Ferrari, John

License to Thrill - Works and transcriptoins by Bach, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Chick Corea, Piazzolla et al. / Joe Burgstaller, trumpet

1 CD / Summit Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Joe Burgstaller: Within, for chorus & trumpet; Lullaby; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for solo keyboard no 1 in D major (after Vivaldi Op. 3/9), BWV 972 (BC L189); George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; ...
Performers: Arnhold, Joelle [Vocals]; Burgstaller, Joe; Burke, Mary; Butterman, Karl [Vocals]; Cheng, Stephanie; Clark, Alex; Ferrari, John; Ganger, Joshua [Vocals]; Gargiulo, Julian [Piano]; Herrington, Benjami...

Trumpet titan Joe Burgstaller (formerly of Canadian Brass) presents a compendium including baroque, classical, contemporary classical, traditional spiritual, diazole, Chick Corea, and Sting! This wond...continue...
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Scott Johnson: Americans

1 CD / Tzadik / 2010-05-18

Works: Scott Johnson: Americans, for ensemble; The Illusion of Guidance, for ensemble; Bowery Haunt, for 2 guitars; Anthem Hunt (from Pact 2006), for ensemble
Performers: Chudzik, Greg; Cossin, David; Dancigers, Mark; Driscoll, Kermit; Ferrari, John; Gosling, Stephen; Johnson, Derek [Guitar]; Johnson, Scott [Guitar/Composer]; Lowenstern, Michael; Rowell, Mary L.; Sull...

A long awaited CD of a major new composition by one of America's greatest and most elusive composers from the early days of postmodern minimalism....continue...
Recording information: Kampo Studios....continue...

Mozart's Blue Dreams and Other Crossover Fantasies

1 CD / Summit Records / 2009-05-12

Works: Hector Martignon / Joe Burgstaller: Mozart's Blue Dreams, for jazz ensemble (based on Mozart's Piano Sonata no 11 in A major (Alla Turc; Hector Martignon: Chopin Meets Jobim; Duke Ellington: Echoes o...
Performers: Burgstaller Martignon 4; Burgstaller, Joe; Ferrari, John; Glawischnig, Hans; Martignon, Hector
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Ensemble: Burgstaller Martignon 4

Incredibly played, fun outing led by trumpet player Joe Burgstaller (Canadian Brass) and the exceptional piano wizardy of Grammy and Oscar-nominated Hector Martignon. A fabulous...continue...
: Joe Burgstaller (piccolo, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Hector Martignon (piano); John Ferrari (vibraphone, marimba, drums); Hans Glawischnig (acoustic bass).

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Charles Wuorinen Series - Sonata for Guitar, Divertimento, etc / Anderson, Gattegno, Carlson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Sonata for guitar & piano; Never Again the Same, for low voice & tuba; Short Pieces (11), for violin & vibraphone; Divertimento for alto saxophone & piano; Percussion Duo for piano ...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Anderson, William; Avery, James; Carlson, Erik; Caterisano, Michael; Ferrari, John; Forsythe, Joan; Gattegno, Eliot; Hall, Christopher; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Meglioranza, Th...

Like all of Wuorinen's music from the past three decades, the duos on this recording take the long view of musical history and align themselves...continue...

Pascoal: Timbrando, etc / Meridian Arts Ensemble

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Silvestre Revueltas: Ocho por Radio; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Traditional: Caballito Nicoyano; Caetano Veloso: Michelangelo Antonioni; Dafnis Prieto: Echo-Dimensions; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana ...
Performers: Ferrari, John; Grabois, Daniel; Herrington, Benjamin; McWhorter, Brian [Trumpet]; Nelson, Jon; Stewart, Raymond G.
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Ensemble: Meridian Arts Ensemble

The latest release by the New York City-based Meridian Arts Ensemble, 'Timbrando' marks the group's twentieth anniversary. Named after a track Hermeto Pascoal composed for...continue...

Richard Festinger: Peripeteia, Triptych, etc / Haselböck, Henschel

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-02-01

Works: Richard Festinger: Peripeteia, for clarinet, violin & cello; Variations for piano; Triptych, for flute; Construction en metal et bois, for piano & persuccion; After Blue, for flute, piccolo, clarinet...
Performers: Ferrari, John; Hesselink, Greg; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Kay, Alan R.; Lim, Sunghae Anna; O'Connor, Tara Helen
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Ensemble: New Millennium Ensemble

Richard Festinger studied composition at the University of California in Berkeley with Andrew Imbrie. Before turning to composing, he led his own groups as a...continue...

TIC - Common Sense Composers' Collective - Mellits, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-02-01

Works: Marc Mellits: Spam; Belinda Reynolds: coming around...; Edward Harsh: not a single night's sky; Randall Woolf: Alternative Music, for chamber ensemble; Dan Becker: S.T.I.C.; Carolyn Yarnell: Lapis la...
Performers: Ferrari, John; Gythfeldt, Marianne; Hesselink, Greg; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Lim, Sunghae Anna; O'Connor, Tara Helen
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Ensemble: New Millennium Ensemble; The Millennium

It's been nearly a decade since the music of the Common Sense Composers' Collective first surfaced on CD. Their first disc challenged the rarified asceticism...continue...
Personnel: Anna Lim (violin); Tara Helen O'Connor (flute); Marianne Gythfeldt (clarinet); John Ferrari (percussion).

Recording information: Perfoming Arts Center, Recital Hall C, SUNY Purchase,...continue...

Eve Beglarian: Tell the Birds

1 CD / New World / 2006-05-01

Works: Eve Beglarian: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, for voice & chamber ensemble; Creating the World, for voice & chamber ensemble; Robin Redbreast, for voice & piccolo; Wonder Counselor, for organ & tap...
Performers: Adelson, Andrew; Arron, Edward; Beglarian, Eve; Bielawa, Lisa; Burhans, Caleb; Dargel, Corey; Ferrari, John; Fieldes, Mat; Gould, Jessica; Grabois, Daniel; Grice, Janet; Herrington, Benjamin; Kampmei...
Conductors: ; Dresher, Paul; Lubman, Bradley
Ensemble: ; MATA Ensemble; Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band

Eve Beglarian is a composer and performer whose music has been described as "an eclectic and wide-open series of enticements." Tell the Birds is her...continue...

CDCM Computer Music Series Vol 5 - Inner Voices

1 CD / Centaur / 1993-11-04

Works: Paul Lansky: just_more_idle_chatter, for computer synthesized tape; Brad Garton: Approximate Rhythms; Wasting; Andrew Milburn: Elmore; Martin Butler: Night Machines; Frances White: Still Life with pi...
Performers: Ferrari, John; Mackey, Steven; Tao, Jennifer