Rakowski, David

Tangos for Piano / Amy Briggs

1 CD / Ravello / 2010-10-26

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Tango; David Smooke: Requests, for piano; Ralph Shapey: Tango Variations on a Cantus, for piano; David Rakowski: Zipper Tango (Tango étude on grace notes), for piano; Conlon Nan...
Performers: Briggs, Amy

Recording information: American Academy Of Arts And Letters, New York, NY (05/25/2005-05/26/2005).

Except for the Stravinsky Tango at the beginning and pianist Amy Briggs' transcription of Asto...continue...

David Rakowski: Études, Vol 3 / Amy Briggs

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-10-13

Works: David Rakowski: Étude no 42 "Madam I'm Adam"
Performers: Briggs, Amy

David Rakowski's piano Etudes have found their greatest champion in Amy Briggs. This is the American pianist's third volume devoted to these fascinating works (the...continue...

Rakowski: Winged Contraption, Persistent Memory, Piano Concerto, etc / Rose, Nonken, et al

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2009-02-10

Works: David Rakowski: Persistent Memory; Concerto for Piano; Winged Contraption
Performers: Nonken, Marilyn
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

BMOP/Sound's latest release, 'David Rakowski: Winged Contraption', is a compilation of three profound compositions by one of this generation's most visible American composers. Winged Contraption...continue...

So long, Thanks... / Michael Lipsey

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-01-11

Works: River Guerguerian: 17/8, for 3 percussionists; You Look Lovely Tonight, for 2 percussionists; Eric Moe: Teeth of the Sea, for solo percussion; David Cossin: Nixkin; Arthur Kreiger: Joining Hands, for...
Performers: Guerguerian, River; Kennedy, Daniel [Percussion]; Lipsey, Michael

Percussionist Michael Lipsey has performed at festivals in Berlin, Mexico City, Taipei, Macao, Tokyo, La Jolla, New York, Moscow, Bogota and France. He is a...continue...
Personnel: Michael Lipsey (congas, bongos, talking drum, bata, bodhran, djembe, dumbek, shaker, shekere, tabla, tambourine, percussion, gong); River Guerguerian (frame drum, dumbek); Daniel Kennedy (...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...

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...

New American Piano Music - Rakowski, et al / McCollough

1 CD / Innova / 2006-03-24

Works: David Rakowski: BAM!, étude on swirls of notes for piano (Étude no 2); Nocturnal, etude on slow repeated notes for piano (Étude no 3); Close Enough for Jazz, ostinato etude for piano (...
Performers: McCollough, Teresa

Rakowski: Etudes Vol 2 / Dissanayake

1 CD / Bridge / 2004-10-01

Works: David Rakowski: Strident, stride étude for piano (Étude no 40); Taking the Fifths, étude on perfect fifths for piano (Étude no 37); Sixth Appeal, étude on sixths for piano (&...
Performers: Dissanayake, Amy

Carter: Double Concerto; Musgrave, et al / Laimon, Sequitur

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-09-01

Works: Harold Meltzer: Virginal, for harpsichord & chamber orchestra; David Rakowski: Locking Horns, for horn & chamber orchestra; Thea Musgrave: Lamenting With Ariadne, for viola & chamber orchestra; Ellio...
Performers: Beck, Steven; Grabois, Daniel; Laimon, Sara; Panner, Daniel
Conductors: Hostetter, Paul
Ensemble: Sequitur

"The innovative New York ensemble Sequitur makes a bold statement with its debut recording - above all by including Elliott Carter's Double Concerto for harpsichord,...continue...

Rakowski: Etudes from Books II, III & IV / Amy Dissanayake

1 CD / Bridge / 2002-12-01

Works: David Rakowski: Études (10) for piano, Book II; Études (10) for piano, Book IV; Études (10) for piano, Book III
Performers: Dissanayake, Amy

"The recordings are acceptable rather than outstanding and Dissanayake, a former student of Ursula Oppens, is clearly more than at home in Rakowski's welter of...continue...