Trakas, Chris Pedro

Daniel Asia: Of Songs & Psalms / Symphony No. 5, Nonet

1 CD / Summit Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Daniel Asia: Symphony no 5; Nonet, for ensemble
Performers: Swensen, Robert; Trakas, Chris Pedro
Conductors: Kawamoto, Koji;
Ensemble: Czech Nonet; Pilsen Philharmonic

Aside from a handful of cantorial pieces, and despite his fondness for setting vocal texts, Daniel Asia didn't begin to explore his deep interest in...continue...

American in Rome - Beaser, Barber, Thompson, etc / Six for Five Wind Quintet

4 CD / Bridge / 2008-10-14

Works: Robert Beaser: Four Dickinson Songs, for soprano & piano; Samuel Barber: In the Dark Pinewood; Beggar's Song; Of that so sweet imprisonment; Songs (3), Op. 10; Randall Thompson: Siciliano, for barito...
Performers: Ahlbeck, Laura; Akahoshi, Ole; Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Bagg, Jonathan; Baker, James; Berman, Donald; Druckman, Daniel; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Leisenring, John; Lim, Sunghae Anna; Macomber, Cur...
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Yoo, Scott; ; Hoose, David
Ensemble: ; Collage Music Ensemble; Curiously Strong Wind Quintet; Opus One Piano Quartet; Trio Solisti

This four-disc collection contains works by 37 composers who composed these pieces while in residence at the American Academy in Rome. The earliest work dates...continue...

Del Tredici: Secret Music / Plitmann, Trakas, Kelly, et al

1 CD / CRI / 2001-05-03

Works: David Del Tredici: Miz Inez Sez, song cycle for high soprano & piano; Baritone Songs (3), no 1, Quietness; Baritone Songs (3), no 2, Drinking Song; Baritone Songs (3), no 3, Matthew Shepard; Brother,...
Performers: Del Tredici, David; Kelly, John; Plitmann, Hila; Trakas, Chris Pedro

"...These songs - often quirky, sometimes poignant, and unfailingly inventive... produce a blending of text and sound that is so complete as to leave the...continue...
Recording information: Theater C Of The Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purchase, (06/21/1999-05/02/2000)....continue...

The Songs of Chausson / Lott, Murray, Trakas, Johnson, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2001-04-01

Works: Ernest Chausson: Mélodies (7), Op. 2; Mélodies (7), for voice & piano, Op. 2; Le Charme, for voice & piano, Op. 2/2; Sérénade Italienne, for voice & piano, Op. 2/5; Le rideau de...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; McGreevy, Geraldine; Murray, Ann; Trakas, Chris Pedro
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chilingirian Quartet

"Older collectors will recall the decades between tantalizing, tiny handfuls of Chausson's 'melodies'... When, at last, an 'integrale' turned up for review several years ago,...continue...

Mozart, et al: Der Stein der Weisen / Boston Baroque

3 CD / Telarc / 1999-08-24

Works: Emanuel Schikaneder: Der Stein der Weisen (Die Zauberinsel), opera
Performers: Baker, Sharon; Bishop, Michael [Engineer]; Deas, Kevin; Ewing, Alan; Haan, Jane Giering-de; Kelly, Paul Austin; Lovat, Judith; Streit, Kurt; Trakas, Chris Pedro

"This singspiel from 1790 has attracted attention because a recently discovered manuscript copy attributes some of its music to Mozart. It's always a major event...continue...

Schumann: Dichterliebe; Zebrowski / Trakas, Zebrowski

2 CD / Titanic / 1999-07-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Ich grolle nicht, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/7; Und wüssten's die Blumen, die kleinen, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/8; ...
Performers: Trakas, Chris Pedro; Zebrowski, Marek