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The Minimalists - Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath / Christopher Warren-Green, London CO

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: John Adams: Shaker Loops; Philip Glass: Facades; Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Company"); Steve Reich: Eight Lines; David C. Heath: The Frontier, for double-bass & orchestra
Performers: Haram, Simon; Harle, John; Lawrence, Chris [Bass]
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher
Ensemble: ; London Chamber Orchestra

The 1960's saw the arrival of a new musical style from America: minimalism fascinated classical and op musician alike. The music on this CD is...continue...
Recording information: All Saints Church, Petersham (03/1990)....continue...

Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

2 CD / King's College / 2012-10-09

Works: Philip Glass: Facades; Chaotic Harmony, song for voice & cello (for the film "Taiji; Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Mishima"); Taoist Sacred Dance, for piano & flute; Glassworks
Performers: Boccadoro, Carlo; Mercelli, Massimo; Sapere, Leonardo
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen;
Ensemble: I Virtuosi Italiani; King's College Cambridge Choir

With a TV and radio audience of millions, the annual broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols is an essential Christmas tradition for...continue...
Recording information: Sala Maffeiana del Teatro Filarmonico di Verona (02/2009)....continue...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

Aria - works for solo saxophone by Nyman, Handel, Bozza, Faure, et al. / Gerard McChrystal, saxophone

1 CD / First Hand / 2011-12-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op. 3/2, HWV 313; Michael Nyman: Why?, song (for the film "The Diary of Anne Frank"); If; Michael McGlynn: Aisling, for melody instrument & c...
Performers: De Silva, Shiroma; McChrystal, Gerard; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Scott, Andy [Engineer]; Tanaka, Karen
Conductors: Pendlebury, Nic; ; Doherty, Donal
Ensemble: ; Codetta; Smith Quartet; Trinity Laban String Ensemble

This brilliantly devised CD from Gerard McChrystal is a deeply personal album; at times melancholic, the music is always beautiful and captivating. Indeed, Aria has...continue...
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Minimamachta

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-11-01

Works: Philip Glass: Glassworks; Facades; In the Upper Room; Metamorphosis; Matteo Sommacal: Andrea, for ensemble; Le Ragioni Dimenticate, for ensemble; Nessuno Ascolta il Cane di Ceramica, for ensemble; Co...
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Ensemble: Piccola Accademia Degli Specchi

The Piccola Accademia degli Specchi (Little Academy of Mirrors) is a chamber ensemble in Rome, central Italy. Founded in the late 2000, it is specialized...continue...
Recording information: Urban Recording Studio, CasaDellaMusica, Trieste, Italy (08/2004-09/2004)....continue...

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Augér, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Glass: Facades; Rogers, Muczynski, MacDonald, Painter, Fitkin: Contemporary Works for Saxophone / Lara James, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-04-11

Works: Rodney Rogers: Lessons of the Sky, for oboe (or soprano saxophone) & piano; Robert Muczynski: Sonata for saxophone & piano, Op. 29; Colin MacDonald: Here Again, for saxophone & cello; Philip Glass: F...
Performers: James, Lara; Price, Kathryn; Young, Jeremy
Conductors: Kok, Nicholas

The saxophone is truly an instrument of the modern age, with many composers drawn to the unique tones and colors of which it is capable....continue...

EMI American Classics - Minimalism - Reich, Glass, etc / Thomas, Warren-Green, Wilson, London CO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint; Eight Lines; New York Counterpoint; Four Organs; Philip Glass: Facades; Company
Performers: Damiens, Alain; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Wilson, Ransom
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Warren-Green, Christopher
Ensemble: London Chamber Orchestra; Solisti New York

Minimalism was originally the word used to describe certain movements in the visual arts and design of the immediate post World War II period. Then,...continue...

Classics for My Baby - Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, Handel, Grieg, etc / Angelich, Menuhin, Argerich, Järvi, Anderszewski, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nac...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha; Bonney, Barbara; Capuçon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo; Coles, Samuel; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Debost, Michel; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, F...
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Wordsworth, Barry; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Harding, Daniel; Hickox, Richard; Janowski, Marek; Warren-Green, Christopher; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Gardelli...
Ensemble: Academy of London; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Br...

Studies that the unborn child in its mother's womb is able to perceive exterior noises. That being the case, you might as well let your...continue...

Reflections- Glass / Arizcuren, Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2006-10-10

Works: Philip Glass: Symphony no 3; Quartet for Strings no 2 "Company"; Quartet for Strings no 3 "Mishima"; Facades; The Secret Agent; Akhnaten
Performers: Aijtink, Ronald; Bierbrauwer, Martijn de Graaf; DenHerder, Jeroen; Kops, Robert; Lammers, Astrid; Putowski, Robert; Spendonk, Jean Paul van; Stokvis, Ilona; Visser, Bert
Conductors: Arizcuren, Elias
Ensemble: Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico

In 1999, composer Philip Glass heard a movement of his third symphony played by the Cello Octet Conjunto Iberico in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and he was...continue...

Visions in Metaphor / John Sampen, Marilyn Shrude

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-07-01

Works: John Adams: Postmark; Milton Babbitt: Accompanied Recitative for Soprano Saxophone and Piano; Karel Husa: Postcard from Home; Elegie et Rondeau; Pauline Oliveros: Mirrorrim; William Albright: Postcar...
Performers: Sampen, John; Shrude, Marilyn