New York New Music Ensemble

David Glaser: Kinesis; Moonset no 1; Catalyst; Convergence; Gold-Vermillion / Linda Larson, soprano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-04-10

Works: David Glaser: Catalyst, for ensemble; Convergence, for ensemble; Moonset no 1, for ensemble; Gold-vermillion, for ensemble; Kinesis, for ensemble
Performers: Fader, Oren; Larson, Linda; Macdowll, Richard
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cygnus Ensemble; Da Capo Chamber Players; Momenta String Quartet; New York New Music Ensemble

The intensity and focus of David Glaser's music reflect the concentration of his life. He has lived in New York City for the entirety of...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (2010-03-19&2010-04-20&2010-)....continue...

Music of Melinda Wagner / Joseph Alessi, trombone; Christine Brandes, soprano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-08-09

Works: Melinda Wagner: Concerto for trombone & orchestra; Settings (4), for ensemble; Wick, for ensemble
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Brandes, Christine; Gilbert, Laura; Gosling, Stephen; Kaye, Alan; Macomber, Curtis; O'Neill, Richard; Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Lemon, J. Karla; Milarsky, Jeffrey
Ensemble: ; New York New Music Ensemble; New York Philharmonic

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner has composed a highly regarded catalog of chamber and orchestral music. Critic Tim Page writes: "Melinda Wagner's work suggests what...continue...
Recording information: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center For The Performing Ar (02/22/2007-02/24/2007); Theater C, SUNY College at Purchase, Purchase, NY (02/22/2007-02/24/2007); Avery Fisher Hall, Li...continue...

Morris Rosenzweig: Home and Away / NY Music Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Morris Rosenzweig: Past Light, for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Just One Step Beyond; A Table of the Most Used Chords, for 4 horns; Person, place, etc., duo for flutes & percussion...
Performers: Iachimciuc, Igor; Vickers, Carlton; Webb, Glenn; Zalkind, Roberta
Conductors:
Ensemble: Canyonlands Ensemble; New York New Music Ensemble

Morris Rosenzweig was born October 1, 1952 in New Orleans, where he grew up among the tailors, merchants, and strong-willed women of an extended family...continue...
Recording information: Libby Gardner Hall, Salt Lake City....continue...

David Felder: BoxMan

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2009-12-08

Works: David Felder: Stuck-stücke, for string quartet; Memento Mori, for chorus; Partial [dist]res[s]toration, for ensemble; BoxMan, for trombone
Performers: Anderson, Miles
Conductors: Birth], James Baker [New
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble

The four compositions here might seem very disparate: a string quartet; a piece for unaccompanied choir; a sextet with electronic ambience; and finally a trombone...continue...

Craig Walsh: Bugaboo / David Fulmer, Stephen Gosling, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Craig Walsh: Zook, for ensemble; Lines, for piano; Neshanic Wanes, for piano trio; Zoom, for violin & piano; Bugaboo, for ensemble; 0 to 33 in 1098.5, for violin, clarinet & piano
Performers: Finckel, Chris; Fulmer, David; Gosling, Stephen; Kopperud, Jean; Quan, Linda
Conductors: Baker, James
Ensemble: ; New York New Music Ensemble

Craig Walsh, born in New Jersey in 1971, is a composer on the rise, widely performed across North America and Europe. He is also a...continue...

Cory: Chasing Time, String Quartet no 2, etc / Kopperud, Gosling, Macomber, Atlantic String Quartet, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-07-08

Works: Eleanor Cory: Chasing Time; Conversation for Violin, Cello and Piano; Songs (3), for voice & piano; Mirrors, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Quartet for Strings no 2
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Finckel, Chris; Gosling, Stephen; Kopperud, Jean; Macomber, Curtis; Sternberg, Jo-Ann
Conductors:
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble

The moods of the works on this survey of Eleanor Cory's chamber music range from serious introspection (Three Songs) to playful exuberance (Chasing Time). Beginning...continue...

Ricks: Mild Violence, Boundless Light, etc / Baker, Vickers, Taujon Percussion Quartet, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-05-01

Works: Steven Ricks: Boundless Light, for flute & electronics; Mild Violence, for ensemble; American Dreamscape, for ensemble & electronics; Dividing Time, for percussion quartet; Beyond the Zero, for violi...
Performers: Brough, Ron [Percussion]; Donato, Dominic; Hansen, Eric [Double Bass]; Holden, Scott; Macomber, Curtis; Ricks, Steven; Sampen, John; Vickers, Carlton
Conductors: Baker, James; Ricks, Steven
Ensemble: ; New York New Music Ensemble

This program of recent works by the young American composer Steven Ricks blends instrumental and electronic sound into a post-modernist landscape. A student of Harrison...continue...

Shapey: Radical Traditionalism / NY Music Ensemble, et al

2 CD / New World / 2007-08-01

Works: Ralph Shapey: Variations (21) for piano; Quartet for Strings no 6; Quartet for Strings no 7; Fromm Variations (31), for piano; Three for Six, for 6 instruments
Performers: Black, Robert [Bass]; Maximilien, Wanda
Conductors: Black, Robert [Bass]
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble

This collection--drawn from the original CRI LPs--provides a glimpse into a critical point in Ralph Shapey's artistic development and comprises several of his most important...continue...

Bauer: Ritual Fragments, etc / Schadeberg, Friedland, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-04-01

Works: Ross Bauer: Eskimo Songs, for voice, flute, cello & piano; Stone Soup, for winds, violin, cello & piano; Motion, for piano trio; Ritual Fragments, for voice, winds, strings, piano & percussion; Tribu...
Performers: Friedland, Peggy; Gordon, Joshua [Cello]; Keyes, Bayla; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Rider, Rhonda; Schadeberg, Christine; Shapiro, Lois
Conductors: Bauer, Ross; Milarsky, Jeffrey; ; Chang, Yu-Hui
Ensemble: ; Empyrean Ensemble; New York New Music Ensemble; Triple Helix Piano Trio

"Anyone who wonders about the value and validity of modernist music should hear this outstanding album. These superbly crafted works demand much from the performers,...continue...

Wayne Peterson: Vicissitudes / New York New Music Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-03-01

Works: Wayne Peterson: Vicissitudes; Duodecaphony; Labyrinth, for flute, clarinet, violin & piano; Capriccio; Diptych
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Finckel, Chris; Kopperud, Jean; Martin, Lois; Niemann, Edmund; Quan, Linda; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Winn, James
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Malarski, Jeff
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble

Wayne Peterson's music is that of a composer who embraces and takes delight in the hands-on process of making music, especially as it relates to...continue...

Arthur Kreiger: Meeting Places, etc / NY New Music Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-11-01

Works: Arthur Kreiger: Meeting Places; Caprice for Percussion and Electronic Music Tape; Voyage; Uncommon Bonds; In Short Crystal Moments; Close Encounters; Electronic Study "In Memoriam Vladimir Ussachevsk...
Performers: Anderson, William; Bauch, Daniel; Druckman, Daniel; Finckel, Chris; Gosling, Stephen; Irving, Jeffrey; Kopperud, Jean; Milarsky, Jeffrey; Quan, Linda; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Solomon, Samuel; Stoup, Nicholas
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Druckman, Daniel
Ensemble: Juilliard Percussion Ensemble; New York New Music Ensemble

"... after a generation of familiarity with electronic sound, the technique is no longer paramount, and what we are left with is music of tremendous...continue...

Eleanor Cory: Of Mere Being

1 CD / CRI / 2002-01-10

Works: Eleanor Cory: Visions; Play within a Play; Of Mere Being; Interviews; Bouquet
Performers: Bernard, Giles; Blount, William; Cassara, Frank; Cobb, Kevin; Finckel, Chris; Fitzgerald, Daire; Gosling, Stephen; Kampmeier, Margaret; Kopperud, Jean; Krause, Joan Peterson; Purvis, William; Quan, L...
Conductors: ; Rosenbaum, Harold; Milarsky, Jeffrey
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble; New York Virtuoso Singers; Orchestra of St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

"Eleanor Cory is beginning to be recognized as a mojor force in comtemporary music. This is a little surprising, since she doesn't conform to any...continue...

David Chaitkin: Summersong, Scattering Dark and Bright, etc

1 CD / CRI / 1997-06-17

Works: David Chaitkin: Summersong, for 23 wind instruments; Scattering Dark and Bright, duo for percussion & piano; Serenade, for 7 players; Etudes for piano, Nos 1-3; Seasons Such as These, for chorus
Performers: Burge, David; Murray, Edward; Stout, Gordon
Conductors: Weisberg, Arthur; Black, Robert [Bass]; Harbison, John
Ensemble: ; New York New Music Ensemble; Sylvan Winds