Ziporyn, Evan

Evan Ziporyn: Big Grenadilla; Mumbai / Boston Modern Orch. Project

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2012-04-24

Works: Evan Ziporyn: Big Grenadilla, for bass clarinet & orchestra; Mumbai, for tabla, strings & percussion
Performers: Das, Sandeep; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors: Rose, Gil
Ensemble: ; Boston Modern Orchestra Project

"[Ziporyn's] whole career has been about making us see and hear that music is one world." - The Boston Globe Following the critically acclaimed Frog's...continue...
Recording information: Jordan Hall, Boston (05/29/2011/06/30/2011)....continue...

Clarinet Hive

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-29

Works: Astor Piazzolla: History of the Tango; John Harbison: Trio Sonata, for 2 clarinets & bass clarinet; Gunther Schuller: Duo Sonata, for clarinet & bass clarinet; Thomas E. Barker: Single Six, for bass ...
Performers: Ardan, Laura; Morales, Ricardo; Ognibene, Vincent James; Paradise, Timothy J.; Schoen, Theodore; Ziporyn, Evan

Taking its name from Evan Ziporyn's 'Hive', which grew out of the composer's experience as a beekeeper, this album brings together an engaging selection of...continue...

Igor Stravinsky: An American Soldier's Tale

1 CD / Summit Records / 2010-01-12

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments; L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), suite transcribed for violin, clarinet & piano
Performers: Reynolds, Todd [Violin]; Russo, Andrew; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors: Waybright, David
Ensemble: ; American Chamber Winds

The first recording of Kurt Vonnegut's libretto! Vonnegut's libretto is loosely based on The Execution of Private Slovik, a nonfiction book by William Bradford Huie...continue...

American Classics - Lang: Pierced, Heroin, Wed, etc / Rose, Bleckmann, Real Quiet, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: David Lang: Pierced; Cheating, Lying, Stealing, for bass clarinet, cello, piano & 2 percussionists; How to Pray; Memory Pieces; Lou Reed: Heroin
Performers: Bleckmann, Theo; Russo, Andrew; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors: Rose, Gil;
Ensemble: Real Quiet

"One of the things I like about this disc is that all the pieces try to take classical music someplace it doesn't usually go," declares...continue...

Steve Reich - Phases (A Nonesuch Retrospective)

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-26

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians; Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards; Eight Lines; You Are (Variations), for...
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Beiser, Maya; Benschop, Yvonne; Borden, Barbara; Can, Bang On A; Goud, Ananda; Hartenberger, Russ; Kronos Quartet; Kvistad, Garry; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Metheny, Pat; ...
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Lubman, Bradley; Gershon, Grant; Hillier, Paul; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Bang on a Can; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Members); Members of the Steve Reich Ensemble (Members); Schoenberg Ensemble; Steve Reich & Musicians

"When the history book is written on the minimalist scene that emerged in the 1960s, it's likely that composer Steve Reich will emerge as the...continue...

Waking Winds - Schuller, Child, et al / MIT Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Innova / 2006-04-03

Works: Peter Child: Concertino for violin & chamber winds; Brian Robison: The Congress of the Insomniacs, for wind ensemble; Gunther Schuller: Song and Dance, for violin & large wind enemble; Evan Ziporyn: ...
Performers: Kim, Young-Nam; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors: Jr., Frederick Harris
Ensemble: MIT Wind Ensemble

Glass: Music in Fifths, Two Pages / Bang on a Can

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2004-09-14

Works: Philip Glass: Music in 5ths; Two Pages
Performers: Black, Robert [Bass]; Can, Bang On A; Cossin, David; Glass, Philip; Moore, Lisa [Pianist]; Stewart, Mark; Sutter, Wendy; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bang on a Can

"This ensemble of six musicians created a breadth of sound that often equaled that of an orchestra. This is the closet I have ever heard...continue...
Personnel: Wendy Sutter (cello); Evan Ziporyn (clarinet); Lisa Moore (piano); David Cossin (marimba).

Recording information: Socerer Sound Studios (11/03/2002-11/04/2002)....continue...

Ethel

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2003-10-01

Works: Todd Reynolds: Uh... It All Happened So Fast; John King: Sweet Hardwood; Phil Kline: The Blue Room; Evan Ziporyn: Be-in
Performers: Farris, Ralph; Lawson, Dorothy; Reynolds, Todd; Rowell, Mary; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ethel

"The quality of playing is terrific, but what distinguishes them is the choice of repertoire and their commitment to the works' performance." -The Guardian...continue...

ShadowBang - Evan Ziporyn, With I Wayan Wija

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2003-06-13

Works: Evan Ziporyn: ShadowBang
Performers: Black, Robert [doublebass]; Leandro, Eduardo; Moore, Lisa; Stewart, Mark; Sutter, Wendy; Wija, I Wayan; Ziporyn, Evan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bang On A Can

"I imagine this must have been quite an experience when it was performed in Cambridge in 2002... In any event, you have definitely not heard...continue...

Gigantic Dancing Human Machine - Andriessen / Bang On a Can

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2003-03-11

Works: Louis Andriessen: Hoketus; Worker's Union; Hout
Performers: Black, Robert [doublebass]; Bouwhuis, Gerard; Cossin, David; Craig, Richard; Knoles, Amy; LeGassick, Damian; Moore, Lisa; Pendry, Katherine; Poke, James; Schick, Steven; Stewart, Mark; Sutter, Wendy;...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bang On A Can; Icebreaker (Classical)

Dutch composer Louis Andriessen turned minimalism upside down in the 1970's with his radical musical responses to American experimentalists Reich, Riley and Glass. He challenged...continue...

Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

1 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1998-03-31

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Performers: Armstrong, Rebecca; Beckenstein, Marion; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Bush, Phillip; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; LeBlanc, Jeanne; Lim, Elizabeth; Niemann, Edmund;...

Personnel: Steve Reich (piano, marimba); Jay Clayton (vocals, piano); Marion Beckenstein, Rebecca Armstrong (soprano); Elizabeth Lim, Shem Guibbory (violin); Ken Ishii, Jeanne LeBlanc (cello); Virgil ...continue...

Riley: In C - 25th Anniversary Concert

1 CD / New Albion / 1995-01-01

Works: Terry Riley: In C
Performers: Ackley, Bruce; Adams, Steve [saxophone]; Baker, Don R.; Brooks, George; Brown, Christopher; Coughlin, Steve; Derby, Blake; Douglass, Bill; Douglass, Mihr'un'Nisa; Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David [Violi...
Conductors: Rush, Loren; Riley, Terry