Johnston, Ben

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2008

3 Super Audio CD / Neos Production / 2011-02-04

Works: Isabel Mundry: Ich und Du, for piano & orchestra; Enno Poppe: Altbau, for orchestra; Brice Pauset: Die Tänzerin, for large orchestra (Symphonie V); Ben Johnston: Quintet for Groups; Arnulf Herrm...
Performers: Feiler, Dror; Larcher, Thomas
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Cambreling, Sylvain; Ollu, Franck; Pomárico, Emilio; Gupta, Rolf
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt); Klangforum Wien

“One hundred years of New Music – so what now.” This rhetorical question posed by the promoters of the event provoked various responses. Enno Poppe...continue...

Ben Johnston: String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 & 10

1 CD / New World / 2011-01-11

Works: Ben Johnston: Quartet for Strings no 5; Quartet for Strings no 10; Quartet for Strings no 1, 'Nine Variations'

This disc, with premiere recordings of Ben Johnston's first, fifth and tenth string quartets, presents his earliest and latest essays in the genre and one...continue...
Recording information: Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin....continue...

Recital of New Music

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-03-02

Works: Charles Whittenberg: Electronic Study, No 2 for double bass & tape; William Sydeman: For Double Bass Alone; Kenneth Gaburo: Two, for voice, alto flute & double bass; Ben Johnston: Duo for flute & str...
Performers: Marx, Josef; Purswell, Patrick; Sudock, Shirley; Turetzky, Nancy
Conductors: Meier, Gustav

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The Wire (p.69) - "[T]he playing is awesome. It's amazing that this recording has stayed out of circulation for so long."...continue...

The New Cello, Vol. 1: American Composers

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-01-03

Works: Elliott Carter: Figment no 1, for cello; Figment 2 "Remembering Mr. Ives"; Ben Johnston: Toccata, for cello; Duo for 2 cellos; Stuart Saunders Smith: Willow, for cello; Said, nearly, for cello; Frank...
Performers: Cox, Franklin

Franklin Cox is an American composer and instrumentalist. He composes music in the school of New Complexity and his performances range from new music to...continue...

The Noble Snare

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-01-27

Works: Stuart Saunders Smith: The Noble Snare, for snare drum; Milton Babbitt: Homily, for snare drum; Barney Childs: Blazer, for snare drum; Eugene Novotney: A Minute of News, for snare drum; Siegfried Fin...
Performers: Baker, Jason

Commissions Vol 2 - On Track / New Century Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / Alanna Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Jacob Ter Veldhuis: Heartbreakers, for saxophone quartet and electronics; Barbara Kolb: Franciscan Chant, for saxophone quartet; David Lang: Revolutionary Etudes, for saxophone quartet; John Fitz Rog...
Performers: Adams, Timothy; Cutler, Dave
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Century Saxophone Quartet

Premier recordings of works by the world's foremost composers such as Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang, microtonal composer Ben Johnston, international sensation Jacob ter Veldhuis,...continue...

The Floating Bubble - Johnston, George, Bergamo

1 CD / Innova / 2008-05-13

Works: Ben Johnston: Sleep and Walking
Performers: George, Ronald [percussion]

Johnston: String Quartets no 2, 3, 4 & 9 / Kepler Quartet

1 CD / New World / 2006-01-01

Works: Ben Johnston: Quartet for Strings No 9; Quartet for Strings no 3; The Silence, for string quartet; Quartet for Strings no 4 ("Amazing Grace"); Quartet for Strings no 2

Johnston is a pioneer in the use of microtones and non-tempered tuning, rationalizing and going beyond Harry Partchs achievements in this domain. His ten String...continue...

Released 1985-1995 / Kronos Quartet

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-10-24

Works: Dumisani Maraire: Mai Nozipo, for ngoma, hosho & string quartet ("Mother Nozipo"); Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette ...
Performers: Caballero, Larry; John Taylor [Engineer/Editor]; Kronos Quartet; Manning, Patty
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

"Kronos is a quality act...There are no proper insert-notes on the music but, to be quite honest, the chosen selections are so vivid, so powerfully...continue...
Personnel: John Taylor And Orchestra (vocals); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello); Dumisani Maraire (hosho, ngoma)....continue...

Ben Johnston: Ponder Nothing / Music Amici

1 CD / New World / 1993-09-01

Works: Ben Johnston: Septet for flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello & bass; Chinese Lyrics (3) for soprano & 2 violins; Gambit for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, alto sax, trumpet, tr...
Performers: Kalm, Stephen; Ohrenstein, Dora; Raimondi, Matthew; Shuman, Mark; Sweet, Marti; Yassky, Charles
Conductors: Yassky, Charles
Ensemble: Music Amici