Anderson, John

Rene Maillard: Surviving After Hiroshima / Jouffroy, Dervis-bournias, Royal Philharmonic

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-07-26

Works: René Maillard: Surviving after Hiroshima, cantata for voice, vocal quartet & orchestra, Op. 24; Concerto Grosso, for wind quintet & string orchestra, Op. 17; Concerto da Camera no 2, for orche...
Performers: Ancely, Virgile; Anderson, John; Henry, Teddy; Jemison, Daniel; Jouffroy, Sarah; Lemaire, Eleonore; McDonough, Emer; Parkes, Christopher; Pouchelon, Marie; Whight, Michael
Conductors: Dervis-Bournias, Dionysio
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic

Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1955, René Maillard achieved fame as a young French composer with works such as the virtuosic, Baroque-inspired Concerto Grosso...continue...
Recording information: Cadogan Hall, London, England (03/02/2009-03/03/2009)....continue...

Band of Brothers

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-03-02

Works: Michael Kamen: Band of Brothers, television score; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Performers: Anderson, John; Andrews, Julie; Barclay, John; Carney, John; Dale, Caroline; Heath, Sally; Lee, Dave [Horn]; Manning, Peter; Mulligan, Simon; Rakowski, Maciej; Rees, Jonathan; Snowden, Jonathan
Conductors: Kamen, Michael

Recording information: Abbey Road; Air Lyndhurst; Sony Music Studios & Watford.

Michael Kamen's score for the television miniseries reflects the overall tone of the project. Band of Brothers is...continue...

Wolff: Works for Trombone / Fulkerson, Barton Workshop

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Christian Wolff: Ruth, for tenor trombone and piano; Exercises, Nos. 15-18; Dark as a Dungeon, for double bass & trombone; Tuba Song, for bass trombone and pre-recorded bass trombone; For 1, 2 or 3 P...
Performers: Anderson, John; Denyer, Frank; Fulkerson, James; Tiemanm, Jos

Christian Wolff, one of the famous 'New York School' of composers in the aesthetic circle of John Cage, wrote works that combined 'open' form with...continue...

Mozart: Wind Concertos / Gothoni, English Chamber Orchestra

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d); Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Concerto for Bas...
Performers: Anderson, John; Berry, Richard [French Horn]; Pike, Anthony; Price, Julie; Thurgood, John
Conductors: Gothóni, Ralf

Mozart: The Five Violin Concertos, etc / Mintz, et al

3 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K 207; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K 211; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271...
Performers: Anderson, John; Knight, Josephine; Mintz, Shlomo; Shaham, Hagai

Drew: Animating Degree Zero, etc / Barton Workshop

1 CD / New World / 2009-02-10

Works: James Mulcro Drew: Animating Degree Zero, for 2 flutes, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, bass, 2 trombones, piano & perc; Bonaroo Breaks (Street Funeral Music), for 2 trombones & drums; 12 Centers Bre...
Performers: Anderson, John; Barbera, Enric Monfort; Denyer, Frank; Fulkerson, James; Geus, Anne Magda de; Jeffery, Hilary; Keser, Marieke; Knigge, Max; Liebezeit, Tobias; Pameijer, Eleonore; Pliquett, Stefan; Ta...
Conductors: Zwaanenburg, Jos;
Ensemble: Barton Workshop

Nicolas Slonimsky has described James Mulcro Drew as an "authentic member of the American Experimental tradition." Drew, like another member of that tradition, Harry Partch,...continue...

David Heath: A Song for Daniel Pearl, etc / Hazlewood, et al

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2008-03-11

Works: David C. Heath: A Song for Daniel Pearl, for oboe & organ; Moroccan Fantasy, for soprano sax & orchestra; The Truth Will Set You Free, for flute, trumpet & organ; Concerto for Piano "The Passionate";...
Performers: Anderson, John; Gould, Clio; Haram, Simon; Heath, David C.; Heath, Liam Hendrix; Lucas, Andrew; Mitchell, Scott; Nieminski, Simon; Reid, Andrew; Shapira, Ittai
Conductors: Hazlewood, Charles; Heath, David C.;
Ensemble: ; BBC Concert Orchestra; Scottish Ensemble

The murder of 'Wall Street Journal' writer Daniel Pearl in 2002 by Jihadi extremists shocked the world. In 2004, David Heath received a call from...continue...

All the Noises - Music of Hyo-Shin Na

1 CD / New World / 2008-01-01

Works: Hyo-Shin Na: Ocean/Shore 2, for clarinet, violin, viola & cello; All the Noises in the World, for taegum, piri, haegeum, kayageum, komungo & changgu; Walking, Walking, for piano; Ten thousand ugly in...
Performers: Anderson, John; Hitz, Nina; Keser, Marieke; Schultz, Thomas; Visser, Manuel
Conductors:
Ensemble: JeongGaAkHoe

"I am no longer trying to write Korean music; nor am I trying not to write Korean music." - Hyo-shin Na. After studying piano and...continue...

Melody, Erodicity and Indeterminacy - Tenney: Poem, etc

1 CD / Mode Records / 2007-09-25

Works: James Tenney: Poem, for flute; Ergodos I for John Cage; Monody, for clarinet; Ergodos II with Instrumental Responses; Seegersong no 1, for clarinet; Seegersong no 2; Ergodos III, for 2 pianos
Performers: Anderson, John; Denyer, Frank; Liebezeit, Tobias; Mulder, Nora; Tenney, James; Zwaanenburg, Jos
Conductors:
Ensemble: Barton Workshop

James Tenney (1934-2006) was probably the first composer to develop an aesthetic for computer music, realizing that electronic music almost forced the composer to accept...continue...

British Music for Flute, Oboe & Piano / Ruffer, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-07-10

Works: Eugene Goossens: Pastorale et Arlequinade, for flute, oboe & piano, Op. 41; Madeleine Dring: Trio, for flute, oboe & piano; Richard Rodney Bennett: Sounds and Sweet Aires, for flute, oboe & piano; Ed...
Performers: Anderson, John; Crayford, Helen; Ruffer, Nancy

BBC Music Magazine
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Kuhn: Songs and Instrumental Works / Anderson, Ager, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2006-03-01

Works: Max Kuhn: Introduktion und Allegro, for oboe & piano; Schiffern und Kapitänen von Albert Ehrismann, songs (6) for alto (or baritone) & piano; Die Einsame (Gedicht aus der Chinesischen Flöte...
Performers: Ager, Jeanette; Anderson, John; Rahmann, Sophia

The Swiss composer Max Kuhn was born in the same year as Bruckner's death, and a year before Brahms passed away. Though he was a...continue...

Judith Lang Zaimont: Pure Colors / Young-Ah Tak, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-11-01

Works: Judith Lang Zaimont: Wizards "Three Magic Masters"; Astral... a mirror life on the astral plane, for clarinet (or alto saxophone, violin, or viola); Virgie Rainey, two narratives for soprano, mezzo &...
Performers: Anderson, John; Immanuel Davis, flute; Lovelace, Timothy; Remenikova, Tanya; Santo, Jean del; Solomon, Nanette Kaplan; Tak, Young-Ah; Zaro-Mullins, Wendy

Denyer: Faint Traces, etc / The Barton Workshop

1 CD / Mode Records / 2005-09-06

Works: Frank Denyer: Out of the Shattered Shadows 1, for flute/bass flute, microtonal-tuned spinet/harmonium, tenor banjo; Out of the Shattered Shadows 2, for 8 on-stage & 3 off-stage musicians; Faint Trace...
Performers: Anderson, John; Denyer, Frank; Fulkerson, James; Geller, Alex; Keser, Marieke; Zwaanenburg, Jos
Conductors:
Ensemble: Barton Workshop

Alvin Lucier: WInd Shadows / John Anderson

2 CD / New World / 2005-09-01

Works: Alvin Lucier: In Memoriam Stuart Marshall, for bass clarinet and pure wave oscillator; 40 Rooms, for quintet and digital reverberation system; In Memoriam Jon Higgins, for clarinet & slow-sweep pure ...
Performers: Anderson, John; Denyer, Frank; Fulkerson, James; Keser, Marieke; Lucier, Alvin; Swaay, Judith van; Tiernan, Jos
Conductors:
Ensemble: Barton Workshop

British Light Music Premieres Vol 2

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2005-06-14

Works: Philip Lane: Overture on French Carols, for orchestra; Concertino for flute & small orchestra (after John Field); Haydn Wood: British Rhapsody, for orchestra; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Variations, for...
Performers: Anderson, John; Stinton, Jennifer
Conductors: Sutherland, Gavin; Thomson, Neil; Bigg, Julian

As witnessed by the perennial appeal of Proms concerts, the 'light music' tradition is still alive and well in Britain. This disc is the second...continue...

Leigh: Complete Chamber Works / Locrian Ensemble

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2005-01-11

Works: Walter Leigh: Romance for piano quintet; Reverie for violin & piano; Music for string orchestra; Sonatina for viola & piano; Trio for flute, oboe & piano; Air for treble recorder & piano; Movements (...
Performers: Anderson, John; Dukes, Philip; Feinstein, Martin; Manning, Rita; Noakes, Anna; Rahmann, Sophia
Conductors:
Ensemble: Locrian Ensemble

"Killed in World War II, Walter Leigh didn't live long enough to fulfill his promise. His style combines English pastoralism with diatonic neoclassicism, and could...continue...

In My Heart -17th & 18th Century Italian Songs /Ramón Vargas

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pompeo; L'honestà negli amori; Anton...
Performers: Anderson, John; Black, Nigel; Bucknall, Nicholas; Chu, Katherine; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Garland, Roger; Lale, Peter; Laurence, Christopher; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Vargas, Ramon ...

Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor); Paul Willey, Rolf Wilson, Roger Garland (violin); Peter Lale, Bruce White (viola); Tony Pleeth (cello); Paul Edmund-Davies (flute); Nicholas Bucknail (clarinet);...continue...

Twentieth Century British Choral Music / Darlington, et al

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); The Blessed Son of God, for chorus (arranged from "Hodie," Christmas cantata); Hodie (This D...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Barratt, Ian; Best, Roger; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Cornes, Jeremy; Farr, Stephen; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan; Gritton, Peter; Hamburger, Peter; Hodges, Mauric...
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: English String Orchestra

Meditations for All Seasons - Music for Spring, Summer, etc

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-03-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6; Aaron Copland:...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Bennett, Elinor; Bowyer, Kevin; Cornes, Jeremy; Hall, Judith; Hamburger, Peter; Hodges, Maurice; Johnston, Robert; Jones, Martin [Piano]; Lawson, Colin; Leister, Karl;...
Conductors: Laredo, Jaime; Fischer, Adam; Boughton, William; Wright, Simon; ; Swierczewski, Michel; Tippett, Michael
Ensemble: ; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Brandis Quartet; English Northern Philharmonia; English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; Scottish Cha...

Meditations for Spring - Copland, Beethoven, Vivaldi, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-03-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Ludwig...
Performers: Anderson, John
Conductors: Laredo, Jaime; Adam, Fischer; Boughton, William; Wright, Simon
Ensemble: ; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Classic Kennedy - Vivaldi, Massenet, Bach, Kennedy, etc

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-02-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); English Traditional: Scarborough Fair; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances...
Performers: Anderson, John; Boyle, Doug; Chateauneuf, Paula; Crowley, Andrew [Trumpet]; David Thomas [Oboe/Clarinet]; Ellis, Osian; Heath, David C.; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Knight, Janice; Knowles, Gregory [Per...

Tippett conducts Tippett - Concertos, Ritual Dances, etc

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-05-19

Works: Michael Tippett: Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra; The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts; Praeludium, for brass, bells & percussion; Suite in D major for t...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Baillie, Alexander; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Caussé, Gérard [Viola]; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Cornes, Jeremy; Cullis, Rita; Curtis, Mark; Ha...
Conductors: Tippett, Michael; Boughton, William
Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia; English String Orchestra

This CD set is released in honor of Sir Michael Tippett, who passed away on January 8th, 1998. It contains important recordings of some of...continue...

Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto and Concerti by Albinoni, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Arthur Benjamin: Concerto for oboe & orchestra in C minor (after Domenico Cimarosa); Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 7; Concerto à cinque, for oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello ...
Performers: Anderson, John
Conductors: Wright, Simon

"I'll tell you why I like this. First of all...I want a selection - like this one. Two Albinonis, three Vivaldis, a Marcello, and the...continue...

The Jane Austen Companion

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonia (String Symphony) for string orchestra no 4 in C minor; Michael Haydn: Symphony in F major, MH 25; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto for trumpet, oboe d'amore & violin in E...
Performers: Anderson, John; Kuchl, Rainer; Michejew, Alexander; Thomas, Peter [Violin]; Wallace, John [Trumpet]
Conductors: Boughton, William; Fischer, Adam; Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; English String Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon

Summertime - Music for Guitar and Oboe / Wynberg, Anderson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-06-01

Works: Fernando Sor: La Romanesca for guitar & violin; Marche funebre pour harpolyre; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Gnossienne for piano no 1; Johann Kaspar Mertz: Capriccio (from Bardenklänge...
Performers: Anderson, John; Wynberg, Simon