Cassara, Frank

Antiphony

1 CD / Innova / 2010-03-30

Works: Wang Guowei: Songs, for Huqin & saxophone quartet; Zhou Long: Antiphony for Erhu, Daruan, percussion & saxophone quartet; Lei Liang: Yuan, for 4 saxophones; Chen Yi: Septet for Erhu, pipa, percussion...
Performers: Cassara, Frank; Guowei, Wang; Li, Sun
Conductors:
Ensemble: Prism Quartet (Saxophone Quartet)

Since the Renaissance, 'antiphony' normally refers to performers separated in space, tossing musical phrases back and forth to dramatic effect. Rarely does it connote a...continue...

Seidler: Mystic Trumpeter, In the Arc of your Mallet, etc / Thome, Last, Goldstein, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-03-10

Works: Alan Siedler: Playthings ("The woman named Tomorrow"), for voice & chamber ensemble; Sacred Pieces (2), for chorus; In the Arc of Your Mallet, song cycle for voice & chamber ensemble; The Mystic Trum...
Performers: Ashton, Graham; Cassara, Frank; Cecere, Anthony; Finckel, Michael; Goldstein, Steven; Grossman, Kory; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Kitzis, Gregor; Kraus, Jeffrey; Last, Laura; Moor, Martha; Nappi, Christoph...
Conductors: Nemhauser, Frank; Thome, Joel
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of Our Time

Born in New York City, Alan Seidler studied at The Juilliard School, but after leaving Juilliard, his career took a left turn and he soon...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...

Eleanor Cory: Of Mere Being

1 CD / CRI / 2002-01-10

Works: Eleanor Cory: Visions; Play within a Play; Of Mere Being; Interviews; Bouquet
Performers: Bernard, Giles; Blount, William; Cassara, Frank; Cobb, Kevin; Finckel, Chris; Fitzgerald, Daire; Gosling, Stephen; Kampmeier, Margaret; Kopperud, Jean; Krause, Joan Peterson; Purvis, William; Quan, L...
Conductors: ; Rosenbaum, Harold; Milarsky, Jeffrey
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble; New York Virtuoso Singers; Orchestra of St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

"Eleanor Cory is beginning to be recognized as a mojor force in comtemporary music. This is a little surprising, since she doesn't conform to any...continue...

Dance of the Seven Veils / New Band

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-03-01

Works: Harry Partch: Plectra and Percussion Dances; Alice Anne LeBaron: Southern Ephemera; Elizabeth Brown: Archipelago; Dean Drummond: Dance of the Seven Veils
Performers: Cassara, Frank; Cossin, David; Donato, Dominic; Drummond, Dean; Kellman, Nina; Lipsey, Michael; Mook, Theodore; Oldfather, Christopher; Rodgers, Elizabeth; Starin, Stefani; Whitfield, John [cello]
Conductors: Drummond, Dean
Ensemble: New Band

Elan - Revueltas, Schwartz, Lifschitz, Kessner, et al

1 CD / North/South / 1999-09-01

Works: Elliott Schwartz: Elan; William Toutant: Bagatelle, for alto flute & marimba; Max Lifchitz: Songs (3) for voice & trumpet; Silvestre Revueltas: Cinco Canciones para Niños y Dos Canciones Profana...
Performers: Cassara, Frank; Kessner, Daniel; Lifchitz, Max; Lucas, Don
Conductors: Kessner, Daniel
Ensemble: North/South Consonance

Silhouettes - Bulow, Schiffman, Meneely-Kyder, et al

1 CD / North/South / 1997-08-01

Works: Harry Bulow: Lines, Curves & Voluminous Variations for ensemble; Harold Schiffmann: Sestetto concertato for oboe, french horn, bassoon, violin, cello & piano; Sarah Meneely-Kyder: Weep, The Mighty Ty...
Performers: Beavon, Constance; Cassara, Frank; Dejean, Gilbert; Fiacco, Arthur J. Jr.; Garson, Heidi; Goldsmith, Richard; Hansen, Lisa; Lifchitz, Max; Lin, Helen; Meneely-Kyder, Sarah; Tindall, Blair; Zubrycki, ...
Conductors: Lifchitz, Max; Snyder, Randall
Ensemble: North/South Consonance

Of Bondage and Freedom - Lifchitz, Pleskow, Greenberg, et al

1 CD / North/South / 1994-06-01

Works: Max Lifchitz: Of Bondage and Freedom; Raoul Pleskow: Arabesques (2) for 2 sopranos & orchestra; Laura Greenberg: La Vida Es Sueño; This Man Was Your Brother, for soprano, string quartet & percus...
Performers: Abt-Greenfield, Meryl; Bond, Yari; Cassara, Frank; Donato, Dominic; Evans, Rachel; Goldsmith, Richard; Hansen, Lisa; Kitzis, Gregor; Kubera, Joseph; Lifchitz, Max; Perfetti, Anthony; Rosales, Rachel;...
Conductors: Lifchitz, Max
Ensemble: North/South Consonance

Music at the Crossroads - American Chamber Music

1 CD / North/South / 1994-06-01

Works: Emma Lou Diemer: Sextet; Alexander Rudajev: Petite suite parisienne; Marilyn J. Ziffrin: Songs (3) of the Trobairitz, for voice & piano; Allen Brings: Bagatelles (5); Richard Toensing: Angels
Performers: Beck, Carolyn; Cassara, Frank; Garson, Heidi; Goldsmith, Richard; Hansen, Lisa; Kitzis, Gregor; Kubera, Joseph; Lifchitz, Max; Linfante, Kristen; Pilgrim, Neva; Tindall, Blair
Conductors: Lifchitz, Max
Ensemble: North/South Consonance

Anne LeBaron: Rana, Ritual & Revelations

1 CD / Mode Records / 1992-12-01

Works: Alice Anne LeBaron: Lamentation/Invocation; Rite of the Black Sun; Planxty Bowerbird; Noh Reflections; Concerto for Active Frogs
Performers: Cartwright, George; Cassara, Frank; Elsing, Evelyn; Fujiwara, Hamao; Guerguerian, Paul; Kawasaki, Masao; Kellman, Nina; LeBaron, Anne; Pugliese, Michael; Shapiro, Madeleine; Shea, David; Shearer, All...
Conductors: Bouchard, Linda; Heldrich, Claire; LeBaron, Anne
Ensemble: Chorus; New Music Consort; Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center