Beiser, Maya

James Newton Howard: Snow White & the Huntsman - original motion picture soundtrack

1 CD / Universal Republic / 2012-05-29

Works: James Newton Howard: Snow White & the Huntsman, film score; Ioanna Gika: Gone, song; Isabella Summers: Breath of Life, song
Performers: Adams, Mark [Horn]; Ahn, Eun Mee; Becknell, Steven; Beiser, Maya; Booth, Bill; Brand, Jacqueline; Brophy, Robert; Broughton, Belinda; Cani, Roberto; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Cooke, A...
Conductors: Anthony, Pete

Recording information: Abbey Road, London, UK; The Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage/Sony Pictures, Culve....continue...

Howl

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2010-10-26

Works: Carter Burwell: Howl, film score
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Burwell, Carter; Hilash, Bohdan; Seaton, Laura

Recording information: Clinton Recording Studio; The Body Studio, New York City.

When directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman approached composer Carter Burwell about scoring their film Howl...continue...

Provenance

1 CD / Innova / 2010-05-25

Works: Kayhan Kalhor: I Was There, for cello, oud & percussion; Djivan Gasparian: Memories, for cello; Tamar Muskal: Mar De Leche, for voice, cello, oud & percussion; Douglas J. Cuomo: Only Breath, for cell...
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Ben-Zaken, Etty; Haddad, Jamey; Marotta, Jerry; Saba, Bassam; Shanahan, Shane

Personnel: Maya Beiser (cello); Etty Ben-Zaken (vocals); Bassam Saba (oud); Jerry Marotta (drums); Jamey Haddad, Shane Shanahan (percussion).

Taking the well-established route of solo explorati...continue...

Almost Human / Maya Beiser

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-04-24

Works: Eve Beglarian: I am writing to you from a far off country, for cello, voice & narrator; Joby Talbot: Motion Detector, for cello; Falling, for electric cello
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Montano, Alexandra

"The writings of the Belgian poet, Henri Michaux (1899-1984), are tinged with surrealism. The world he conjures in his prose poem "I am writing to...continue...

Julius Burger: Cello Concerto, etc / Beiser, Young, et al

1 CD / Toccata / 2007-03-23

Works: Julius Burger: Stille der Nacht, for baritone & orchestra; Scherzo, for Strings; Concerto for Cello; Variations on a Theme of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; Legende, for baritone & orchestra
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Kraus, Michael [Tenor/Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Young, Simone
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Performances and sonics are all that could be wished. Everything here is a pleasure, the two vocal works and the cello concerto in particular marvelous...continue...

Steve Reich - Phases (A Nonesuch Retrospective)

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-26

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians; Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards; Eight Lines; You Are (Variations), for...
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Beiser, Maya; Benschop, Yvonne; Borden, Barbara; Can, Bang On A; Goud, Ananda; Hartenberger, Russ; Kronos Quartet; Kvistad, Garry; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Metheny, Pat; ...
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Lubman, Bradley; Gershon, Grant; Hillier, Paul; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Bang on a Can; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Members); Members of the Steve Reich Ensemble (Members); Schoenberg Ensemble; Steve Reich & Musicians

"When the history book is written on the minimalist scene that emerged in the 1960s, it's likely that composer Steve Reich will emerge as the...continue...

Reich: You Are (Variations), Cello Counterpoint

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-09-27

Works: Steve Reich: You Are (Variations), for chorus & ensemble; Cello Counterpoint
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Los Angeles Master Chorale
Conductors: Gershon, Grant
Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale

"An exeptional score... a masterpiece... 'You Are' has something important to say, and it says it not only in a way a listener can hear...continue...

Martin Bresnick: My Twentieth Century / Iimori, et al

1 CD / New World / 2005-09-01

Works: Martin Bresnick: Grace, for percussion & orchestra; Tent of Miracles; Songs of the Mouse People, for cello & percussion; Fantasia on a Theme by Willie Dixon, for piano, bass clarinet, drum set, vibra...
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Komori, Kunihiko; Schick, Steve; Sullivan, Tamur; van Sice, Robert
Conductors: Iimori, Norichika;
Ensemble: Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka; Povera Players

"This remains a highly recommended disc... The sound is clean and immediate. All the performances are superb; that of Beiser and Schick beggars description. The...continue...

World to Come / Maya Beiser

1 CD / Koch International / 2003-10-21

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Mariel, version for for cello, drones & voice; David Lang: World to Come, for cello, tape & video projection; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; John Tavener: Lament to Phaedra
Performers: Beiser, Maya

Recording information: KAS Music and Sound, Astoria, NY (06/2003)....continue...

Tan Dun: Water Passion after Saint Matthew

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-11-19

Works: Tan Dun: Water Passion after St. Matthew, for soprano, bass-baritone, violin, cello, percussion, sound sample
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Bryant, Stephen; Chen, Yuanlin; Cossin, David; Homann, Martin; Keusch, Elizabeth; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Weisman, Adam
Conductors: Tan Dun

Kinship / Maya Beiser

1 CD / Koch International / 2000-05-23

Works: Simon Shaheen: Samai Nahawand, for cello, oud & frame drum; Desert Mist, for cello; Naná Vasconcelos: Trayra Boia, for cello & vocals; Evan Ziporyn: Kebyar Maya, for cello; Chinary Ung: Khse Buo...
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Shaheen, Simon; Velez, Glen

Personnel: Maya Beiser (vocals, cello); Simon Shaheen (oud); Glen Velez (vocals, frame drum).

Recording information: Master Sound Astoria Studios, Astoria, NY (10/1999).

Maya Beiser has ...continue...

Oblivión - Piazzolla, Nin: Cello Works / Beiser, de Mare

1 CD / Koch International / 1999-06-22

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Adios nonino; Le Grand Tango; La Mufa; Joaquin Nin: Suite espagñole for Cello and Piano; Comentarios (4) for Cello and Piano; Cantos populares españoles (20)
Performers: Beiser, Maya; de Mare, Anthony

This beautiful new release brings the special sounds of Astor Piazzolla and Joaquin Nin together with the intimate tones of cello and piano for a...continue...