Westlake, Nigel

Six Fish: Guitar Trek Celebrating 25 Years - works by Westlake, Houghton, Charlton, Wesley-Smith, Charlton

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2012-12-11

Works: Nigel Westlake: Six Fish, for guitar quartet; Philip Houghton: Nocturne, for ensemble; Wave Radiance, for ensemble; Richard Charlton: Capricorn Skies, for ensemble; Dreams and Dances on Moreton Bay, ...
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Ensemble: Guitar Trek

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, Guitar Trek has dramatically expanded the possibilities of the traditional guitar...continue...
Recording information: ANU School of Music Studio (05/2007)....continue...

Nigel Westlake: Missa Solis; Requiem for Eli

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2012-09-18

Works: Nigel Westlake: Missa Solis, for soloist, chorus & orchestra ("Requiem for Eli")
Conductors: Westlake, Nigel

Recording information: Eugene Goossens Hall, Australian Broadcasting Corporati (02/28/2012); Melbourne Town Hall, Australia (02/28/2012); Eugene Goossens Hall, Australian Broadcasting Corporati (03/01...continue...

String Lines

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2012-08-14

Works: Nigel Westlake: High Tension Wires, for string quartet; Ross Edwards: Chorale & Ecstatic Dance, for orchestra; Paul Stanhope: PhoSpherics, for string quartet; Matthew Hindson: Technologic 135, for st...
Performers: Ma, Jun Yi; Smith, Margery

Recording information: Bondi Pavilion Recording Studios....continue...

Songs from the Forest

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-02-14

Works: Ross Edwards: Djanaba, for 2 guitars; Emily's Song, for 2 guitars; Nigel Westlake: Songs from the Forest, for 2 guitars; John Lennon: She's Leaving Home; The Fool on the Hill; Penny Lane; Philip Houg...
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Ensemble: Australian Guitar Duo

Recording information: Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, UK (08/21/2011-08/23/2011)....continue...

The Classic 100: 20th Century

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-12-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 i...
Performers: Goodman, Isador; Grigoryan, Slava; Hall, Dimity; Kain, Timothy; Katchen, Julius; Lazaroff-Somssich, Alison; Li-Wei; Souter, Vanessa
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas; Steinberg, William; Kertész, István; Walker, Antony; Thomas, Patrick; Kelly, Brett; Mester, Jorge; Otterloo, Willem Van; Northey, Benjamin; Porcelijn, David

Electric Cello / David Pereira

1 CD / Tall Poppies Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Carl Vine: Inner World; Roger Smalley: Echo 2, for cello & digital tape delay; Martin Wesley-Smith: Welcome to the Hotel Turismo, for cello & CD; Andrew Ford: Memorial, for cello with digital delay; ...
Performers: Pereira, David

Mirrors of Fire: Australian Guitar Originals

1 CD / Tall Poppies Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Ross Edwards: Blackwattle Caprices, for guitar; Graeme Koehne: A Closed World of Fine Feelings, for guitar; Richard Charlton: Surface Tension, for guitar; Robert Davidson: Junction Rd, for guitar; Ma...
Performers: Kain, Timothy
Conductors: Porcelijn, David

The Essential Guitar: Music of Beauty and Romance

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-06-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G min...
Performers: Blades, Margaret; Bonavita, Sal; Bruer-Jones, Hilary; Curiel, Jacqueline; Ezergailis, Juris; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Jaquillard, Danielle; Kain, Timothy; Koch, Gareth; Leisner, David; M...
Conductors: Northey, Benjamin; ; Porcelijn, David; Kelly, Brett
Ensemble: ; Guitar Trek; Saffire (Guitar Quartet)

From the electric passion of flamenco to the haunting Cavatina from The Deer Hunter, the guitar touches us in a way no other instrument can....continue...

Winter Solstice: Beautiful Music for Solitude and Reflection

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-06-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139; Benj...
Performers: Biber, Kristy; Drury, David; Gifford, Duncan; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Grigoryan, Slava; Kenny, Yvonne; Kenyon, Clare; Macliver, Sara; McCallum, Stephanie; McGuire, Marshall; Sheldon, Jane; Spina, Rosari...
Conductors: Stanhope, David; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Lehmann, Wilfred; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Mould, Stephen; Westlake, Nigel; Rudner, Ola; Caetani, Oleg;
Ensemble: ; Guitar Trek

Wrap yourself in music this winter! Composers across the ages have been inspired by this season of fresh stillness, dancing snowflakes, mighty storms and sleeping...continue...

100 Years - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

10 CD / ABC Classics / 2008-02-15

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Symphony in Three Movements; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Jean Sibelius: Lemminkä...
Performers: Dommett, Leonard; Fogg, Anthony; Harada, Takashi; Hill, Vernon; Kenny, Yvonne; Kimura, Kaori; Payne, Geoffrey; Tancibudek, Jiri
Conductors: Caetani, Oleg; Iwaki, Hiroyuki; Heinze, Sir Bernard; Otterloo, Willem Van; Hopkins, John; Divall, Richard; Douglas, Clive; Thomas, Patrick; Post, Joseph; Stenz, Markus; Fredman, Myer; Handley, Vernon...

Nigel Westlake: Hinchinbrook Riffs

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2007-08-01

Works: Nigel Westlake: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano; Hichinbrook Riffs; Quartet for Strings no 2; Kalabash; Sonata for Piano
Performers: Askill, Michael; Constable, Timothy; Eddington, Alison; Goldschlager, Michael; Hall, Dimity; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Milton, Nicholas; Morozova, Irina; Ogden, Craig; Selby, Katheryn; Smiles, Julian; ...
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Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet; Macquarie Trio; Synergy Percussion Quartet

Best known to American audiences for his score for the hit film Babe, Westlake is largely self-taught. He is also a renowned clarinetist, and his...continue...

Australian Guitar Originals / Tim Kain, et al

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2005-05-01

Works: Ross Edwards: Blackwattle Caprices; Graeme Koehne: Aphorisms (10); Richard Charlton: Surface Tension; Robert Davidson: Junction Rd; Martin Wesley-Smith: Kolele Mai; Richard Vella: Preludes (3) for Gu...
Performers: Kain, Timothy
Conductors: Porcelijn, David
Ensemble: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

The Edge - The Film Music of Nigel Westlake / Vine, et al

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 1998-04-01

Works: Nigel Westlake: The Edge; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; David Hudson: Gandangara Spirit
Performers: Askill, Michael; Hudson, David; Lysons, Emma
Conductors: Vine, Carl
Ensemble: Sydney Contemporary Singers; Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra

The Mantis and the Moon / John Williams, Timothy Kain

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-12-10

Works: Manuel de Falla: Danza Española no 1 (la vida breve); Enriqué Granados: Goyescas; Danse espagnole, Op. 37/5; Antonio Soler: Sonata for Keyboard no 84 in D major; Nigel Westlake: Songs fro...
Performers: Kain, Timothy; Williams, John [Guitar]

Synergy with Samuels

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 1994-10-01

Works: Ross Edwards: Prelude and Dragonfly Dance; Nigel Westlake: Malachite Glass; Peter Sculthorpe: From Jabiru Dreaming; John Cage: First Construction (in Metal) for 6 Percussionists; Bill Ruyle: #3; Dave...
Performers: Askill, Michael; Cleworth, Ian; Lagos, Rebecca; Miller, Ric; Nixon, Brian; Piper, Colin; Samuels, Dave; South, Philip; Westlake, Nigel
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Ensemble: Synergy Percussion Quartet

Westlake: Onomatopoeia, Omphalo Centric Lecture, etc

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 1994-04-01

Works: Nigel Westlake: Onomatopoeia; Omphalo Centric Lecture; Refractions at Summer Cloud Bay; Entomology; Malachite Glass; Tall Tales; Call of the Wild; Our Mum was a Waterfall
Performers: Askill, Michael; Cleworth, Ian; Westlake, Nigel
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Ensemble: Australia Ensemble; Synergy Percussion Quartet; Tall Poppies Ensemble

Café Concertino / Australia Ensemble

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 1993-04-01

Works: Mark Isaacs: So It Does; Carl Vine: Café Concertino; Martin Wesley-Smith: White Knight and Beaver; Nigel Westlake: Refractions at Summer Cloud Bay; Gillian Whitehead: Manutaki
Performers: Bollard, David; Collins, Geoffrey; Morozova, Irena; Olding, Dene; Pereira, David [cello]; Westlake, Nigel
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Ensemble: Australia Ensemble