Colgrass, Michael

Michael Colgrass Percussion Music 1951-1957 / Braun, Craig, DiSanza, Herron, Humphreys, Robinson

1 CD / Equilibrium / 2012-09-11

Works: Michael Colgrass: Three Brothers, for percussion ensemble; Percussion Music, for ensemble; Chamber Piece, for Percussion Quintet; Inventions on a Motive, for percussion ensemble; Variations for 4 dru...
Performers: Braun, Roger; Craig, Mark; Herron, Greg; Humphreys, Michelle; Robinson, N. Scott; Roulet, Patrick [Drums]; Sanza, Anthony di; Yanik, Megan [Viola]
Conductors: Roulet, Patrick [Drums]; Harrison, Mike

This disc of the percussion music of Michael Colgrass written between 1951 and 1957 includes conversations with the composer on each of the works....continue...

Composer's Collection: Michael Colgrass / North Texas Wind Symphony

2 CD / GIA Publications / 2012-06-12

Works: Michael Colgrass: Arctic Dreams, for winds; Mysterious Village, for percussion & orchestra; Déjà vu, for percussion quartet & orchestra; The Beethoven Machine; Raag Mala; Winds of Nagual; O...
Performers: Breaux, Troy; Hart, Shawn; Mullins, Kyle; Prosperie, Jeff; Sparrow, Rone; Stephan, Edward
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene; Ambrose, Robert
Ensemble: ; Georgia Southern University Symphonic Wind Ensembl; Great Lakes Saxophone Quartet; North Texas Wind Symphony

Michael Colgrass is arguably one of the most influential American musicians of the last 100 years. As a composer, author, and lecturer he has left...continue...
Recording information: University Of North Texas Winspear Performance Hall....continue...

Encryptions: Turrin, McTee, Husa, Salfelder, Hause, Colgrass

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2012-05-08

Works: Joseph Turrin: Scarecrow Overture, for wind ensemble; Cindy McTee: Double Play, for wind ensemble; Karel Husa: Divertimento for brass ensemble & percussion; Kathryn Salfelder: Crossing Parallels, for...
Performers: Mullins, Kyle
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene
Ensemble: North Texas Wind Symphony

Thanks to GIA's generous support, it has been possible for the North Texas Wind Symphony to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality. Encryptions...continue...
Recording information: University of North Texas Winspear Performance Hall, Mu (04/09/2011-04/11/2011); University of North Texas Winspear Performance Hall, Mu (06/26/2011); University of North Texas ...continue...

Emanuel Vardi, Viola/Violin: In Memorian, 1915-2011 / Works by Partos, Hindemith, Colgrass, etc.

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2011-07-03

Works: Oedoen Partos: In Memoriam, for cello & piano; Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik for Viola and Strings; Michael Colgrass: Variations for 4 drums & viola; Tibor Serly: Concerto for Violin & wind symphony; W...
Performers: Colgrass, Michael; Vardi, Emanuel
Conductors: Solomon, Izler; Serly, Tibor; Stopak, Joseph
Ensemble: American Broadcasting Symphony; MGM String Orchestra; The Vienna Symphony Orchestra

When Emanuel Vardi passed away in January 2011, the music world lost a remarkable musician and a unique human being. Very few, if any, can...continue...

Genesis / Great Lakes Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2011-04-12

Works: Joseph Turrin: High Flight, for wind ensemble; Michael Colgrass: Urban Requiem; Karel Husa: Concerto for wind ensemble; John Mackey: Aurora Awakes, for wind ensemble
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene
Ensemble: ; Great Lakes Saxophone Quartet

Internationally acknowledged as one of the premier ensembles of its kind, the North Texas Wind Symphony is selected from the most outstanding musicians attending the...continue...
Recording information: University of North Texas Winspear Performance Hall, Mu (2002-03-09&2009-10-31&2009-)....continue...

American Manuscripts

1 CD / Summit Records / 2009-10-13

Works: John Zdechlik: A Centennial Overture; Michael Colgrass: The Beethoven Machine; Raag Mala; John Mackey: Strange Humors; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Andrew Rindfleisch: Mr. Atlas
Conductors: Ambrose, Robert J.
Ensemble: Georgia State University Wind Ensemble

All of these pieces are by American composers, and all are premiere recordings! Under the direction of Dr. Ambrose, the Georgia State University Symphonic Wind...continue...

Fashionably Late - Juliet White-Smith - Debuts!

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-05-01

Works: George Walker: Sonata for viola & piano; Maurice Gardner: Sonata for solo viola ("Tricinium"); Suite for violin & viola; Michael Colgrass: Variations for 4 drums & viola
Performers: Brende, Heidi; Fuchs, Richard; Smith, Michael; White-Smith, Juliet

Violist Juliet White-Smith is an active soloist and chamber recitalist and has performed in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East to critical acclaim....continue...

Northern Winds - Wind Band Classics / Gomes, Halladay, Docking, Toronto Wind Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Louis Applebaum: High Spirits; Michael Colgrass: Dream Dancer; Henry Kucharzyk: Some Assembly Required; Gary Kulesha: Ensembles; Harry Freedman: Laurentian Moods; Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques
Performers: Docking, Simon; Halladay, Wallace
Conductors: Gomes, Tony
Ensemble: Toronto Wind Orchestra

'Northern Winds' is an inspirational album featuring a wealth of Canadian talent that highlights imaginative approaches to wind orchestration across various styles by several composers,...continue...

Wind Band Classics - Colgrass: Urban Requiem; Shostakovich, etc / Gage, Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Scott Lindroth: Spin Cycle; Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83; Eric Whitacre: October; Michael Colgrass: Urban Requiem; Dmitry Shostakovich: Overture on ...
Performers: Carey, Joseph; Cordingley, Allen; Engelhardt, Kent; Fitzer, Robert; Umble, James; Umble, Kathryn Thomas
Conductors: Gage, Stephen L.
Ensemble: Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensembl

Pulitzer Prize winning composer Michael Colgrass' 'Urban Requiem' headlines this recording. This nearly half hour work explores the technical and expressive qualities of the saxophone...continue...

Transformations - Grantham, Linn / Corporon, North Texas

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2007-04-10

Works: Donald Grantham: Court Music, for band; Robert Linn: Concerto Grosso for trumpet, horn & trombone; Frank Ticheli: Sanctuary, for band; Michael Colgrass: Bali, for band; David Maslanka: Symphony no 7,...
Performers: Abraham, Shaun; Harcrow, Michael; Saito, Mitsuru
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene

Director of Wind Studies at the University of North Texas, Corporon has made fifty recordings with various groups and on various labels, and is in...continue...

Winds of Nagual - Dvorák, Gillingham, Rimsky-Korsakov, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; David Gillingham: No Shadow of Turning, for band; Michael Colgrass: Winds of Nagual; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Performers: , Ohio State University Wind Symphony, The
Conductors: Mikkelson, Russel C.
Ensemble: Ohio State University Wind Symphony

"This nicely programmed and expertly performed disc will be of interest to wind ensemble fans primarily for the imaginative and colorful score by Michael Colgrass....continue...

Blue Dawn into White Heat - Schuller, Schwartz, et al

2 CD / Innova / 2006-03-27

Works: Jeffrey Brooks: Dreadnought for wind ensemble; Gunther Schuller: Blue Dawn Into White Heat, for wind ensemble; Elliott Schwartz: Aerie, for wind ensemble; Reflections, for bassoon ensemble; Chiaroscu...
Performers: Ashworth, Thomas; Balwin, David; Bogorad, Julia; Bordner, Gary; Chatterton, Linda; Miller, John [Show Tunes]; University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble; Vogele, Katherine
Conductors: Kirchoff, Craig;
Ensemble: Bergen Woodwind Quintet; University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble

The Elegant Viola / Yizhak Schotten, Slovak Radio Orchestra

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2005-10-18

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite for viola & small orchestra; Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Sonata for viola & harpsichord in C minor ...
Performers: Epstein, Frank; Schotten, Yizhak; Terry, Carole
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk

Collaborations / University of Michigan Symphony Band

1 CD / Equilibrium / 2004-09-01

Works: Evan K. Chambers: Polka Nation, for band; Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium; Eric Ewazen: Concerto for Tuba; Michael Colgrass: Urban Requiem; Dmitry Shostakovich: Prelude for piano, in E flat mino...
Performers: Chilali, Hugo; Hill, Aaron; Hooker, Jennifer; Kaenzig, Fritz; Karas, Dan; Michling, Tim; Ong, Harry; Piedra, Olman; Sylves, Kevin; Turney, Nicole
Conductors: Haithcock, Michael
Ensemble: ; Larry Teal Saxophone Quartet

Déjà Vu - Colgrass, Schuller / New England Conservatory Wind

1 CD / Mode Records / 2003-08-12

Works: Michael Colgrass: Déjà vu, for percussion quartet & orchestra; Dream Dancer; Gunther Schuller: In Praise of Winds
Performers: Klymus, William; Means, Jeffrey; Radnofsky, Kenneth; Rubinshteyn, Timur; Victor, David
Conductors: Peltz, Charles
Ensemble: New England Conservatory Ensemble

Michael Colgrass and Gunther Schuller have led lives musically rich in varied influences - performing music of the 19th century tradition, embracing the 20th century...continue...

Live from Jordan Hall / Battisti, New England Conservatory

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-03-01

Works: Michael Tippett: Praeludium, for brass, bells & percussion; Triumph, for concert band (arranged from part 6 of "The Mask of Time"); Ivan Tcherepnin: Concerto for Two Continents, for synthesizer & win...
Performers: Drury, Stephen
Conductors: Battisti, Frank L.
Ensemble: New England Conservatory Ensemble

Syler, et al / Green, University of Miami Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Thomas M. Sleeper: Concerto for piano & wind ensemble; Michael Colgrass: Dream Dancer; James Syler: Blue, for soprano, chorus & wind ensemble
Performers: Klock, Lynn
Conductors: Green, Gary; Scheibe, Jo-Michael
Ensemble: University of Miami Wind Ensemble

Winds of Nagual - Strauss, Colgrass, et al / Thompson, et al

1 CD / Summit Records / 2002-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare, AV 109; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for piano & wind instruments; Michael Colgras...
Performers: Oppens, Ursula
Conductors: Thompson, Mallory
Ensemble: Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

American Works for Organ and Orchestra / Schrader, Kalmar

1 CD / Cedille / 2002-01-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva for organ & orchestra, Op. 36; Walter Piston: Prelude and Allegro for organ & strings; Leo Sowerby: Concertpiece for organ & orchestra, H. 307; Michael Colgrass: Snow W...
Performers: Schrader, David
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

Jacques Israelievitch - Wieniawski, Dvorak-Kreisler, et al

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

Works: Henryk Wieniawski: Grand Caprice fantastique for Violin and Piano, Op. 1; Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Fantaisie; Michael Colgrass: Fantasy for Violin and Marimba "Hammer and Bow"; Arnold S...
Performers: Israelievitch, Jacques; Israelievitch, Michael; Lemelin, Stephane; Loman, Judy

Colgrass, McIntosh, Hiscott, Harmon / Golani, Scott, et al

1 CD / Centrediscs / 1998-01-01

Works: Michael Colgrass: Variations for 4 drums & viola; Jim Hiscott: Romantic Nights, for viola & percussion; Diana McIntosh: Nanuk, for viola & piano; Chris Paul Harman: Sonata for viola & piano
Performers: Clarke, Stephen; Golani, Rivka; Scott, Ryan

"...Rivka Golani's playing is superb: The most fiendish passages are played with a brilliance that rejects any notion of difficulty; the dexterity of her left...continue...

Deja View / Corporon, North Texas University Wind Symphony

1 CD / Klavier / 1998-01-01

Works: Adam Gorb: Awayday, for band; Leslie Bassett: Colors and contours, for band; Russell Peck: Cave, for band; Michael Colgrass: Déjà vu, for percussion quartet & orchestra; Jere Hutcheson: Car...
Performers: North Texas Wind Symphony
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene

Harbison: Three City Blocks, etc; Colgrass / Battisti

1 CD / Centaur / 1996-11-02

Works: John Harbison: Three City Blocks, for band; Music for 18 Winds; Michael Colgrass: Arctic Dreams, for winds
Conductors: Battisti, Frank L.
Ensemble: New England Conservatory Ensemble

Daugherty, Dahl, et al / Green, U. of Miami Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Michael Daugherty: Motown Metal; Ingolf Dahl: Hymn, version for wind ensemble & percussion; Clark McAlister: Elegia para Quijote y Quijana, diferencias sobre Cervantes for wind ensemble; Michael Colg...
Performers: Dee, John J.; Drew, Lucas; Fernandez, David; McCormick, Tom; Welsh, Stephen; Weremchuk, George
Conductors: Green, Gary
Ensemble: University of Miami Wind Ensemble

Hearts Music - Diamond, Hartley, et al /Corporon, Cincinnati

1 CD / Klavier / 1995-01-01

Works: David Diamond: Hearts Music; Walter S. Hartley: Concerto for 23 wind instruments; Lyn Murray: Ronald Searle Suite; Michael Colgrass: Winds of Nagual; Ron Nelson: Aspen Jubilee
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene

Colgrass, Druckman / Slatkin, Saint Louis SO

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Michael Colgrass: Déjà vu, for percussion quartet & orchestra; Light Spirit; Jacob Druckman: Aureole for orchestra
Performers: Berg, Jacob; Dumm, Thomas; Holmes, Richard [Percussion]; Kasica, John; O'Donnell, Richard; Starobin, David [Guitar]; Stubbs, Thomas
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Comet, Catherine
Ensemble: ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra