Avery, James

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: Angelus Novus Cycle / Almut Hellwig & Monika Meier-Schmid, sopranos; Ensemble Surplus

2 CD / Neos Production / 2012-12-05

Works: Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: Angela Nova, for voice, guitar, 4 violins, harp & piano; Chamber Symphony no 2; Solitude-Sérénade, for piccolo oboe, guitar, 2 violas, double bass, harp & piano; La ...
Performers: Cox, Franklin; Hellwig, Almut; Levine, Carin; Meier-Schmid, Monika; Rombout, Ernest; Vetter, Sophie-Mayuko
Conductors: Avery, James
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus

The Angelus Novus Cycle consists, along with the work for solo soprano, Angela Nova 2, of the six works that comprise the poly-work Angelus Novus,...continue...

Claus-Steffen Mankopf: Pynchon Cycle

1 CD / Neos Production / 2011-06-04

Works: Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: The Tristero System, for ensemble; The Courier's Tragedy, for solo cello; W.A.S.T.E., for oboe & live electronics; D.E.A.T.H., for 8 track tape
Performers: Cox, Franklin; Haas, Joachim; Mahnkopf, Claus-Steffen; Veale, Peter
Conductors: Avery, James;
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus; Experimentalstudio des SWR

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, born in 1962 in Mannheim, studies in Composition, Music Theory, Piano, Musicology, Philosophy and Sociology with Brian Ferneyhough, Klaus Huber, Jurgen Habermas among...continue...

Music From Stanford <541>, Vol. 4

1 CD / Innova / 2010-08-31

Works: Alexander Sigman: Reflets / réflexions / implosions, for alto saxophone; Sebastian Semper: Zusammenzeit, for ensemble; Juan Cristóbal Cerrillo: Siempre otra cosa (estación violen...
Performers: Gattegno, Eliot
Conductors: Avery, James; Jones, Christopher;
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus; Soundgear

John McGuire: Works For Instruments

2 CD / Edition Rz / 2010-02-02

Works: John McGuire: Cadence Music, for 21 instruments; Exchanges, for voice & string quartet; Decay, for 8 horns; Frieze, for 4 pianos; Music for Horns, Pianos and Cymbals
Performers: Alvarez, Paulo; Chapman, Christine; Kim, Eun-Ju; Kretzschmar, Hermann; McGuire, John; Rempe, Julia; Roelcke, Irmela
Conductors: Bour, Ernest; Avery, James
Ensemble: Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt); MusikFabrik

Personnel: Helmut Menzler (violin, cello); Antonio Pellegrini, Thomas Hofer (violin); Fabio Marano (viola); Charles Putnam, Christine Chapman , Jodie Lawson, Rohan Richards (horns); Irmela Roelcke, J&...continue...

Music of Ursula Mamlok Vol 1 - Woodwind Quintet, Oboe Concerto, etc / Yoo, Ohlsson, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-06-09

Works: Ursula Mamlok: Concertino for woodwind quintet, string orchestra & percussion; 2000 Notes, for piano; Quartet for Strings no 1; Haiku Settings, for voice & flute; Concerto for oboe & chamber orchestr...
Performers: Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Bowlin, David; Chase, Claire; Greenberg, Jacob; Holliger, Heinz; Ohlsson, Garrick
Conductors: Yoo, Scott; Avery, James;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble SurPlus; Windscape

This disc begins a new series of recordings devoted to the music of the German-American composer, Ursula Mamlok. Born in Berlin in 1923, she began...continue...

Spahlinger: Farben der Frühe \ Avery, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Neos Production / 2007-11-04

Works: Mathias Spahlinger: Farben der Frühe für Sieben Klaviere
Conductors: Avery, James

Spahlinger is not exactly known as a fast composer, but even by his standards the eight years it took to write this piece represent an...continue...

Music from Stanford 541 Vol 2

1 CD / Innova / 2007-07-01

Works: Alexander Sigman: Il y va d'un certain pas, for flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin & cello; Christopher Trebue Moore: Parallax, for chamber ensemble; Yaron Sokolov: Le Barroquet, for per...
Performers: Brubaker, Stacy; Bruckmann, Kyle; Conzetti, Florian; Edwards, Gail; Ingalls, Matt; Longshore, Terry; Palter, Morris; Rossini, Jarratt; Sanchez, Steve
Conductors: Avery, James; Lemon, J. Karla; Menzies, Mark;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Ascolta; Ensemble SurPlus; Inauthentica

The Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol 4

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-04-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Oboe Fragment; Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 31; Song, Speech, Hymn and Strophe; Piece in Two Parts, for flute & piano, C. 150; Trio in two Parts for Flute, Cello and Piano,...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Avery, James; Holliger, Heinz
Conductors: ; Avery, James
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus

Most of the works on this CD come out of Wolpe's Palestinian period, and reflect his close musical relationship and friendship with the oboist Josef...continue...