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Stony Brook Sounding, Vol. 1

1 CD / Bridge / 2010-04-13

Works: Daniel Weymouth: in (all) the time we have left, for clarinet & string quartet; Max Giteck Duykers: Glass Blue Cleft, for string quartet; Ilari Kaila: Kellojen kumarrus (The Bells Bow Down), for pian...
Performers: Espina-Ruiz, Oscar; Nolen, Andrew; Rhodebeck, Jacob; Tse, Kenneth

The estimable Escher String Quartet is the quartet in residence for the Department of Music at the State University of New York at Stony Brook....continue...
Recording information: Stony Brook University, New York, Recital Hall, Staller....continue...

Ricks: Mild Violence, Boundless Light, etc / Baker, Vickers, Taujon Percussion Quartet, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-05-01

Works: Steven Ricks: Boundless Light, for flute & electronics; Mild Violence, for ensemble; American Dreamscape, for ensemble & electronics; Dividing Time, for percussion quartet; Beyond the Zero, for violi...
Performers: Brough, Ron [Percussion]; Donato, Dominic; Hansen, Eric [Double Bass]; Holden, Scott; Macomber, Curtis; Ricks, Steven; Sampen, John; Vickers, Carlton
Conductors: Baker, James; Ricks, Steven
Ensemble: ; New York New Music Ensemble

This program of recent works by the young American composer Steven Ricks blends instrumental and electronic sound into a post-modernist landscape. A student of Harrison...continue...

Allen Shawn: Music Teacher / Timothy Long, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-03-01

Works: Allen Shawn: The Music Teacher
Performers: Ariola, Lloyd P.; Basthemer, Derek; Benoliel, Ross; Cordova, Elisa; Feller, Bart; Forbach, Jason; Gomez, Lino; Hartman, Steven; Jelencovich, Lauren; Knutson, Kristin; LaGrange, Whitney; Long, Timothy...
Conductors: Long, Timothy
Ensemble: Ensemble

'The Music Teacher' is a chamber opera told by two narrators twenty years or so after the events described. The plot focuses around a music...continue...

Guitar Concertante / David Starobin

1 CD / Bridge / 1997-01-21

Works: George Crumb: Quest, for guitar, soprano sax, harp, bass & 2 percussionists; Poul Ruders: Psalmodies (Guitar Concerto no 1), for guitar and 9 instruments; John Anthony Lennon: Zingari
Performers: Bartlett, Eric; Charlston, Erik; Druckman, Daniel; Gallagher, Maureen; Hudson, Benjamin; Lindquist, Karen; MacCourt, Donald; Neidich, Charles; Palma, Donald [Double Bass]; Purvis, William [Horn]; Rud...
Conductors: Purvis, William [Horn]; Palma, Donald; Milnes, David
Ensemble: Southern Methodist University Meadows Symphony; Speculum Musicae

Crumb: Quest / Speculum Musicae

1 CD / Bridge / 1996-11-19

Works: George Crumb: Night Music I, for soprano, piano/celeste & 2 percussionists; Quest, for guitar, soprano sax, harp, bass & 2 percussionists; Federico's Little Songs for Children, for soprano, flute/pic...
Performers: Baker, James; Charlston, Erik; Druckman, Daniel; Lindquist, Karen; Narucki, Susan; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Palma, Donald [Double Bass]; Palma-Nidel, Susan; Shames, Stacey; Sinta, Donald; Star...
Conductors: Purvis, William [Horn]
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

"...Quest, from 1994, sustains [Crumb's] very high level of invention, with its distinctive exploration of timbral effects. Vivid, often percussive sounds and darting, restless lines...continue...