Aitken, Robert [Flute]

Meditation: The Most Beautiful Classical Melodies

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2012-10-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Ludwig van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie f...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Bloemendal, Coenraad; Campbell, James [Clarinet]; Eguchi, Akira; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Goodyear, Stewart; Grant, Cameron; Hoeppner, Susan; Krosnick, Joel; Lindemann, Jens; Ma...
Conductors: Komatsu, Chosei;
Ensemble: ; Duo Concertante; Upper Valley Duo

This collection of the most beautiful, familiar and popular classical melodies of all time, selected from the Marquis catalog of fine classical recordings, features virtuoso...continue...

Secret of the Seven Stars: Music of Hope Lee & David Eagle / Stefan Husson, accordion; David Eagle, computer, Robert Aitken, flute

1 CD / Centrediscs / 2012-08-28

Works: David Eagle: Waves and Points, for accordion & computer; Fluctuare, for flute & computer; Bellwind, for free-bass accordion; Hope Lee: Secret of the Seven Stars, for strings, accordion & percussion; ...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Hussong, Stefan
Conductors: ; Aitken, Robert [Flute]
Ensemble: New Music Concert Ensemble; New Music Concerts Ensemble

Five works by Lee and Eagle explore reveals connections between the sound worlds of the chamber and electro acoustic music of our time and the...continue...

Neue Bilder / Chamber music of James Harley

1 CD / Centrediscs / 2010-11-16

Works: James Harley: Neue Bilder, for ensemble; Portrait, for flute; Épanoui, for flute, cello & piano; Tyee, for flute & percussion; aXis, for ensemble
Performers: Aitken, Dianne; Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Hess, John; Hetherington, David; Tureski, Trevor
Conductors: Aitken, Robert [Flute]
Ensemble: New Music Concerts Ensemble

Recording information: Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto, Canada (03/08/1992)....continue...

Elliot Carter: Complere String Quartets

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-01-26

Works: Elliott Carter: Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 5; Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 4; Mosaic; Scrivo in Vento; Gra; Enchanted Preludes, for...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Blackwell, Virgil; Christie, Max; Hetherington, David; Imajishi, Fujiko
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Music Concerts Ensemble

Johann Stamitz: Flute Concertos / Robert Aitken, flute

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Johann Stamitz: Concerto for Flute in D major no 1; Concerto for Flute in C major; Concerto for Flute in D major no 2; Concerto for Flute in G major
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]
Conductors: Katkus, Donatas

A pioneer in the development of the symphony, Johann Stamitz also composed several concertos, including fourteen for flute. The four flute concertos presented here show...continue...
Recording information: St. Catherine's Concert Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania (06/22/2006-06/24/2006)....continue...

Charles Wuorinen Series - Sonata for Guitar, Divertimento, etc / Anderson, Gattegno, Carlson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Sonata for guitar & piano; Never Again the Same, for low voice & tuba; Short Pieces (11), for violin & vibraphone; Divertimento for alto saxophone & piano; Percussion Duo for piano ...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Anderson, William; Avery, James; Carlson, Erik; Caterisano, Michael; Ferrari, John; Forsythe, Joan; Gattegno, Eliot; Hall, Christopher; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Meglioranza, Th...

Like all of Wuorinen's music from the past three decades, the duos on this recording take the long view of musical history and align themselves...continue...

American Classics - Elliott Carter 100th Anniversary Release

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Elliott Carter: Mosaic; Scrivo in Vento; Gra; Enchanted Preludes, for flute & cello; Steep Steps; Figment no 1, for cello; Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi; Figment 2 "Remembering Mr. Ives"; Rhapso...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Barron, Virginia; Blackwell, Virginia; Christie, Max; Cowie, Ian; Fujino, Carol; Gardiner, James; Gemmell, Corey; Gjevori, Bardhyl; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Hetherington, David;...

The Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol 4

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-04-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Oboe Fragment; Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 31; Song, Speech, Hymn and Strophe; Piece in Two Parts, for flute & piano, C. 150; Trio in two Parts for Flute, Cello and Piano,...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Avery, James; Holliger, Heinz
Conductors: ; Avery, James
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus

Most of the works on this CD come out of Wolpe's Palestinian period, and reflect his close musical relationship and friendship with the oboist Josef...continue...

Crumb: Vox Balaenae / Robert Aitken, New Music Concerts

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: George Crumb: Vox balaenae; Federico's Little Songs for Children, for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute & harp; An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III), for amplified flute & 3 percussio...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Dunn, Teri; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Hetherington, David; Imajishi, Fujiko; Sacks, Richard; Scott, Ryan; Swan, David; Tureski, Trevor; Valdepenas, Joaquin
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Music Concerts Ensemble

George Crumb's reputation as a composer of hauntingly beautiful scores has made him one of the most frequently performed composers today. He has won numerous...continue...

Brant: Music for Massed Flutes / Aitken, New York Flute Club

1 CD / New World / 2006-07-01

Works: Henry Brant: Ghosts and Gargoyles, for flutes; Mass in Gregorian Chant for Multiple Flutes ("Mass for June 16"); Angels and Devils for flute & orchestra
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Kraus, Jeffrey; Wilkins, Frederick
Conductors: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Brant, Henry
Ensemble: New York Flute Club

"Henry Brant: 'Music for Massed Flutes' witnesses the long-awaited first issue on CD of the historic 1951 New York Flute Club recording of Brant's masterpiece...continue...

Discover - Music of the 20th Century

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 1...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Berman, Boris; Biret, Idil; Heaton, Roger; Hill, Peter; Hirsch, Rebecca; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kormendi, Klara
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Klas, Eri; Yuasa, Takuo; Craft, Robert; Sanderling, Stefan; Bakels, Kees; Lenárd, Ondrej; Mogrelia, Andrew; Slovák, Ladislav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Bateman, Paul; Sincl...
Ensemble: ; Amici Ensemble

Discover Music of the 20th Century is a comprehensive and easily digestible guide, leading us through the diverse, innovative and controversial music of this era....continue...

Takemitsu: Toward the Sea, Rain Tree, Rain Spell, Bryce

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Toru Takemitsu: And then I knew it was the wind; Rain-Tree, for 3 percussionists; Toward the Sea; Bryce, for flute, 2 harps & 2 percissionists; Itinerant, for flute; Voice, for solo flute; Air for so...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Dann, Steven; Eng, Sonya; Engelman, Robin; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Hartenberger, Russ; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Scott, Ryan; Swan, David; Val...

"Robert Aitken has had a distinguished career as a flutist, composer, and conductor. He commissions and performs new music and is the artistic director of...continue...

Papineau-Couture: Idée, Dialogues, Départ, Vercegères, etc

1 CD / Centrediscs / 1999-01-01

Works: Jean Papineau-Couture: Idée, for piano; Dialogues, for violin & piano; Départ, for alto flute; Verségères, for bass flute; Slano, for string trio; Nuit, for piano
Performers: Accordes; Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Lupien, Denise; Pelletier, Louis-Philippe

Elmer Iseler Conducts Canadian Music

1 CD / Centrediscs / 1999-01-01

Works: R. Murray Schafer: Sun; Oskar Morawetz: Who Has Allowed Us To Suffer?; Harry Freedman: Pastorale; Clifford Ford: Mass; André Prévost: Ahims
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Cherney, Lawrence; Graham, Sandra
Conductors: Iseler, Elmer
Ensemble: Elmer Iseler Singers; Orford String Quartet

The Romantic Flute

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 1997-06-03

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56; Pavane, Op. 50; Catalan Traditional: El testament de Amèlia, folk song; La Canco del Lladre, folk song; Carl Reinecke: Sonata for flute & piano in E major ("Un...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Becktell, Joel; Bick, Robert; Binford, Patrick; Forsyth, Amanda [Cello]; Fujino, Carol; Gauk, Rachel [Guitar]; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Hoeppner, Susan; Loman, Judy; McNabney, D...

Music of Talivaldis Kenins / Hetherington, Aide, et al

1 CD / Centrediscs / 1997-01-01

Works: Talivaldis Kenins: Sonata for cello & piano; Concertante for flute & piano; Quartet for violin, viola, cello & piano no 2
Performers: Aide, William; Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Dann, Steven; Hetherington, David; Meyer, Paul

"...Kennis is a composer whose music is seriously underplayed. If there is any justice in the music world, this CD will lead to others and...continue...

Flute & Harp / Robert Aitken, Erica Goodman

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-02-01

Works: Louis Spohr: Sonata for violin & harp in D major/E flat major ("Sonata Concertante"), Op. 113; Gaetano Donizetti: Sonata for violin (or flute) & harp in G major; Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz: Sonata for ...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Goodman, Erica [Harp]

The Romantic Flute / Robert Aitken, Robin McCabe

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-10-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Introduction and variations op. 160; Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart: Rondo for flute & piano in E minor; Carl Reinecke: Sonata for flute & piano in E major ("Undine"), Op. 167; Marin Mar...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; McCabe, Robin

French Flute Music / Robert Aitken, Robin McCabe

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-22

Works: Paul Taffanel: Paul Taffanel -Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino; Charles-Marie Widor: Suite for flute & piano, Op. 34; Eugène Bozza: Impressions (3) for flute & piano; André Caplet: Piec...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; McCabe, Robin

Atli Heimir Sveinsson - Portrait - Flute Concerto, etc

1 CD / Icelandic Music / 1994-02-01

Works: Atli Heimir Sveinsson: Flautukonsert (Flute Concerto); Könnun (Exploration) for viola and orchestra; Jubilus 2 for solo trombone, winds, percussion and tape
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Bjornsson, Oddur; Jonasson, Ingvar
Conductors: Pálsson, Páll; Emilsson, Gudmundur

Badings: Ballade, etc / Robert Aitken, Erika Goodman

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-09-14

Works: Albert Franz Doppler: Casilda Fantaisie for flute & harp; Henk Badings: Ballade, for flute & harp; Jean-Louis Tulou: Work(s); Marjan Mozetich: Sonata for flute & harp
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Goodman, Erica [Harp]

Jeux a Deux- Music for Flute & Harp / Aitken, Goodman

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 1982-09-01

Works: François-Joseph Gossec: Tambourin; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Gymnopedie for piano no 3; François Couperin: Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou les Maillotins, for harpsichord (Pièces de c...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Goodman, Erica [Harp]

Robert Aitken had training as a flautist with Marcel Moyse in both Europe and Vermont intermittently for nine years and studied with Hubert Barwähser in...continue...