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Breathing Lessons - Music For Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-07-26

Works: Elias Tanenbaum: Sax Quartet; David Sampson: Breathing Lessons, for 4 saxophones; Dexter Morrill: Six Bagatelles, for 4 saxophones; Eddie Sauter: Piece for tuba & saxophone quartet; Eric Ewazen: Rhap...
Performers: Mendoker, Scott [Tuba]
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Ensemble: New Hudson Saxophone Quartet

The saxophone quartet is a versatile and exciting medium and the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet is one of the world leaders in the field. Dexter...continue...

Holiday Classics / Gerrd Schwarz - Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-11-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Gerard Schwarz: Variations on Greensleeves, ...
Performers: Carroll, Susan; Cerminaro, John; Hausmann, Ben; Iascone, Adam; Larionoff, Maria; Muzzolini, Valerie; Olka, Christopher; Rafanelli, Paul; Robbins, Mark; Russ, Kimberly; Spicciati, Shannon
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA (12/11/2007-05/15/2008)....continue...

James Lentini: Orchestra Hall Suite; Scenes from Sedona; Montage

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: James Lentini: Orchestra Hall Suite, for bassoon, violin, viola & cello; El Signo del Angel (The Sign of the Angel), for harp & viola; Pieces (5) for cello & piano; East Coast Groove, for tuba & pian...
Performers: Applegate, Geoffrey; Brown, Velvet; Chang, Pansy; Chanteaux, Marcy; Conway, Robert; Davis, Jacquelyn; Flaherty, Tom; Fogg, Cynthia; Ganson, Paul; Harris, Mary E.M.; Tan, Siok Lian; Thurmer, Harvey; V...

James Lentini's compositions have been described as "some of the most alluring contemporary music you're apt to find" by veteran music critic John Guinn. Orchestra...continue...

Wilby: A Breathless Alleluja, Paganini Variations, etc / Childs, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Philip Wilby: A Breathless Alleluia, for brass band; Paganini Variations; Unholy Sonnets, for voice & brass band; Cyrano, for tuba & brass band; A Bronte Mass, for chorus & orchestra; Amazing Grace, ...
Performers: Cook, Josephine; Gault, Philip; Thornton, David; Wilby, Philip
Conductors: Childs, Nicholas J.

This disc of music by internationally-renowned British composer Philip Wilby includes several world premiere recordings: 'A Breathless Alleluia' is an affectionate tribute to the Black...continue...

American Classics - Jones: Tuba Concerto, etc / Schwarz, Olka, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Samuel Jones: Concerto for tuba & orchestra; Symphony no 3 ("Palo Duro Canyon")
Performers: Olka, Christopher
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Samuel Jones is a sensitive musician with great imagination, and he is a real craftsman. These works should be part of the core of the...continue...

Best of London - Sullivan, Elgar, Handel, Holst, Walton, etc

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard; Eric Coates: London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; London Calling, march; London Again, suite for orchestra; Haydn Wood: London Cameos; London Landmark...
Performers: Knowles, Martin; Larkin, Mathew; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Linell, Dorothy
Conductors: Penny, Andrew; Leaper, Adrian; Kingston, Geoffrey A.; Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin; Tomlinson, Ernest; Daniel, Paul; Griffiths, Howard; Summerly, Jeremy; Bakels, Kees; Edison, Noel

A rousing collection of music evoking Britain’s capital city in all its pomp and glory. CD 1 takes the listener on a nostalgic journey though...continue...

American Classics - Wuorinen: Six Trios

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-02-21

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Trio for Bass Instruments; Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano; Trio for violin, cello & piano; Double Solo for Horn Trio; Trombone Trio
Performers: Borror, Ronald; Braynard, David; Druckman, Daniel; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Hudson, Benjamin; Palma, Donald [Double Bass]; Purvis, William [Horn]; Schulte, Rolf; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Taylor, David; W...
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Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music

For all Charles Wuorinen's longstanding reputation as a modernist, his musical career has more in common with those of Brahms and Beethoven than with any...continue...

British Tuba Concertos / Gourlay, Sutherland, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Edward Gregson: Concerto for tuba; Roger Steptoe: Tuba Concerto, for tuba & orchestra; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Tuba in F minor; John Golland: Tuba Concerto, Op. 46
Performers: Gourlay, James
Conductors: Sutherland, Gavin
Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

Although the tuba enjoyed some success in Berliozs Symphonie fantastique and the operas of Wagner, it did not emerge as a solo instrument until the...continue...

American Classics - Edmond Dédé: Chicago, etc / Rosenberg

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-03-01

Works: Edmond Dédé: Chicago, Grande valse à l'Américaine, for orchestra; Tond les chiens, coup' les chats, Duo burlesque for chorus & 2 pianos; Mirliton fin de siècle, Pol...
Performers: Brack, Brandon; Foster, Jennifer; Sachs, David; Thomas, Kabin
Conductors: Rosenberg, Richard

Edmond Dede was born in New Orleans, his father a professional musician of West Indian origin. Edmond was to become an outstanding violinist. He eventually...continue...