Warner, Wendy [Cello]

Dalit Warshaw, theremin: Invocations

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-01-11

Works: Dalit Hadass Warshaw: Desert Call, for solo cello; Transformation, for theremin & string quartet; Variations for solo piano ("Dreidl"); Fable, for string quartet; Kiddush ha-Levanah, for soprano & pi...
Performers: Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Warner, Wendy [Cello]; Warshaw, Dalit Hadass

This recording allowed composer Dalit Hadass Warshaw to feature and reconcile diverse aspects of her musical identity - composer, pianist, and thereminist. The music runs...continue...
Recording information: Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA....continue...

Barber: Complete Orchestral Works / Marin Alsop

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Symphony no 2, Op. 19; Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 22; Medea (Serp...
Performers: Buswell, James; Craigie, Lesley; Gauvin, Karina; Gracie, John; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Prutsman, Stephen; Rancourt, Stephane; Trotter, Thomas; Wall, Simon; Warner, Wendy [Cello]; Williams, Roderick [Ba...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"The first complete orchestral Barber set makes its appearance on the market in the year of the composer's centenary. It's a pretty impressive set of...continue...

Russian Music for Cello & Piano / Wendy Warner, cello

1 CD / Cedille / 2010-08-31

Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Sonata for cello (or viola) & piano no 2 in A minor, Op. 81; Alexander Scriabin: Etude for piano in B flat minor, Op. 8/11; Alfred Schnittke: Musica nostalgica, for cello & piano;...
Performers: Nuzova, Irina [Piano]; Warner, Wendy [Cello]

"Warner's and Nuzova's needn't take a back seat to any... Warner's playing is first-rate, with spot-on intonation, clean articulation, and alert rhythmic pointing. The cellist...continue...
Recording information: Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, WFMT, Chicago (10/27/2008-10/30/2008)....continue...

Wendy Warner Plays Popper & Piatgorsky

1 CD / Cedille / 2009-08-25

Works: David Popper: Suite for Cello and Piano, Op. 69; Pieces (3) for Cello and Piano, Op. 11; Im Walde, Op. 50; Gregor Piatigorsky: Paganini Variations, for cello & piano
Performers: Buck, Eileen; Warner, Wendy [Cello]

"Cellists and collectors will be interested in this program, since it gives us three fine opuses by cellist-composer David Popper (1843-1913) and a fine set...continue...

Cedille on the Move - High Energy Tracks from Chicago's Classical Record Label

1 CD / Cedille / 2009-05-26

Works: John Adams: Road Movies; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta no 1 for strings; Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G major for Flute and Strings; Percy Grainge...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Blackwood, Easley; Cavatina Duo; Dufour, Mathieu; Freer, Elinor; Hagle, Matthew; Huydts, Sebastian; Klein, Alex; Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; Mangos, Georgia; Mangos, Louise;...
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; ; Hege, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Baroque Ensemble; Chicago Chamber Musicians; Encore Chamber Orchestra

"Well-chosen highlights from... a very impressive catalog... selections that show off the label's Chicago-connected artists and/or composers. Most of the repertoire is 20th century, and...continue...

Classical Heat

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Alberto Ginastera: Dances from Estancia, dance suite from the ballet, Op. 8a; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde...
Performers: -Lloyd, David; Alsop, Marin; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bramall, Anthony; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dalayman, Katarina; Engeset, Bjarte; Geringas, Da...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Bramall, Anthony; Bátiz, Enrique; Mund, Uwe; Wildner, Johannes; Morandi, Pier G.; Jean, Kenneth; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Alsop, Marin; Gunzenhauser...
Ensemble: ; Vlach Quartet Prague

Classical Heat collects two discs' worth of fire-related and/or energetic classical music. The first disc, cryptically titled "By the Electric Fire," includes Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, Mars, the Bri...continue...

American Classics - Celebrate the American Spirit

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-20

Works: John Philip Sousa: The Irish Dragoon, operetta; Bullets and Bayonets; Nymphalin, reverie for violin & orchestra (or band); Jack Tar, march for band; Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory, fantasie for ba...
Performers: Alsop, Marin; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brion, Keith; Manning, Peter; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Stromberg, William T. [Conductor]; Warner, Wendy [Cello]
Conductors: Brion, Keith; Alsop, Marin; Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Personnel: Wendy Warner (cello).

Recording information: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia (09/02/1996-05/12/2000); Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (09/02/1996-05/12/200...continue...

American Classics - Barber: Orchestral Works Vol 2 / Alsop

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-03-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 22; Medea (Serpent Heart) (rev. as "Cave of the Heart"), ballet, Op. 23; Adagio for Strings
Performers: Warner, Wendy [Cello]
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Previous issues in the Samuel Barber series on Naxos have met with high praise from the critical press, including a "10/10" rating from Classics Today...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (1999-05-03_1999-05-04&2000-)....continue...

Hindemith: Music for Cello and Piano / Warner, Buck

1 CD / Bridge / 1999-04-20

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 25; A Frog He Went A-Courting, variations (13) for cello & piano; Sonata for cello & piano in E major; Pieces (3) for cello & piano, Op. 8; Sonata for cello...
Performers: Buck, Eileen; Warner, Wendy [Cello]

"Hindemith was both talented and prolific and, like Martinu, he wrote a lot of music in a lot of different genres. This disc is a...continue...

Double Play / Rachel Barton, Wendy Warner

1 CD / Cedille / 1999-01-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Duo for violin & cello no 2 in D major, H. 371; Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello; Zoltán Kodály: Duo for violin & cell...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Warner, Wendy [Cello]

"One runs out of superlatives for a CD such as this . . . it is a joy to hear [these pieces] played with such...continue...

Rorem: Piano Concerto for Left Hand, etc / Graffman, Previn

1 CD / New World / 1994-04-01

Works: Ned Rorem: Concerto for Piano no 4, for left hand & orchestra; Eleven Studies for Eleven Players
Performers: Chang, Choong-Jin; Copes, Steven; Englichova, Katerina; Graffman, Gary; Lafargue, Anthony; Lastrapes, Jeffrey; Leveille, Ryan; Lord, Kathy; Ostling, Elizabeth; Raden, Gregory; Sutte, Jack; Uchida, Re...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Milanov, Rossen
Ensemble: Curtis Institute Orchestra; Instrumental Ensemble