Mackey, Steven

Steven Mackey: Ravenshead, opera / Paul Dresher Ensemble (rec. live, 1998)

2 CD / Minmax / 2013-02-26

Works: Steven Mackey: Ravenshead, for electro-acoustic ensemble
Performers: Dresher, Paul
Conductors: Eckert, Rinde
Ensemble: Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band

Viola, Viola / works by Mackey, Ruders, Benjamin, Carter, Chen / Hsin-Yun Huang, viola

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-11-13

Works: Steven Mackey: Groundswell, for viola & large chamber ensemble; Poul Ruders: Romances, for viola & piano; George Benjamin: Viola, Viola, for 2 violas; Elliott Carter: Figment no 4, for viola; Shih-Hu...
Performers: Amory, Misha; Huang, Hsin-Yun; Rothenberg, Sarah
Conductors: Mackey, Steven; Schmalfuss, Gernot
Ensemble: ; American Modern Ensemble

In 1988, violist Hsin-Yun Huang was the youngest-ever Gold Medalist of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, and came to further international prominence in 1993...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (09/22/2009); National Concert Hall Taipeh, Taiwan, R.O.C. (09/22/2009); Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, Princet...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...

Masterworks for Marimba - Bley, Johnston, Schuller, et al / Nancy Zeltsman, et al

2 CD / Bridge / 2009-11-10

Works: Carla Bley: Over There, for marimba; Chinary Ung: Cinnabar Heart, for marimba; Darren Jones: Little Movements (2), for marimba; Lyle Mays: Mindwalk, for marimba; Gunther Schuller: Small Adventures (3...
Performers: Bilic, Ivana [marimba]; Burritt, Thomas; Geem, Jack van; Geoffroy, Jean; Johnston, Beverley; Moersch, William; Stout, Gordon; Zeltsman, Nancy

24 premiere recordings played by eight marimba virtuosi! During the past few years, marimbist Nancy Zeltsman has spearheaded an initiative to commission, publish and record...continue...
Recording information: Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, WI (06/29/2009-07/08/2009)....continue...

Mackey: String Quartets / Borromeo String Quartet, Brentano String Quartet

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-05-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Ars Moriendi, tableaux (9) on the art of dying well for string quartet; 'Lude, for string quartet; Gaggle and Flock, for string quartet
Performers: Huang, Hsin-Yun
Conductors:
Ensemble: Borromeo String Quartet; Brentano String Quartet

The three pieces on this disc are all for string quartet, or two string quartets (Gaggle and Flock). Ars Moriendi, Latin for "the art of...continue...

Music for Hammers and Sticks / McCollough

1 CD / Innova / 2006-03-31

Works: Alex Shapiro: At the Abyss, for piano & percussion; Alvin Elliot Singleton: Greed Machine, for vibraphone & piano; Steven Mackey: Busted, for percussion; Belinda Reynolds: Play, for piano & 2 marimba...
Performers: Benkeser, Peggy; Burritt, Tom; McCollough, Teresa

Strange Imaginary Animals / Eighth Blackbird

1 CD / Cedille / 2006-01-01

Works: Jennifer Higdon: Zaka; Gordon Fitzell: Violence, for chamber ensemble; Evanescence, for chamber ensemble; Steven Mackey: Indigenous Instruments, for ensemble; David M. Gordon: Friction Systems, for c...
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Ensemble: eighth blackbird

"The six performers that comprise Eighth Blackbird play with such breathtaking virtuosity that it's very tempting to sit back and simply gasp in admiration. This...continue...

Mackey: Interior Design / Macomber, Nidel

1 CD / Bridge / 2005-11-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Sonata for violin & piano; Interior Design, for solo violin; Humble River
Performers: Gallagher, Maureen; Hesselink, Greg; Karis, Aleck; Macomber, Curtis; Palma-Nidel, Susan

Mackey: Banana/Dump Truck / Steven Mackey, Fred Sherry

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Fusion Tune, for cello & guitar; Deal; Banana/Dump Truck; San Francisco, for Cello & Guitar
Performers: Dillard, Ray; Mackey, Steven; Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Mackey: Heavy Light / Mosaic, et al

1 CD / New World / 2004-07-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Heavy Light; Micro-Concerto; Indigenous Instruments
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Finckel, Michael; Guibbory, Shem; Lowenstern, Michael; Mackey, Steven; Mueller, Zizi; Tahmizian, Emma
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mosaic

Mackey: String Theory, etc / Mackey, Brentano Quartet

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-07-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Physical Property; I've grown so ugly; Troubadour Songs; On all fours; Smoke Fragments; String Theory
Performers: Mackey, Steven
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Ensemble: Brentano String Quartet

"The excellent Brentano Quartet, Princeton's Quartet-in-residence, is more than equal to the tasks posed by these demanding pieces. Also included is Mackey's delightful arrangement of...continue...

Metamorphosis / Joan Jeanrenaud

1 CD / New Albion / 2002-11-12

Works: Steven Mackey: Cairn, for cello & looped celli; Hamza el Din: Escalay for tar & string quartet "Waterwheel"; Joan Jeanrenaud: Altar Piece, for cello & looped celli; Karen Tanaka: The Song of Songs, f...
Performers: Jeanrenaud, Joan

Recording information: Different Fur, San Francisco, CA.

Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud's first solo album since leaving her 20-year gig with the celebrated Kronos Quartet finds her exploring areas th...continue...

Newdance - 18 dances for guitar / David Starobin

1 CD / Bridge / 1998-09-15

Works: Elliott Carter: Shard; Jorge Morel: Reflexiones Latinas; William Bland: Rag Nouveau; Stephen Jaffe: Spinoff; Mario Lavista: Natarayah; Bent Sorensen: Angelus Waltz; John Anthony Lennon: Gigolo; Steve...
Performers: Starobin, David

"...David Starobin's interpretations are both sparkling and tender. Every note, every nuance, every gesture seems part of one clearly imagined vision. More than a virtuoso,...continue...

Lost & Found

1 CD / Bridge / 1996-06-18

Works: Steven Mackey: Lost and Found, for guitars, classical & electric; Grungy, for solo electric guitar; Dancetracks, for electric guitar & computer-generated tape; Myrtle and Mint, for electric guitar & ...
Performers: Mackey, Steve; Mackey, Steven

REVIEWS:

Option (11-12/96, p.118) - "...formidable guitar technique and a sympathetic understanding of jazz and rock idioms....The multitracked title piece resembles the work of Canadian jazz g...continue...

Kronos Quartet - Short Stories

1 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1993-03-09

Works: Elliott Sharp: Digital; Willie Dixon: Spoonful; John Oswald: Spectre, for string quartet; John Zorn: Cat o' Nine Tails (Tex Avery Directs the Marquis de Sade), for string quartet; Henry Cowell: Quart...
Performers: Bhatt, Krishna; Constant, John; Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Kronos Quartet; Mackey, Steven; Nath, Pandit Pran; Riley, Terry [Composer]; Sherba, John [Violin]
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Personnel: Pran Nath (vocals); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello).

Recording information: Different Fur, San Francisco, CA (10/1990-08/1992); Sk...continue...