Contemporary Period > Karis, Aleck

Donald Martino: Later Works

1 CD / Albany Records / 2010-01-12

Works: Donald Martino: Trio for violin, cello & piano; Quartet for Strings no 5; Trio for clarinet, cello & piano; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2
Performers: Finckel, Christopher; Gosling, Stephen; Hesselink, Greg; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Karis, Aleck; Kay, Alan R.; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Zeavin, Carol

Rarely has a composer exhibited such an extraordinarily heightened awareness of the very details of music-making, every physical, acoustic and emotional gesture of performance, painstakingly...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City....continue...

Lei Liang: Brush-Stroke, etc / Drury, Robison, Arditti String Quartet, Callithumpian Consort, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2009-07-28

Works: Lei Liang: Serashi Fragments; Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo; Memories of Xiaoxiang; Trio for Cello, Piano and Percussion; In Praise of Shadows; My Windows; Brush-Stroke
Performers: Karis, Aleck; Lin, Chien-Kwan; Ohnishi, Takae; Robison, Paula [Flute]
Conductors: ; Drury, Stephen
Ensemble: Arditti Quartet (String Quartet); Callithumpian Consort

Lei Liang (b.1972) began his musical studies in China, completing them in the USA. His music aims at a deeper philosophical engagement with musical sound...continue...

Applebaum: Martian Anthropology / Stanford SO

1 CD / Innova / 2006-03-24

Works: Mark Applebaum: Martian Anthropology; Skumfiduser!; Dead White Males ReMix; Triple Concerto
Performers: Applebaum, Mark; Josh Levine; Karis, Aleck; Longshore, Terry; Reed, Brett; Scott Walton; Sylvia Re; Tomplinson, Vanessa; Vanessa Tomlinson; Walton, Scott
Conductors: Cai, Jindong; Krinitsky, Ann; Lemon, J. Karla; Applebaum, Mark
Ensemble: ; Stanford Symphony Orchestra; The UCSD Singers

Mackey: Interior Design / Macomber, Nidel

1 CD / Bridge / 2005-11-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Sonata for violin & piano; Interior Design, for solo violin; Humble River
Performers: Gallagher, Maureen; Hesselink, Greg; Karis, Aleck; Macomber, Curtis; Palma-Nidel, Susan

Music of Mario Davidovsky Vol 3 / Speculum Musicae

1 CD / Bridge / 2005-09-01

Works: Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms no 5 for percussion & electronic sounds; Duo Capriccioso for violin & piano; Synchronisms no 6 for piano & electronic sounds; Quartetto for flute & string trio; Synchro...
Performers: Karis, Aleck; Macomber, Curtis
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey;
Ensemble: Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble; Speculum Musicae

Moe: Kicking and Screaming, etc / Moe, Karis, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-07-01

Works: Eric Moe: Three Ways to Relieve Tension, for piano; Dead Elf Tugboat, for flute & keyboard sampler; Grande Étude Brillante, for piano; Where Branched Thoughts Murmur in the Wind, for piano; Da...
Performers: Karis, Aleck; Moe, Eric [Composer]; Rudich, Rachel
Conductors: Palma, Donald
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

Glass: Piano Music / Aleck Karis

1 CD / Romeo Records / 2000-09-19

Works: Philip Glass: Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano; Metamorphosis, for piano; Mad Rush; Opening, for chamber ensemble or piano; Modern Love Waltz, for piano (or chamber ensemble)
Performers: Karis, Aleck

Primosch: Icons - Piano Quintet, etc

1 CD / New World / 1998-04-01

Works: James Primosch: Piano Quintet; Quartet for Strings no 2; Fantasy-Variations, for piano trio; Icons
Performers: Karis, Aleck; Kopperud, Jean; Primosch, James
Conductors:
Ensemble: Leonardo Trio

Quartet Romantic - Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, et al

1 CD / New World / 1998-04-01

Works: Wallingford Riegger: Wind Quintet, Op. 51; Henry Cowell: Quartet Romantic, for 2 flutes, violin & viola, HC 223; Paragraphs (7), trio for 2 violins (or violin & viola) & cello, HC 408; Ruth Crawford ...
Performers: Blackwell, Virgil; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Graham, John; Karis, Aleck; Martin, Lois; Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Palma-Nidel, Susan; Quan, Linda; Rose, Stewart; Schulte, Rolf; Shapiro, Madeleine; Taylor, ...

The generation of American composers who came of age in the 1920s are now generally acknowledged as seminal figures in the creation of a trrly...continue...

American Masters - Sollberger: Chamber Variations, etc

1 CD / CRI / 1997-03-01

Works: Harvey Sollberger: Chamber Variations for 12 players & conductor; Divertimentos for flute, cello & piano; Riding the Wind I for flute & chamber ensemble; Angel and Stone
Performers: Blustine, Allen; Harbison, Helen; Karis, Aleck; Lester, Joel; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Sollberger, Harvey; Spencer, Patricia; Tower, Joan; Wuorinen, Charles
Conductors: Schuller, Gunther; Sollberger, Harvey
Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music; Da Capo Chamber Players; Group for Contemporary Music

Drawn From Life - Music of Allen Anderson / Karis, et al

1 CD / CRI / 1996-10-15

Works: Allen Anderson: Solfeggietti; Drawn from Life; Quartet for Strings
Performers: Karis, Aleck
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lydian String Quartet

James Dashow, Thomas DeLio / Linder, Shick, Maur, et al

1 CD / Neuma / 1996-05-01

Works: James Dashow: Morfologie, for trumpet-player & computer; Punti di Vista no 2, for piano solo; Reconstructions; Thomas DeLio: anti-paysage, for flute, percussion, piano & computer generated tape; Of, ...
Performers: Bova, Lucia; Fonville, John; Karis, Aleck; Linder, Jacques; Maur, Mauro

Hyla: We Speak Etruscan, etc / Speculum Musicae, et al

1 CD / New World / 1996-02-01

Works: Lee Hyla: Pre-Pulse Suspended, for ensemble; Quartet for Strings no 2; We Speak Etruscan, for baritone saxophone & bass clarinet; Quartet for Strings no 3; Concerto no 2 for piano & chamber orchestra
Performers: Berne, Tim; Karis, Aleck; Smith, Tim; Smith, Tim [clarinet]
Conductors: ; Purvis, William [Horn]; Palma, Donald
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

Lee Hyla's music derives largely from the post-serial, neo-romantic contemporary classical tradition, but with the occasional dollop of jazz thrown in for good measure. He has great concern for tonal ...continue...

Speculum Musicae plays The New Danes

1 CD / Bridge / 1995-02-21

Works: Karl Aage Rasmussen: Movements on a Moving Line; Bent Sorensen: The Deserted Churchyards, for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano & percussion; Hans Abrahamsen: Winternacht, Walden; Poul Ruders: Th...
Performers: Albach, Carl; Bartlett, Eric; Blustine, Allen; Charlston, Erik; Danilow, Marji; Druckman, Daniel; Karis, Aleck; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Palma-Nidel, Susan; Purvis, William [Horn]; Shelton, Lu...
Conductors: Palma, Donald; Starobin, David [Guitar]; Purvis, William [Horn]
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

Roger Reynolds: Personae, The Vanity of Words, Variation

1 CD / Neuma / 1993-07-01

Works: Roger Reynolds: Personae for Violin and Chamber Ensemble; Variation; Vanity of words
Performers: Karis, Aleck; Larson, Philip; Negyesy, Janos
Conductors: Steiger, Rand
Ensemble: SONOR Ensemble

Works by Michelle Ekizian, Louis Karchin

1 CD / New World / 1992-05-01

Works: Michelle Ekizian: Octoéchos for double string quartet & soprano; Louis Karchin: Songs of John Keats, for soprano & 6 instruments, Nos 1-2, complete; Capriccio for violin & 7 instruments
Performers: Blustine, Allen; Cawelti, Andrea; Chausow, Robert; Cleveland, Dennis; Hartman, Bonnie; Hudson, Benjamin; Karis, Aleck; LeBlanc, Jeanne; Lee, Dennis; Martin, Lois; Moss, Linda; Palma, Donald [Double B...
Conductors: Sollberger, Harvey
Ensemble: Group for Contemporary Music

Works by Allen Brings and Leo Kraft

1 CD / Centaur / 1992-02-01

Works: Allen Brings: Eclogue; Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano; Concert Piece; Inventions (3) after Bach; Leo Kraft: Episodes; O primavera; Inventions and Airs for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Performers: Abt-Greenfield, Meryl; Charlston, Erik; Gallo, Paul; Hysong, Brian; Karis, Aleck; Roseman, Ronald; Stallman, Robert; Wyrick, Eric