Oppens, Ursula

Vytautas Bacevicius: Piano Music Vol. 1 - The Complete Mots / Gabrielius Alekna, Ursula Oppens: pianos; Matthew Lewis, organ

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-07-10

Works: Vytautas Bacevicius: Mot for piano no 1, Op. 18; Mot for organ no 2, Op. 21; Mot for piano no 3, Op. 27; Mot for piano no 4, Op. 31; Mot for piano no 5, Op. 59; Mot for piano no 6, Op. 72; Mot for 2 ...
Performers: Alekna, Gabrielius; Lewis, Matthew [Organ]; Oppens, Ursula

Lithuanian pianist and composer Vytautas Bacevi ?cius (1905 - 70) is one of the undiscovered pioneers of 20th-century music. His series of seven Mots ('Words')...continue...

Winging It: Piano Music of John Corigliano / Oppens

1 CD / Cedille / 2011-05-31

Works: John Corigliano: Winging It, improvisations for piano; Chiarascuro, for 2 pianos; Fantasia on an Ostinato, for piano; Kaleidoscope, for 2 pianos; Etude Fantasy
Performers: Lowenthal, Jerome; Oppens, Ursula

Winner of an Academy Award, four Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize, American composer John Corigliano (b.1938) has written more than 100 scores. His new...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (12/07/2010-12/10/2010)....continue...

Two Piano Music of Messiaen & Debussy / Oppens; Lowenthal, pianists

1 CD / Cedille / 2010-08-31

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l'amen; Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir
Performers: Lowenthal, Jerome; Oppens, Ursula

"Given two capable, dedicated pianists willing to devote the time to learning their own parts and then putting them together accurately, the end result has...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (2009-06-03_2009-06-04&2009-)....continue...

Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol 5 / Loeb, Boehler

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-11-10

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Lazy Andy Ant, children's story for voice/narrator & piano, C. 112; Suite for Marthe Krueger, for 2 pianos; The Angel, song for voice & piano (Singables no 2), C. 160/2; Die Reichen sic...
Performers: Boehler, Matt; Buzby, Wendy; Garcia, Zac; Loeb, Rebecca Jo; Oppens, Ursula; Whitmore, Mathew [Vocals]

Volume 5 of Bridge's Stefan Wolpe series contains premiere recordings, and is the most musically wide-ranging of any of Bridge's Wolpe CD's to date. The...continue...

Long Road Home / William Bernewitz

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Conradin Kreutzer: Das Mühlrad for soprano, clarinet & piano, Op. 72, KWV 9110-01; Richard Strauss: Andante for horn & piano in C major (fr...
Performers: Anderson, Carol; Barnewitz, William; Bird, Anne Carolyn; Butler, Margaret; DiDonato, Joyce; Gutierrez, Eglis; Holloway, Jennifer; Oppens, Ursula; Soluri, Ted

Bill Barnewitz offers chamber works which feature the horn either as a solo personality or integrated into an ensemble. Throughout, Bill, like an operatic interpreter,...continue...

Oppens Plays Carter - The Complete Piano Music

1 CD / Cedille / 2008-11-01

Works: Elliott Carter: 90+; Retrouvailles; Night Fantasies; Diversions (2); Matribute; Sonata for Piano; Intermittances, for piano; Caténaires, for piano
Performers: Oppens, Ursula

"Ursula Oppens has been a steadfast and masterful champion of Elliott Carter's music for more than three decades, and her recital encompassing the prolific 100-year-old...continue...

Picker: Keys to the City, Four Etudes for Ursula, etc / Ursula Oppens

1 CD / Wergo / 2008-09-09

Works: Tobias Picker: Etudes (4) for Ursula; Old and Lost Rivers; Pieces (3) for Piano; Where the Rivers Go; ... when soft voices die..., for piano; The Blue Hula for Piano solo; Concerto for Piano no 2 "Ke...
Performers: Oppens, Ursula; Picker, Tobias

New York City native Tobias Picker was described by the Wall Street Journal as, "our finest composer for the lyric stage" and by BBC Music...continue...

Stravinsky: Music for 4 Hands; DEbussy, Bolcom, etc / Paul Jacobs, Aaron Copland, Oppens

2 CD / Arbiter / 2008-04-29

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for piano, 4 hands (1912 & 1948 reductions); Pieces (3) transcribed for piano, 4 hands (from Pieces for string quartet); Concerto for 2 solo...
Performers: Copland, Aaron; Jacobs, Paul; Oppens, Ursula

Paul Jacobs and Ursula Oppens recorded Stravinsky's piano music for four hands in 1977 and 1981. It receives its first CD release here, restored from...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...

Wolman, Dove: Thomas and Beulah / Hayman, Oppens, Wolman

2 CD / Innova / 2006-04-10

Works: Amnon Wolman: Thomas and Beulah
Performers: Haymon, Cynthia; Oppens, Ursula; Wolman, Amnon

American Classics - Tower: Instrumental Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-08-16

Works: Joan Tower: In Memory, for string quartet; Big Sky, for violin, cello & piano; Wild Purple, for solo viola; No Longer Very Clear; Island Prelude for oboe & string orchestra
Performers: Chee-Yun; Chen, Melvin; Emelianoff, Andre; Neubauer, Paul; Oppens, Ursula; Tower, Joan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet

The recordings are uniformly excellent in both the chamber and solo settings. This release marks an important document of the composer, and a fine addition...continue...

Carter: Piano Concerto, Three Occasions, etc/ Gielen, Oppens, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-06-14

Works: Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto; Concerto for Orchestra; Three Occasions
Performers: Oppens, Ursula
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

This album contains some of Elliot Carter's most significant orchestral works in definitive performances conducted by Michael Gielen, known especially for his championing of modern...continue...

Carter: Quintets and Voices / Oppens, Arditti SQ, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2003-12-09

Works: Elliott Carter: Fragment II, for string quartet; Quintet for piano & strings; Syringa, for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone & 11 instruments; Tempo e Tempi, for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello; Q...
Performers: Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Niedich, Charles; Oppens, Ursula; Purvis, William [Horn]; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vocals]; Solomon-Glover, Andre; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Asbury, Stefan
Ensemble: Ensemble Sospeso, New York City

An Irving Fine Celebration at the Library of Congress

1 CD / Bridge / 2002-09-01

Works: Irving Fine: Choruses (3) from Alice in Wonderland, 1st series; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Partita for Wind Quintet; Quartet for Strings; The Choral New Yorker, 4 choral patterns for chorus & piano...
Performers: Holt, Joseph; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Oppens, Ursula
Conductors:
Ensemble: Colorado Quartet; Zéphyros Winds

Winds of Nagual - Strauss, Colgrass, et al / Thompson, et al

1 CD / Summit Records / 2002-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare, AV 109; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for piano & wind instruments; Michael Colgras...
Performers: Oppens, Ursula
Conductors: Thompson, Mallory
Ensemble: Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Lees, Shawn: Piano Concertos; et al / Hobson, Oppens, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-05-01

Works: Andrew Bishop: Crooning; Allen Shawn: Piano Concerto; Paul Creston: Dance Overture for orchestra, Op. 62; Benjamin Lees: Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Oppens, Ursula
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

"Another splendidly recorded American program from Albany with the impressive Albany Symphony. Allen Shawn's colorful new piano concerto was written for Ursula Oppens, that tireless...continue...

Charles Wuorinen - Music of Two Decades Vol 1

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-05-23

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Trio for Strings; Arabia Felix; Variations for Piano; Variations I for Flute; Variations II for Flute solo; Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch; Speculum Speculi
Performers: Blackwell, Virgil; Blackwood, Easley; DesRoches, Raymond; Dunkel, Paul; Fitz, Richard; Graham, John; Hudson, Benjamin; MacCourt, Donald; Miller, Robert; Oppens, Ursula; Palma, Donald; Schulte, Rolf; ...
Conductors: Sherry, Fred;
Ensemble: Group for Contemporary Music; Speculum Musicae members

Fanfare
The disc is drawn primarily from Nonesuch originals recorded in 1971 and 1974. In addition to restoring some major Wuorinen back into circulation, they serve...continue...

Thorne, Sessions: Piano Concertos / Oppens, Taub, Dunkel

1 CD / New World / 1994-06-16

Works: Roger Sessions: Piano Concerto; Francis Thorne: Concerto No 3 for piano & orchestra
Performers: Oppens, Ursula; Taub, Robert
Conductors: Dunkel, Paul Lustig
Ensemble: Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra

Carter: Piano Concerto, Variations for Orchestra

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto; Variations for Orchestra
Performers: Hambrecht, George; Harrod, William; LeGrand, Thomas; Oppens, Ursula; Ruder, Phillip; Sharp, John; Street-Ramsey, Marna
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

American Piano Music of Our Time Vol ll / Ursula Oppens

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1992-07-01

Works: John Harbison: Sonata for Piano no 1 "Roger Sessions in Memoriam"; Frederic Rzewski: Mayn Yingele; Conlon Nancarrow: Canons (2) for Ursula; Tobias Picker: Old and Lost Rivers; Anthony Davis: Middle P...
Performers: Oppens, Ursula

Brahms: Viola Sonatas, etc / Westphal, Oppens

1 CD / Bridge / 1990-11-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1
Performers: Oppens, Ursula; Westphal, Barbara