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John Zorn: Music and Its Double

1 CD / Tzadik / 2012-10-30

Works: John Zorn: A Rebours, for chamber ensemble; Ceremonial Magic, for violin & drums; La Machine de l'être, for orchestra
Performers: Choi, Jennifer; Fulmer, David; Han, June; Lipowski, Alexander; Nicolas, Mike; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Pereira, Joe [Percussion]; Rubin, Josh [Clarinet]; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Winant, William [Percussio...
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley; Oramo, Sakari

Three powerful dramatic works from Zorn's remarkable concert music catalog! Zorn's unique cello concerto is a colorful virtuoso showpiece for cellist Fred Sherry and three...continue...

David Shifrin & Friends - works by Copland, Hartke, Kernis and Zwilich / Chamber Music Northwest

1 CD / Delos / 2012-07-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Sextet, for clarinet, piano & string quartet (arr. of Symphony no 2); Stephen Hartke: The Horse with the Lavender Eye, episodes (4) for violin, clarinet & piano; Aaron Jay Kernis: Trio...
Performers: Arm, Theodore; Ching, Daniel; Cho, Catherine; Cox, John [Horn]; DePonte, Niel; Feves, Julie; Gindele, Joshua; Heard, Cornelia; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Kuhns, Sally Nelson; Largess, Joh...
Conductors: ; Wilson, Ransom
Ensemble: ; Chamber Music Northwest

'... a score truly inspired by a tragic event (9/11) and one that is likely to transcend it.' - Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine...continue...

David Keberle: Caught In Time - chamber music with clarinet, flute, piano & strings

1 CD / Innova / 2012-06-26

Works: David Keberle: Soundings 2, for flute & flute choir; Four to Go, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion; Percorsi d'anima, for violin, clarinet, cello & piano; Incroci, for clarinet &...
Performers: Almarza, Alberto; Evans, Paul; Frankenberry, Rob; Howell, Jack; Keberle, David; Moe, Eric [Composer]; O'Boyle, Sarah; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Ojeda, Rodrigo; Premo, David
Conductors: ; Meyer, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Pittsburgh Flute Club Flute Choir; Trio Johannes

Caught in Time captures moments in clarinetist/composer David Keberle's work from 1997 to 2007 upon his return from seventeen years in Rome. These six eloquent...continue...

Barbara White: My Barn Having Burned to the Ground, I Can Now See the Moon / Jennifer & Laura Frautschi

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Barbara White: Five Elements, for string quartet & piano; Enough Rope, for voice & flute; The Wound and the Eye, for piano; My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon, for flute, cla...
Performers: Blacklow, John; Boldin, Deborah; Frautschi, Jennifer; Frautschi, Laura; Kaye, Alan; Learman, Sabrina; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Panner, Daniel; Shao, Sophie

Barbara White's music subverts our presumptions and compels us to alter the way we listen, to discard tired preconceptions and generic expectations. She projects a...continue...
Recording information: Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University....continue...

Music Of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 2

1 CD / Bridge / 2010-12-14

Works: Ursula Mamlok: Sintra, for alto flute & cello; Polyphony 1, for clarinet; Wild Flowers, for violin; Der Andreas Garten, for mezzo-soprano, flute & harp; Sculpture 1, for piano; Love Song of Two Pigeo...
Performers: Blustine, Allen; Bowlin, David; Chase, Claire; Eggar, Dave; Greenberg, Jacob; Han, June; Lippel, Daniel; Loeb, Rebecca Jo; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Ohlsson, Garrick

Volume 1 of this series (BRIDGE 9291) presented orchestral, chamber and vocal works. Volume 2 concentrates on the more intimate side of the 86-year-old German/American...continue...

John Zorn: Chimeras

1 CD / Tzadik / 2010-02-23

Works: John Zorn: Chimeras I-XII
Performers: Choi, Jennifer; Davidson, Ilana; Drury, Stephen; Farnum, Elizabeth; Lowenstern, Michael; Lubman, Bradley; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Sherry, Fred; Winant, William

Newly revised, this is the definitive version of a Zorn masterpiece! Loosely inspired by the remarkable worlds of Henry Darger, Lewis Carroll and Unica Zurn,...continue...

Korf: Presences from aforetime, Symphony no 3, etc / Rothman, Ingliss, Oldfather, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-04-14

Works: Anthony Korf: Presences from Aforetime, for chamber ensemble; Miniatures (6), for flute & piano; Movements (3), for clarinet; Symphony no 3
Performers: Fader, Oren; Hesselink, Greg; Ingliss, Robert; Kay, Alan R.; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Shames, Stacey
Conductors: Korf, Anthony; Rothman, George
Ensemble: ; Riverside Symphony

The major work on this recording is the most recent - Anthony Korf's impressive Symphony No. 3. The composer writes: "The two movements, roughly equal...continue...

Neikrug: Through Roses / Zukerman, Rubinstein, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2008-11-24

Works: Marc Neikrug: Through Roses, for speaker and 8 solo instruments
Performers: Denk, Jeremy; Forsyth, Amanda [Cello]; Levy, Todd; Marks, Jethro; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Tolen, David; Wang, Liang; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Neikrug, Marc

'Through Roses' is a theatrical concert work, which draws on the musical memories of a Holocaust survivor who is struggling to deal with his memories...continue...

American in Rome - Beaser, Barber, Thompson, etc / Six for Five Wind Quintet

4 CD / Bridge / 2008-10-14

Works: Robert Beaser: Four Dickinson Songs, for soprano & piano; Samuel Barber: In the Dark Pinewood; Beggar's Song; Of that so sweet imprisonment; Songs (3), Op. 10; Randall Thompson: Siciliano, for barito...
Performers: Ahlbeck, Laura; Akahoshi, Ole; Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Bagg, Jonathan; Baker, James; Berman, Donald; Druckman, Daniel; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Leisenring, John; Lim, Sunghae Anna; Macomber, Cur...
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Yoo, Scott; ; Hoose, David
Ensemble: ; Collage Music Ensemble; Curiously Strong Wind Quintet; Opus One Piano Quartet; Trio Solisti

This four-disc collection contains works by 37 composers who composed these pieces while in residence at the American Academy in Rome. The earliest work dates...continue...

Richard Festinger: Peripeteia, Triptych, etc / Haselböck, Henschel

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-02-01

Works: Richard Festinger: Peripeteia, for clarinet, violin & cello; Variations for piano; Triptych, for flute; Construction en metal et bois, for piano & persuccion; After Blue, for flute, piccolo, clarinet...
Performers: Ferrari, John; Hesselink, Greg; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Kay, Alan R.; Lim, Sunghae Anna; O'Connor, Tara Helen
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Ensemble: New Millennium Ensemble

Richard Festinger studied composition at the University of California in Berkeley with Andrew Imbrie. Before turning to composing, he led his own groups as a...continue...

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival - Mozart / Gilbert

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-08-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gran Partita; Adagio for 2 Basset Horns and Bassoon in F major, K 410 (484d); Adagio for 2 clarinets & 3 bassett horns in B flat major, K. 411 (K. 484a); Adagio and Rondo for...
Performers: Barnewitz, Bill; Campbell, Michael; Danilow, Marji; Dibner, Steven; Dubac, Mark; Dwyer, Christopher; Eddy, Timothy; Goeres, Nancy; Kamins, Benjamin; Knox, Kyle; Landsman, Julie; Levy, Todd; Moffitt, ...
Conductors: Gilbert, Alan

"Alan Gilbert leads an ensemble of some of the nation's best chamber and orchestral musicians in Mozart's Serenade No. 10, the Gran Partita, and adagios...continue...

From the Philip Glass Recording Archive Vol 1

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2007-05-08

Works: Philip Glass: The Sound of a Voice, suite from the incidental music; In the Summer House, incidental music (Bowles)
Performers: Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Chang, Lynn; Cook, Gary; Man, Wu; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Rejto, Peter; Sher, Richard

Theater Music Volume 1 features two ravishingly beautiful works from the world of theater: the instrumental suite from Glass' 2003 chamber opera The Sound of...continue...

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, etc / Craft, Wyn-Rogers, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-03-27

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20; Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Orchestral Songs (4) Op. 22; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Appel, Toby; Carey, Tim; Carey, Timothy; Feld, Melanie; Hulse, Eileen; Kay, Alan R.; Komer, Chris; Lowenstern, Michael; Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Neidich, Charles; O'Connor, Tara...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra members; Philharmonia Orchestra; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

Arnold Schoenberg sought to write music that avoided traditional tonal implications, which eventually led him away from tonality altogether. Herzgewächse is a short piece for...continue...

TIC - Common Sense Composers' Collective - Mellits, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-02-01

Works: Marc Mellits: Spam; Belinda Reynolds: coming around...; Edward Harsh: not a single night's sky; Randall Woolf: Alternative Music, for chamber ensemble; Dan Becker: S.T.I.C.; Carolyn Yarnell: Lapis la...
Performers: Ferrari, John; Gythfeldt, Marianne; Hesselink, Greg; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Lim, Sunghae Anna; O'Connor, Tara Helen
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Ensemble: New Millennium Ensemble; The Millennium

It's been nearly a decade since the music of the Common Sense Composers' Collective first surfaced on CD. Their first disc challenged the rarified asceticism...continue...
Personnel: Anna Lim (violin); Tara Helen O'Connor (flute); Marianne Gythfeldt (clarinet); John Ferrari (percussion).

Recording information: Perfoming Arts Center, Recital Hall C, SUNY Purchase,...continue...

Stravinsky: Histoire du soldat (Suite), etc / Craft, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon; L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments; Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Pour Pablo P...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Blount, William; Bowlin, David; Ciesinski, Catherine; Dean, Chris; Druckman, Daniel; Evitts, David; Feeney, John; Frautschi, Jennifer; Gekker, Christopher; Gottlieb, Gordon;...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members; Philharmonia Orchestra; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

This is a unique collection of mostly short works that Stravinsky re-worked in different arrangements to suit the occasion. Pastorale, transcribed here for a quartet...continue...

Music of Akemi Naito

1 CD / Bridge / 2006-09-01

Works: Akemi Naito: Memory of the Woods, for marimba; Voyage, for flute, viola & harp; Sanctuary, for accordion; Mindscape; Months
Performers: Han, June; Jacomucci, Claudio; Moersch, William; O'Connor, Tara Helen; O'Neill, Richard
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Ensemble: Cygnus Ensemble

Akemi Naito's music is the art of a sound-poet - a sensitive shaper of images that touch upon memory, distance and a deep sense of...continue...

Cover - Belinda Reynolds

1 CD / Innova / 2006-04-03

Works: Belinda Reynolds: Cover; Solace; Yamp; Play; Turns; Dust; Circa
Performers: Benkeser, Peggy; Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Burritt, Tom; Foster, Bruce [clarinet]; Gresl, Jason; Hesselink, Gregory; Kampmeier, Margaret; Landau, Esther; McCollough, Teresa; Moehnke, Charles; O'Connor,...
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Ensemble: American Baroque; Citywinds; New Millennium Ensemble

Zorn: Mysterium

1 CD / Tzadik / 2005-11-22

Works: John Zorn: Orphée; Frammenti del Sappho; Walpurgisnacht
Performers: Bielawa, Lisa; Choi, Jennifer; Cluver, Martha; Fischer, Abby; Gosling, Stephen; Han, June; Martin, Lois; Mori, Ikue; O'Connor, Tara Helen; O'Neill, Richard; Sherry, Fred; Shively, David; Sollek-Avell...
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley

Ayre

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-27

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Ayre, for voice & chamber ensemble; Luciano Berio: Folk Songs, arranged for soprano & 7 instruments (or orchestra)
Performers: Dresser, Mark; Flower, Jeremy; Friedlander, Erik; Gottlieb, Gordon; Haddad, Jamey; Kibbey, Bridget; Krakauer, David; Ljova; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Palmer, Todd; Poland, Eric; Santaolalla, Gustavo; Som...
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Ensemble: Andalucian Dogs

"Golijov's music is at once intellectually lively and extremely accessible, emotionally direct and colorfully warm. A singer of extraordinary versatility, Upshaw rewards Golijov with a...continue...
The recording of Osvaldo Golijov's "Ayre" on this album was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Contemporary Composition."...continue...

Zorn: Rituals

1 CD / Tzadik / 2005-02-22

Works: John Zorn: Rituals
Performers: Choi, Jennifer; Drury, Stephen; Gardner, Heather [soprano]; Kolkay, Peter; Muroki, Kurt; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Pugh, Jim; Pugliese, James; Sherry, Fred; Winant, William
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley

Charles Wuorinen - On Alligators

1 CD / Tzadik / 2005-02-22

Works: Charles Wuorinen: On Alligators, for flute/piccolo, oboe, clairnet, bassoon & string quartet; Quartet for Strings no 4; Natural Fantasy for organ; Concerto for piano & orchestra, No 3; Concerto for p...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Frautschi, Jennifer; Geem, Jack van; Kolkay, Peter; Lim, Sunghae Anna; Neidich, Charles; O'Connor, Tara Helen; O'Neill, Richard; Ohlsson, Garrick; Reuter, Gerard; Rioth, Doug; Sherry, ...
Conductors: Wuorinen, Charles; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Douglas Rioth (harp); Jennifer Frautschi (violin); Misha Amory, Richard O'Neill (viola); Fred Sherry , Nina Lee (cello); Tara Helen O'Connor (flute, piccolo); Charles Neidich (clarinet); Ge...continue...

George Walker: In Time of Silver Rain, etc / Walker, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-02-01

Works: George Walker: In TIme of Silver Rain; I never saw a moor; Mother Goose, Circa 2054; Response; Softly, Blow Lightly, for voice & piano; Wild Nights; Mary Wore Three Links of Chain, for voice & piano;...
Performers: Anderson, William; Chapman, Susan; Fader, Oren; Green, Patricia; Ingliss, Robert; Johnson, Trent; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Walker, George; Wiersma, Calvin

Earthshine - Music by Beata Moon

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-11-02

Works: Beata Moon: Movement; Illusions, for marimba; Nursery, for piano; Guernica; Quartet for Strings ("Homage to Béla"); 1, 2, 3, for alto saxophone; Vignettes for electric guitar & electric piano;...
Performers: Bahn, Lina; Borg, Julianne; Ellsworth, Ann; Ford, Nmon; Ford-Livene, Nmon; Gallagher, Kevin R.; Gythfeldt, Marianne; Jinsoo Lim, Michael; Koepke, Laura; Leclair, Jacqueline; Moon, Beata; Nakura, Mako...
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Ensemble: Beata Moon; Corigliano Quartet

Personnel: Beata Moon (piano, electric piano); Nmon Ford (baritone); Tara Helen O'Connor (flute); Marianne Gythfeldt (clarinet); Jacqueline Leclair (oboe); Laura Koepke (bassoon); Brian Sacawa (alto s...continue...

Golijov: Yiddishbbuk / Palmer, St. Lawrence String Quartet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-06-04

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round, for 2 string quartets & double bass; Lullaby and Doina, for flute, clarinet, string quartet & double bass; Yiddishbbuk, insriptions for string quartet; Dreams and Prayers...
Performers: Dresser, Mark; Nutall, Geoff; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Palmer, Todd; Shiffman, Barry

Ford - Icarus / Rohan Smith, Lisa Moore, Daryl Pratt, et al

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2002-02-01

Works: Andrew Ford: Hymn to the Sun; Like Icarus Ascending; Chamber Concerto no 3 "In Constant Flight"; Parabola; Icarus Drowning
Performers: Bidlack, Molly; Giles, Alice; Gordon, Joshua; Gruesser, Eva; Jarvis, Peter; Jenkin, Peter; Jones, Bronwen; Lander, Deborah; Moore, Lisa; Moore, Richard; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Pratt, Daryl; Robinson, ...
Conductors: Ford, Andrew
Ensemble: Kowmung Music Festival Ensemble; Terra Australis Incognita