The American Contemporary Music Ensemble

Joseph Byrd: NYC 1960-1963 - Chamber music / American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Alan Zimmerman, percussion

1 CD / New World / 2013-02-12

Works: Joseph Byrd: Animals, for prepared piano, string quartet, marimba & vibraphone; Loops and Sequences, for cello & piano; Aphorisms (3), for prepared piano; Densities no 1, for solo viola & 4 treble in...
Performers: Andres, Timothy; Burhans, Caleb; Jensen, Clarice; Sirota; Zimmerman, Alan
Conductors: Jensen, Clarice
Ensemble: The American Contemporary Music Ensemble

The imaginative and carefully crafted music of Joseph Byrd (b. 1937) assumes an astonishing variety of guises: he was an integral part of the experimental...continue...
Recording information: Mission Sound, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (09/26/2012-09/28/2012); Systems Two, Brooklyn (09/26/2012-09/28/2012); Mission Sound, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (10/16/2010); Systems Two, Br...continue...

William Brittelle: Loving the Chambered Nautilus

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2012-06-26

Works: William Brittelle: Future Shock (version for string quartet); Acid Rain on the Mirrordome, for viola, cello, ensemble & electronics; Future Shock (version for cello); Loon Birds in Meshed Crystal, fo...
Performers: Brittelle, William; Burhans, Caleb; Jensen, Clarice; Lamb, Eric; Levin, Megan; Shaw, Caroline; Sirota
Conductors:
Ensemble: The American Contemporary Music Ensemble

Loving the Chambered Nautilus is William Brittelle's iconoclastic follow-up to the art rock epic Television Landscape. Unlike its predecessor, this album focuses on chamber virtuosity...continue...