Thomas, Augusta Read

Silver Tunes: Music for Flute and Organ / Elivi Varga, flute; Olle Langstrom, organ

1 CD / Sterling / 2012-04-08

Works: Erland von Koch: Silver Tunes, for flute & organ; Jean Langlais: Pieces (5) for violin & organ, Op. 180; Augusta Read Thomas: Angel Tears and Earth Prayers, for flute & organ; Claude Debussy: Syrinx;...
Performers: Langstrom, Olle; Varga, Elivi

I wanted to have a variety of works on this recording, including works by women, and to explore some lesser-known repertoire. Most of the works...continue...
Recording information: Misterhult Church, Misterhult, Sweden (07/20/2011-07/22/2011)....continue...

Drive American: John Adams, Joan Tower, Daniel Crozier and Chen Yi / Heidi Louise Williams, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-10-11

Works: John Adams: American Berserk, for piano; Joan Tower: No Longer Very Clear; Daniel Crozier: Winter Aubade, for piano; Chen Yi: Ba Ban, for piano; Augusta Read Thomas: Traces, for piano; William Bolcom...
Performers: Williams, Heidi Louise

A superlative program of piano music by American composers is offered by pianist Heidi Williams. The oldest work on the program dates from 1988 (William...continue...
Recording information: Opperman Music Hall, The Florida State University (2009-05-16_2009-05-19&2009-)....continue...

Notable Women Composers / Trios by Auerbach, Garrop, Higdon, Tower, et al.

1 CD / Cedille / 2011-08-30

Works: Lera Auerbach: Trio for violin, cello & piano; Stacy Garrop: Seven, for piano trio; Jennifer Higdon: Piano Trio; Laura Elise Schwendinger: C'è la Luna Questa Sera?, for piano trio; Augusta Rea...
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Ensemble: Lincoln Trio

In this album, Notable Women, the Lincoln Trio (Desiree Ruhstrat, violin; David Cunliffe, cello; Marta Aznavoorian, piano) come together to perform pieces written by female...continue...
Recording information: Bennett-Gordon Hall, Ravinia, Highland Park, IL (2010-11-01_2010-11-05&2011-)....continue...

Serene Classics / Includes works by Palestrina, Bach, Tallis, Purcell and Schubert

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Salve regina; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Salve Regina, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book V); Missa pro defunctis a 5; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O sacrum convivium, motet...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Henschel, Dietrich; Isokoski, Soile; McDaniel, Barry; Meier, Waltraud; Munderloh, David; Viitasalo, Marita; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph; Higginbottom, Edward; Werner, Fritz; Nagano, Kent; Barenboim, Daniel; Bour, Ernest; Svetlanov, Evgeny; O'Donnell, James [Organ]; Satomaa, Tauno

Unwind with Warner Classic's new release, 'Serene Classics: Music for a Calmer You". Take a micro-vacation as you relax to titles such as Salve Regina,...continue...

Going Solo

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasias (12) for Violin solo; Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio for Viola solo, Op. 55 no 9; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisl...
Performers: Sant'Ambrogio, Stephanie

This recording of works for solo violin and viola is performed by Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, a former member of the Cleveland Orchestra, former concertmaster of the...continue...
Recording information: Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Pa (01/2010/10/2010)....continue...

American Weavings

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2011-03-15

Works: John Weaver: Concert Piece for viola & organ; Three Chorale Preludes for viola & organ; Christopher Gable: Teshuvah, fantasy for viola & organ; Augusta Read Thomas: Incantation, for solo violin; Puls...
Performers: Rodland, Carol; Rodland, Catherine

Recording information: Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN (2009-2010)....continue...

Rhapsodic Musings - Carter, Salonen, Zorn, et al / Jennifer Koh

1 CD / Cedille / 2009-09-29

Works: Esa-Pekka Salonen: Lachen Verlernt; Elliott Carter: Lauds (4), for solo violin; Augusta Read Thomas: Pulsar, for solo violin; John Zorn: Goetia, 8 incantations for violin; Unspecified: Untitled CD-RO...
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]

"Koh is a magnificent and exciting artist, establishing from the first notes of the first piece a vital, vibrant presence, her instrument truly speaking in...continue...

Music from Raritan River - Bogdanovic, Liebermann, Sierra, etc / Daedalus String Quartet, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-12-09

Works: Dusan Bogdanovic: Sevdalinka, for 2 guitars & string quartet; Lowell Liebermann: Nocturne-Fantasy, for 2 guitars, Op. 69; Roberto Sierra: Homenajes Húngaros (Hungarian Tributes) (3), for 2 guita...

These world premiere recordings are performed by the ensembles of Raritan River Music. This CD, the organization's twelfth recording, represents 15 years of planning, rehearsing...continue...

Odd Couple - Matt Haimovitz, Geoffrey Burleson - Barber, Carter, Sanford, Thomas

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2008-09-16

Works: David Sanford: 22 Part 1, for cello & piano; Samuel Barber: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6; Elliott Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Augusta Read Thomas: Cantos for Slava, for cello & piano
Performers: Burleson, Geoffrey; Haimovitz, Matt

"This album of works for cello and piano by Matt Haimovitz and Geoffrey Burleson is clever in every conceivable way. The title itself, 'Odd Couple',...continue...

Melville's Dozen / Nicola Melville

1 CD / Innova / 2008-08-05

Works: Carter Pann: Soirée Macabre (With Demons on the Dance Floor), for piano; Stacy Garrop: Tango Gardél, for piano; Mark Olivieri: Hommage à trois, for piano; Philip Rhodes: Appalachian Br...
Performers: Melville, Nicola

United States: Life Music 2 - Rorem, Higdon, et al

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2007-11-13

Works: Ned Rorem: Quartet for Strings "United States"; Augusta Read Thomas: Quartet for Strings "Sun Threads"; Chen Yi: At the Kansas City Chinese New Year Concert, for string quartet; Jennifer Higdon: Quar...

The second disc of LifeMusic commissions from established and emerging composers, supported by the Institute for American Music, features pieces inspired by one aspect or...continue...

American Virtuoso - Liebermann, Hough, et al / Giles

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-11-01

Works: Lowell Liebermann: Sonata for Piano no 3, Op. 82; Stephen Hough: Suite R-B, for piano; Augusta Read Thomas: Etudes (6) for piano; Ned Rorem: Recalling, for piano; C. Curtis-Smith / William Bolcom: Co...
Performers: Giles, James

"This is a splendid recital of new American piano pieces, all (except for the final item) first recordings. Nothing here is more than ten years...continue...

Precipice - Modern Marimba / Nathaniel Bartlett

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2006-08-01

Works: Philip Glass: Opening, for chamber ensemble or piano; Allan Schindler: Precipice, for marimba & computer-generated sounds; Greg Wilder: Interlude, for marimba & computer-generated sounds; Augusta Rea...
Performers: Bartlett, Nathaniel

Bartlett was born in 1978 in Madison, Wisconsin and studied at the Eastman School and the Royal Academy of Music in London as well as...continue...

New York Philharmonic - Thomas, et al / Maazel, et al

1 CD / New World / 2006-06-01

Works: Augusta Read Thomas: Gathering Paradise; Jacob Druckman: Summer Lightning, for orchestra; Stephen Hartke: Symphony no 3, for countertenor, 2 tenors, baritone & orchestra
Performers: Grant, Heidi
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

These are the world-premiere recordings of orchestral works by three of the most acclaimed contemporary American composers. Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964) incorporates the poems...continue...

American Masters for the 21st Century /Society for New Music

5 CD / Innova / 2006-04-10

Works: Steven Stucky: Sappho Fragments, for female voice & chamber ensemble; Brian Israel: Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Music for the Next to Die"); Elizabeth Alexander: My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson, fo...
Performers: Abrams, David; Aiken, Alexander; Bass, Walden; Berry, Ruth; Bird, John; Bosetti, Michael; Bridge, Robert; Brown, Janet; Buciu, Cristina; Bush, Catherine; Caravan, Ron; Case, Linda; Castilano, Edward;...
Conductors: Custer, Calvin; Scatterday, Mark; Cooper, Grant; Murray, Edward; Godfrey, Daniel S.; Hopkins, Christopher; Stucky, Steven Edward; Murray, Ed

Works for Unaccompanied Violin / Movses Pogossian

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-12-01

Works: Vache Sharafyan: Blooming Sounds, for solo violin; Adam Khudoyan: Sonata for solo violin; Augusta Read Thomas: Pulsar, for solo violin; Incantation, for solo violin; Leif Segerstam: Why Yes or No, fo...
Performers: Pogossian, Movses

Songs of American Women Composers / Pomfret, Gordy

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2005-10-01

Works: Libby Larsen: De toda la eternidad, for soprano & piano; Songs from Letters; Louise Talma: Songs (7) for voice & piano; Augusta Read Thomas: among dawn flowers, for soprano & piano; Margaret Bonds: D...
Performers: Gordy, Laura; Pomfret, Bonnie

Snapshots: Fiftieth birthday tributes for Oliver Knussen

1 CD / London Sinfonietta / 2004-03-01

Works: Louis Andriessen: Very Sharp Trumpet Sonata; Charles Wuorinen: Fifty Fifty, for 2 pianos; Alexander Goehr: only two notes for olly (the other five for later), for 11 instruments; Detlev Glanert: Danc...
Performers: Hind, Rolf; Hodges, Nicolas; Nockles, Bruce; Orford, John; Silverthorne, Paul
Conductors: Benjamin, George

Toccata Festiva

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2004-01-01

Works: James A. Beckel, Jr.: Make A Joyful Noise, for wind ensemble; David Diamond: Hearts Music; Eric Ewazen: A Hymn for the Lost and the Living; Augusta Read Thomas: Magneticfireflies, for wind ensemble; ...
Performers: Edwards, Carla
Conductors: Paré, Craig

Dream Journal - Higdon, Rands, et al / Network for New Music

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-01-01

Works: Jennifer Higdon: wissahickon poeTrees, for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano & percussion; Bernard Rands: Concertino for Oboe and 7 instruments; Augusta Read Thomas: Passion Prayers, for c...
Performers: Kluksdahl, Scott; Woodhams, Richard
Conductors: Krzywicki, Jan
Ensemble: Network for New Music Ensemble

American Music For Flute and Guitar / Boyd, Goluses, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2000-04-01

Works: Katherine Hoover: Canyon Echoes, for flute & guitar; Joan Tower: Snow Dreams, for flute & guitar; Roberto Sierra: Segunda Cronica Del Descubrimiento, for flute & guitar; Augusta Read Thomas: Eclipse ...
Performers: Boyd, Bonita; Goluses, Nicholas
Conductors: Gilbert, David
Ensemble: Eastman Virtuosi Soloists

"Among the many flute-and-guitar recordings that have appeared in recent months, this one is clearly in a league of its own. It is a winning...continue...

Druckman, Thomas, Musto, et al / Clevland Chamber Symphony

1 CD / Albany Records / 2000-03-01

Works: Jacob Druckman: The Sound of Time for soprano voice & chamber orchestra (or piano); Augusta Read Thomas: Spirit musings, for violin & orchestra; John Musto: Encounters, for tenor voice & orchestra; J...
Performers: Jacob, Jeffrey; Sperry, Paul [Tenor (Vocal)]

Colors of Love - Choral Music / Chanticleer

1 CD / Teldec / 1999-05-18

Works: Steven Stucky: Cradle Songs, for chorus; John Tavener: A Village Wedding, for chorus; Bernard Rands: Canti d'amor; Zhou Long: Words of the Sun, for chorus; Chen Yi: Tang Poems, 4 songs for male choru...
Performers: Baum, Kevin; Chanticleer; Lichtenauer, Michael; Wilder, Philip [Countertenor Vocal]
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Ensemble: Chanticleer

The versatile 12-voice male vocal ensemble Chanticleer sings eight distinctive works by contemporary composers. Five works included here were written specifically for Chanticleer, notably John...continue...
This recording received the 2000 Grammy Award for "Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)."

The American male vocal ensemble Chanticleer has, over the years since its found...continue...

Strange Attractors - New American Music for Piano / Goodson

1 CD / Albany Records / 1997-04-01

Works: Martin Herman: Arena, etudes for piano; Stephen Jaffe: Impromptu for piano; John Harbison: Four More Occasional Pieces, for piano; Augusta Read Thomas: Whites, for piano; Randall Woolf: Nobody Move, ...
Performers: Goodson, Patricia

American Trombone Concertos Vol 2 / Lindberg, Llewellyn

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-05-09

Works: Christopher Rouse: Concerto for Trombone; Augusta Read Thomas: Meditation; Carlos Chavez: Concerto for Trombone
Performers: Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Llewellyn, Grant
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Angel Shadows - George, Kupferman, et al / Laurel Ann Maurer

1 CD / 4 Tay /

Works: Thom Ritter George: American Folk Songs (6), for flute & piano, CN 341; Meyer Kupferman: Arcana 1, for flute; Walter Piston: Sonata for flute & piano; Dana Paul Perna: Fantasy-Sonata, for flute, Op. ...
Performers: Martin, Joanne Pearce; Maurer, Laurel Ann; Neiwirth, Mark