Helps, Robert

Close Connections / Helps, Wolpe, Hibbard and Ohlsson

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-12-11

Works: Louis Weingarden: Triptych, for piano; Robert Helps: Shall We Dance, for piano; Stefan Wolpe: Passacaglia, for piano (Vier Studien no 4) "On an All-Interval Row," C. 62/4, Op. 23/4; William Alden Hib...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

Titanic American pianist, Garrick Ohlsson, presents an exceptionally personal album. The pianist writes: "Each of the five pieces on this recording is a work I...continue...

Rarities of Piano Music

1 CD / Danacord / 2011-11-08

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata for keyboard in E minor (Kenner V/1), H. 281, Wq. 59/1; Stephen Heller: Op. 127; Zoltán Kocsis: Transcription for piano of Wagner's Flower Maiden Scene and Fina...
Performers: Bellucci, Giovanni; Fountain, Ian; Froundjian, Peter; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; Lifits, Michail; Lin, Jenny [Piano]; Neuburger, Jean-Frédéric; Nibolsin, Eldar; Takenouchi, Hir...

Recording information: Husum Festival (08/21/2010-08/28/2010)....continue...

Robert Helps: Chamber Music With Piano / Helps, Atos Trio, Spectrum Concerts Berlin

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-09-27

Works: Robert Helps: Postlude, for horn, violin & piano (Seranade, Part 3); Fantasy for violin & piano; Piano Quartet; Duo for Cello and Piano; Quintet for flute, violin, clarinet, cello & piano; Trio for v...
Performers: Carbone, Ronald; Dodge, Frank; Helps, Robert; Hoppe, Thomas; Krug, Bernhard; Niskala, Naomi; Schneemann, Marieke; van den Oudenwijer, Lars Wouters; von Hehn, Annette [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: ATOS Trio

This recording is an exploration of Robert Helps's 'subtle sound world' (ClassicsToday.com on Naxos 8.559199), and his shared history with Spectrum Concerts Berlin. Highly regarded...continue...

Helps: Orchestral Works / Wiedrich, Curtis, Yordanova, Painter, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Robert Helps: Symphony no 1; Gossamer Noons for soprano & orchestra; Quintet for flute, violin, clarinet, cello & piano; Symphony no 2
Performers: Ancaya, Teresa; Curtis, Joanna; Juliano, Grace; Painter, Michelle Jade; Satterfield, Ann; Yordanova, Yana
Conductors: Wiedrich, William W.

World premiere recordings of Symphony No. 2 and the Quintet highlight this compact disc of the esteemed Robert Helps' compositions. Conductor William Wiedrich thinks of...continue...

Insomnimania

1 CD / Koch International / 2008-07-08

Works: John Cage: Dream; Cornelius Dufallo: Night Visions; Daniel Felsenfeld: Insomnia Redux - 4 am; John Musto: Midnight Harmonies; Frederic Rzewski: Mayn Yingele; Michael Byron: As She Sleeps; Eric Richar...
Performers: Lin, Jenny

From the earliest work on this recording (Raymond Scott), to the most recent (Cornelius Dufallo), this recording is suffused with music inspired by the nighttime,...continue...

Naked Tango - Satie, Helps, Nazareth, et al / Svetozar Ivanov

2 CD / Gega New / 2008-02-01

Works: John Cage: Perpetual Tango; Robert Helps: Radiance; Recollections; Eventually the Carousel Begins; Ernesto Nazareth: Tango "Ninth of July"; William Tisdale: Galiarda; Pavana Chromatica; Igor Stravins...
Performers: Ivanov, Svetozar

Svetozar Ivanov is a graduate of the Bulgarian National University and holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He writes:...continue...

Robert Helps: Works for Piano, Vol 2 / Naomi Niskala

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-09-01

Works: Robert Helps: Fantasy; Etudes (3) for piano; Recollections; Solo; Image; Portrait; Starscape; Quartet
Performers: Niskala, Naomi

Naomi Niskala writes, "It is with great pleasure that I present this second and final volume of Robert Helps' complete works for solo piano...Helps' piano...continue...

Robert Helps Complete Piano Music, Vol 1 / Naomi Niskala

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-05-01

Works: Robert Helps: Shall We Dance, for piano; In Retrospect, 5 pieces for piano; Nocturne for piano; Valse Mirage for piano; Etudes (3) for piano; Fantasy Fontana, for piano; Homages (3) for piano; Piano ...
Performers: Niskala, Naomi

"The first of two volumes devoted to Robert Helps' complete piano music inaugurates a project that many listeners will consider long overdue. Helps' aesthetic is...continue...

Sound Vessels - Carter, Helps, etc / Kluksdahl, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2006-06-04

Works: Richard Wernick: Duo for cello & piano; Robert Helps: Duo for Cello and Piano; Elliott Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Augusta Read Thomas: Chant for Cello/Viola and Piano
Performers: Cassidy-Polera, Noreen; Kluksdahl, Scott

"Here are major works for cello and piano by four of the USA's serious composers. Each one speaks the traditional language of classical music in...continue...

A Tribute to Andrew Imbrie / Hampton, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-07-01

Works: Andrew Imbrie: Reminiscence; Spring Fever, for chamber ensemble; Mario Davidovsky: RecitAndy; Robert Helps: Postcards, for piano; John Harbison: Chaconne, for piano & 4 instruments; Sung-Jae Lee: Dal...
Performers: Baker, Don R.; Carlisle, David; Fonteneau, Jean-Michel; Hampton, Bonnie; McCray, Mack; Sackett, John; Teicholz, Marc
Conductors: Paiement, Nicole A.
Ensemble: San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble

New Waltzes for Piano / Eric Moe

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-11-01

Works: Hayes Biggs: Susan's Waltz (Valse sentimentale), for piano; Wayne Peterson: Valse Subliminale, for piano; Robert Helps: Valse Mirage for piano; Andrew Imbrie: Waltz for piano, for piano; Eric Moe: Pu...
Performers: Moe, Eric [Composer]

Music by My Friends - Copland, Helps, et al / Bennett Lerner

2 CD / Albany Records / 2004-10-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Midday Thoughts, for piano (completed by Peekskill, 1962); Moods (3), for piano; Roger Zahab: The Earth's Jig, for solo piano; Silence Orchids; Christopher Berg: Ossessione (Homage to ...
Performers: Berg, Christopher; Biscardi, Chester; Lerner, Bennett

Helps: Shall We Dance, etc / Helps, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-01

Works: Robert Helps: Shall We Dance, for piano; Piano Quartet; Postlude, for horn, violin & piano (Seranade, Part 3); Nocturne, for string quartet; John Ireland: The Darkened Valley, for piano
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Helps, Robert; Jansen, Janine; Schaaper, Ron
Conductors:
Ensemble: Spectrum Concerts Berlin

This live recording of 'The Darkened Valley' was Helps' fourth and final encore on November 6, 2000, in the Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie in Berlin. 'Shall...continue...

Lopatnikoff, Helps, Thomson, Kurka: Works / Albany Symphony

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2003-07-01

Works: Nikolai Lopatnikoff: Festival Overture, Op. 40; Robert Helps: Concerto no 2, for piano & orchestra; Virgil Thomson: Filling Station, ballet; Robert Kurka: Symphony no 2, Op. 24
Performers: Feinberg, Alan [Piano]
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Premieres and Commissions / Russell Sherman

1 CD / GM Recordings / 2002-09-03

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Little Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 19; Gunther Schuller: Sonata-Fantasia for piano; Robert Helps: Shall We Dance, for piano; George Perle: Celebratory Inventions (6) for piano; Ralph...
Performers: Sherman, Russell

With the exception of Schoenberg's 'Six Pieces for Piano,' Russell Sherman, who celebrated his 70th birthday in 2000-2001 with critically acclaimed concerts around the world,...continue...

Stravinsky: Four Etudes Op 7; Berg, Helps, Martin / Watkins

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2000-07-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Etudes (4) for piano, Op. 7; Robert Helps: Portrait; Alban Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; Frank Martin: Preludes (8) for piano
Performers: Watkins, David

"...His [Watkins's] readings tend to be disciplined, clean, detached, and accurate--very much of the modern school--and his aesthetic is particularly appropriate to the music of...continue...

Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Sonata for Piano

1 CD / Phoenix Edition / 1999-01-01

Works: Elliott Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Sonata for Piano; David Del Tredici: Fantasy Pieces, for piano; Robert Helps: Portrait; Vincent Persichetti: Serenade no 10 for Flute and Harp - Allegretto
Performers: Baron, Samuel; Bennette, George; Greenhouse, Bernard; Maayani, Ruth; Makas, Anthony; Webster, Beveridge

But Yesterday is not Today - The American Art Song 1927-1972

1 CD / New World / 1996-09-01

Works: Theodore Chanler: The Children; Eight Epitaphs; These, my Ophelia; Paul Bowles: Once a Lady Was Here; Song of an Old Woman; John Woods Duke: Richard Cory; Luke Havergal; Miniver Cheevy; Israel Citkow...
Performers: Beardslee, Bethany; Donald Hassard; Gramm, Donald; Hassard, Donald; Helps, Robert

"...this recording belongs in the collection of everyone with either an interest in the history of American song or simply collectors of great song recitals...Beardslee...continue...
REVIEWS:

New York Times (Publisher) (6/11/00, p.30) - "...The music is stunning in its variety and excellence....[Chanler] was a master of musical economy....Citkowitz's Five Songs From "Chambe...continue...

Incantations - 20th Century Works for Solo Flute / Stallman

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1995-12-12

Works: Claude Debussy: Syrinx; Paul Jeanjean: Études modernes, for solo flute; Takehiko Gokita: Yuki No machi (Village in the Snow), for solo flute; Stephen Dodgson: Faery beam upon you, The; Robert ...
Performers: Stallman, Robert

Helps, Adams, Brief, Sessions / Christopher O'Riley

1 CD / Albany Records / 1990-10-01

Works: Robert Helps: Homages (3) for piano; John Adams: China Gates, for piano; Phrygian Gates, for piano; Todd Brief: Nightsong for piano; Roger Sessions: Sonata for Piano no 1
Performers: O'Riley, Christopher