincent Persichetti: Parable, for English horn (Parable XV, Op 1...
Performers: Cheng, Gloria; Hove, Carolyn

Personnel: Carolyn Hove (oboe, English horn); Gloria Cheng (piano).

Recording information: Little Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College, Clairmont, C (12/1994/01/1996)....continue...

Works by Parsi, Lifchitz & Sierra / Bronx Arts Ensemble

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Roberto Sierra: Doña Rosita la Soltera; Salsa para Vientos; Héctor Campos-Parsi: Sonetos sagrados; Max Lifchitz: Yellow Ribbons
Performers: Beal, John; Colon, Evangelina; Elan, Nancy; Gallo, Paul; Garner, Brad; Goeres, Lucille; Heller, Marsha; Kriegler, Mitchell; Kubera, Joseph; Landolfi, Mary; McCracken, Charles; Moe, Sharon; Morales, G...
Conductors: Stadlmair, Hans; Lifchitz, Max
Ensemble: Bronx Arts Ensemble