Lang, David

I Want to Live: Contemporary Works for Women's Choir by David Lang, William Brooks, Paul Fowler / The Crossing

1 CD / Innova / 2013-04-30

Works: David Lang: I live in pain, for chorus; I Lie; This condition, for chorus; Evening Morning Day; I want to live, for chorus; William Brooks: Mediaeval Lyrics (6), for 3 solo voices (or chorus); Paul F...
Conductors: Nally, Donald
Ensemble: ; The Crossing

The Crossing offers a recording that is as virtuosic as it is emotional, resonating with recurring themes of desire and strength, peace, and longing. The...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill (06/29/2011-07/02/2011)....continue...

Elegies & Ecstasies

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-15

Works: Shawn Kirchner: Unclouded Day, song for chorus; Bright Morning Stars, song for chorus; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus; Joshua Shank: A Grass-Green Pillow, song; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Kirchner, Shawn; Oberoi, Krishan

Recording information: St. James-by-the-Sea, La Jolla, California (03/04/2012-03/06/2012)....continue...

Heavy: works by Don Byron, John Halle, Julia Wolfe, John King, Raz Mesinai, David Lang et al.

1 CD / Innova / 2012-04-24

Works: Don Byron: Four Thoughts on Marvin Gaye (String Quartet no 2); John Halle: Sphere[']s, for string quartet; Julia Wolfe: Early That Summer; John King: No Nickel Blues, for string quartet; Raz Mesinai:...
Performers: Bunch, Kenji [Viola]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ethel Quartet

Acclaimed as America's premier post-classical string quartet, ETHEL presents a power-packed, sonic snapshot of the group's life in New York City in its latest album...continue...
There are so many striking aspects to Heavy, the 2012 album by the self-proclaimed post-classical string quartet Ethel, that it's hard to know where to begin. The music itself, written between 1996 an...continue...

David Lang: This Written By Hand / Andrew Zolinsky, piano

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2011-11-15

Works: David Lang: This Was Written By Hand, for piano; Memory Pieces, for piano
Performers: Zolinsky, Andrew

"With his winning of the Pulitzer Prize... Lang, once a postminimalist enfant terrible, has solidified his standing as an American master" - The New Yorker...continue...
Recording information: Royal College of Music, London (01/2011)....continue...

Travel Diary: Perich, Davis, Lang / Meehan/Perkins Duo

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-11-08

Works: Tristan Perich: Observations, for percussion; Nathan Davis: Diving Bell, for percussion; David Lang: Table of Contents, for percussion; Paul Lansky: Travel Diary, for percussion
Conductors:
Ensemble: Meehan Perkins Duo

Since its founding in 2006, the Meehan/Perkins Duo (Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins) has redefined the American percussion duo through its diverse commissions and engaging...continue...
Recording information: Jones Concert Hall, Glennis McCrary Music Building, Bay (01/05/2010-01/08/2010)....continue...

Modified: Music For Bassoon / Villa-Lobos, Koerber / Matthias Kronsteiner, bassoon

1 CD / Composers Concordance / 2011-08-30

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 6 for Flute and Bassoon; Till Alexander Körber: Seismografische Reflexion, for flute, bassoon, bass clarinet & double bass; Christoph Cech: New Waves, ...
Performers: Frey, Thomas; Kronsteiner, Matthias [Bassoon]; Preimesberger, Daniela; Weissensteiner, Ernst

modified- music for bassoon takes you to a quasi-jaunt to different timbres of the bassoon. The exploration starts with Heitor Villa-Lobos merging Choro-Style and the...continue...
Recording information: Studio Weinberg in Kefermarkt, Austria....continue...

Todd Reynolds: Outerborough

2 CD / Innova / 2011-03-29

Works: Todd Reynolds: Transamerica, for voice, vocal percussion, violin, electric guitar & samples; The Solution, for violin & samples; End of Day, for viola; Taskforce; Centrifuge, for electronic stringed ...
Performers: Beyond, Kid; de Jong, Paul; Ferenz, Amber; Little, David T.; Reynolds, Todd [Violin]; Thomson, Ken

Todd Reynolds is one of the founding fathers of the hybrid musician movement. Creating acoustic-electronica in real-time with a violin and laptop onstage, his sound...continue...

Unerwartet (Unexpected)

1 CD / Wergo / 2011-03-08

Works: David Lang: Are You Experienced? for electric tuba, narrator & ensemble; Philippe Boesmans: Sextuor à clavier, for piano, 2 violins, 2 violas & cello; Richard Barrett: interference, for contraba...
Performers: Bruckner, Christian; Francesconi, Luca; Josel, Seth; Klancar, Ales; Marinissen, Arnold; Oesterdiekhoff, Thomas; Poore, Melvyn; Rosman, Carl; Schlierf, Nikolaus; Wietheger, Dirk
Conductors: Asbury, Stefan; Siebens, Etienne; ; Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

Unexpected events rupture continuity; they occur suddenly and they create a moment, a now, in which the flow of history dissolves into “suddenness.” The question...continue...
Recording information: Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal, WDR Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz K (2003-12-03&2006-03-03&2006-)....continue...

Kozik: Fast Jump; Lang: Memory Pieces; Burhans, Narveson, Fitkin / Danny Holt

1 CD / Innova / 2010-01-26

Works: Caleb Burhans: In Time of Desperation, for piano; Lona Kozik: Fast Jump; Jascha Narveson: Ripple, for piano; Graham Fitkin: Relent, for piano; David Lang: Memory Pieces, for piano
Performers: Holt, Danny

Riley: In C Remixed / Dangers, Bates, Kotche, et al

2 CD / Innova / 2009-11-17

Works: Jack Dangers: In C - Semi-Detached, for ensemble (after Terry Riley's "In C"); In C - Extension, for ensemble (after Terry Riley's "In C"); Mason Bates: Terrycloth Troposphere, for ensemble (after Te...
Performers: Keating, Zoe; Kotche, Glenn; Roumain, Daniel Bernard
Conductors:
Ensemble: Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

In C Remixed is the latest project from the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, the corn-fed young group from western Michigan that brought...continue...
Recording information: River City Studios, Grand Rapids, MI....continue...

The Minimalists / Jussi Jaatinen

2 CD / Mode Records / 2009-11-10

Works: Steve Reich: City Life; Kyle Gann: Sunken City; Louis Andriessen: Worker's Union; Terry Riley: In C, for unspecified performers; David Lang: Street; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare ...
Performers: Madge, Geoffrey Douglas
Conductors: Jaatinen, Jussi
Ensemble: Volharding Orchestra

In the spring of 1972, composer Louis Andriessen and saxophonist Willem Breuker brought together musicians from improvised and from traditional music, at a historical and...continue...

Of Villages and Spaces

1 CD / / 2009-10-27

Works: Joe Cutler: Border Towns of Central Europe, for flute, alto flute, clarinet & bass clarinet; Gualtiero Dazzi: Es War Einmal... for flute, alto flute, piccolo, bass clarinet & voice; Salvatore Sciarri...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kaida

Lang: Untitled [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2009-10-13

Works: David Lang: Untitled, Film Score; Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169; Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt
Performers: Lang, David; Moore, Lisa [Pianist]; Norton, Eleanor; Press, Daisy; Schick, Steve; Stilp, Mary Jo; White, Lawson
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bang on a Can

Pulitzer Prize winner in Music, David Lang has scored the soundtrack for the new movie: (Untitled), an independent movie about a composer's life featuring actor...continue...

David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion / Paul Hillier, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-06-09

Works: David Lang: Little Match Girl Passion; For Love Is Strong; I Lie; Evening Morning Day; Again
Conductors:
Ensemble: Theatre of Voices

Setting Hans Christian Andersen's fable in the format of Bach's St Matthew Passion, Lang elevates the suffering of the little match girl with poignant, evocative...continue...

Amelia - A Film by Edouard Lock / La La La Human Steps [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-02-24

Works: David Lang: Various Works
Performers: Castonguay, Alexandre; Claude, Simon; Kong Kie, Njo; Medawar, Nadine

The multi-award-winning dance film 'Amelia' (2002) explores the use of point technique using extended intertwining solos, complex partnering sequences and extreme speed to generate powerful...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: German, French, Spanish, Italian
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American Classics - Lang: Pierced, Heroin, Wed, etc / Rose, Bleckmann, Real Quiet, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: David Lang: Pierced; Cheating, Lying, Stealing, for bass clarinet, cello, piano & 2 percussionists; How to Pray; Memory Pieces; Lou Reed: Heroin
Performers: Bleckmann, Theo; Russo, Andrew; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors: Rose, Gil;
Ensemble: Real Quiet

"One of the things I like about this disc is that all the pieces try to take classical music someplace it doesn't usually go," declares...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...

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...

To Have and To Hold / Sequitur

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-05-22

Works: Eve Beglarian: Not Worth "Riches and glory"; Eleanor Sandresky: My Goddess; Marti Epstein: Superstition; David Del Tredici: Honey Money Loves; Renée Favand: What's It Worth To You?, song; Richar...
Performers: Gythfeldt, Marianne; Hesselink, Greg; Lowenstern, Michael; Norderval, Kristin; Ohrenstein, Dora; Panner, Daniel
Conductors: Hostetter, Paul
Ensemble: Sequitur

The program for To Have and To Hold is taken from two evenings of cabaret songs commissioned by Sequitur. These two programs were the seed...continue...
Personnel: Dora Ohrenstein (soprano); Daniel Panner (viola); Greg Hesselink (cello); Marianne Gythfeldt, Michael Lowenstern (clarinet, bass clarinet).

Recording information: American Academy Of...continue...

Remedy / Morris Palter

1 CD / Centaur / 2006-05-01

Works: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus; Matthew Burtner: Broken Drum; James Dillon: Ti.re-Ti.ke-Dha; Thomas DeLio: wave/s; David Lang: The Anvil Chorus; Jean-Charles François: Fragments no 2; Derek Kelle...
Performers: Palter, Morris

Born in Canada, Morris Palter has performed throughout North America and Europe including appearances at the Acousmania Festival in Bucharest, the Agora Festival, and many...continue...

Prevailing Winds

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-06-15

Works: Carl Vine: Sonata for flute & piano; Alfredo Casella: Sicilienne et Burlesque for flute & piano, Op 23; Camargo Guarnieri: Sonatina, for flute & piano; Ronn Yedidia: Arabesque for flute & piano; Lull...
Performers: Gosling, Stephen; Immanuel Davis, flute

So Percussion / Works for Percussion Ensemble

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2004-05-01

Works: Evan Ziporyn: Melody Competition, for percussion ensemble; David Lang: the so-called laws of nature, for percussion ensemble
Performers: Esler, Robert; Percussion, So; Schotzko, David
Conductors:
Ensemble: So Percussion

Recording information: Suder Hall, Yale University (03/16/2003-03/18/2003)....continue...

Chamber Music for Solo Flute / Patti Monson

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-12-01

Works: Harold Meltzer: Rumours, for flute; Martin Bresnick: High Art, for piccolo & toy piano; Mathew Rosenblum: Under the Rainbow, for flute/bass flute/piccolo & electronics; Steven Burke: Nervosa, for sol...
Performers: Bresnick, Martin; Monson, Patti; Woolf, Randall

World to Come / Maya Beiser

1 CD / Koch International / 2003-10-21

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Mariel, version for for cello, drones & voice; David Lang: World to Come, for cello, tape & video projection; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; John Tavener: Lament to Phaedra
Performers: Beiser, Maya

Recording information: KAS Music and Sound, Astoria, NY (06/2003)....continue...

David Lang: Child / Sentierri Selvaggi

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2003-04-08

Works: David Lang: Child
Performers: Boccadoro, Carlo; Decimo, Marco; Del Corno, Filippo; Dulbecco, Andrea; Fre, Paola; Ghirardini, Mirco; Leofreddi, Antonio; Rebaudengo, Annibale; Schrott, Thomas
Conductors: Boccadoro, Carlo
Ensemble: Sentierri Selvaggi

"'Child' is a set of five chamber works by Bang on a Can co-founder David Lang. According to the composer, all these pieces have something...continue...

Bang on a Can Classics

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2002-10-08

Works: David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing, for bass clarinet, cello, piano & 2 percussionists; Julia Wolfe: Lick; Annie Gosfield: The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory; Evan Ziporyn: Tsmindao Ghmerto; Lois V....
Performers: Can, Bang On A
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bang on a Can

Personnel: Mark Stewart (electric guitar); Maya Beiser (cello); Evan Ziporyn (clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone); Lisa Moore (piano, keyboards); Robert Black (double bass); Steven Schick (...continue...

Lang: The passing measures

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2001-04-01

Works: David Lang: The Passing Measures
Performers: Ehrlich, Marty
Conductors: Herbert, Paul
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus