Balanescu Quartet

Michael Nyman: String Quartets Nos. 1-3 / Balanescu Quartet

1 CD / MN Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Michael Nyman: Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 1
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Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet

However when the composer heard them together on the 1991 Argo recording featuring the Balanescu Quartet reissued here, he realized that the works had an...continue...
Recording information: Church Studios, Crouch End, London, England (11/1990)....continue...

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
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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...

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...

Bryars: A Man in a Room Gambling / Juan Muñoz, et al

1 CD / GB Records / 2004-10-02

Works: Gavin Bryars: A Man in a Room, Gambling
Performers: Fujishima, Yukio; Muñoz, Juan
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Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet