Isherwood, Nicholas

Leo Kupper: Digital Voices

1 CD / Stickfigure Distribution / 2012-03-27

Works: Leo Kupper: Aviformes, for soprano & electronics; Hamana, for mezzo-soprano & electronics; Parcours pour santur, for electronics; Paroles sur lèvres (Words on Lips), for electronics; Paroles sur...
Performers: Anna Maria Kieffer; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kupper, Leo; Zanichelli, Barbara

Giacinto Scelsi Collection Vol 2 - Chukrum, Rotativa, etc

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2010-06-18

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Prânam 2; To the Master; Wo-Ma, four songs for bass voice; Trio for 3 Percussions; Rotativa; Preghiera per un' ombra; Chukrum for Strings
Performers: Biagini, Cristina; Fevre, Veronique; Isherwood, Nicholas; Marzocchi, Marco; Mazzanti, Livia; Orvieto, Aldo; Teodoro, Carlo
Conductors: Angius, Marco; ; Pfaff, Luca
Ensemble: ; Ars Ludi; Ensemble 2E2M; Musicateatroensemble

This is the second installment in Stradivarius’s series devoted to one of most intriguing musical personalities of the 20th century, Giacinto Scelsi, with the authoritative...continue...

Dialogues

1 CD / Stradivarius Import / 2010-03-16

Works: György Kurtág: Pilinszky János; Kroó György in memoriam, for solo bassoon (or cello); Philippe Schoeller: Isis II, for bassoon & harp; Omaggio Kurtág, for basoon...
Performers: Gallois, Pascal; Isherwood, Nicholas; Knox, Garth; O'Brien, Sarah

S. Wagner: Der Kobold / Strobel, Broberg, Mauel, Mitschke [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Marco Polo / 2009-04-28

Works: Siegfried Wagner: Der Kobold, Op 3
Performers: Bappert, Marco; Borst, Martina; Broberg, Rebecca; Föttinger, Johannes; Hochbauer, Joachim; Hoffmann, Achim; Horn, Volker; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kohler, Heike; Lukic, Ksenija; Mauel, Regina; Meier...
Conductors: Strobel, Frank
Ensemble: Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra; PPP Music Theatre Ensemble

Run Time: 206 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German
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A Boston Camerata Christmas / Joel Cohen

3 CD / Erato / 2008-11-18

Works: Anonymous, American: Watchman of Zion, hymn; Kingsbridge, hymn; Bozrah, hymn; A Christmas Hymn; The Heavenly Courtier, hymn; Slow Traveller, hymn; Benjamin Franklin White: Baptismal anthem; Christmas...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise; Azema, Anne; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Fleagle, John; Frederiksen, Joel; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Hargis, Ellen; Hildebrand, Herman; Hite, William; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kale, Christophe...
Conductors: Cohen, Joel [Early Music];
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble; Mediterranea Camerata

Diego Minciacchi: The Aforesaid

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Diego Minciacchi: Earth Will Have Her Say ..or.. Say What? (if you're searching for specific landmarks), for trombone,; The Lilliput-août Collection, for viola & tape; Ritual for the New Morning...
Performers: Barbetti, Maurizio; Fabbriciani, Roberto; Hudacsek, Laszlo; Isherwood, Nicholas; Scodanibbio, Stefano; Webb, Barrie

Of Beauty & Light - The Music of Philip Glass

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Philip Glass: The Light; Heroes Symphony; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2; Company; Concerto for Violin; Akhnaten; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Shep...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Yuasa, Takuo; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

This beautifully designed 4 CD package contains the complete Naxos recordings of the work of Philip Glass including: The Light, Heroes Symphony, Symphonies 2 &...continue...

The Silence of Being - The Music of Arvo Pärt

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Festina lente; Fratres, for cello & piano; Summa, for string orchestra; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bel...
Performers: Ambrus, Karoly; Anderson, Mark; Arato, Peter; Banhegyi, Geza; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Eisrich, Antal; Eros, Jozsef; Faludi, Judit; Falvay, Sandor; Fodor, Agnes; Gunn, Nat...
Conductors: Benedek, Tamás; Yuasa, Takuo; ; Edison, Noel; Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum; Tonus Peregrinus

An elegant 6 CD package containing the complete Naxos recordings of Arvo Part including: Fratres, Tabula Rasa, Collage uber Bach, Symphony No. 3, Berliner Messe,...continue...

Roland Auzet - Percussion(s)

4 CD / Mode Records / 2008-02-19

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Psappha, for solo percussion; O-Mega, for solo percussion & 13 musicians; Kassandra, for amplified voice, psalterion & percussion; Rebonds, for solo percussion; Gérard Pape: Fune...
Performers: Auzet, Roland; Bancquart, Alain; Campion, Edmund; Isherwood, Nicholas; Orieux, Armelle; Pape, Janet S.; Tanaka, Karen
Conductors: My, Dominique; Bancquart, Alain; Adrien, Jean-Marie
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Musique Aujourd'hui

"Inactuelles" is a unique collaboration between Mode and the Parisianart-book store Tschann, to combine CDs and video DVDs of musical performances with an informative musical...continue...

Gubaidulina: St. John Passion, St. John Easter / Rilling

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-09-17

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Johannes-Passion, for soloists, double chorus, organ & orchestra; Johannes-Ostern (St. John Easter), for soloists, double chorus, organ & orchestra
Performers: Isherwood, Nicholas; Sukmanova, Julia; Valentin, Bernd; Welch, Corby
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gubaidulina's mammoth St. John was written in two parts: the Passion to a commission from the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart to celebrate the 250th...continue...

Sonic Rebellion: Alternative Classical Collection

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-06

Works: Philip Glass: Heroes Symphony; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata for Violin and Player Piano; John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Sheppard
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

Siegfried Wagner: Der Kobold / Strobel, Broberg, Horn, et al

3 CD / Marco Polo / 2007-05-29

Works: Siegfried Wagner: Der Kobold, opera, Op. 3
Performers: Bappert, Marco; Borst, Martina; Broberg, Rebecca; Fotiou, Evdoxia; Fottinger, Johannes; Höchbauer, Joachim; Heinzmann, Susanne; Hoferichter, Philipp; Hoffmann, Achim; Horn, Volker; Isherwood, Ni...
Conductors: Strobel, Frank
Ensemble: Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Siegfried Wagner composed 17 opers in total, expertly written in a late romantic style derived from the influence of Humperdinck. His subjects are generally drawn...continue...

Cacioppo: Advance of the fungi

1 CD / Mode Records / 2006-10-03

Works: George Cacioppo: Time on Time in Miracles, for soprano & ensemble; Mod 3, for flute, percussion & contrabass; Holy Ghost Vacuum or America Faints; Advance of the Fungi, for male chorus, winds & percu...
Performers: Cacioppo, George; Isherwood, Nicholas; Manoukian, Sevan; Pape, Janet S.
Conductors: Méfano, Paul; Méfano, Paul; Francois, Renaud; Arnaud, Lionel
Ensemble: Atelier de Musique Contemporaine du CNR de Versail; Ensemble 2E2M

The music of George Cacioppo (1927-1984) is important in the history of 20th century music composition as the missing link between the American "sound based"...continue...

American Classics - Crumb: Songs, Drones, Refrains of Death

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: George Crumb: Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death; Quest, for guitar, soprano sax, harp, bass & 2 percussionists
Performers: Achberger, Hans-Peter; Aichhorn, Silke; Dagenhardt, Peter; Erb, Carmen; Isherwood, Nicholas; Obieta, Francisco; Read, Hugo; Swete, Alexander
Conductors: Kent, Fuat
Ensemble: Art Nouveau Ensemble

George Crumb's reputation as a composer of hauntingly beautiful scores has made him one of the most frequently performed composers today. 'Songs, Drones, and Refrains...continue...

Dialogues - Boulez, Kurtág, etc / Pascal Gallois, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2004-09-30

Works: Pierre Boulez: Dialogue de l'ombre double; György Kurtág: Pilinszky János - Gérard de Nerval, Op. 5b; Kroó György in memoriam; Philippe Schoeller: Isis no 2; Oma...
Performers: Gallois, Pascal; Isherwood, Nicholas; Knox, Garth; O'Brien, Sarah

"The focus of all six works here is the phenomenal bassonn-playing of Pascal Gallois; each piece was composed with his astonishing technical agility, sense of...continue...

Alain Bancquart: Livre du Labyrinthe

2 CD / Mode Records / 2003-02-25

Works: Alain Bancquart: Le Livre du Labyrinthe
Performers: Artaud, Pierre-Yves; Baldassaré, Frédéric; Billier, Sylvaine; Briard, Thierry; Curt, Emmanuel; Gallois, Pascal; Garioud, Romain; Isherwood, Nicholas; Joste, Martine; Lauridon, Fl...

Personnel: Claude Pavy (electric guitar); Pierre-Yves Artaud (flute); Carol Robinson (clarinet); Emmanuel Curt (percussion).

Recording information: Salle Olivier Messiaen, Radio France, Paris,...continue...

CCMIX Paris - Xenakis UPIC Continuum - Risset, Roads, et al

2 CD / Mode Records / 2001-09-11

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Mycanea-Alpha; Polytope de Cluny; Brigitte Robindoré: L'autel de la perte et de la transformation; Comme etrangers et voyageurs sur la terre; Jean-Claude Risset: Saxatile; Nico...
Performers: Auzet, Roland; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kientzy, Daniel; Takada, Kazuko; Talibart, Claire
Conductors: Henzold, Olaf;
Ensemble: Arditti String Quartet; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Pape: Electroacoustic Chamber Works / Arditti Quartet, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Gérard Pape: Electro-Acoustic Songs (2) for soprano, flute & tape; Le Fleuve du Désir III, for string quartet & tape; Monologue, chamber opera based on Samuel Beckett's play, for bass voice...
Performers: Daroux, Cecile; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kientzy, Daniel; Pape, Janet S.
Conductors: Méfano, Paul
Ensemble: Ensemble 2E2M