Shapey, Ralph

More Music by Ralph Shapey

1 CD / Centaur / 2011-01-02

Works: Ralph Shapey: Sonata for violin & piano; Sonata no 1 for solo violin; Adagio and Allegro, for violin & piano; Etudes (4) for violin solo; Sonata for violin & piano no 3
Performers: Cuckson, Miranda; McMillen, Blair

An American artist of tremendous talent and adamant artistic conviction, Ralph Shapey displayed a natural aptitude for composition and violin playing from an early age....continue...
Recording information: Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center, Bard College (01/04/2010/01/05/2010)....continue...

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...

American Vistas - Corigliano, Amlin, Gaburo, Blake, Cowell, Copland, etc / Mimmi Fulmer, Leone Buyse

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-03-10

Works: John Corigliano: She Moved Through the Fair (John Corigliano); Martin Amlin: Songs (2) on Poems of Anne Fessenden for voice, alto flute & piano; Kenneth Gaburo: Cantilena One, for solo voice; Braxton...
Performers: Amlin, Martin; Buyse, Leone; Fulmer, Mimmi; Gendel, Scott; Webster, Michael [Clarinet]

The 11 works on this compact disc represent four generations of American composers and a compositional time span of eight decades. In the ensemble repertoire...continue...

The Noble Snare

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-01-27

Works: Stuart Saunders Smith: The Noble Snare, for snare drum; Milton Babbitt: Homily, for snare drum; Barney Childs: Blazer, for snare drum; Eugene Novotney: A Minute of News, for snare drum; Siegfried Fin...
Performers: Baker, Jason

Sessions, Shapey: Piano Music / David Holzman, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-12-01

Works: Roger Sessions: Sonata for Piano no 1; Sonata for piano ("Kennedy Sonata" ), no 3; Ralph Shapey: Mutations, for piano; Mutations II, for piano; Variations (21) for piano
Performers: Holzman, David

David Holzman surely stands among the greatest living exponents of 20-century American Music. The 58 year old New York pianist's last CD (Music of Wolpe)...continue...

Shapey: Millenium Designs, etc / Cuckson, McMillen

1 CD / Centaur / 2007-11-04

Works: Ralph Shapey: Five, for violin & piano; Mann Soli, for solo violin; Partita, for solo violin; Etchings, for solo violin; Millenium Designs, for violin & piano
Performers: Cuckson, Miranda; McMillen, Blair

Violinist Miranda Cuckson has received accolades from distinguished colleagues and audiences in the United States, Europe, and the Far East. She has performed as soloist...continue...

Shapey: Radical Traditionalism / NY Music Ensemble, et al

2 CD / New World / 2007-08-01

Works: Ralph Shapey: Variations (21) for piano; Quartet for Strings no 6; Quartet for Strings no 7; Fromm Variations (31), for piano; Three for Six, for 6 instruments
Performers: Black, Robert [Bass]; Maximilien, Wanda
Conductors: Black, Robert [Bass]
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble

This collection--drawn from the original CRI LPs--provides a glimpse into a critical point in Ralph Shapey's artistic development and comprises several of his most important...continue...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Psalms of Joy & Sorrow

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: George Rochberg: Psalms (3) for Unaccompanied Choir; Jacob Druckman: Sabbath Eve Service "Shir shel yakov"; Ursula Mamlok: Cantata "Blessed is the man"; Yehudi Wyner: Friday Evening Service; Miriam G...
Performers: Bikel, Theodore; Bischof, Justin; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Evans, Joseph [Tenor]; Finkelstein, Meir; Leonard, Sarah; Mason, Patrick; Miller, Aaron David; Mizrahi, Alberto; Potton, Hugh
Conductors: Brewer, Michael; Adler, Samuel; Itai, Avner; Corp, Ronald; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Gardner, Patrick; Levin, Neil
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Carmina Choir; Laudibus; London Chorus; New York Cantorial Choir; Rochester Singers; Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir; Schola Hebraeica; Slovak Radio Symphony Orch...

Unique among liturgies in their singular blend of majestic grandeur, loft sentiments, and poignant simplicity, the Psalms embrace virtually every basic human emotion and mood,...continue...

In Common - Cage, Shapey, Harrison, et al / Verederos

1 CD / Equilibrium / 2003-09-01

Works: Graham Fitkin: Frame for marimba & flute; Lou Harrison: Ariadne, ballet for flute & percussion; Payton MacDonald: Prelude no 2 for flute & marimba; Prelude no 3 for flute & marimba; Prelude no 4 for ...
Performers: Johnson, Jessica; MacDonald, Payton

Premieres and Commissions / Russell Sherman

1 CD / GM Recordings / 2002-09-03

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Little Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 19; Gunther Schuller: Sonata-Fantasia for piano; Robert Helps: Shall We Dance, for piano; George Perle: Celebratory Inventions (6) for piano; Ralph...
Performers: Sherman, Russell

With the exception of Schoenberg's 'Six Pieces for Piano,' Russell Sherman, who celebrated his 70th birthday in 2000-2001 with critically acclaimed concerts around the world,...continue...

New Music for Virtuosos - Erickson, Sollberger, Imbrie, etc

1 CD / New World / 1998-07-01

Works: Harvey Sollberger: Sunflowers; Robert Morris: Motet on Doodah; Robert Hall Lewis: Inflections I; Ralph Shapey: Configurations; Andrew Imbrie: Sketches (3) for Trombone and Piano; Robert Erickson: Gen...
Performers: Aanerud, Kevin; Black, Robert [Bass]; Black, Robert [conductor]; Dempster, Stuart; Ellen Weckler; Heldrich, Claire; Kevin Aanerud; Palma, Donald; Schulman, Daniel; Shulman, Daniel; Sinta, Donald; Smi...

This compilation collects eclectic 20th century music written by several avant-garde composers. Milton Babbitt originally scored Phonemena for soprano and synthesized tape, but gave vocalist Lynn Webb...continue...

Hidden Sparks - Carter, Machover, et al / Dizes-Richard

1 CD / New World / 1997-12-01

Works: Elliott Carter: Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi; Tod Machover: Hidden Sparks, for violin solo; Ralph Shapey: Fantasy for violin & piano; John Melby: Concerto for Violin and Computer Synthesized Ta...
Performers: Dizes-Richard, Maryvonne Le; Henriot, Jean-Claude

Faye-Ellen Silverman, Ralph Shapey - Chamber Works

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-09

Works: Faye-Ellen Silverman: Restless Winds for Woodind Quintet; Speaking Alone, for Unaccompanied Flute; Passing Fancies for 13 Players; Ralph Shapey: Krolish Sonate; Concertante no 1 for Trumpet and 10 Pl...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald; Kalish, Gilbert; Krosnick, Joel; Shostac, David
Conductors: ; Shapey, Ralph
Ensemble: Aspen Music School Faculty; Contemporary Chamber Players University of Chicago

New York Woodwind Quintet - Works by Bresnick, Powell, etc

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Ronald Roseman: Double quintet for woodwinds & brass; Mel Powell: Woodwind Quintet; Martin Bresnick: Just Time, for woodwind quintet; Ralph Shapey: Movements for wind quintet
Conductors:
Ensemble: New York Woodwind Quintet

American Brass Quintet - Bolcom, Druckman, Shapey, Wright

1 CD / New World /

Works: William Bolcom: New Etudes (12) for Brass Quintet; Maurice Wright: Quintet for Brass; Ralph Shapey: Quintet for Brass; Jacob Druckman: Other Voices
Performers: Biddlecome, Robert; Gekker, Chris; Mase, Raymond; Powell, Michael; Wakefield, David
Conductors:
Ensemble: American Brass Quintet