California EAR Unit

David Rosenboom: Life Field - Retrospective Selections

1 CD / Tzadik / 2012-10-30

Works: David Rosenboom: Continental Divide, for keyboards or mallet percussion (or chamber orchestra); Pocket Pieces, for flute, alto saxophone, viola & percussion; And Come Up Dripping, for oboe & electron...
Performers: Cleve, Libby Van; Floyd, J.B.; Krieger, Ulrich; Martirano, Salvatore; Menzies, Mark; Miller, James [Trumpet]; Ondarza, Danielle; Ray, Vicki; Rosenboom, Daniel; Rosenboom, David; Tavolacci, Christine ...
Conductors: Rosenboom, David;
Ensemble: ; California EAR Unit

David Rosenboom is a composer/performer of unprecedented range and experience. He performed at the Electric Circus in 1969, on the original recording of In C...continue...
Recording information: Dizzy Gillespie Recording Studio At California Institut....continue...

Eleanor Hovda Collection

4 CD / Innova / 2012-01-31

Works: Eleanor Hovda: Onyx, for ensemble; Song in High Grasses, for ensemble; Snapdragon, for ensemble; Leaning Into and Away, for ensemble; Ariadne Music, for chamber ensemble; Coastal Traces; Shenai Sky, ...
Performers: Cleve, Libby Van; Gilbert, David; Hovda, Eleanor; Humphries, Lee; Panzer, Elizabeth; Vees, Jack [Composer]; Weller, Jan
Conductors: ; McGlaughlin, William
Ensemble: ; California EAR Unit; PRISM Players; Relâche

There are any number of ways to describe artists who work at the margins: underrated, overlooked, a musician's musician. But if many slip into the...continue...

Feldman: For Christian Wolf / Stone, Ray, California EAR Unit

3 CD / Bridge / 2008-12-09

Works: Morton Feldman: For Christian Wolff, for flute & piano
Performers: Ray, Vicki; Stone, Dorothy
Conductors:
Ensemble: California EAR Unit

"it's understandable that most listeners won't get through the three CDs this piece covers, and making it through even one disc may be a great...continue...

The Music of Ann Millikan / California EAR Unit

1 CD / Innova / 2007-03-19

Works: Ann Millikan: Trens Coloridos Para Gabriela, for ensemble; Three Reflections, for ensemble; Red Migration, for ensemble; The Woodcarver & The Blacksmith, for ensemble; Cantado Para A Onça, for...
Performers: O'Keefe, Pat; Terry, Nicholas
Conductors: Lowenstein, Marc
Ensemble: California EAR Unit

Ann Millikan's debut album is a remarkable dynamic, diverse collection of compositions written especially for the California EAR Unit. Polyrhythmic textures are the propelling force...continue...

Powell: Settings / California EAR Unit

1 CD / New World / 2003-08-01

Works: Mel Powell: Sextet, for chamber ensemble; Invocation, for cello; Sonatine, for flute; AmyAbilities, for percussion; Prelude, for piano; Setting, for violin; Immobiles, for chamber ensemble with tape
Performers: Duke-Kirkpatrick, Erika; Knoles, Amy; Lorentz, Robin; Ray, Vicki; Stone, Dorothy
Conductors: Mosko, Stephen; Mosko, Stephen L.
Ensemble: ; California EAR Unit

W.L. Smith: Light Upon Light / California EAR Unit, et al

1 CD / Tzadik / 1999-07-20

Works: Wadada Leo Smith: Moths, Flames and the Giant Sequoia Redwood Trees; Hetep; Nur; Multiamerica; A Thousand Cranes
Performers: Smith, Wadada Leo; Turetzky, Bertram
Conductors:
Ensemble: California EAR Unit; New Century Chamber Orchestra

Screamers - Difficult Works for the Horn / Cerminaro, et al

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1997-10-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70; William Kraft: Evening Voluntaries, for horn; Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimento for Horn, Violin and Cello in E flat ma...
Performers: Carno, Zita; Cerminaro, John; Larionoff, Maria; Saks, Toby
Conductors: Mosko, Stephen
Ensemble: California EAR Unit

Feldman: for Philip Guston / California EAR Unit

4 CD / Bridge / 1997-10-01

Works: Morton Feldman: For Philip Guston
Performers: Cheng, Gloria; Jarvinen, Arthur; Stone, Dorothy
Conductors:
Ensemble: California EAR Unit

Morton Feldman stands as one of our century's darkest and quietest musical poets. His music seems a muffled yet spiritually inspired reaction to the speed,...continue...

Andriessen: Zilver / The California EAR Unit

1 CD / New Albion / 1997-08-19

Works: Louis Andriessen: Zilver; Disco; Overture to Orpheus; Worker's Union
Performers: Eder, Lorna
Conductors:
Ensemble: California EAR Unit

Subotnik: And the Butterflies Begin To Sing

1 CD / New World / 1997-07-01

Works: Morton Subotnick: And the Butterflies Begin to Sing for string quartet, bass, midi keyboard and computer; All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis for flute, cello midi keyboard, midi mallets and computer
Performers: Arias, Marcia Littley de; Arias-Flores, Javier; Barbara, Joan La; Cheng, Gloria; Duke-Kirkpatrick, Erika; Johnston, Malcolm; Kashiwagi, Kyoko; Knoles, Amy; Stone, Dorothy; Subotnick, Morton [Composer...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Amernet String Quartet; California EAR Unit

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