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Ancora - Bainbridge: Viola Concerto, etc / Trampler, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-10-07

Works: Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra; Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; Concertante in moto perpetuo for Oboe and Chamber Ensemble
Performers: Black, Nigel; Daniel, Nicholas; Edwards, Catherine; Farrall, Joy; Irvine, Robert; Kiernan, Patrick; Lukas, Kathryn; Shave, Jacqueline; Tarlton, Neil; Trampler, Walter; Wilkinson Khoroshunin, Katie
Conductors: Bainbridge, Simon; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Composers Ensemble; London Sinfonietta

The central work on the disc is the composer's 'Viola Concerto,' commissioned by Walter Trampler who performs here with the London Sinfonietta under the distinguished...continue...

Steve Reich - Phases (A Nonesuch Retrospective)

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-26

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians; Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards; Eight Lines; You Are (Variations), for...
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Beiser, Maya; Benschop, Yvonne; Borden, Barbara; Can, Bang On A; Goud, Ananda; Hartenberger, Russ; Kronos Quartet; Kvistad, Garry; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Metheny, Pat; ...
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Lubman, Bradley; Gershon, Grant; Hillier, Paul; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Bang on a Can; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Members); Members of the Steve Reich Ensemble (Members); Schoenberg Ensemble; Steve Reich & Musicians

"When the history book is written on the minimalist scene that emerged in the 1960s, it's likely that composer Steve Reich will emerge as the...continue...

Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra; Viola Concerto; Concertante in Moto Perpetuo

1 CD / NM Classics Import / 2006-09-11

Works: Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for double orchestra; Concerto for Viola; Concertante in Moto Perpetuo, for ten players
Performers: Trampler, Walter
Conductors: Bainbridge, Simon; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; Composers Ensemble

Gramophone Magazine
The Viola Concerto (1976) remains an astonishingly assured work from one then in his early twenties, not least in the subtle control of tension...continue...

Prokofiev - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-11-14

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges; Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60; Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b; Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Romeo and Juliet, Suite no 3 for or...
Performers: Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Feidman, Giora; Krosnick, Joel; Mann, Robert [Violin]; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]; Smirnoff, Joel
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Kapp, Richard; Gosman, Lazar; Schippers, Thomas; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York; Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra; Westminster Choir

Adam: Giselle / Thomas, LSO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-12-10

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Performers: Taylor, Alex
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra