Wu, Mia

Artist Profile Series - Adams, Tavener, Lindberg, Rzewski / Ralph van Raat

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-05-26

Works: John Adams: Phrygian Gates, for piano; American Berserk, for piano; China Gates, for piano; Hallelujah Junction; Frederic Rzewski: Variations (36) for Piano on "The People United will Never be Defeat...
Performers: Anderson, Thad; Bates, Leon; Cho, Seung Won; Fairs, Henry; Francis, Graeme; Greene, Arthur; Martin, Stephen; Otto, Jeff; Raat, Ralph van; Soroka, Solomia; Veen, Maarten van; Wu, Mia
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Morrow, James; Wit, Antoni; Inkinen, Pietari

American Classics - A Continuum Portrait Vol 9 - Erickson

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-05-29

Works: Robert Erickson: Recent Impressions, for piano & chamber orchestra; Songs (2), for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, viola & piano; High Flyer, for solo flute; Summer Music, for violin & tape
Performers: Lang, Ellen; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Seltzer, Cheryl; Wu, Mia

Robert Erickson was a formidable guiding spirit as composer and teacher, acting as a mentor for a whole generation of California-trained composers. He utilized many...continue...

American Classics - Thomson: A Continuum Portrait

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Virgil Thomson: Synthetic Waltzes; Songs (4) to Poems of Thomas Campion; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Two by Marianne Moore; Praises and Prayers (5)
Performers: Evans, Rachel; Krakauer, David; Lang, Ellen; Reit, Alyssa; Sachs, Joel; Seltzer, Cheryl; Wu, Mia

Much of Thomson's early music, which comprises setting of Stein's poetry and the 'Synthetic Waltzes', balances modernity and classicism, and the 'Sonata for Violin &...continue...

American Classics - A Continuum Portrait Vol 6 - Seeger

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-07-19

Works: Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite no 1, for five wind instruments & piano; Sonata for violin & piano; Two Ricercare, for voice and piano; Prelude no 9 "Tranquillo"; Piano Study in Mixed Accents, for piano;...
Performers: Heineman, Susan; Hughes, Nan; Kitsopoulos, Maria; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Sachs, Joel; Seltzer, Cheryl; Wu, Mia
Conductors: Sachs, Joel
Ensemble: Continuum

Ruth Crawford Seeger was a pioneering figure of the American modernist movement. Her earlier mature works, such as the 'Sonata for Violin & Piano', show...continue...

American Classics - A Continuum Portrait Vol 5 - Nancarrow

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Conlon Nancarrow: Piece no 1 for Small Orchestra; Toccata for Violin and Player Piano; Work(s); Study for Player Piano no 15, canon 3/4; Tango?, for piano; Sonatina for piano; Trio no 1, for clarinet...
Performers: Krakauer, David; Roy, Celeste Marie; Sachs, Joel; Seltzer, Cheryl; Wu, Mia
Conductors: Sachs, Joel

"I found these pieces so engaging and the performances by Continuum so expertly made that I wanted to play this disc over and over." -...continue...

American Classics - A Continuum Portrait Vol 3 - Ives

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Ives: The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Soliloquy; On the Antipodes, song for voice & 2 pianos, S. 319 (K. 6B71); The Gong on the Hook & Ladder or Firemen's Parade on Main Street for strings, pi...
Performers: Evans, Rachel; Gruesser, Eva; Lauridsen, Beverly; Sachs, Joel; Schonbrun, Sheila; Seltzer, Cheryl; Villamil, Victoria; Wu, Mia
Conductors:
Ensemble: Continuum

An heir to New England Transcendentalism, Ives shared its reverence for the beauty and power of the individual. His love for spontaneous, untrained creativity led...continue...

American Classics - A Continuum Portrait Vol 1 - Cowell

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Henry Cowell: Set of Two Movements (2), for piano, HC 549; The Fairy Answer, for piano strings, HC 453; Fabric, for piano, HC 307; Tiger, for piano (Two Pieces no 2), HC 463/2; Quartet for flute, obo...
Performers: Lang, Ellen; Sachs, Joel; Seltzer, Cheryl; Wu, Mia
Conductors: ; Sachs, Joel
Ensemble: Continuum