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"Contra-Punctus"
Volume 4 in
the Society
of Composers series, features chamber music
by Martin Rokeach, Allen
Brings, Cynthia Folio, and John Davison.
Compositions:
Rokeach - Sonata for violin and piano; Brings
- Duo Concertante for cello and piano; Folio - Developing
Hues for flute and bass clarinet; Davison - Sonata Pastorale
for flute, cello and piano.
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Tower
Brass Quintet: At Play
A
selection of traditional and contemporary music for brass
quintet brilliantly played by the Tower Brass Quintet: Timothy
McFadden and Brian Bushong, trumpets; Bernice Schwartz,
horn; Jeff Ballast, trombone; and David Saygers, tuba and
bass trombone.
Compositions:
Jan Koetsier - Kinderzirkus; Frigyes Hidas - Jatek; George
Gershwin - Three Preludes (arr. Saygers), Suite from "Porgy
and Bess" (arr. Jack Gale); plus music by J.S. Bach, Reiche,
LeJeune, Marenzio, and Lully.
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CPS-8614
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"America
Sings!"
The third release
in the Society
of Composers series features compositions for
voice and various instruments by Diane Thome, Joelle Wallach,
Gregoria Karides Suchy, George Belden, and Elizabeth Vercoe.
Compositions:
Thome - Three Psalms for chorus and instrumental ensemble;
Mourning Madrigals for soprano, tenor, flute and harp; Suchy
- Twelve Greek Maxims for soprano and piano; Belden - Gilgamesh
for contralto, piano and percussion; Vercoe - Herstory II
for soprano and piano.
"The five works
are solidly crafted..the contrasts between them... make for
an attractive air." - Fanfare
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Britton
Theuer: Fantasie
Features
trumpeter Britton Theuer in works by Gary Smart, Salvador
Brotons, Elliott
Schwartz, and Theuer. Joining Theuer are Stephen Jones,
trumpet; Gary Smart and Elliott
Schwartz, piano; Marilyn Smart, soprano; Steve Barnhart,
percussion; and the Franciscan Quartet.
Compositions:
Theuer - Feste for two trumpets, Fantasia for trumpet and
piano; Smart - Trumpeter Swan for string quartet and trumpet,
Fanfare, Invocation and Alleluia for trumpet, soprano and
piano; Brotons - Trumpet Capdccio for trumpet and electronic
digital delay, Sonata da Concerto for trumpet and piano;
Schwartz
- Sinfonia Juxta for two trumpets, piano and percussion.
"A
trumpeter of considerable gifts.... makes a particularly
impressive showing." - Fanfare
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CPS-8612
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Shadows:
Music of Bruce P. Mahin
Five works by
Bruce P. Mahin
performed by Elizabeth Curtis, soprano; Al Wojtera, vibraphone
and percussion; Caryl Conger, piano; Adam Mahonske, piano;
Mark Lortz and Kujit Rehncy, percussion; David Shumway, cello.
Compositions:
Shadows for soprano, percussion, piano, and computer; Of Mice
and Men for vibraphone and computer; Impressions: Fear for
piano; Rituals for two percussionists and quadraphonic tape;
Cyclic Maneuvers for cello and tape.
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Music of Robert
Baksa
This
is the second recording featuring works by Robert Baksa
performed by Bert Lucarelli, oboe; Naoko Tanaka and Masako
Yanagita, violins; Susan Winterbottom, viola; Ted Hoyle,
cello; Michael Fardink, piano; Jerome Bunke, clarinet.
Compositions:
Quintet for Oboe and Strings; Twelve Bagatelles for piano;
Overture for Clarinet.
"Charming...highly
engaging....Excellent performances by various artists."
- Turok's Choice
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CPS-8610
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"Potpourri"
Second in the
series of recordings featuring works of members of the Society
of Composers, Inc. A variety of styles and media are represented,
performed by new music specialists.
Compositions:
Emmanuel Ghent - Five Brass Voices; Victor Saucedo Tecayehuatzin
- Fluxions; John White - Sonata for violoncello and piano;
Leo Kraft - Second Fantasy for flute and piano; Elliot
Schwartz - Reading Session for clarinet and piano.
"The variety of
pieces...and the excellent performances...made this CD worth
listening to." - Living Music
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Music of Robert
Baksa
The
Virtuosi Quintet performs works of Robert Baksa.
Compositions:
Flute Sonata; Woodwind Quintet No. 1; Quartet for Piano
and Winds
"Baksa's
strengths are transparent textures, ingratiating melodies,
and a certain artistic sincerity - there's nothing gimmicky
or self-conscious about his stuff " - American Record Guide
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CPS-8608
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Electric
Clarinet
F. Gerard Errante
and Burton Beerman perform their own works for electronically-extended
clarinet and those by Jane Brockman, Thea Musgrave, and Vladimir
Ussachevsky.
Compositions:
Brockman - Ningana; Beerman - Masks; Moondance; Wind Whispers,
Sounds and Shouts; Ussachevsky - Four Studies for Clarinet
and EVI; Musgrave - Narcissus; Errante - Elegy for Gilda
"If there is any
hope for contemporary music, it is because of albums like
this. " - Fanfare
"This is...music
that manages to retain an artistic integrity while at once
being truly entertaining. This is no small feat. " - Fanfare
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"View
from the Keyboard"
The
first of a series of recordings featuring works by members
of the Society
of Composers, Inc. A View from the Keyboard
features piano works by John A. Lennon, Raoul Pleskow, Hilary
Tann, and six others.
Compositions:
Vincent McDermott - Magic Ground; William Matthews - Ferns;
Edward Mattila - Six Little Arrays; Thomas Benjamin - That
Old Second-Viennese School Rag; Carlton Gamer -Piano Raga
Music; John A. Lennon - Death Angel; Hilary
Tann -Dopplegaenger; Raoul Pleskow - Caprice; Arthur
Digby Kurtz - Six Preludes on Ostinato Basses and Ornamentations.
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CPS-8606
(SCI CD No. 1)
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Hindemith
und Seine Fruende
(Hindemith
and His Friends)
Flutist Judith
Bentley and pianist Robert Spano perform Paul Hindemith's
Sonate and Acht Stueke for flute and piano, as well as works
by his students Cesar Bresgen, Gunter Raphael, and Harald
Genzmer in premiere recordings.
Compositions:
Hindemith - Sonate for flute and piano, Acht Stueke for flute
and piano; Bresgen - Sonate for flute and piano; Gunter Raphael
- Sonata No.1 for solo flute; Harald Genzmer - Sonate No.2
for flute and piano.
"[Flutist Judith
Bentley] plays marvelously....Highly recommended." - Fanfare
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Contemporary
Clarinet
Features
clarinetist F. Gerard Errante in works for clarinet and
tape, with Lee Jordan Anders,* piano.
Compositions:
Jon Appleton - Endless Melody; F. Gerard Errante - Another
Look at October; William O. Smith - Asana; Adolphus Hailstork
- A Simple Caprice;* Roger Greive - Clarinet Chromatron.
Available in LP format only.
"A
well-deserved bravo...." - NACWPI Journal
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CPS-8604
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New
Music Festival: Virtuosi
A
selection from the Annual New Music and Art Festivals at Bowling
Green State University (OH), featuring composers Eugene O'Brien,
Allan Schindler, Ramon Zupko, and William Albright.
Performers:
Paul Makara, violin; Robert Spano, piano and conductor; Paul
Hunt, trombone; John Sampen, saxophone; and Marilyn Shrude,
piano.
Compositions:
O'Brien - Taking Measures for violin and chamber ensemble;
Schindler - Eternal Winter for computer-generated tape and
trombone; Zupko - Fluxus II for piano; Al bright - Sonata
for saxophone and piano.
"This
CD is to be heard as soon as possible." -Saxophone Journal
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Music
for Piano and Tape
Presents
pianist Jerome Reed in works by Michael Horvit, Elizabeth
Scheidel, Mark Putnam, Burton Beerman, and Charles Bestor.
Compositions:
Horvit - Antiphon Ill; Scheidel - Klavier Double; Putnam
- Maelstrom Empyreal; Beerman - Romance; Bestor - The Second
Moon of Venus. Available in LP format only.
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CPS-8602
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Music
Visions
Features works
by Reynold Weidenaar
and Richard Brooks performed by Weidenaar and clarinetist
F. Gerard Errante as the duo Clarion Synthesis, the Memphis
Woodwind Quintet, and by the Florida State University Percussion
Ensemble, directed by Gary Werdesheim.
Compositions:
Weidenaar - Twilight
Flight; Close Harmony; lmprint; Fooffalls to Return; Night
Flame Rituals. Brooks - Prelude and Lament for woodwind quintet;
Suite for Percussion. Available in LP format only.
"Fine performances...
.Highly recommended...." - Contemporary Record Society
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