Mayer, William

Childhood Memories - Music for Younger Pianists / Arzruni

1 CD / New World / 2002-09-01

Works: Amy Beach: Children's Carnival, for piano, Op. 25; Robert Starer: Sketches in Color, for piano Sets 1 & 2; Ned Rorem: A Quiet Afternoon, pieces for piano; Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee: Toccatinas (3) for...
Performers: Arzruni, Sahan

"To Amy Beach and Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, writing for young people is a matter of pedagogy. For others as different as the neo-Romantic Rorem or...continue...

William Mayer: A Death in the Family / Gilbert, MSM

2 CD / Albany Records / 2000-06-01

Works: William Mayer: A Death in the Family, opera
Performers: Babidge, Darrell; Bischoff, John; Huffman, Ted

"...This is one of the best, most poetical opera librettos ever...The music is almost completely tonal, sounding very much like Samuel Barber or Carlisle Floyd,...continue...

Dreamscape - Lullabies from Around the World / Murphy, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 1999-08-17

Works: Anonymous: Sleep, Baby, Sleep; Gartan Mother's Lullaby; American Traditional: Hush, Little Baby; All the Pretty Little Horses, folk song; William Mayer: Zoom-bah; Gary Schocker: Go to Sleep; George T...
Performers: Murphy, Heidi Grant
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Ensemble: Aureole Trio

American Masters - Mayer: Dream's End, Songs & Miniatures

1 CD / CRI / 1997-09-16

Works: William Mayer: Country Fair, for 2 trumpets & trombone; Dream's End; Khartoum, for soprano & brass; Quintet for brass; Miniatures, for soprano & brass; Two News Items, for soprano & ensemble; Essay f...
Performers: Heinrich, Robert; Howard, Peter; Hudson, David [Tenor Vocal]; James, Layton; Nagel, Messers; New York Brass and Woodwind Ensemble; Paradise, Timothy J.; Price, Patricia; Rees, Rosalind; Rowe, Catheri...
Conductors: ; McGlaughlin, William; Weisberg, Arthur; Balaban, Emanuel; Smith, Gregg
Ensemble: ; Ensemble; Iowa Brass Quintet; New York Brass and Woodwind Ensemble; Robert Nagel Brass Trio; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra members

William Mayer - Voices from Lost Realms

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-06-01

Works: William Mayer: A Death in the Family, opera; Kyrie; First Song; Passage; Madrigals (3); Abandoned Bells; Fern Hill; La Belle Dame sans Merci; On Christmas Long Ago; Enter Ariel; Inner and Outer Strin...
Performers: Bryden, Jane; Christian, Judith; Coid, Marshall; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Feinsinger, Mary; Goldsmith, Richard; Hosford, Phillip; Mayer, Steven; McKeel, James; Mercer, Gregory; Poore, Elizabeth; Shames, ...
Conductors: Schubert, Peter; Rice, Jo Ann; Schwarz, Gerard