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Anthony Piccolo: Imaginary Symphony and Other Tales / Hamelin Children's Chorus; Campanella Children's Chorus

1 CD / Navona / 2013-03-26

Works: Anthony Piccolo: Imaginary Symphony no 1; Sonata for solo cello; Fever Time, songs (7) for children's chorus, percussion & celesta; Flûtes de suite, for multi-flute soloist; Fanfare-Sonatina, fo...
Performers: Bilan, Ladislav; Hubek, Jaroslav [Horn]; Kaucka, Lucie; Nouzovsky, Petr; Paulik, Martin; Rzounkova, Zuzana; Sokol, Martin; Talabova, Marta
Conductors: Vronsky, Petr; Piccolo, Anthony; Muzik, Vit
Ensemble: ; Hamelin Children's Chorus; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

NY based Anthony Piccolo leads a vibrant career as the Children's Chorus Director at the Metropolitan Opera. This recording is an album of works written...continue...

Cross Connection: Selected Works of Henry Wolking & James Scott Balentine / Robert Walzel, clarinet; Eric Wolf Stomberg, bassoon

1 CD / Navona / 2013-03-26

Works: Henry Wolking: Gone Playin', concerto for clarinet & orchestra; The Old Gypsy, for string quartet; James Scott Balentine: Dún Eideann Blogh, concerto for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra; Unspecifi...
Performers: Kopyt, Igor [Violin]; Muzik, Vit; Muzikova, Dominika; Pavlik, Marian; Stomberg, Eric; Walzel, Robert
Conductors: Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Cross Connection features the works of Wolking and Balentine. Both composers' works consider the meaning of life, love, and music, and the relationship between each....continue...
Recording information: Reduta Hall, Olomouc, Czech Republic....continue...

Michael G. Cunningham: Three Ballets; The Gastein Masterwork

1 CD / Navona / 2012-11-13

Works: Michael G. Cunningham: Nyadina, ballet; She, ballet; Chrysalis at Mardi Gras, ballet; Gastein Masterwork, for orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Conductors: Winstin, Robert Ian; Vronsky, Petr; Lande, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Orchestra; St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra

Featuring Cunningham's interpretation of the final version of Schubert's Gastein Masterwork and also includes 3 new contemporary works for ballet. On-disc Enhanced Content includes study...continue...

Of Birds and Lemons: Works for Orchestra by José Elizondo & David Tanner / Zuzana Rzounkova, horn

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: David Tanner: Pocket Symphony, for orchestra; I'll Come to Thee by Moonlight, for orchestra; Tyger, for orchestra; José Elizondo: Estampas Mexicanas, for orchestra; Danzas Latinoamericanas, danc...
Conductors: Vronsky, Petr; Micka, Vit; Winstin, Robert Ian
Ensemble: ; Mellenium Symphony Orchestra; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

This album features diverse orchestral works of 2 composers united by their affinity for energetic, stylistic, and rhythmic composition. Stellar performances from the Moravian Philharmonic...continue...

Keith Kramer: Causal Dualism - Causality; Duality; Flame of Attention / Stanislav Behal, piano; Gottfried Stoger, soprano saxophone

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Keith Kramer: Causality, for percussion, piano & string orchestra; Duality, for saxophone, trombone & string quartet; Flame of Attention, for soprano saxophone; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Behal, Stanislav [Piano]; Stoger, Gottfried; Taylor, David
Conductors: Micka, Vit; Kramer, Keith
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

CAUSAL DUALISM, Kramer's 2nd full-length release on Navona, is a celebration of dichotomy and relationships between all things, drawing inspiration from Tibetan Buddhism and the...continue...

Paradigms: New Sounds for the Modern Orchestra - works by Warren Gooch, Rain Worthington, Howard Quilling et al. / Vilem Veverka, oboe

1 CD / Navona / 2012-08-28

Works: Warren Gooch: Clockwork; Rain Worthington: Of Time Remembered, for orchestra; Howard Quilling: Diversion, for orchestra; Allen Brings: Concertino for oboe & orchestra; Paula Diehl: Meeting Places, fo...
Performers: Veverka, Vilem
Conductors: Black, Robert; Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Paradigms features six composers of varied backgrounds and styles and a broad sampling of contemporary works for orchestra....continue...

Fire & Time - Works for Orchestra by Tarlow, Yip, Brings, Osterfield, Block / Martin Levicky, piano

1 CD / Navona / 2012-05-29

Works: Karen Tarlow: Kavanah; Stephen Yip: The Legendary Phoenix, for piano & orchestra; Allen Brings: Short Symphony no 1; Paul Osterfield: Monadnock, for orchestra; Steven D. Block: Shadows for orchestra;...
Performers: Levicky, Martin
Conductors: Titov, Alexander; Vronsky, Petr; Winstin, Robert Ian; Stankovsky, Robert; Rose, Gil
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

A compilation featuring 6 American composers of orchestral works all united by an expansive and sublime musical vision. With programmatic influences ranging from Jungian philosophy,...continue...
Recording information: Kiev, Ukraine (02/12/2008); Olomouc, Czech Republic (02/12/2008); Slovak Radio Studios, Slovak National Republic (02/12/2008); St. Petersburg, Russia (02/12/2008); Warsaw, Polan...continue...

Allen Bond: Sound Spectrum / Mara Bonde

1 CD / Navona / 2011-11-15

Works: Allen Bonde: Fantasia, for piano & orchestra; Elizabethan Songs (3), for voice & piano; Elizabethan Songs Revisited (3), for voice & piano; Symphony no 1; Rose Window, for 2 pianos; Sonus 1, for pian...
Performers: Bonde, Allen; Bonde, Mara; Bonde, Maria
Conductors: Shimada, Toshiyuki
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Sound Spectrum features works for piano, soprano, and orchestra by composer Allen Bonde. Bonde draws from his personal experiences and feelings to craft beautiful pieces...continue...

Divergence / Violin concertos by Sackman, Michal & McKinley / Ondrej Lebr; Glenn Dicterow, violins; Karen Dreyfus, viola

1 CD / Navona / 2011-09-27

Works: Nicholas Sackman: Concertino for violin & orchestra; Scott Michalski: Encomiums, for orchestra; William Thomas McKinley: Concert Variations, for violin, viola & orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-RO...
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn; Dreyfus, Karen
Conductors: Micka, Vit; Vronsky, Petr; St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

This collection of violin concerti, written by three living composers, offers listeners a sampling of modern classical music as well as an example of how...continue...

Carollo: Transcendence in the Age of War

1 CD / Navona / 2009-09-29

Works: John A. Carollo: Desiderio, for string orchestra; Saggese, suite for guitar ("Hommage to Paganini"); String Quintet no 1, for 10 string guitar & string quartet; Fear of Angst, for flute, cello & pian...
Performers: Hana, Pavel; Hradil, Antonin; Kunt, Vaclav; Micka, Vit; Pavlik, Marian; Petrasek, Vit; Saggese, Christian; Silarova, Eva
Conductors: Micka, Vit
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Mementos - Modern Orchestral Works by Kramer, Crouch

1 CD / Navona / 2009-08-25

Works: Keith Kramer: Symphony no 1 ("Emerge"); Stephen Yip: Raining In Autumn, for orchestra; Jason Barabba: Conjecture; Shawn Crouch: City Columns; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk; Micka, Vit
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Symphony Orchestra

Wojcik: Pictures and Stories / Raymond Wojcik, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Raymond Wojcik: The Sketchbook, for narrator, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, bass & percussion; Vanishing Lands, for flute, violin, viola, cello & harp; Lord Sedley's Masque (Or the Revels of ...
Performers: Brezinova, Evzenie; Frankova, Magdalena; Hladik, Petr; Hodulikova, Ludmila; Krejci, Tomas; Kuznik, Tomas; Muzik, Vit; Pavlik, Marian; Teimer, Dalibor; Turkova, Michaela; Tutkova, Jana; Wootton, Dougl...
Conductors: Wojcik, Raymond
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Rzeszow Philharmonic Orchestra

Boyer: Tchaikovsky 6.1, etc; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6, etc / Golan, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-05-01

Works: Peter Boyer: Celebration Overture, for orchestra; Silver Fanfare; Tchaikovsky 6.1; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74
Conductors: Golan, Lawrence
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording of music by Peter Boyer centers around a commission by conductor Lawrence Golan to write a work to be performed in concert immediately...continue...

American Music - Gregory Hutter: Electric Traction, etc

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

Works: Gregory Hutter: Electric Traction, for orchestra; Fantasy Pieces, for piano; Still Life, for oboe & orchestra; Skyscrapers, for orchestra; The Melancholy Rags (Book 1), for piano
Performers: Choi, Winston; Safar, Miroslav
Conductors: Baumgartner, Andreas Hérm; Shimada, Toshiyuki
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Gregory Hutter is currently one of America's most diverse and eclectic young composers. As demonstrated in the present collection of compositions, Hutter works fluently in...continue...

Funky Little Crustaceans - William Hill / Golan, Moravian PO

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-04-01

Works: William Hill: Funky Little Crustaceans; Aurora Borealis; Abstract Miniatures (7) for Percussion and Chamber Orchestra
Performers: Hill, William; Pellerite, James J.
Conductors: Golan, Lawrence
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

"Three orchestral pieces by composer and percussionist William Hill are featured on this Albany release. As would be expected of a percussionist, the pieces are...continue...

Raymond Wojcik: Akin to Fire / Joel Eric Suben, Moravian PO

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-02-01

Works: Raymond Wojcik: Jubilee, for orchestra; Akin to Fire, for orchestra; Dance Symphony, for orchestra; The Art Spirit, for orchestra
Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric; Wojcik, Raymond
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Rzeszow Philharmonic Orchestra

Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Raymond Wojcik is a composer, conductor and educator. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and the Lamont...continue...

Elliott Schwartz: Voyager, Mehitabel's Serenade, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-03-01

Works: Elliott Schwartz: Voyager for orchestra; Mehitabel's Serenade, for alto saxophone & orchestra; Jack O' Lantern, for chamber orchestra & lights; Celebrations/Reflections, a time warp for orchestra; Ti...
Performers: Radnofsky, Kenneth
Conductors: Shimada, Toshiyuki; Hoenich, Richard; London, Edwin; Kawalla, Szymon
Ensemble: Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; New England Conservatory Honors Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

L. Bell: The Sentimental Muse, etc / Suben, Drury, et al

1 CD / North/South / 2003-09-01

Works: Larry Bell: Symphony no 2 ("Idumea Symphony"); Song and Dance, a divertimento for chamber orchestra, Op. 44; Short Symphony for Band, Op. 47; The Sentimental Muse, a concerto for bassoon & orchestra,...
Performers: Sleeper, Kathryn
Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric; Drury, William
Ensemble: Jordan Winds; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Ward-Steinman: Three Concertos / Colf, Amos, Bakunin, et al

1 CD / Fleur de Son / 2001-01-01

Works: David Ward-Steinman: Concerto for Cello; Cinnabar Concerto, for viola & chamber orchestra; Chroma Concerto, for multiple keyboards, percussion & chamber orchestra
Performers: Bakunin, Karen Elaine; Colf, Howard D.; Ward-Steinman, David
Conductors: Amos, David
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra