Farnum, Elizabeth

Arnold Rosner: Songs of Lightness and Angels / Farnum, Inferrera, Kampmeier, Grossman

2 CD / Albany Records / 2012-05-08

Works: Arnold Rosner: Psalm 23, for soprano & piano, Op. 22; The Leaving Light, for soprano & piano, Op. 55; Elegiac Songs (3) for soprano & piano, Op. 58; Minstrel to an Unquiet Lady, for tenor & piano, Op...
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Goodman, Jonathan; Grabois, Daniel; Grossman, Jeffrey; Kampmeier, Margaret

With this 2-CD recording, the complete oeuvre of Arnold Rosner's songs is now available on compact disc. The texts range widely and their sources range...continue...
Recording information: Patrych Sound Studios, Bronx, New York (01/2010-08/2010)....continue...

Crosscurrents / Music for Chamber Orchestra by American Composers / Farnum, Levin, Porfiris, Dejean

1 CD / North/South / 2011-08-30

Works: José Lezcano: Tango-Overture, for orchestra; Brian Banks: Serenata no 1 (Legados imaginarios), for orchestra; Dinos Constantinides: China 1 - Shanghai, Songs of Departure, for voice & orchestra;...
Performers: Dejean, Gilbert; Farnum, Elizabeth; Levin, Megan; Porfiris, Rita
Conductors: Lifchitz, Max
Ensemble: North/South Chamber Orchestra; North/South Consonance

This release is first of five appealing and accessible post-modern works for chamber orchestra by four living composers. Elegantly performed by the acclaimed NYC based...continue...
Recording information: Recital Hall of the Purchase Performing Arts Center, Pu....continue...

Harold Meltzer: Brion; Sindbad; Exiles

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Harold Meltzer: Brion, for ensemble; Songs (2) from Silas Marner, for voice & cello; Sindbad, for narrator & ensemble; Exiles, for voice & ensemble
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Hesselink, Greg; Lalli, Richard
Conductors: Baker, James; ; Hostetter, Paul
Ensemble: Cygnus Ensemble; Peabody Trio; Sequitur

The works on this disc are representative of Harold Meltzer's unique sensibility, profound imagination and inquisitive musical mind, quickened both by the things of the...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, USA....continue...

UltraViolette

2 CD / Innova / 2010-04-27

Works: Andrew Violette: Pistis Sophias, for voice; Flute Sonata; Trio for horn, trombone & piano; Six Performances, for ensemble; Five Sonatinas, for piano; Amor Dammi Quel Fazzolettino, for 2 pianos; Ameri...
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Lauer, Maggie; Mahoney, Kaitilin; Martin, Raemond; Rojak, John D.; Violette, Andrew; Weber, Janice
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Pi

John Zorn: Chimeras

1 CD / Tzadik / 2010-02-23

Works: John Zorn: Chimeras I-XII
Performers: Choi, Jennifer; Davidson, Ilana; Drury, Stephen; Farnum, Elizabeth; Lowenstern, Michael; Lubman, Bradley; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Sherry, Fred; Winant, William

Newly revised, this is the definitive version of a Zorn masterpiece! Loosely inspired by the remarkable worlds of Henry Darger, Lewis Carroll and Unica Zurn,...continue...

American Classics - Adler: Of Musique, Poetrie, Art and Love, etc / Melton, Farnum, Wincenc, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-12-16

Works: Samuel Adler: Preludes (3) for piano; Of Musique, Poetrie, Art, and Love, for voice, flute & piano; Four Composer Portraits, for piano; Sonata for flute & piano; Soundings, for alto saxophone & piano...
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Melton, Laura; Sampen, John; Schupp, Roger; Wincenc, Carol
Conductors: Brown, Emily Freeman
Ensemble: Bowling Green Philharmonia

Professor-emeritus at the Eastman School of Music, Samuel Adler has published more than 400 works and has won many prestigious awards. Wild, colourful and complex,...continue...

Cory: Chasing Time, String Quartet no 2, etc / Kopperud, Gosling, Macomber, Atlantic String Quartet, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-07-08

Works: Eleanor Cory: Chasing Time; Conversation for Violin, Cello and Piano; Songs (3), for voice & piano; Mirrors, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Quartet for Strings no 2
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Finckel, Chris; Gosling, Stephen; Kopperud, Jean; Macomber, Curtis; Sternberg, Jo-Ann
Conductors:
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble

The moods of the works on this survey of Eleanor Cory's chamber music range from serious introspection (Three Songs) to playful exuberance (Chasing Time). Beginning...continue...

Charles Wuorinen Series - Vocal Works

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-11-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Two Machine Portraits, for voice & piano; The Long Boat, for voice & English horn; Twang, for mezzo-soprano or soprano & piano; Lightenings VIII; Visible, for voice & violin; Septem...
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Bush, Phillip; Farnum, Elizabeth; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Ferguson, William; Han, June; Leclair, Jackie; MacPherson, Ryan; Nessinger, Mary; Steinberg, Mark; Winn...
Conductors: ; Wuorinen, Charles
Ensemble: ; Cygnus Ensemble

This series devoted to one of America's most significant composers brings together 12 vocals works, all but one written in the last two decades. Most...continue...

Eric Moe: Siren Songs / Farnum, Moe, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-10-01

Works: Eric Moe: Siren Songs, song cycle for voice & piano; And a Warm Hello from the Alien Ant Farm, song cycle for voice & piano; Sonnets to Orpheus, song cycle for voice & piano
Performers: Brandes, Christine; Farnum, Elizabeth; Frankenberry, Rob; Moe, Eric [Composer]
Conductors: Lemon, J. Karla
Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music

Eric Moe has been described by the New York Times as a composer of "music of winning exuberance,: and has received numerous grants and awards....continue...

Adapting to the Times - Charles Wuorinen / James Winn

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-11-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Katz Fugue, for piano; Christes Crosse, for voice & piano; Short Pieces (12), for piano; Self-Similar Waltz, for piano; Album Leaf for Howard Klein; Violin Variations; Album Leaf fo...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Farnum, Elizabeth; Hudson, Benjamin; Macomber, Curtis; Nonken, Marilyn; Schick, Steve; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Winn, James

"Thanks to Wuorinen's connections and his credibility as a pianist, the performers here are of the highest quality-many of them were members of Wuorinen's Group...continue...

Burning with the Muse - Cacioppo, Hudson / Kampmeier, et al

2 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-08-01

Works: Curt Cacioppo: Sieben Thiel Lieder; Poems from Paternina; Franciscan Prayer; Joseph Hudson: Four Rilke Songs; Three Campion Songs; I Have Longed to Move Away
Performers: Bilger, David [trumpet]; Cacioppo, Curt; Cassolas, Constantine; Farnum, Elizabeth; Gordon, Joshua [Cello]; Hart, Steven; Hudson, Benjamin; Inger, Leah; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Martin, Lois; Orlando, ...

Curt Cacioppo is recognized as a composer, pianist and educator, and for his interests in Native American studies and music. He has written for the...continue...

Bell: Collection of Reflections / North/South Ensemble

1 CD / North/South / 2005-10-01

Works: Elizabeth Bell: Loss-Songs, for soprano & piano; Fantasy-Sonata, for solo cello; River Fantasy, for ensemble; Sonata for Piano no 2; Soliloquy, for solo cello
Performers: Drake, Stephen; Farnum, Elizabeth; Lifchitz, Max
Conductors: Lifchitz, Max
Ensemble: North/South Consonance

Louis Karchin: Orpheus, etc / Infera, Karchin, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-07-01

Works: Louis Karchin: Memory, for voice & piano; Poèmes (2) de Mallarmé, for voice & piano; Carmen de Boheme, for voice & piano; To the Sun, for soprano & piano; Orpheus, a masque for baritone, ch...
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Gosling, Stephen; Inferrera, Dominic; Karchin, Louis
Conductors: Karchin, Louis
Ensemble: Players of the Washington Square Contemporary Musi

"The most charming song 'Carmen de Boheme', is an affectionate homage to Bizet's Habanera; here too the style recalls Berg in its incorporation of popular...continue...

Charles Wuorinen: The Haroun Songbook / Bush, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-05-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: The Haroun Songbook, for SATB solo voices & piano (after opera Haroun and the Sea of Stories)
Performers: Bush, Phillip; Chioldi, Michael; Farnum, Elizabeth; Golden, Emily; Schaffner, James

Mélange / Elizabeth Farnum

1 CD / North/South / 2004-04-01

Works: Silvestre Revueltas: Tres Piezas, pieces (3) for violin & piano; Carlos Chávez: Sonatina for violin & piano; Ricardo Tacuchian: Cono Sur, for solo xylophone; Transparências, for vibraphone ...
Performers: Albagli, Richard; Dejean, Gilbert; Farnum, Elizabeth; Goldsmith, Richard; Hansen, Lisa; Henreckson-Farnum, Elizabeth; Lifchitz, Max; Reinhold, Sheila

Personnel: Elizabeth Henreckson-Farum (soprano); Sheila Reinhold (violin); Lisa Hansen (flute); Richard Goldsmith (clarinet); Gilbert Dejean (bassoon); Max Lifchitz (piano); Richard Albagli (vibraphon...continue...

W. Peterson: Peregrinations, etc / Blustine, Winn, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-10-01

Works: Wayne Peterson: Peregrinations, for clarinet; Diatribe, for violin & piano; Colloquy, for flute & harp; Ceremony after a fire raid, for soprano & piano; Duo, for violin & piano; Quartet for Strings n...
Performers: Blustine, Allen; Brody, Tod; Farnum, Elizabeth; Gottlieb, Karen [Harp]; Macomber, Curtis; Winn, James
Conductors:
Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music

Carnaval/Carnival - Music from Brazil and the US / Farnum

1 CD / North/South / 2003-02-01

Works: Ricardo Tacuchian: Toccata Urbana; Wayne Peterson: Janus; Christopher James: In frostiger Nacht; Raoul Pleskow: Chamber Setting with Voice; Gilberto A. G. Mendes: Ulysses in Copacabana Surfing with J...
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth
Conductors: Lifchitz, Max
Ensemble: North/South Chamber Orchestra

Sorabji: The Complete Songs for Soprano / Farnum, Kampmeier

1 CD / Centaur / 2003-01-01

Works: Kaikhosru Sorabji: The Poplars, Op. 2 no 1; L'heure exquise, Op. 2 no 2; Vocalise pour soprano fioriturata, Op. 2 no 3; Chrysilla, Op. 1 no 1; Roses du soir, Op. 1 no 2; Apparition, Op. 4 no 3; Hymne...
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Kampmeier, Margaret

Dickman: Who Says Words, etc / Thomas Buckner, et al

1 CD / New World / 1999-11-09

Works: Stephen Dickman: The Music of Eric Zann; Indian Wells; Rabbi Nathan's Prayer; Four for Tom; Who Says Words
Performers: Buckner, Thomas [Baritone Vocals]; Farnum, Elizabeth; Finckel, Michael; Kitzis, Gregor; Kubera, Joseph