Torke, Michael

Landscapes: Torke: Jevelin; Mojave; Ticheli: Simple gifts; An American Elegy; Copland: Quiet City / Ji Hye Jung, marimba; Steve Leisring, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Michael Torke: Javelin, overture for orchestra; Mojave, for marimba & wind ensemble; Frank Ticheli: An American Elegy, for symphonic band; Simple Gifts (Four Shaker Songs), for band; Aaron Copland: Q...
Performers: Jung, Ji Hye; Leisring, Steve; Marco, Margaret
Conductors: Popiel, Paul W.
Ensemble: University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

Landscapes is a journey through the rich tapestry of American wind band music, performed by one of the country's leading ensembles. One of Michael Torke's...continue...
Recording information: Lied Center of Kansas, Kansas City (2012-04-01_2012-04-02&2012-)....continue...

Torke: Color Music / David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Michael Torke: Ecstatic Orange, ballet; Bright Blue Music; Green for orchestra; Purple, ballet; The Adjustable Wrench, for ensemble; Ash for orchestra; Javelin, overture for orchestra
Conductors: Zinman, David; Nagano, Kent; Levy, Yoel
Ensemble: ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

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These are amongst the most committed and persuasive performances of contemporary music I've heard for a long time; in the words of Heidi Waleson, when...continue...

Wood and Forest

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-11-20

Works: Jacob Bancks: The Trees Where I Was Born, for marimba; Arbor Una Nobilis, for marimba & violin; Kenji Bunch: Duo for viola & vibraphone; Robert Paterson: Forest Shadows, for marimba; Carlos Sá...
Performers: Bunch, Kenji [Viola]; Fedele, David; Mills, Jesse; Nakura, Makoto; Smith, Wilhelmina

Recording information: Catholic St. Viator Kitashirakawa Church, Kyoto, Japan (02/09/2011-02/10/2011); The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York city (02/09/2011-02/10/2011); Catholic St. Via...continue...

Michael Torke: Tahiti

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2011-09-13

Works: Michael Torke: Fiji, for ensemble; Tahiti, for ensemble
Conductors: Rundell, Clark
Ensemble: Ensemble 10/10

Two recent works from Michael Torke, written for the Liverpool Philharmonic's new music group, evoke the humidity, perfume, and leisure of the South Pacific islands....continue...
Recording information: The Friary (06/09/2009-06/11/2009)....continue...

Radiant Joy / Music for Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Klavier / 2010-11-16

Works: Kenneth Hesketh: Masque, for symphonic band; Dwayne Milburn: Variations on St. Patrick's Breastplate, for wind ensemble; Cindy McTee: Finish Line, for wind ensemble; Eric Whitacre: October; Steven Br...
Conductors: Stamp, Jack
Ensemble: IUP Wind Ensemble

Recording information: IUP Campus, Indiana PA....continue...

Short Stories: American Music for Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-07-28

Works: Charles Ives: Fugue in C major; Jennifer Higdon: Short Stories, for 4 saxophones; Fred Sturm: Picasso Cubed, for 4 saxophones; Michael Torke: July; David Bixler: Heptagon, for 4 saxophones; Carleton ...
Performers: Claussen, Kurt; Langley, Dee
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ancia Saxophone Quartet

Taking its name from Jennifer Higdon's 'Short Stories', this album explores stylistically diverse music showcasing the saxophone quartet's immense expressive potential. The Ancia Saxophone Quartet...continue...

Michael Tork: Blue Pacific / Hana Chu

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2008-03-11

Works: Michael Torke: Blue Pacific
Performers: Chu, Hana

Across the Bar... Holst, Torke, Sitton, Debussy, Hawley, Schubert, Lange, et al / Menk, et al

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2008-03-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Ave Maria, Op. 9b/H 49; Michael Torke: Song of Ezekiel, for chorus; Michael Sitton: Missa Brevis, for treble voices & organ; Claude Debussy: Le Printemps ("Salut Printemps"), cantata fo...
Performers: Anderson, Linda; Anhut, Erin; Buck, Crystal; O'Brien, Mallory; Sult, Sarah; Thomas, Laurel
Conductors: Menk, Nancy
Ensemble: Saint Mary's College Women's Choir

This select, 40-voice ensemble regularly commissions and performs new music for women's voices. An outgrowth of this emphasis is the publication of the Saint Mary's...continue...

Derivations / University of Calgary Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-02-01

Works: Marco Pütz: Derivations, for wind band; Yasuhide Ito: Sinfonia Singaporiana; John Estacio: Frenergy (version for wind ensemble); Michael Torke: The Kiss; Joseph Schwantner: Concerto for Percussi...
Performers: Baril, Gianetta; Burritt, Michael; Coburn, Michael; Cox, Dorian; Ebear, Andrew; Ingram, Karmen; Mayer, Adam; Michalak, Jay; Sussman, David; West, Neil
Conductors: Price, Glenn D.
Ensemble: University of Calgary Wind Ensemble

The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble is widely recognized as Canada’s leading wind orchestra. It is made up of the most advanced performers of wind...continue...

Haunted America - Kitzke, Torke, Hakola / Present Music

1 CD / Innova / 2006-03-27

Works: Jerome Kitzke: Haunted America; Michael Torke: Song of Isaiah; Kimmo Hakola: Chamber Concerto
Conductors: Stalheim, Kevin; Torke, Michael; Hakola, Kimmo
Ensemble: Present Music

Personnel: Eric Segnitz (vocals, violin); Karl Lavine (vocals, cello); William Helmers (vocals, clarinet, bass clarinet); Phillip Bush (vocals, piano, keyboards); Terry Smirl (vocals, percussion); Jer...continue...

Michael Torke - Strawberry Fields / Miller, et al

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2005-11-08

Works: Michael Torke: Strawberry Fields, opera; Pentecost, for soprano & orchestra
Performers: Castle, Joyce; Estes, Aaron; Gardner, Heather; Hancock, John [Guitar/Producer]; Kibler, Keith; Lentz, Jeffrey; Lloyd, Margaret
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Strawberry Fields had its premiere performance at Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown in New York. The libretto, by A.R. Gurney, features a gently comic stories of...continue...

The Ying Quartet Play Life Music

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2005-10-11

Works: Kevin Puts: Dark Vigil, for string quartet; Michael Torke: Corner in Manhattan, for string quartet; Carter Pann: Love Letters, for string quartet; Paquito d'Rivera: The Village Street Quartet, for st...

Torke: Six

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2005-09-13

Works: Michael Torke: Telephone Book; July; Chalk for string quartet; Change of Address, for chamber ensemble
Conductors:
Ensemble: Apollo Saxophone Quartet; Balanescu Quartet; Michael Torke Band; Present Music

Michael Torke has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre, each with a characteristic personal stamp that combines restless rhythmic energy with...continue...

Drive Time - Pacific Coast Highway

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-06-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; A...
Performers: Burgess, David; Nilsson, Pia-Marie; Persson, Olle
Conductors: Szell, George; Pople, Ross; Maazel, Lorin; Williams, John; Kapp, Richard; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Davis, Colin

The Story of American Classical Music / Scherer, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: William Henry Fry: Overture to Macbeth; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 1; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Arthur Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Peska...
Conductors: Rowe, Tony; Rosenberg, Richard; Fagen, Arthur; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Williams, John McLaughlin; Sinclair, James; Brion, Keith; Judd, James; Spalding, Daniel; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José;...
Ensemble: ; Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio

Think 'American Classical Music and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Joplin, Foster Sousa? These great composers are deservedly famous, but from Colonial...continue...

Torke: An Italian Straw Hat / Wilkins, et al

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2005-06-05

Works: Michael Torke: An Italian Straw Hat, ballet
Conductors: Wilkins, Ormsby
Ensemble: Canada National Ballet Orchestra

"Torke's stylish, exuberant ballet music brings a smile to the face... it beguiles the ear... Torke's refreshing lack of neuroses, genial wit and breezy musical...continue...

Michael Torke - Five

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2005-04-12

Works: Michael Torke: Vanada for brass, keyboard & percussion; Flint, for 2 pianos, cello, double bass & saxophone quartet; Music on the Floor; Slate for piano, piano 4-hands, xylophone, marimba & ensemble;...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent; Torke, Michael; Zagrosek, Lothar; Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Apollo Saxophone Quartet; London Sinfonietta

Michael Torke has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre, each with a characteristic personal stamp that combines restless rhythmic energy with...continue...

Michael Torke - Four

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2005-02-06

Works: Michael Torke: The Adjustable Wrench, for ensemble; Overnight Mail, for orchestra; Monday and Tuesday, for chamber ensemble
Conductors: Nagano, Kent; Hempel, Jurgen; Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta

"...There is billiant manipulation of rhythm, highly sprung so that the music barely touches the ground, and an assertive, dazzling white-smiled confidence about the writing...continue...

Michael Torke - Ecstatic Collection

6 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-11-02

Works: Michael Torke: Green for orchestra; Purple, ballet; Ecstatic Orange, ballet; Ash for orchestra; Bright Blue Music; Proverbs (4), for female voice & ensemble; Book of Proverbs, for chorus & orchestra;...
Performers: Anderson, Valdine; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Harle, John; Ollmann, Kurt
Conductors: Zinman, David; Torke, Michael; De Waart, Edo; Levi, Yoel; Miller, David A.; Nagano, Kent; Hempel, Jurgen; Zagrosek, Lothar;
Ensemble: ; Albany Symphony Orchestra; Apollo Saxophone Quartet; Argo Band; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Balanescu Quartet; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; Michael Torke Band; Philharmonia Orc...

"What a midcareer retrospective at the Whitney Museum is to a visual artist, Michael Torke's six-CD set of orchestral music is for a composer. When...continue...

Michael Torke - Three

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-11-02

Works: Michael Torke: Javelin; Concerto for Saxophone; December; Run; Charcoal
Performers: Harle, John
Conductors: Levi, Yoel; Miller, David Alan; Torke, Michael; Zinman, David
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"It's got memorable tunes and spunky post-minimalist animation; it's up to date yet perfectly designed to capture the essence of the Games. It has the...continue...

Michael Torke - Two

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-10-08

Works: Michael Torke: Proverbs (4), for female voice & ensemble; Book of Proverbs, for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Anderson, Valdine; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Ollmann, Kurt
Conductors: Torke, Michael; De Waart, Edo
Ensemble: ; Argo Band

Michael Torke - One

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-09-08

Works: Michael Torke: Green; Purple; Ecstatic Orange; Ash; Bright Blue Music
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Ride - Hazo, Danielpour, et al / Stamp, IUP Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Klavier / 2004-01-01

Works: Samuel R. Hazo: Ride, for wind ensemble; Richard Danielpour: Vox Populi, for orchestra; Martin Mailman: Secular Litanies, for wind symphony; Fisher Tull: Liturgical Symphony for brass & percussion; P...
Conductors: Stamp, Jack; Bird, Gary
Ensemble: IUP Brass Ensemble; IUP Wind Ensemble

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Charles Wakefield Cadman: Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45; John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, suit...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Buswell, James; Corley, Maria; Currie, Colin; Farley, Carole; Posnak, Paul; Rorem, Ned; Starker, Janos; Taylor, Darryl; Weber, Janice; Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Williams, John McLaughlin; Alsop, Marin; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Sinclair, James; Stromberg, William T.; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kreutzer Quartet; Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraini...

The American Classics series captures some of the great moments of American music. In this collection, as wide-ranging and diverse as our land, little-known gems...continue...

American Classics - Torke: Rapture, etc / Alsop, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Michael Torke: An American Abroad, for orchestra; Javelin, overture for orchestra; Rapture, concerto for percussion & orchestra
Performers: Currie, Colin
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"I wonder where Torke's music might go once he chooses to explore a wider development terrain. But I would hate to lose the freshness and...continue...

NBC Presents Summon the Heroes / Williams, Boston Pops

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-08-29

Works: John Williams: Summon the Heroes; Olympic Fanfare and Theme; The Olympic Spirit; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Leo Arnaud: Charge!; Mikis Theodorakis: Canto Olympico; Michael Torke: Javelin; Leonard Ber...
Conductors: Williams, John [Composer]
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

The California EAR Unit - Andriessen, Carter, Torke et al

1 CD / New Albion / 1995-01-01

Works: Arthur Jarvinen: Egyptian Two Step; Rand Steiger: Quintessence; Michael Torke: The Yellow Pages; Karlheinz Stockhausen: Für Dr K; Elliott Carter: Enchanted Preludes for Flute and Cello; Esprit r...
Performers: Duke-Kirkpatrick, Erika; Eder, Lorna; Jarvinen, Arthur; Knoles, Amy; Lorentz, Robin; Mowrey, Gaylord; Rohrig, James; Steiger, Rand; Stone, Dorothy
Conductors:
Ensemble: California EAR Unit