Montano, Alexandra

Voices of Ascension - Nine Centuries of Choral Music / Keene, Hong, Cole, et al

4 CD / Delos / 2008-11-25

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus; Jesu Rex admirabilis, hymn for 3 voices (from Complete Hymns); Exsultate Deo; Work(s); Alma Redemptoris mater; Sitivit anima mea; Surge illuminare Jeru...
Performers: Baker, Thom [Tenor Vocal]; Bride, Kathleen; Clark, Eileen; Cole, Vinson; Farrell, Neil; Hong, Hei-Kyung; Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Kruczek, Mark; Montano, Alexandra; Peck, Susanne; Stephens, Pat...
Conductors: Keene, Dennis

"Sheer musical excellence a cohesive, gorgeously blended ensemble." -The New York Times "As for Dennis Keene, there isn't a better choral conductor around" The Washington...continue...

Glass: Monsters of Grace

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2007-10-09

Works: Philip Glass: Monsters of Grace
Performers: Mascari, Marie; Montano, Alexandra; Purnhagen, Gregory; Stewart, Peter
Conductors: Riesman, Michael

"Glass' orchestration convincingly incorporates a Middle Eastern sound in its imitation of string and wind instruments of the region, giving [Monsters of Grace] a regional...continue...

Reliquary for William Blake - Will Ayton / Parthenia Consort

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-06-01

Works: Will Ayton: A Reliquary for William Blake, song cycle for voice & viol consort; Songs of the British Isles, for viol consort; Two Settings of Songs of Thomas Campion, for voice & viol consort; Incant...
Performers: Montano, Alexandra
Conductors:
Ensemble: Parthenia Viol Consort

"The main event, 'A Reliquary for William Blake', is a 32- minute cycle for mezzo and consort that collected Blake's texts into songs, accompanied spoken...continue...

Almost Human / Maya Beiser

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-04-24

Works: Eve Beglarian: I am writing to you from a far off country, for cello, voice & narrator; Joby Talbot: Motion Detector, for cello; Falling, for electric cello
Performers: Beiser, Maya; Montano, Alexandra

"The writings of the Belgian poet, Henri Michaux (1899-1984), are tinged with surrealism. The world he conjures in his prose poem "I am writing to...continue...

Glass: The Witches of Venice

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2006-11-14

Performers: Egan, Kathleen Therese; Haughtaling, Paul; Hoffman, Elizabeth Cassandra; Montano, Alexandra; Moore, Brian; Riesman, Amanda; Worley, James Archie

"The Witches of Venice is a children's book by Beni Montresor that tells the story of children who appear from magical plants (though they are...continue...
Personnel: Amanda Riesman, Alexandra Montano, Brian Moore (vocals).

Recording information: Looking Glass Studios, New York, NY....continue...

Phil Kline - Unsilent Night

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2001-10-01

Works: Phil Kline: Unsilent Night
Performers: Kline, Phil; Lother, Carla; Montano, Alexandra

From Chant to Renaissance / Keene, Voices of Ascension

1 CD / Delos / 1995-01-01

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O virga ac diadema purpurae regis; Ave generosa; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sitivit anima mea; Surge illuminare Jerusalem; Hodie Christus natus est; Ascendo ad Patrem; Wi...
Performers: Baker, Thom [Tenor Vocal]; Farrell, Neil; Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Montano, Alexandra; Peck, Susanne; Stewart, Peter; Theil, Kathy
Conductors: Keene, Dennis
Ensemble: Voices of Ascension