Frank, Gabriela Lena

Zia - works by Gabriela Lena Frank; Lou Harrison; Reza Vali; Jose Evangelista / Del Sol String Quartet

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2013-02-26

Works: Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas; Lou Harrison: Quartet for Strings Set; José Evangelista: Spanish Garland; Reza Vali: Nayshâboorák, for string quartet (Calligraphy no 6); Elena Kats-Cher...
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Ensemble: Del Sol String Quartet

The Zia Indians' symbol for the sacred sun captures the adventurous spirit and global pulse of this CD from Sono Luminus and the award winning...continue...
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California (01/23/2012-01/26/2012)....continue...

Echoes - Works by Roque Cordero, G. Frank, Dexter Morrill, Akin Euba et al. / Laura Kugherz, viola. Steven Heyman, piano.

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-03-08

Works: Roque Cordero: Mensajes Breves (3), for viola & piano; Gabriela Lena Frank: Cinco Danzas de Chambi; Dexter Morrill: Dance Bagatelles, for viola & piano; José Luis Turina: Dos Duetos, for viola &...
Performers: Heyman, Steven; Klugherz, Laura

American Record Guide, November/December 2012
This is an enjoyable program of contemporary ideas, a bit held back by Klugherz's tendency to slither about intonation-wise. None of...continue...
Recording information: Setnor Hall, Syracuse University Syracuse, New York (06/08/2009-06/11/2009)....continue...

Sphinx Virtuosi Live in Concert

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-02-21

Works: Jean Sibelius: Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani; Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas, An Andean Walkabout; George Walker: Lyric for strings; Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonia (String Symphony) for string ...
Conductors: Gupton, Damon
Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi

Recording information: Staples Family Concert Hall, Central Michigan Universit (10/21/2010)....continue...

Triumvirate: 3 Composers, 3 Concertos, 3 World Premiers

1 CD / Summit Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Gabriela Lena Frank: Compadrazgo, for cello, piano & orchestra; Lera Auerbach: Fragile Solitudes (Shadowbox), for string quartet & orchestra; Joan Tower: Purple Rhapsody, for viola & orchestra
Performers: Finckel, David; Han, Wu; Neubauer, Paul
Conductors: Russell, Tim

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra's eleventh CD release features the world premiere recordings of three new concertos by three renowned composers: Joan Tower, Lera Auerbach, and Gabriela...continue...
Recording information: Southern Theatre, Columbus, Ohio (2007-04-??&2008-04-??&2008-)....continue...

Gabriela Lena Frank: Hilos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-02-15

Works: Gabriela Lena Frank: Hilos, for clarinet, violin, cello, & piano; Danza de los Saqsampillos, for 2 marimbas; Adagio para Amantaní, for cello & piano; Quijotadas, for string quartet
Performers: Bowers, Zeneba; Frank, Gabriela Lena; Kemp, Tom; Levine, Lee Carroll; Norton, Christopher; Walker, Matt [Drummer]

Identity has always been at the center of Gabriela Lena Frank's music. Born in Berkeley, California, to a mother of mixed Peruvian/Chinese ancestry and a...continue...
Recording information: Turner Recital Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, (2010-05-22&2010-05-23&2010-)....continue...

Voice of the People

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-04-13

Works: Gabriela Lena Frank: Sueños de Chambi; Cuatro Canciones Andinas, for soprano & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134
Performers: Eyton-Jones, Susanna [Soprano]; Guibbory, Shem; Ketter, Craig; Kopelman, Elizaveta; Rubinsky, Sonia

The selections on this disc are musical embodiments of one of mankind's most compelling life searches: the quest for a just society. Shostakovich represents the...continue...
Recording information: Welin Hall, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY....continue...

Turn The Page

1 CD / Innova / 2010-03-30

Works: Aaron Jay Kernis: Ecstatic Meditations, for chorus; Kurt Rohde: Endless, for chorus; Gabriela Lena Frank: Ccollanan María (Holy Mary), for chorus; Ronald Caltabiano: Metaphor, for chorus; Eric M...
Performers: Commanday, Elisabeth; Eisenberg, Michael; Nadig, Jennifer [Vocals]; Olbash, Steven Sven [Tenor Vocal]; Saunders, Philip [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Geary, Robert

Volti, San Francisco's 20-voice professional chamber choir, has achieved national recognition as pioneers in new vocal music: they are the first and only chorus to...continue...
Recording information: Chapel Of The Chimes, Oakland, CA (05/2007-05/2009); St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, CA (05/2007-05/2009); Unitarian Universalist Church Of Berkeley, Kensington, (05/2007-05...continue...

New Worlds

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-03-30

Works: Charles Ives: Contemplations (2); Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas; Antonin Dvorák: From the Bohemian forest, Op. 68; Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round, for 2 string quartets & double bass; Aaron Copla...
Performers: Vogler, Jan
Conductors: Jacobsen, Eric

Recording information: Legacy Studios, NY, NY....continue...

Off The Map / Silk Road Ensemble

1 CD / World Village / 2009-11-10

Works: Gabriela Lena Frank: Ritmos Anchinos, for ensemble; Angel Lam: Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain, for ensemble; Evan Ziporyn: Sulvasutra, for ensemble; Osvaldo Golijov: Air to Air, for ensemble
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Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

Over the years, the Silk Road Ensemble has evolved from a group of strangers, brought together by artistic director Yo-Yo Ma, into a close-knit band...continue...

Ring of Fire - Ung, Sculthorpe, Long, etc / Del Sol String Quartet

1 CD / Other Minds Music / 2008-08-12

Works: Kui Dong: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, suite for string quartet; Chinary Ung: Spiral X "In Memoriam", for amplified string quartet; Jack Body: Epicycle, for string quartet; Gabriela Lena Frank:...

An essential compilation of contemporary string quartets in brilliant sound from Skywalker Studios. Twenty-page full color booklet with 16 illustrations and complete program notes by...continue...

Melville's Dozen / Nicola Melville

1 CD / Innova / 2008-08-05

Works: Carter Pann: Soirée Macabre (With Demons on the Dance Floor), for piano; Stacy Garrop: Tango Gardél, for piano; Mark Olivieri: Hommage à trois, for piano; Philip Rhodes: Appalachian Br...
Performers: Melville, Nicola

30th Anniversary Sampler - Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody, etc

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2006-10-10

Works: Tylman Susato: Het derde musyck boexken...alderhande danserye; George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1; Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances, for orchestra; Franz Li...
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Fan, Joel; Fleezanis, Jorja; Fox, Virgil [Organ]; Graffman, Gary; Hell, Felix; Krol, Tim; Oswald, Mark; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Smith, Hugh
Conductors: Junkin, Jerry; Oue, Eiji; Lockhart, Keith; St. Clair, Carl; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Goodwin, Paul
Ensemble: ; The University of Texas Wind Ensemble

A collection of highlights from critically acclaimed Reference Recordings releases, celebrating this esteemed independent label's 30th anniversary. "Brilliant performances, dazzling sound." -Washingto...continue...

Symphonic Dances - Bernstein, Rachmaninoff, Frank / Lockhart

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2006-04-11

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances, for orchestra; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Conductors: Lockhart, Keith

This new recording by the Utah Symphony Orchestra includes a world-premiere recording of a colorful, rhythmically catchy piece by composer Gabriella Lena Frank. Frank (b....continue...

Songs of American Women Composers / Pomfret, Gordy

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2005-10-01

Works: Libby Larsen: De toda la eternidad, for soprano & piano; Songs from Letters; Louise Talma: Songs (7) for voice & piano; Augusta Read Thomas: among dawn flowers, for soprano & piano; Margaret Bonds: D...
Performers: Gordy, Laura; Pomfret, Bonnie