Kernis, Aaron Jay

Guy Klucevsek - Free Range Accordion / Montague, Kitzke, Satoh

1 CD / Starkland / 2013-02-26

Works: Stephen Montague: Aeolian Furies; Jerome Kitzke: Breath and Bone; Somei Satoh: Recitative; Lois V. Vierk: Blue Jets Red Sprites; Burt Bacharach: The Blob; One Less Bell to Answer; Guy Klucevsek: Thre...
Performers: Klucevsek, Guy

Messages to Myself: New Music for Chorus A Cappella / Michael Gilbertson, Zachary Patten, Daniel Brewbaker, Christina Thomas et al.

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-12-11

Works: Michael Gilbertson: Madrigals (3) after Dowland, for vocals & chorus; Zachary Patten: Magnificat, Amen, for vocals & chorus; Christina Whitten Thomas: Choral de Bêtes, for chorus; Daniel Brewbak...
Performers: Coble, Lianne; Martin, Drew [Tenor]
Conductors: Tritle, Kent
Ensemble: ; Musica Sacra

A recording of new music for a cappella chorus is performed by Musica Sacra, a chorus founded in 1964. This is their first recording in...continue...
Recording information: Mary Flagler Cary Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Mu (05/2011)....continue...

David Shifrin & Friends - works by Copland, Hartke, Kernis and Zwilich / Chamber Music Northwest

1 CD / Delos / 2012-07-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Sextet, for clarinet, piano & string quartet (arr. of Symphony no 2); Stephen Hartke: The Horse with the Lavender Eye, episodes (4) for violin, clarinet & piano; Aaron Jay Kernis: Trio...
Performers: Arm, Theodore; Ching, Daniel; Cho, Catherine; Cox, John [Horn]; DePonte, Niel; Feves, Julie; Gindele, Joshua; Heard, Cornelia; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Kuhns, Sally Nelson; Largess, Joh...
Conductors: ; Wilson, Ransom
Ensemble: ; Chamber Music Northwest

'... a score truly inspired by a tragic event (9/11) and one that is likely to transcend it.' - Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine...continue...

The Kernis Project: Schubert: Quartet D.810 "Death and the Maiden"; Kernis: Quartet No. 1

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2012-05-29

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"; Aaron Jay Kernis: Quartet for Strings no 1 ("musica celestis")
Conductors:
Ensemble: Jasper String Quartet

Sono Luminus is proud to bring you the second CD from The Jasper String Quartet, The Kernis Project: Schubert, pairing the celestial works of Aaron...continue...
Recording information: Sono Luminus, Boyce, VA (12/06/2011-12/08/2011)....continue...

Beethoven: Quartet Op. 59/3; Kernis: Quartet No. 2 "Musica Instrumentalis" / Jasper String Quartet

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2011-09-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "Razumovsky"; Aaron Jay Kernis: Quartet for Strings no 2 ("musica instrumentalis")

Sono Luminus is proud to introduce a stunning new talent to the label, The Jasper String Quartet, with their debut album The Kernis Project: Beethoven....continue...
Recording information: Sono Luminus, Boyce, VA (05/07/2011-05/09/2011)....continue...

River of Light: American Short Works for Violin & Piano by Glass, Kernis, Danielpour, Bolcom, Higdon et al. / Tim Fain, violin; Pei-Yao Wang, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-08-30

Works: Kevin Puts: Aria, for violin & piano; Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach; Aaron Jay Kernis: Air, for violin & piano; Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin: Sicilienne, for violin & piano; Richard Danielpour: River of...
Performers: Fain, Tim; Wang, Pei-Yao

Tim Fain has constructed an adventurous and exciting recital of American violin music. It takes in the concert version of Philip Glass's Einstein on the...continue...
Recording information: SUNY Purchase, New York, USA (08/27/2009-08/29/2009)....continue...

Echoes - Classic Works Transformed / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-06-28

Works: David Schiff: Infernal, for orchestra (after Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, 1919 version); Bright Sheng: Black Swan, for orchestra (after Brahms' "Intermezzo, Op. 118/2"); David Stock: Plenty of Horn, ...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

"The concept of Echoes was to select well-known short works - five to ten minutes in length - and to transform them for our present...continue...
Recording information: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Sea....continue...

Aaron Jay Kernis: Goblin Market

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-01-02

Works: Aaron Jay Kernis: Goblin Market, for narrator & ensemble; Invisible Mosaic II, for 17 players
Conductors: Miller, Rebecca
Ensemble: The New Professionals Orchestra, London

This is the first appearance on disc of these two works by Aaron Jay Kernis. In 1999, Rebecca Miller founded the London-based The New Professionals...continue...
Recording information: St. Judes, Hampstead, London (09/08/2008-09/10/2008)....continue...

Awakenings: New American Chamber Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Aaron Jay Kernis: Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby, for voice, guitar, violin & piano; Jorge Liderman: Aged Tunes, for guitar & string quartet; Steven Mackey: Measures of Turbulence, for guitar en...
Performers: Kernis, Aaron Jay; Plitmann, Hila; Strauss, Axel; Tanenbaum, David [Guitar]
Conductors: Tanenbaum, David [Guitar]
Ensemble: San Francisco Conservatory Guitar Ensemble

Chamber music breaks exciting new ground with these three works by leading American composers. Aaron Jay Kernis's beautiful Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby is...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...

Cello Vision

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-02-05

Works: Stefan Freund: Toccata, for cello & piano; Aaron Jay Kernis: Ballad, for solo cello & 7 cellos; Steve Rouse: Sonata, for cello & piano; Frederick Speck: Night Moves, for cello & marimba; Paul Brink: ...
Performers: Boguslaw, Nicole; Byrne, Greg; Cassel, Erin; Farrar, Bryan; Goforth, Molly; Hammond, Gary [Piano]; McCaffrey, Peter; Robinson, Keith [Cello]; Wang, Felix; York, Paul
Conductors: Speck, Frederick
Ensemble: ; University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble

An accomplished soloist, chamber musician and teacher, Paul York has appeared in recital and with orchestras in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. York serves on...continue...

American in Rome - Beaser, Barber, Thompson, etc / Six for Five Wind Quintet

4 CD / Bridge / 2008-10-14

Works: Robert Beaser: Four Dickinson Songs, for soprano & piano; Samuel Barber: In the Dark Pinewood; Beggar's Song; Of that so sweet imprisonment; Songs (3), Op. 10; Randall Thompson: Siciliano, for barito...
Performers: Ahlbeck, Laura; Akahoshi, Ole; Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Bagg, Jonathan; Baker, James; Berman, Donald; Druckman, Daniel; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Leisenring, John; Lim, Sunghae Anna; Macomber, Cur...
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Yoo, Scott; ; Hoose, David
Ensemble: ; Collage Music Ensemble; Curiously Strong Wind Quintet; Opus One Piano Quartet; Trio Solisti

This four-disc collection contains works by 37 composers who composed these pieces while in residence at the American Academy in Rome. The earliest work dates...continue...

5 Stars: Favorites from the 5 Browns

1 CD / RCA Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux (6), for piano, 4 hands, Op. 11; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Ignaz Friedman: Mu...
Performers: Botti, Chris; Brown, Deondra; Brown, Desirae; Brown, Gregory; Brown, Melody; Brown, Ryan
Conductors:
Ensemble: The 5 Browns

Personnel: Chris Botti (trumpet); Ryan Brown , Deondra Brown, Melody Brown, Gregory Brown (piano).

5 Stars: Favorites from the 5 Browns collects 16 classical pop cuts from the five ivory-tappin...continue...

Kernis: Symphony in Waves, Newly Drawn Sky, Too Hot Toccata / Kalmar, Grant Park Orchestra

1 CD / Cedille / 2008-08-01

Works: Aaron Jay Kernis: Newly Drawn Sky; Too Hot Toccata; Symphony in Waves
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

"Contemporary orchestral music recordings don't get much better than this. Aaron Jay Kernis was lucky in that the music on which his current reputation rests...continue...

Kernis: Songs of Innocents / Narucki, Berman, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-12-04

Works: Aaron Jay Kernis: Simple Songs, for soprano & piano; Valentines, for soprano & piano; Songs of Innocents, Book 1, for soprano & piano; Songs of Innocents, Book 2, for soprano & piano
Performers: Berman, Donald; Druckman, Daniel; Farina, Danielle; Gilbert, Laura; Han, June; Mills, Jesse; Myers, Philip; Narucki, Susan; Smith, Mina; Staples, Sheryl; Sylar, Sherry
Conductors: Kernis, Aaron Jay

Winner of the coveted 2002 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition and one of the youngest composers ever to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize, Aaron Jay...continue...

Dirty Little Secret / Andrew Russo

1 CD / Endeavour Classics / 2007-03-13

Works: Jacob Ter Veldhuis: The body of your dreams; Gerard Beljon: Beat; Derek Bermel: Carnaval Noir; Jaunt; Lullaby; Daniel Felsenfeld: A dirty little secret; Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag; Morton Gould: Bo...
Performers: Russo, Andrew

Andrew Russo is a 2006 Grammy nominee for his Black Box recording of the music of popular American composer John Corigliano! A number of records...continue...

Dream of Me

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-07-11

Works: William Bolcom: Dream Shadows, for piano; Aaron Jay Kernis: Before Sleep and Dreams, for piano; Samuel Barber: Nocturne for Piano, Op. 33 "Homage to John Field"; Adam Silverman: Nocturnes and Reverie...
Performers: Downes, Lara [Piano]

Recording information: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, U (01/03/2006-01/05/2006)....continue...

American Orchestral Works - Kolb, Corigliano, etc / Kalmar

1 CD / Cedille / 2006-06-30

Works: Barbara Kolb: All in Good Time, for orchestra; Aaron Jay Kernis: Sarabanda in Memoriam, for orchestra; Michael Hersch: Ashes of Memory, for orchestra; John Corigliano: Summer Fanfare (Echoes of Forgo...
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

A world premiere recording of American orchestral works with the Grant Park Orchestra (ensemble in residence for Chicago's summer Grant Park Music Festival) and principal...continue...

Cello Concertos

5 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H. 7b/1; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101); Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Pyotr Il'yic...
Performers: Bissill, Richard; Tonnesen, Terje; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Brown, Iona; Jansons, Mariss; Paavo, Järvi; Oue, Eiji

Out of my Hands / Anthony Demare

1 CD / Koch International / 2005-01-25

Works: David Del Tredici: Ballad in Yellow; Virtuoso Alice; Etude for Piano "Wildwood"; Opposites Attract; Wedding Song; Aaron Jay Kernis: Before Sleep and Dreams; Superstar Etude no 1; Speed Limit Rag
Performers: de Mare, Anthony

Voices 1900/2000 / George, San Francisco Symphony Chorus

1 CD / Delos / 2001-01-01

Works: John Tavener: Song for Athene; György Ligeti: Reggel (Morning), for chorus; Claude Debussy: Chansons (3) de Charles d'Orléans; Henk Badings: Chansons Bretonnes (3); Francis Poulenc: Un so...
Performers: San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Shapiro, Marc [Piano]

"...It comes as no shock that Maestro George has put together a terrific choir. Anyone who has heard them singing 'Carmina Burana', the 'German Requiem'...continue...

Reich, Richmond, Kernis, Riley, etc / David Tabenbaum

1 CD / New Albion / 1997-11-18

Works: Steve Reich: Nagoya Guitars, for 2 guitars (transcribed for 2 guitars by David Tanenbaum from "Nagoya Marimbas"); Lew Richmond: Preludes (3), for guitar; Aaron Jay Kernis: Partita for guitar; Terry R...
Performers: Tanenbaum, David [Guitar]

Divine Grandeur / Judith Clurman, New York Concert Singers

1 CD / New World / 1997-02-01

Works: Simon Sargon: Eil Nora Alilah; Robert Beaser: Pslam 119; Psalm 150; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Thanksgiving Song for chorus & piano; Simple Magnificat, A for chorus & organ; Aaron Jay Kernis: Teach Me Thy...
Performers: Singers, New York Concert
Conductors: Clurman, Judith
Ensemble: New York Concert Singers