Thomas, Mary

Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series, Vol. 2

3 CD / Wergo / 2009-12-08

Works: Luigi Nono: Polifonica - Monodia - Ritmica, for 6 instruments and percussion (2 versions); Bruno Maderna: Serenata no 2 for 11 instruments; Luciano Berio: Différences, for flute, clarinet, harp,...
Performers: Barab, Seymour; Butterfield, Don; Castagner, Jacques; Hacker, Alan; Hammond, Don; Kraus, Philip; Lewis, Walter; Manning, Jane; Orton, Richard; Pierre, Francis; Quinn, Barry; Raimondi, Matthew; Soyer,...
Conductors: Maderna, Bruno; Berio, Luciano; Maxwell Davies, Peter
Ensemble: ; Pierrot Players

Recorded between 1960 and 1973, the original eighteen LPs that comprise Earle Brown's legendary Contemporary Sound Series have been highly sought after in the secondary...continue...

Alfred Deller - The Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 2 - Music of Henry Purcell

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-09-02

Works: Henry Purcell: Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Music for a while; I love and I must, Z 382 "Bell Barr"; Let the dreadful engines (from "Don Quixote"), song, Z. 578/3; Oedipus, Z 583; Fairy ...
Performers: Baines, Francis; Bergmann, Walter; Bevan, Maurice; Brown, Wilfred; Cantelo, April; Clift, Dennis; Dales, Ellen; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; English, Gerald; Eskdale, George; Friedma...
Conductors: Leonhardt, Gustav; Deller, Alfred; Tippett, Michael; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble

Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy / Boulez, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: György Ligeti: Sonata for cello; Bagatelles (6) for wind quintet; Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"); Pieces (10) for wind quintet; Quartet for Strings no 2; Atmosphè...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Boyd, Douglas; Cascioli, Gianluca; Gawriloff, Saschko; Haimovitz, Matt; Hardenberger, Håkan [Trumpet]; Hosford, Richard; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Manning, Ja...
Conductors: ; Abbado, Claudio; Franz, Helmut; Boulez, Pierre; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; Ensemble InterContemporain; Wiener Blasersolisten

"With the passing of Gyorgy Ligeti on 12 June, 2006 at the age of 83 in Vienna following a lengthy illness, the musical world has...continue...

Ancora - Casken: Golem / Bernas, Music Projects London

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-05-05

Works: John Casken: Golem
Performers: Beswick, Judith; Clarke, Adrian; Cotterell, Stephen; Hall, John; Harrhy, Paul; Hockings, David; Honour, Colin; Irvine, Robert; McFarlane, Belinda; Morris, Richard; Preston, Sophia; Robson, Christophe...
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: Music Projects, London

20/21 - Ligeti: Volumina, Harmonies, etc / Boulez, et al

1 CD / Deutsches Grammophon / 2002-08-13

Works: György Ligeti: Volumina, for organ; Study no 1 "Harmonies," for organ; Pieces (3) for 2 pianos; Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Nouvelles aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Myster...
Performers: Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Manning, Jane; Pearson, William; Pontinen, Roland; Thomas, Mary; Zacher, Gerd
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

'Volumina, Drei Stucke fur 2 Klaviere,' and 'Nouvelles Aventures' appear for the first time on CD, newly remastered for this reissue. 'Volumina' is a cluster...continue...

Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, etc / Atherton, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-09-14

Works: Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on "Die Dreigroschenoper"); Mahagonny Songspiel, for soloists & orchestra; Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; Happy En...
Performers: Dickinson, Meriel; Langridge, Philip; Liddell, Nona; Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Rippon, Michael; Thomas, Mary

"That Kurt Weill had an imaginative range is strikingly reinforced in this superb collection...It will be a revelation to many to hear performances of such...continue...