Picker, Tobias

Springtime In The Park / EMI

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-03-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite Suite; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt - Suite no 1, Op. 46; Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Gabriel Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56; Gusta...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Fray, David; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Posch, Alois; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Martinon, Jean; Slatkin, Felix; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Eschenbach, Christoph; Fray, David; Berglund, Paavo; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Brown, Iona; Chang, Sarah; ; Nézet-Séguin, Yan...
Ensemble: ; Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Spring is a season of immense beauty and magnificence. Flowers bloom to their fullest, and the trees are laden with sweet, juicy fruit, ripe enough...continue...

Picker: Keys to the City, Four Etudes for Ursula, etc / Ursula Oppens

1 CD / Wergo / 2008-09-09

Works: Tobias Picker: Etudes (4) for Ursula; Old and Lost Rivers; Pieces (3) for Piano; Where the Rivers Go; ... when soft voices die..., for piano; The Blue Hula for Piano solo; Concerto for Piano no 2 "Ke...
Performers: Oppens, Ursula; Picker, Tobias

New York City native Tobias Picker was described by the Wall Street Journal as, "our finest composer for the lyric stage" and by BBC Music...continue...

Classical Cuisine - American Barbeque

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band; Morton Gould: American Salute; Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; William Schuman: New England Triptych; ...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Copland, Aaron; Ormandy, Eugene; Schippers, Thomas; Kostelanetz, André; Bernstein, Leonard; Williams, John; Riesman, Michael; Schuller, Gunther
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Incredible Columbia All-Star Band; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble

Songs and Encores - A Recital of American Song

1 CD / Bridge / 2006-11-01

Works: Milton Babbitt: Phonemena, for soprano & piano; The Waltzer in the House, for voice & vibraphone; Now Evening After Evening, for soprano & piano; Pantun; Chester Biscardi: Baby Song of the Four Winds...
Performers: Bettina, Judith; Goldsworthy, James; Kolar, Tom; Macomber, Curtis

The beloved American soprano Judith Bettina is heard on this disc in a highly varied recital of recent American song. Accompanied by her husband, the...continue...

World Premiere Collection - Corigliano, Cowell, et al

1 CD / First Edition / 2005-02-22

Works: Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune no 3 for orchestra, HC 660; Lou Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings, for string orchestra; Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 15, Op. 199 "Silver Pilgrimage"; Luigi Dal...
Performers: Bowman, Peter; Fulkerson, Gregory; Harrell, Lynn; Larsen, Susan; Lowenthal, Jerome; Mitchell, Leona; Owen, Benjamin; Tocco, James [Piano]
Conductors: Whitney, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Smith, Lawrence Leighton; Endo, Akira; Gilbert, David; Harth, Sidney; Zinman, David; Slatkin, Leonard; Comissiona, Sergiu; Previn, Andre; Harbison, John

Specially priced, this essential 75-minute all-world premiere collection features 17 legendary composers of 20th century music. This virtual 'who's who' celebration of major modern world...continue...

Tobias Picker: Symphony no 2, String Quartet no 1

1 CD / First Edition / 2004-09-01

Works: Tobias Picker: Symphony no 2 for soprano & orchestra ("Aussöhnung"); Quartet for Strings no 1 ("New Memories")
Performers: Mitchell, Leona
Conductors: Comissiona, Sergiu
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra

Picker's homage to Georgia O'Keefe. The work receives a memorable, evocative performance from the Mendelssohn String Quartet. The inspiration for Picker's second symphony stems from...continue...

Picker: Keys to the City, etc / Denk, Sanderling, Moscow PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-02-25

Works: Tobias Picker: Concerto for Piano no 2 ("Keys to the City"); And Suddenly It's Evening, for orchestra; Concerto for Cello
Performers: Denk, Jeremy; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

"Much of what Tobias Picker does sounds and feels familiar. It's the attitude that begins to make the difference. In 'Keys to the City' -...continue...

Picker: Thérèse Raquin / Jenkins, Soviero, Fulgoni, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: Tobias Picker: Thérèse Raquin, opera
Performers: Bernstein, Richard J.; Fulgoni, Sarah; Gietz, Gordon; Kazaras, Peter; Soviero, Diana; Woods, Sheryl
Conductors: Jenkins, Graeme
Ensemble: Dallas Opera Company

This is the world premiere recording of Tobias Picker's opera "Therese Raquin." It is set in Paris in the late 1800s and tells the story...continue...

Picker: Emmeline / Manahan, Racette, The Santa Fe Opera

3 CD / Albany Records / 1998-04-01

Works: Tobias Picker: Emmeline, opera in 2 acts
Performers: Bradley, Michael; Gayer, Josepha; Griffith, Lisa; Langan, Kevin; Ledbetter, Victor; Owens, Anne-Marie; Perry, Herbert; Racette, Patricia
Conductors: Manahan, George
Ensemble: Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

Emmeline is an opera by American composer Tobias Picker that is based on the true-life story of a single mother forced to give up her...continue...

Williams: The Five Sacred Trees, etc / Leclair, Williams

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: John Williams: The Five Sacred Trees, concerto for bassoon & orchestra; Toru Takemitsu: Tree Line; Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 2 ("Mysterious Mountain"), Op. 132; Tobias Picker: Old and Lost Rivers f...
Performers: LeClair, Judith
Conductors: Williams, John

"...Williams has penned a highly imaginative, impeccably crafted score which will surely give great pleasure to many. Marvellous solo playing from Judith LeClair, excellently partnered...continue...

American Piano Music of Our Time Vol ll / Ursula Oppens

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1992-07-01

Works: John Harbison: Sonata for Piano no 1 "Roger Sessions in Memoriam"; Frederic Rzewski: Mayn Yingele; Conlon Nancarrow: Canons (2) for Ursula; Tobias Picker: Old and Lost Rivers; Anthony Davis: Middle P...
Performers: Oppens, Ursula