Allen, Sanford

Recorded Music of the African Diaspora / NBM Repertory Ens.

1 CD / Albany Records / 2010-08-10

Works: Mary D. Watkins: Five Movements in Color, for ensemble; Olly Wilson: Of Visions and Truth
Performers: Albert, Donnie Ray; Allen, Sanford; Baker, Renee; Blanchet, George; Cryer, Claudia; Dixon, Rodrick [Vocals]; Folker, Michael; Hyman, Bonita; McAllister, John; Montgomery, Toni-Marie; Moore, Edward [C...
Conductors: Dunner, Leslie B; Smith, Kirk
Ensemble: ; New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

Albany Records in cooperation with the Center for Black Music Research is initiating a series undertaking to document the musics of the African diaspora. This...continue...
Recording information: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Bienen School of Music, Nort (08/11/2009-08/12/2009)....continue...

Glass Box - Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg; Mad Rush; MEDLEY; Koyaanisqatsi;...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barab, Seymour; Bargen, Karl; Bauch, Ethan; Beckenstein, Marion; Benary, Barbara; Benincasa, Rex; Bielawa, Lisa; Bielecki,...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Keene, Christopher; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Goldray, Martin; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: ; American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Quena Ensemble; String Orchestra; S...

This elegantly packaged 10-disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his Oscar-nominated...continue...

A Celebration - Perkinson: Grass, etc / Freeman, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2005-01-01

Works: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta no 1 for strings; Grass, poem for piano, strings & percussion; Quartet for Strings no 1 based on the spiritual "Calvary"; Blue/s Forms, for solo violin; Lament...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Brey, Carter; Horne, Ashley; Joubert, Joseph; Levine, Jesse; Whittington, Tahirah
Conductors: Feeman, Paul;
Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta; New Black Music Repertory Ensemble Quartet

Until his death from cancer, Perkinson served as artistic director for the performance program of Columbia Colleges Center for Black Music Research. In the Chicago...continue...

Glass: Dancepieces / Riesman, Philip Glass Ensemble

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-04-21

Works: Philip Glass: In the Upper Room; Glasspieces, ballet for chamber ensemble (from "Glassworks" & "Akhnaten")
Performers: Abramowitz, John; Ajemian, Anahid; Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Barab, Seymour; Barber, Julien; Brown, Al; Carlisle, Robert; Christensen, Don; Colleta, Harold; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Fujikawa, Mayu...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

Personnel: Philip Glass (keyboards); Jill Jaffe (violin, viola); Anahid Ajemian (violin, piano, synthesizer); Elliot Rosoff, Mayuki Fukuhara, Sanford Allen, Carol Pool (violin); Julien Barber, Maureen...continue...