Stucky, Steven Edward

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

Weir: Consolation of Scholarship / Scatterday, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-01-01

Works: Judith Weir: The Consolations of Scholarship, for soprano & 9 players; Piano Concerto; King Harald's Saga, opera for unaccompanied soprano; Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, concerto for 10 instruments
Performers: Bjerken, Xak; Felty, Janice; Kellock, Judith
Conductors: Stucky, Steven Edward; Scatterday, Mark
Ensemble: Ensemble X

The Scottish-born Judith Weir began her career as an oboist and took composition lessons with John Tavener and Robin Holloway. Her music is performed in...continue...