Nimrod Borenstein - Piano Works

Nimrod BORENSTEIN (b.1969)

Piano Works

Etudes Op. 66 (2019)*

Etudes Op. 86 (2020)*

Reminiscences of Childhood Op. 54 (2012) 

Water Droplets in Venice Op. 75 No.2 (2019)*

Lullaby Op. 81a (2018)*

Tra Nguyen (piano) 

* World Premier Recordings

Released 2024

Alfred Zimmerlin - Euridice - Chamber Music

Alfred ZIMMERLIN (b. 1955)

String Quartet No. 2 (2003)

Euridice singt (2004-05)

String Quartet No. 1 (2001/02) 

Carmina Quartett (Quartet 2)

Æquatour (Euridice singt)

Aria Quartett (Quartet 1)

rec. October 2007, Kultur-& Kongresshaus Aarau (Euridice singt), and August 2006, Radio Studio DRS, Zurich (Streichquartette)

Harrison Birtwistle - Angel Fighter; In Broken Images; Virelai (sus une fontayne)

Harrison BIRTWISTLE (1934-2022)

Angel Fighter * (2009) (1)

In Broken Images (2011-2012) (2)

Virelai (sus une fontayne) (2008) (3)

* Alan Watts (Angel), countertenor

* Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Jacob), tenor

* BBC Singers

London Sinfonietta

David Atherton

(1) Recorded: 20 August 2011 at Cadogan Hall, London, UK

(2) Recorded: 24 May 2012 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

(3) Recorded: 5 December 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

Joan Tower - Strike Zones; Still/Rapids; Small; Ivory and Ebony

Joan TOWER (b.1938)

Strike Zones (2001)

Small (2016)

Still/Rapids

I. Still (2013)

II. Rapids (1996) 

Ivory and Ebony (2009)

Evelyn Glennie (percussion)

Blair McMillen (piano)

Albany Symphony Orchestra

David Alan Miller

Track 1 recorded 18 May 2014 at the Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)

Track 2 recorded 16 April 2016; tracks 3-4 recorded 18 March at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Track 5 recorded 5 January 2017 at Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center, Bard College, New York

Jesper Nordin - Emerging From Currents And Waves

Jesper NORDIN (b.1971)

Emerging From Currents And Waves (For Clarinet, Orchestra And Live Electronics, 2018)

Currents (Part 1)

Emerging (For Clarinet, Orchestra And Gestrument, Part 2)

Waves (Part 3)**

Martin Fröst (clarinet) 

Magnus Holmander**(clarinet solo)

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Recorded 31 August 2018

"Gestrument" stands for gesture instrument.

John Adams - City Noir & Saxophone Concerto

John ADAMS (b. 1947)

City Noir (2009, rev.2013)

Saxophone Concerto (2013)

Timothy McAllister (alto saxophone)

St. Louis Symphony

David Robertson

City Noir recorded February 15-16, 2013

Saxophone Concerto recorded October 5-6, 2013

Recorded at Powell Hall, St. Louis, MO

Gavin Higgins - Ekstasis

Gavin HIGGINS (born 1983) 

Gursky Landscapes for string quintet (2015-18)

Ruins of Detroit for piano trio (2014) 

Seven Welsh Folk Songs for solo violin (2020-21) 

Ekstasis for string sextet (2019) 

Piatti Quartet (Michael Trainor, Zara Benyounes, Tetsuumi Nagata, Jessie Ann Richardson)

Fidelio Trio (Darragh Morgan, violin, Tim Gill, cello, Mary Dullea, piano)

David Cohen (cello)

Thomas Gould (violin)

Sara Roberts (viola)

Recorded 25-29 November 2020, Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, 15 June 2021, 

All Saints East Finchley

Valentin Silvestrov - Symphony No.7; Piano Concertino; Cantata No.4

Valentin SILVESTROV (b. 1937)

Ode to a Nightingale (1983) 

Cantata No.4 (2014) 

Concertino for Piano and Small Orchestra (2015) 

Moments of Poetry and Music (2003) 

Symphony No.7 (2003) 

Inna Galatenko (soprano)

Oleg Bezdorodko (piano)

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

Recorded: 18-24 January 2019, Lithuanian Cultural Centre Recording Studio, 

Vilnius, Lithuania

Arvo Part - The Four Symphonies

Arvo PART (b.1935)

The Four Symphonies

Synphony No.1 "Polyphonic" (1964)

Symphony No.2 (1966)

Symphony No.3 (1971)

Symphony No.4 "Los Angeles" (2008)

NFM Wrocław Philharmonic

Tõnu Kaljuste

Recorded: October 2015 & August 2016, Main Hall of the National Forum of Music, Wroclaw

Lalo Schifrin - Concierto Caribeño; Guitar Concerto; Tropicos

Lalo SCHIFRIN (1932-2025) 

Concierto Caribeño For Flute And Orchestra  

Guitar Concerto 

Trópicos For Chamber Orchestra

Juan Carlos Laguna (Guitar) 

Marisa Canales (Flute)

London Symphony Orchestra

Lalo Schifrin 

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios (1-6) / AR Studio (7-11)

London, UK. July/August 1996

H.K.Gruber - Frankenstein!!; Perpetuum mobile; Charivari; dancing in the dark

H.K.GRUBER (b.1943)

Frankenstein!!

Perpetuum mobile, 'Perpetual Motion'(Johann Strauss II)

Charivari (An Austrian journal for Orchestra)

Dancing in the Dark

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Heinz Karl Gruber (Conductor & Composer)

rec. 25-27 February 2005, BBC Broadcasting House, Manchester.

Alberto Posadas - Oscuro abismo de llanto y de ternura; Nebmaat; Cripsis; Glossopoeia

Alberto POSADAS (b.1967)

Oscuro abismo de llanto y de ternura (2005) for ensemble

Nebmaat (2008) for quintet

Cripsis (2007) for ensemble

Glossopoeia (2009) for 3 dancers, 4 musicians, video and electronics

Ensemble Intercontemporain

François-Xavier Roth 

Recording:

1) 21-22 December 2009, Cité de la musique, Paris

2) 11 April 2008, IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris

3) 11 May 2007, IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris

4) 19 December 2009, IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris

Anna Clyne - Mythologies (Orchestral Works)

Anna CLYNE (b.1980)

Mythologies

1-Masquerade (2013) 

2-This Midnight Hour (2015) 

3-The Seamstress, for viol, voice and orchestra (2014) 

4-Night Ferry (2012) 

5-<<rewind<< (2005, rev. 2006) 

Jennifer Koh (violin)

Irene Buckley (voice)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop 1 

Sakari Oramo 2-3

Andrew Litton 4 

André de Ridder 6

rec. live 7 September 2013, Royal Albert Hall (Masquerade), 7 May 2011, Barbican Hall (<<rewind<<), 11 January 2013, Barbican Hall (Night Ferry), 15 January 2016, Barbican Hall (The Seamstress) & 21 March 2018, Barbican Hall (This Midnight Hour)

Joan Tower - Piano Concerto 'Homage to Beethoven"; Rising; Red Maple; Flute Concerto

Joan TOWER (b.1938)

Piano Concerto — Homage To Beethoven *

Rising **

Red Maple ***

Flute Concerto ****

Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)*

Carol Wincenc (Flute)** ****

Adrian Morejon (Bassoon)***

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Gil Rose 

Piano Concerto (Homage to Beethoven) was recorded on September 10, 2021 at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA.

Red Maple, Rising, and Flute Concerto were recorded on February 7, 2018 at Fraser Studios at WGBH in Boston, MA.

Gavin Higgins - Horn Concerto; The Faerie Bride

Gavin HIGGINS (b. 1983)

Horn Concerto (2023)

Fanfare, Air and Flourishes for solo horn (2021)

The Faerie Bride (2021)*

Ben Goldscheider (horn)

Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano); Roderick Williams (baritone)

Three Choirs Festival Chorus

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Martyn Brabbins*, Jaime Martin

rec. 2024, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (concerto) & the Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK; live 23 July 2023, Gloucester Cathedral (Bride)

Jeff Beal -The Salvage Men and works by Samuel Barber; Daniel Nelson & Eric Whitacre

Choral Works by

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)

Reincarnations, Op.16

Jeff BEAL (b.1963)

The Salvage Men (2014)

Daniel NELSON (b.1965)

The New Colossus (2023)

Eric WHITACRE (b.1970)

A Boy and a Girl (2002)

Three Songs of Faith (1999)

Eric Ericson Chamber Choir

Fredrik Malmberg

Kaija Saariaho - Trios

Kaija SAARIAHO (1952-2023)

Trios

Mirage (2007)a 

Cloud Trio (2009)b

Cendres (1998)c 

Je sens un deuxième coeur (2003)d 

Serenatas (2008)e 

Pia Freund (soprano)a; 

Ernst Kovacic (violin)b; 

Steven Dann (viola)bd; 

Mikael Elasvuo (alto flute)c;

Florent Jodelet (percussion)e; 

Tuija Hakkila (piano)acde; 

Ansi Karttunen (cello)a-e

rec. Järvenpää Hall, 14 March 2011 (Mirage, Cendres) and Helsinki Music Centre, 2

4-26 November 2011 (other works)

Magnus Lindberg & Kalevi Aho - Clarinet Concertos

Magnus LINDBERG (b. 1958)

Clarinet concerto (2001-2)

Kalevi AHO (b. 1949)

Clarinet concerto (2005)

Julian Bliss (clarinet)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Taavi Oramo

rec. 2024, The Grand Hall, City Hall, Glasgow

Kaija Saariaho - Reconnaissance (Choral Music)

Kaija SAARIAHO (1952-2023)

Reconnaissance (Choral Music)

Nuits, adieux (1991)

Horloge, tais-toi ! (2005)

Écho ! (2007)

Tag des Jahrs (2001)

Überzeugung (2001)

Reconnaissance (2020)

Nuits, adieux (a cappella version, 1996)

Helsinki Chamber Choir

Nils Schweckendiek

rec. 2022, Vihti Church, Finland

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Garden of Spaces; Clarinet Concerto; Cantus Articus

Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA (1928-2016)

Garden of Spaces (1971/2003)

Clarinet Concerto (2001)

Cantus Arcticus (1972)

Richard Stoltzman (clarinet)

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Leif Segerstam

Recorded: 6/03 (Clarinet Concerto) & 11/04 (Garden of Spaces & Cantus Arcticus)