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Charles Wuorinen: Chamber Music / Peter Serkin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-03-29

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Scherzo for piano; Quartet for Strings no 1; Viola Variations; Piano Quintet no 2
Performers: Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Mills, Jesse; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Sherry, Fred [Cello]

Charles Wuorinen's staggeringly prolific output has been remarkably consistent yet tremendously varied. This disc presents the first commercial recordings of three recent pieces, along with...continue...

Donald Martino: Later Works

1 CD / Albany Records / 2010-01-12

Works: Donald Martino: Trio for violin, cello & piano; Quartet for Strings no 5; Trio for clarinet, cello & piano; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2
Performers: Finckel, Christopher; Gosling, Stephen; Hesselink, Greg; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Karis, Aleck; Kay, Alan R.; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Zeavin, Carol

Rarely has a composer exhibited such an extraordinarily heightened awareness of the very details of music-making, every physical, acoustic and emotional gesture of performance, painstakingly...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City....continue...

Leo Kraft: Five Sonnets, Seven Hebrew Songs, Transformations, etc

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-02-06

Works: Leo Kraft: Sonnets (5) of William Shakespeare, for voice & piano; Inventions (3), for 2 alto flutes; Piano Fantasy; Fantasy no 1 for flute & piano; Transformations, for 8 instruments; Hebrew Songs (7...
Performers: Baron, Carol; Baron, Samuel; Bleeke, Mark; Finckel, Chris; Gosling, Stephen; Jolley, David; Kopperud, Jean; Levine, Elliot Z.; Lipsey, Michael; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Oldfather, Christopher ...
Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric

Born in Brooklyn in 1922, Leo Kraft has filled his life and the lives of others with music through his prodigious career as composer, educator,...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...

Mark Feldman: Book of Tells - Five Pieces for String Quartet

1 CD / Enja Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Mark Feldman: Windsor Quartet; Kit; Xanax; Book of Tells; Real Joe
Performers: Cummins, Cenovia; Feldman, Mark; Friedlander, Eric; Hammann, Joyce; Martin, Lois

Pinsk and Blue - Chamber Music of Alla Borzova

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-05-01

Works: Alla Borzova: Majnun Songs, for tenor, flute, riq & string quartet; Scherzo for clarinet & piano; Images Françaises, for violin & piano; Pinsk & Blue, for accordion & piano; Mother Said, for v...
Performers: Borzova, Alla; Bowlin, David; Emelianoff, Andre; Gruesser, Eva; Kovach, Gabriel; Martin, Lois; Moore, Lisa [Pianist]; Rio, James; Ruyle, Bill; Schimmel, William; Schultz, Victor; Spencer, Patricia; S...
Conductors: Borzova, Alla
Ensemble: Da Capo Chamber Players

This engaging CD, preserving some of Alla's finest smaller-scale creations, reveals her sponge-like knack for soaking up far-flung musical influences wherever she goes. Arabic flavors...continue...

Wayne Peterson: Vicissitudes / New York New Music Ensemble

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-03-01

Works: Wayne Peterson: Vicissitudes; Duodecaphony; Labyrinth, for flute, clarinet, violin & piano; Capriccio; Diptych
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Finckel, Chris; Kopperud, Jean; Martin, Lois; Niemann, Edmund; Quan, Linda; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Winn, James
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Malarski, Jeff
Ensemble: New York New Music Ensemble

Wayne Peterson's music is that of a composer who embraces and takes delight in the hands-on process of making music, especially as it relates to...continue...

American Classics - Wuorinen: String Sextet, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Sextet for Strings; Quartet for Strings no 2; Divertimento; Piano Quintet
Performers: Gordon, Joshua [Cello]; Hudson, Benjamin; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Oppens, Ursula; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; St. John, Scott [Violin]; Zeavin, Carol; Zori, Carmit
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music; Tashi

"Suddenly feeling the weight of Beethoven, Brahms, and Bartok on his shoulders, Wuorinen's penchant for prolix, perversely disquieting dysrhythmia gives way to traditional forms of...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...

American Classics - Druckman: String Quartets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Jacob Druckman: Quartet for Strings no 3; Reflections on the Nature of Water, for marimba; Dark Wind, for violin & cello; Quartet for Strings no 2
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Zeavin, Carol
Conductors:
Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music

Although he is best known for his dramatic orchestral works, Jacob Druckman also composed a sizeable body of chamber music. The Second String Quartet was...continue...

American Classics - Babbitt: Soli e Duettini

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Milton Babbitt: Around the horn; Whirled Series, for saxaphone & piano; None but the Lonely Flute, for flute; Homily, for snare drum; Beaten Paths; Play it Again, Sam; Soli e Duettini for flute & gui...
Performers: Abramovic, Charles; Jarvis, Peter; Kolor, Thomas; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Palma-Nidel, Susan; Purvis, William [Horn]; Rudich, Rachel; Starobin, David [Guitar]; Taylor, Marshall

"... Babbitt fans will have been anxiously awaiting the return of this important 1996 recording (March/April 1997) of Babbitt's later works for one and two...continue...

Zorn: Mysterium

1 CD / Tzadik / 2005-11-22

Works: John Zorn: Orphée; Frammenti del Sappho; Walpurgisnacht
Performers: Bielawa, Lisa; Choi, Jennifer; Cluver, Martha; Fischer, Abby; Gosling, Stephen; Han, June; Martin, Lois; Mori, Ikue; O'Connor, Tara Helen; O'Neill, Richard; Sherry, Fred; Shively, David; Sollek-Avell...
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley

E. Hoffman: Modus Nodus, etc / Carling, Donato, Dorin, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-10-01

Works: Elizabeth Hoffman: Modus Nodus, for flute, violin & cello; Barrissement d'Éléphant, for piano, bass clarinet, saxophones, viola, cello & percussion; Waterways, for viola & cello; Geminis, f...
Performers: Donato, Dominic; Dorin, Ryan; Finckel, Chris; Kopperud, Jean; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Paysen, Stephen; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Sullivan, Tamur; Vandewalle, Daan
Conductors: Carling, Thomas

Moe: Up & at 'em, etc / Lemon, Moe, Martin, Smith, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-04-01

Works: Eric Moe: Time Will Tell, for flute & piccolo (1 player), clarinet in A & bass clarinet (1 player), violin, vi; Mouth Music; Blue Air, for violin & piano; The Lone Cello, for solo cello; A Whirling a...
Performers: Butler, Marcia; Josheff, Peter; Kopperud, Jean; Martin, Lois; Moe, Eric [Composer]; Rosenak, Karen; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Rudich, Rachel; Russell, David [Cello]; Schulte, Rolf; Smith, Tim; Winn, James; Za...
Conductors: Purvis, William [Horn]; Lemon, J. Karla

Bernadette Speach - Reflections / Davis, Dresser, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Bernadette Speach: Trio des Trois III, for viola, cello & piano; When It Rains, Lleuve, for piano; Chosen Voices, for prepared guitar & toy piano; les ondes pour quatre, for string quartet; Angels in...
Performers: Heiss, David; Mare, Anthony de; Martin, Lois; Speach, Bernadette
Conductors: Speach, Bernadette

Kraft: Chamber Symphony no 2, etc / Rothman, Hostetter, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-12-01

Works: Leo Kraft: Pieces (6) for violin with piano obbligato; Line Drawings, for flute & percussion; The Garden of Memory; "cummingsong" for tenor & chamber ensemble; Chamber Symphony no 2 for 16 instruments
Performers: Bleeke, Mark; Butler, Marcia; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Jolles, Renee; Kahn, Sue Ann; Lipsey, Michael; Martin, Lois; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Wong, Deborah
Conductors: Hostetter, Paul; Rothman, George

"Kraft's music has never gone for the large gestures of the deliberately popular approach that might have given him popularity, yet it is highly enjoyable...continue...

Angels Hide Their Faces - Bach, Purcell / Dawn Upshaw, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2001-03-27

Works: Henry Purcell: Music for a while; Indian Queen, Z 630; Tyrannic Love, or, the Royal Martyr, incidental music, Z. 613; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196...
Performers: Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Haas, Arthur; Lutzke, Myron; Martin, Lois; Pearson, Peggy; Quan, Linda; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]

"...From the very first track, Upshaw displays rare musicianship in the way the text and the music are presented. Everything is lovingly shaped and carefully...continue...

American Visions - Chamber Music of Louis Karchin

1 CD / New World / 2000-07-01

Works: Louis Karchin: Rustic Dances, for violin, clarinet & marimba; American Visions, for voice & ensemble; Cascades, for piano; Sonata da camera, for violin & piano; A Way Separate, for voice & ensemble; ...
Performers: Donato, Dominic; Finckel, Chris; Karchin, Louis; Kopperud, Jean; Macomber, Curtis; Marshall, Cheryl; Martin, Lois; Society, Players of the Washington Square Contempo; Winn, James; Wong, Deborah
Conductors: Karchin, Louis; Gilbert, David
Ensemble: ; Da Capo Chamber Players

Personnel: Curtis Macomber, Deborah Wong (violin); Lois Martin (viola); Christopher Finckel (cello); Jayn Rosenfeld (flute); Jean Kopperud (clarinet); James Winn (piano); Dominic Donato (marimba).
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Roussel - Chamber Music with Flute / Rosenfeld and Friends

1 CD / Centaur / 2000-05-01

Works: Albert Roussel: Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Op. 40; Joueurs de flûte, Op. 27; Divertimento for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 6; Andante and Scherzo for Flute and Piano, Op. 51; Poèmes (2...
Performers: Billmann, Nancy; Butler, Marcia; Jolles, Susan; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Martin, Robert [horn]; Rose, Bernard [piano]; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Sato, Atsuko; Schadeberg, Christine; Sternberg, Jo-Ann

Zorn: String Quartets /Hammann, Feldman, Martin, Friedlander

1 CD / Tzadik / 1999-07-20

Works: John Zorn: Cat o'nine tails; The Dead Man; Memento Mori; Kol Nidre
Performers: Feldman, Mark; Friedlander, Erik; Hammann, Joyce; Martin, Lois

Bazelon: Cross-Currents, Fairy Tale, etc / Farberman, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-04-01

Works: Irwin Bazelon: Fairy Tale for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion & piano; Re-Percussions for piano; Cross-Currents for brass quintet, percussion & piano; Vignette for harpsicho...
Performers: Balm, Neil; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Buskirk, John van; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Dunn, Scott; Estrin, Mitchell; Goldberg, Marc; Haas, Jonathan; Lang, Jeffrey; Lawson, Dorothy; Martin, Lois; Ma...
Conductors: Farberman, Harold
Ensemble: ; Ensemble

Quartet Romantic - Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, et al

1 CD / New World / 1998-04-01

Works: Wallingford Riegger: Wind Quintet, Op. 51; Henry Cowell: Quartet Romantic, for 2 flutes, violin & viola, HC 223; Paragraphs (7), trio for 2 violins (or violin & viola) & cello, HC 408; Ruth Crawford ...
Performers: Blackwell, Virgil; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Graham, John; Karis, Aleck; Martin, Lois; Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Palma-Nidel, Susan; Quan, Linda; Rose, Stewart; Schulte, Rolf; Shapiro, Madeleine; Taylor, ...

The generation of American composers who came of age in the 1920s are now generally acknowledged as seminal figures in the creation of a trrly...continue...

Grace / Kathleen Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind ("Sohn der Jungfrau"), song for voice & piano (Mörike Lieder); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Johann Seb...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Arak, Alan; Baker, Timothy; Battle, Kathleen; Baumer, Bruce R.; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Bushman, Robin; Caplin, Martha; Carroll, David; Church, Sandra [Flute]; Curtis, Charles; D...
Conductors: Sadin, Robert

And Trouble Came - Musical Responses to AIDS

1 CD / CRI / 1996-11-19

Works: Chris DeBlasio: All The Way Through Evening, 5 nocturnes for baritone & piano; C. Bryan Rulon: SelfRequiem, for computer tape & ensemble; Laura Kaminsky: And Trouble Came
Performers: Clark, Harry [Cello]; Dash, Michael; DeBlasio, Chris; Martin, Lois; Schuldmann, Sanda
Conductors: Rulon, C. Bryan
Ensemble: Musicians' Accord

Personnel: Lois Martin (viola); Ted Mook, Harry Clark (cello); Matt Sullivan (oboe); Terry Szor (trumpet); Chris DeBlasio (piano); Michael Pugliese (percussion).

Recording information: Lenfel...continue...

Starer: Chamber Works / Terwilliger, Cowan, Fidelio, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-03-01

Works: Robert Starer: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Duo for violin & pianio; Elegy for a Woman Who Died Too Young, for violin & cello; Episodes, for viola, cello & piano
Performers: Clark, Harry [Cello]; Cooperstock, Andrew; Cowan, Carole; Martin, Lois; Schuldmann, Sanda; Seligman, Susan; Terwilliger, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mountains Festival Players

Speculum Musicae plays The New Danes

1 CD / Bridge / 1995-02-21

Works: Karl Aage Rasmussen: Movements on a Moving Line; Bent Sorensen: The Deserted Churchyards, for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano & percussion; Hans Abrahamsen: Winternacht, Walden; Poul Ruders: Th...
Performers: Albach, Carl; Bartlett, Eric; Blustine, Allen; Charlston, Erik; Danilow, Marji; Druckman, Daniel; Karis, Aleck; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Palma-Nidel, Susan; Purvis, William [Horn]; Shelton, Lu...
Conductors: Palma, Donald; Starobin, David [Guitar]; Purvis, William [Horn]
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

Chasalow: Over the Edge / Speculum Musicae

1 CD / New World / 1993-11-01

Works: Eric Chasalow: Winding up, for horn; Fast Forward, for tape & percussion; Over the Edge, for flute & tape; The Fury of Rainstorms, for tape; Hanging in the Balance, for cello & tape; The Furies, for ...
Performers: Bartlett, Eric; Jarvinen, Arthur; Knoles, Amy; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Schadeberg, Christine; Schneider, Bruno; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Spencer, Patricia; Zeavin, Carol
Conductors:
Ensemble: Members of the Speculum Musicae (Members)

Wuorinen: Chamber Works / Group for Contemporary Music

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Sonata for violin & piano; Quartet for Strings no 3; Fast Fantasy for cello & piano
Performers: Group for Contemporary Music, The; Hudson, Benjamin; Hudson, Benjamin [Strings]; Martin, Lois; Ohlsson, Garrick; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Wuorinen, Charles; Zeavin, Carol
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Group for Contemporary Music

Works by Michelle Ekizian, Louis Karchin

1 CD / New World / 1992-05-01

Works: Michelle Ekizian: Octoéchos for double string quartet & soprano; Louis Karchin: Songs of John Keats, for soprano & 6 instruments, Nos 1-2, complete; Capriccio for violin & 7 instruments
Performers: Blustine, Allen; Cawelti, Andrea; Chausow, Robert; Cleveland, Dennis; Hartman, Bonnie; Hudson, Benjamin; Karis, Aleck; LeBlanc, Jeanne; Lee, Dennis; Martin, Lois; Moss, Linda; Palma, Donald [Double B...
Conductors: Sollberger, Harvey
Ensemble: Group for Contemporary Music

Rosenzweig: Diptych; Froom: Piano Quartet, etc / Garth

1 CD / Centaur / 1991-10-01

Works: Morris Rosenzweig: Diptych; David Froom: Quartet for Piano and Strings; Down to a Sunless Sea; Sonata for Piano
Performers: Blustine, Allen; Finckel, Chris; Garth, Eliza; Hudson, Benjamin; Martin, Lois; Palma, Donald; Palma, Susan; Quan, Linda; Rudiakov, Michael; Stevens, Cyrus
Conductors: Rosenzweig, Morris

Glass: Dancepieces / Riesman, Philip Glass Ensemble

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-04-21

Works: Philip Glass: In the Upper Room; Glasspieces, ballet for chamber ensemble (from "Glassworks" & "Akhnaten")
Performers: Abramowitz, John; Ajemian, Anahid; Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Barab, Seymour; Barber, Julien; Brown, Al; Carlisle, Robert; Christensen, Don; Colleta, Harold; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Fujikawa, Mayu...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

Personnel: Philip Glass (keyboards); Jill Jaffe (violin, viola); Anahid Ajemian (violin, piano, synthesizer); Elliot Rosoff, Mayuki Fukuhara, Sanford Allen, Carol Pool (violin); Julien Barber, Maureen...continue...

Carter: The Vocal Works (1975-1981) / Speculum Musicae

1 CD / Bridge /

Works: Elliott Carter: A Mirror on which to Dwell; In Sleep, In Thunder; Syringa; Three Poems of Robert Frost
Performers: Bartlett, Eric; Blustine, Allen; Ciesinski, Katherine; Druckman, Daniel; Fader, Oren; Graham, John; Hudson, Benjamin; James, Dennis [doublebass]; Karis, Aleck; MacCourt, Donald; Martin, Lois; Mase, R...
Conductors: Palma, Donald; Black, Robert; Purvis, William; Starobin, David
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

Winslow: Concertati Veneziani & Other Works

1 CD / CRI /

Works: Walter Winslow: Concertati Veneziani, for 4 violins, viola & cello; A Voice from Elysium, for voice & ensemble; Mirror of Diana, for clarinet; Paripari (6), Tahitian Dristric Songs, for voice & piano
Performers: Bruce, Diane; Forbes, Charles; Kopperud, Jean; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Quan, Linda; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Vas, Meg Bachman; Wilson, Nancy [Violin]; Winslow, Walter; Zaki, Mark

Personnel: Curtis Macomber, Mark Zaki, Nancy Wilson (violin); Lois Martin (viola); Jayn Rosenfeld (flute); Wesley Paul Hofretiter (piano).

Recording information: Purchase College Conservatory ...continue...

Tepper: Duos and Trios / American Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / 4 Tay /

Works: Albert Tepper: Trio Barocco, for violin, clarinet & piano; The Toy Flute, for flute & piano; Suite for clarinet & bassoon; Sonata for viola & piano; Three Inventions on DBH, for flute, clarinet & bas...
Performers: Abram, Blanche; Drucker, Naomi; Kingsbury, Deirdre; Martin, Lois; Sato, Erido; Spencer, Patricia; Toan, Braden

Recording information: "The Studio", New York, NY (1998-01-25&1998-02-01&1998-)....continue...