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Scott Johnson: Americans

1 CD / Tzadik / 2010-05-18

Works: Scott Johnson: Americans, for ensemble; The Illusion of Guidance, for ensemble; Bowery Haunt, for 2 guitars; Anthem Hunt (from Pact 2006), for ensemble
Performers: Chudzik, Greg; Cossin, David; Dancigers, Mark; Driscoll, Kermit; Ferrari, John; Gosling, Stephen; Johnson, Derek [Guitar]; Johnson, Scott [Guitar/Composer]; Lowenstern, Michael; Rowell, Mary L.; Sull...

A long awaited CD of a major new composition by one of America's greatest and most elusive composers from the early days of postmodern minimalism....continue...
Recording information: Kampo Studios....continue...

Concertos II

1 CD / Albany Records / 2010-04-13

Works: Martin Matalon: Trame 1, for oboe & chamber orchestra; Steven Burke: Over A Moving Landscape, for bass clarinet & chamber orchestra; Ross Bauer: Thin Ice, for cello & ensemble
Performers: Leclair, Jacqueline; Lowenstern, Michael
Conductors: Hostetter, Paul
Ensemble: Sequitur

The three concertos on this recording are representative of a contemporary renaissance in concerto writing. The challenge for composers is how to tackle the range...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...

Albright: Music for Saxophones / PRISM Quartet

1 CD / Innova / 2007-10-23

Works: William Albright: Fantasy Etudes, for saxophone quartet; Heater; Pit Band, for alto saxophone, bass clarinet & piano; Doo-Dah for three saxophones; Sonata for alto saxophone & piano; Spoken Word: Wil...
Performers: Herskowitz, Matt; Levy, Matthew; Lowenstern, Michael; Nonken, Marilyn; Sullivan, Tamur; Whitcombe, Michael
Conductors: ; Reynolds, H. Robert
Ensemble: ; Prism Quartet (Saxophone Quartet)

To Have and To Hold / Sequitur

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-05-22

Works: Eve Beglarian: Not Worth "Riches and glory"; Eleanor Sandresky: My Goddess; Marti Epstein: Superstition; David Del Tredici: Honey Money Loves; Renée Favand: What's It Worth To You?, song; Richar...
Performers: Gythfeldt, Marianne; Hesselink, Greg; Lowenstern, Michael; Norderval, Kristin; Ohrenstein, Dora; Panner, Daniel
Conductors: Hostetter, Paul
Ensemble: Sequitur

The program for To Have and To Hold is taken from two evenings of cabaret songs commissioned by Sequitur. These two programs were the seed...continue...
Personnel: Dora Ohrenstein (soprano); Daniel Panner (viola); Greg Hesselink (cello); Marianne Gythfeldt, Michael Lowenstern (clarinet, bass clarinet).

Recording information: American Academy Of...continue...

CDCM Computer Music Series Vol 35 - Computer Age Vol 10

1 CD / Centaur / 2007-04-01

Works: Larry Austin: Ottuplo!, four inter-episodes for real & virtual string quartets; Adagio; RomaDue, for electronic music on tape; Tableaux; "art is self-alteration is Cage is...", for solo contrabass & ...
Performers: Austin, Larry; Blac, Robert; Duke, Stephen; Errante, F. Gerard; Lowenstern, Michael; Martelle, Jacqueline

Singleton: Sing to Sun / McClough, Benker

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-02-01

Works: Alvin Singleton: Sing to the Sun; Argoru III; Greed Machine; Apple; Fifty Times Around the Sun
Performers: Benkeser, Peggy; Cook, Barbara [oboe]; Faria, Richard; Gordy, Laura; Gurch, Ted; Gythfeldt, Marianne; Leventhal, Amy; Lowenstern, Michael; McCollough, Teresa; McDermott, Anne-Marie; Neidich, Charles;...
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Ensemble: Imani Winds; Spivey Hall Children's Choir

"Singleton's music is playful, free, sometimes quite funny, sometimes a bit funky. Sing to the Sun (1995) is a lightly scored entertainment for children's chorus,...continue...

Eve Beglarian: Tell the Birds

1 CD / New World / 2006-05-01

Works: Eve Beglarian: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, for voice & chamber ensemble; Creating the World, for voice & chamber ensemble; Robin Redbreast, for voice & piccolo; Wonder Counselor, for organ & tap...
Performers: Adelson, Andrew; Arron, Edward; Beglarian, Eve; Bielawa, Lisa; Burhans, Caleb; Dargel, Corey; Ferrari, John; Fieldes, Mat; Gould, Jessica; Grabois, Daniel; Grice, Janet; Herrington, Benjamin; Kampmei...
Conductors: ; Dresher, Paul; Lubman, Bradley
Ensemble: ; MATA Ensemble; Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band

Eve Beglarian is a composer and performer whose music has been described as "an eclectic and wide-open series of enticements." Tell the Birds is her...continue...

New Music Series Vol 4 - Cox, DeLio, Morris, et al

1 CD / Neuma / 2005-01-01

Works: Franklin Cox: Shift; Thomas DeLio: Center; Robert Morris: Three Musicians; Anneliese Weibel: C.I.R.C.A.; Jerry Tabor: veneer/semblance, extremities, verities
Performers: Berrones, Jose; Chapman, Susannah; Chipman, Paula; Cox, Franklin; Goldstein, Tom; Gram, Jeff; Hendricks, Karen; Hoffman, Paul; Leclair, Jacqueline; Lowenstern, Michael; Pollak, Justin; Vertrees, Sara...

Composer Series - John Zorn: Magick

1 CD / Tzadik / 2004-10-19

Works: John Zorn: Necronomicon; Sortilège
Performers: Choi, Jennifer; Lowenstern, Michael; Mills, Jesse; O'Neill, Richard; Sherry, Fred; Smith, Tim [clarinet]

Mackey: Heavy Light / Mosaic, et al

1 CD / New World / 2004-07-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Heavy Light; Micro-Concerto; Indigenous Instruments
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Finckel, Michael; Guibbory, Shem; Lowenstern, Michael; Mackey, Steven; Mueller, Zizi; Tahmizian, Emma
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Ensemble: Mosaic

Stokes: Susquehannas, Tintinnabulary, etc / Zeitgeist

1 CD / New World / 2002-07-01

Works: Eric Stokes: Susquehannas, for 2 percussionists, clarinet & keyboard; The Pickpocket is Lyrical Two, for 2 percussionists, clarinet & keyboard; Tintinnabulary (Phonic Paradigm IV), for 2 percussionis...
Performers: Barringer, Heather; Johnson, Jay; Lowenstern, Michael; Stokes, Eric; Witt, Carl
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Ensemble: Zeitgeist

"Stokes joins the ranks of Varese, Ives, Brant, Cage, and other Americans who sought to incorporate the stream of everyday experience, noise and all, into...continue...

Lowenstern: 1985 - Chamber Music / Kitzke, Thompson, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2000-10-04

Works: Michael Lowenstern: 1985; King Friday; At the Refrain; Pushing up Daisies; Teachable Moment; Poems (3) by James Hazard, for reader & soundtrack; Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together for speaker, bass in...
Performers: Lowenstern, Michael

Personnel: Michael Lowenstern (clarinet, bass clarinet, electronics)....continue...

Kitzke: The Character of American Sunlight

1 CD / Koch International / 1999-02-16

Works: Jerome Kitzke: Mad Coyote madly sings, for 4 voices, tenor saxophone, double bas & drum kit; A Keeing wish, for voice, narrator, clarinet, bass clarinet, double bass & bass drum; The Animist child, f...
Performers: Bleckmann, Theo; Bush, Phillip; Gythfeldt, Marianne; Hesselink, Greg; Karrer, Lisa; Kennedy, John; Kennedy, John M.; Kitzke, Jerome; Klucevsek, Guy; Leclair, Jacqueline; Lowenstern, Michael; Lubman, ...
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley;
Ensemble: Essential Music; The Mad Coyote

Avant-garde can mean so many things. To a composer like Jerome Kitzke it is a freeing notion. THE CHARACTER OF AMERICAN SUNLIGHT dances among the influences that comprise the American character. From ...continue...

Bun-Ching Lam - The Child God / Lam, Chen Shi-Zheng, et al

1 CD / Tzadik / 1998-03-17

Works: Lam Bun-ching: The Child God; Autumn Sound; The Great River Flows East
Performers: Bun-ching, Lam; Chen, Shi-Zheng; Kinney, Michelle; Lowenstern, Michael; Man, Wu; Sopyla, Ron; Tao, Chen; Tunick, Danny

Spasm - Works for Bass Clarinet / Michael Lowenstern

1 CD / New World / 1996-12-01

Works: Michael Lowenstern: Spasm; But Would She Remember You?; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Daniel Weymouth: Rare Events; Jerome Kitzke: Regina Takes the Holy Road, 3 December 1994; Arthur Kreiger: Join...
Performers: Barringer, Heather; Johnson, Jay; Kitzke, Jerome; Linker, Tom; Lowenstern, Michael

Recording information: Creation Audio, Minneapolis, MN (08/1994-07/1996); NYU Studios, New York, NY (08/1994-07/1996); Studio A, Stony Brook, NY (08/1994-07/1996)....continue...