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David Shifrin & Friends - works by Copland, Hartke, Kernis and Zwilich / Chamber Music Northwest

1 CD / Delos / 2012-07-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Sextet, for clarinet, piano & string quartet (arr. of Symphony no 2); Stephen Hartke: The Horse with the Lavender Eye, episodes (4) for violin, clarinet & piano; Aaron Jay Kernis: Trio...
Performers: Arm, Theodore; Ching, Daniel; Cho, Catherine; Cox, John [Horn]; DePonte, Niel; Feves, Julie; Gindele, Joshua; Heard, Cornelia; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Kuhns, Sally Nelson; Largess, Joh...
Conductors: ; Wilson, Ransom
Ensemble: ; Chamber Music Northwest

'... a score truly inspired by a tragic event (9/11) and one that is likely to transcend it.' - Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine...continue...

Music of Melinda Wagner / Joseph Alessi, trombone; Christine Brandes, soprano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-08-09

Works: Melinda Wagner: Concerto for trombone & orchestra; Settings (4), for ensemble; Wick, for ensemble
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Brandes, Christine; Gilbert, Laura; Gosling, Stephen; Kaye, Alan; Macomber, Curtis; O'Neill, Richard; Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Lemon, J. Karla; Milarsky, Jeffrey
Ensemble: ; New York New Music Ensemble; New York Philharmonic

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner has composed a highly regarded catalog of chamber and orchestral music. Critic Tim Page writes: "Melinda Wagner's work suggests what...continue...
Recording information: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center For The Performing Ar (02/22/2007-02/24/2007); Theater C, SUNY College at Purchase, Purchase, NY (02/22/2007-02/24/2007); Avery Fisher Hall, Li...continue...

Eckardt: Undersong, song cycle / Fred Sherry, Tony Arnold, Claire Chase

1 CD / Mode Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Jason Eckardt: A way (tracing), for cello solo; 16, for amplified flute & string trio; Aperture, for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, & piano; The Distance (This), for soprano & 10 instrumental...
Performers: Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Cahn-Lipman, Kivie; Chase, Claire; Lamb, Eric; Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Schick, Steve
Ensemble: International Contemporary Ensemble

Charles Wuorinen: Chamber Music / Peter Serkin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-03-29

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Scherzo for piano; Quartet for Strings no 1; Viola Variations; Piano Quintet no 2
Performers: Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Mills, Jesse; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Sherry, Fred [Cello]

Charles Wuorinen's staggeringly prolific output has been remarkably consistent yet tremendously varied. This disc presents the first commercial recordings of three recent pieces, along with...continue...

Basso Profundo

1 CD / Vivace Records / 2011-03-08

Works: Sylvano Bussotti: Sensitivo, for contrabass (no 7 of Book 7); Leonard Rosenman: Chamber Music 4, for amplified bass, 4 string quartets & tutti bass ("Bass Concerto"); Robert Ceely: Hymn, duet for cel...
Performers: Bergamo, John; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Neidlinger, Buell; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Silverman, Stanley; Williams, Jan
Conductors: Kagel, Mauricio

A series of works by contemporary composers all written for and recorded by double bassist Buell Neidlinger and assisting artists....continue...

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...

Glass Box - Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg; Mad Rush; MEDLEY; Koyaanisqatsi;...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barab, Seymour; Bargen, Karl; Bauch, Ethan; Beckenstein, Marion; Benary, Barbara; Benincasa, Rex; Bielawa, Lisa; Bielecki,...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Keene, Christopher; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Goldray, Martin; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: ; American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Quena Ensemble; String Orchestra; S...

This elegantly packaged 10-disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his Oscar-nominated...continue...

Music of Fred Lerdahl Vol 2 / Paul Mann, Rolf Schulte, Odense SO, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-09-09

Works: Fred Lerdahl: Cross-Currents, for orchestra; Waltzes for violin, viola, cello & double-bass; Duo, for violin & piano; Quiet Music, for orchestra
Performers: Nickrenz, Scott; Palma, Donald [Double Bass]; Schulte, Rolf; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Winn, James
Conductors: Mann, Paul

This disc presents a survey of the music of one of America's least known great composers. Fred Lerdahl's work has been much written about but...continue...

Zhou Long: The Ineffable

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Zhou Long: The Ineffable, for flute, piccolo, percussion, pipa, zheng, violin & cello; Wild Grass, for narrator & cello; Five Maskers, for brass quintet; Ding, for clarinet, percussion & double bass;...
Performers: Blustine, Allen; Chiu, Thomas; Fedele, David; Fen, Min Xiao; Finckel, Chris; Gordon, Joshua [Cello]; Kopperud, Jean; Palma, Donald [Double Bass]; Park, Laura; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Tao, Chen; Trigg, ...
Conductors: Heldrich, Claire;
Ensemble: ; Manhattan Brass Quintet

American Classics - Wuorinen: The Dante Trilogy

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-01-29

Works: Charles Wuorinen: The Mission of Virgil; The Great Procession, ballet; The River of Light, ballet
Performers: Bush, Phillip; Carroll, Paul [Percussion]; Cobb, Timothy; Finn, Michael; Grant, Cameron; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Kay, Alan R.; Kolor, Thomas; Macomber, Curtis; Moredock, Richard; Neubauer, Paul; Oldfat...
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Contemporary Music Group

In his long composing life, Charles Wuorinen has drawn on an extremely wide range of intellectual and musical inspirations, including many from science and literature....continue...

Adapting to the Times - Charles Wuorinen / James Winn

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-11-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Katz Fugue, for piano; Christes Crosse, for voice & piano; Short Pieces (12), for piano; Self-Similar Waltz, for piano; Album Leaf for Howard Klein; Violin Variations; Album Leaf fo...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Farnum, Elizabeth; Hudson, Benjamin; Macomber, Curtis; Nonken, Marilyn; Schick, Steve; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Winn, James

"Thanks to Wuorinen's connections and his credibility as a pianist, the performers here are of the highest quality-many of them were members of Wuorinen's Group...continue...

American Classics - Wuorinen: String Sextet, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Sextet for Strings; Quartet for Strings no 2; Divertimento; Piano Quintet
Performers: Gordon, Joshua [Cello]; Hudson, Benjamin; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Oppens, Ursula; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; St. John, Scott [Violin]; Zeavin, Carol; Zori, Carmit
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music; Tashi

"Suddenly feeling the weight of Beethoven, Brahms, and Bartok on his shoulders, Wuorinen's penchant for prolix, perversely disquieting dysrhythmia gives way to traditional forms of...continue...

Matthew Greenbaum: Psalter, etc / Sherry, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2006-09-02

Works: Matthew Greenbaum: Castelnau, for string quartet; On the river the shadowy group, for baritone saxophone & piano; Untimely Observations, for viola & piano; Psalter, for voice, winds, strings, harp & ...
Performers: Abramovic, Charles; Castle, Joyce; Griffin, Stephanie; Holzman, David; McMillen, Blair; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Taylor, Marshall
Conductors: ; Korf, Anthony
Ensemble: Momenta Quartet; Network for New Music; Parnassus (New York)

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...
Conductors:
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...

Mackey: Banana/Dump Truck / Steven Mackey, Fred Sherry

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Fusion Tune, for cello & guitar; Deal; Banana/Dump Truck; San Francisco, for Cello & Guitar
Performers: Dillard, Ray; Mackey, Steven; Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Charles Wuorinen - On Alligators

1 CD / Tzadik / 2005-02-22

Works: Charles Wuorinen: On Alligators, for flute/piccolo, oboe, clairnet, bassoon & string quartet; Quartet for Strings no 4; Natural Fantasy for organ; Concerto for piano & orchestra, No 3; Concerto for p...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Frautschi, Jennifer; Geem, Jack van; Kolkay, Peter; Lim, Sunghae Anna; Neidich, Charles; O'Connor, Tara Helen; O'Neill, Richard; Ohlsson, Garrick; Reuter, Gerard; Rioth, Doug; Sherry, ...
Conductors: Wuorinen, Charles; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Douglas Rioth (harp); Jennifer Frautschi (violin); Misha Amory, Richard O'Neill (viola); Fred Sherry , Nina Lee (cello); Tara Helen O'Connor (flute, piccolo); Charles Neidich (clarinet); Ge...continue...

Charles Wuorinen Series - The Golden Dance

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-11-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Five, concerto for amplified cello & orchestra; Golden Dance for piano & orchestra; Concerto for amplified violin & orchestra
Performers: Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Zukofsky, Paul
Conductors: Wuorinen, Charles; Blomstedt, Herbert; Inbal, Eliahu
Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Wuorinen: Fast Fantasy / Fred Sherry

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-04-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Fast Fantasy for cello & piano; Cello Variations; An Orbicle of Jasp, for cello & piano; Cello Variations II; Andante Espressivo, for cello & piano; Cello Variations III; Grand Unio...
Performers: Kolor, Tom; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Wuorinen, Charles

Personnel: Charles Wuorinen (piano); Fred Sherry (cello).

Recording information: American Academy Of Arts And Letters, New York, NY; Recital Hall Of The Purchase College Conservatory Of Mu....continue...

From Behind the Unreasoning Mask - Chihara, Wen-Chung, et al

1 CD / New World / 1998-08-01

Works: Roger Reynolds: From Behind the Unreasoning Mask for trombone & percussion; Paul Chihara: Ceremonies II for flute, 2 cellos & percussion; Chou Wen-Chung: Suite for harp & wind quintet; Earl Kim: Eart...
Performers: Anderson, Miles; Blackwell, Virgil; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Eddy, Timothy; Fitz, Richard; Kim, Earl; Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Otis, Cynthia; Rainey, Tom; Rose, Stewart; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Taylor, St...

Five American Clarinet Quintets / David Shifrin

2 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: John Corigliano: Soliloquy, arrangement for clarinet & string quartet; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Quintet for clarinet, 2 violins, viola & cello; Joan Tower: Turning Point, for clarinet, 2 violins, viola ...
Performers: Arm, Theodore; Hoffman, Toby; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Neubauer, Paul; Peskanov, Mark; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Shifrin, David; Zori, Carmit

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

Wilson: Persuasions, Lord Chesterfield To His Son, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-07-01

Works: Richard Edward Wilson: Persuasions, cantata for soprano & chamber ensemble; Lord Chesterfield to His Son, for solo cello; Fixations, for solo piano; Sonata for viola & piano
Performers: Burton, Amy; Dejean, Gilbert; Schachman, Marc; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Solum, John; Trampler, Walter; Uribe, Blanca

Wuorinen: Chamber Works / Group for Contemporary Music

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Sonata for violin & piano; Quartet for Strings no 3; Fast Fantasy for cello & piano
Performers: Group for Contemporary Music, The; Hudson, Benjamin; Hudson, Benjamin [Strings]; Martin, Lois; Ohlsson, Garrick; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Wuorinen, Charles; Zeavin, Carol
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Group for Contemporary Music