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GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Shadows Crossing Water Stamic Quartet, Jindřich Pazdera (violin) Vilém Veverka (oboe) Patricia Goodson (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] This project began with a concert of my music in Prague in 2012, curated by American-born Prague-based pianist Patricia Goodson and featuring some of Prague's most respected musicians, including the Stamic Quartet, oboist Vilém Veverka, and Patricia... |
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TANIA GIANNOULI
Solo Tania Giannouli (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 8/Jun/2023 ] Tania's fifth album for Rattle is a beautifully conceived set of expressive piano improvisations, 24 concentrated, deeply personal works full of vulnerability and searching honesty. Solo is an artistically fearless, profoundly musical album, a work... |
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MAURICE RAVEL / FRANCIS POULENC / GABRIEL FAURE
Réveiller - Violin Sonatas Bella Hristova (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Sep/2024 ] Réveiller is an exploration of some of the most exquisite French works for violin and piano, featuring sonatas by Ravel, Poulenc, and Fauré. Each piece evokes a unique character, blurring the lines between dreams and reality. |
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JOHN PSATHAS
White Lies [Soundtrack] Emma Sayers (piano) Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) Sasha Gachenko (bass) Matt Cave (bass) & others [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] White Lies is a single piece of music for piano, taonga puoro and strings composed by John Psathas. The music was written for the film White Lies, directed by Dana Rotberg and released by South Pacific Pictures. The story is based on the novella... |
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TRISTAN CARTER / GARETH FARR / JACK HOOKER / ANTON KILLIN
NAGA - New Music For Gamelan Gamelan Padhang Moncar & Gamelan Taniwha Jaya [ Rattle Records / CD - released 11/Apr/2014 ] "Naga is a collection of outstandingly imaginative pieces, performed with impressive skill and panache by our two gamelan ensembles" says album producer Jack Body. For three-weeks of July 2013, the New Zealand School of Music's two gamelan... |
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Tania Giannouli / Paulo Chagas
Forest Stories [ Rattle Records / CD - released 14/Dec/2012 ] Improvisations, silences, avant-garde, modern 20th century music, jazz, classical, world, the meeting of cultures (Greek and Portuguese), conflicting emotions, introspection and anguish, the penumbra of the forest, mystery and magic, Forest Stories... |
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GRG67 & Roger Manins
The Thing [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] On December 10, 2016, GRG67 performed 'recital no.3' as part of Roger Manins's Doctor of Musical Arts requirements. This album represents just some of the music performed that afternoon. KungFu Alto, Bicycle Buddies, Dark Bright, Chook 40, and Psalm... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Intermezzi Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] The Brahms Intermezzi are among the finest works ever written for solo piano, and it is our very great pleasure to release this wonderful album to mark the occasion of Michael's 70th birthday. |
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ROSS HARRIS / JONATHAN BESSER
Free Radicals Ross Harris | Jonathan Besser [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Free Radicals were a Wellington-based art music duo active in the early 80s, described by one reviewer as 'Eno meets industrial punk meets Stockhausen'. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas Bella Hristova (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 4/Sep/2023 ] The Brahms Violin Sonatas are at the core of the violin and piano duo repertoire. From the exquisitely flowing melodies of the G major sonata to the warm-heartedness of the A major sonata and finally to the vast and turbulent D minor sonata, the music... |
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JOHN PSATHAS
Helix / Kartsigar / Songs for Simon Donald Nicolson / New Zealand String Quartet / NZ Trio / John Psathas [ Rattle Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2011 ] Helix is a truly 21st century album. Inspired by an eclectic range of musical interests, the album takes the listener on a millennia-leaping journey, from the sounds of the ancient Mediterranean, through the dance music of 18th century Italy, to the... |
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Gillian Whitehead
Ipu [ Rattle Records / CD ] Ipu is a poetic tale of love based on a story by Tungia Baker (translated into Maori by Wena Tait). Literally, an ipu is a gourd used to carry food and goods. Accordingly, ipu korero denotes a storyteller, someone who 'carries' stories. The ipu is... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Perspectives Henry Wong Doe (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] An album of recent commissions for solo piano featuring works by Gemma Peacocke, Leila Adu-Gilmore, Alex Taylor, Poulima Salima, Leonie Holmes, and Penelope Axtens. "This album celebrates the artistry of six New Zealand composers. The recent... |
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Jade String Quartet
Melencolia [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2025 ] String quartets have long been the preferred choice for composers seeking to express their most personal thoughts and expand their musical voice. For Anthony Ritchie, the string quartet medium is one of the most challenging in classical music,... |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano Monique Lapins (violin), Jian Liu (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 22/Jul/2022 ] An album of newly recorded works composed by Béla Bartók featuring Monique Lapins (violin) and Jian Liu (piano). |
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JACK BODY
Pulse: Transcriptions & Sources New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / New Zealand String Quartet / Norio Sato & Kei Koh [ Rattle Records / 2 CD - released 30/May/2001 ] CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2002 New Zealand Music Awards. |
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Nga Tae
Nga Tae [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Apr/2012 ] Nga Tae is Richard Nunns (taonga pūoro), Horomona Horo (taonga puoro, vocals), Waimihi Hotere (vocals) and Paddy Free (keyboards, programming). |
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JOHN PSATHAS
View From Olympus-Concertos for saxophone, percussion and piano Pedro Carneiro (percussion) / Michael Houstoun (piano) / Joshua Redman (saxophone) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Marc Taddei (conductor) [ Rattle Records / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Three concertos bring three soloists at the top of their game, together with the NZSO to create the most ambitious orchestral recording project in New Zealand history. Includes a DVD about the recording featuring interviews and footage from the... |
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PHIL BROADHURST
Soliloquy Phil Broadhurst (solo piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Recorded in November 2019 on the grand piano in his home, the tone of Phil's final album is fittingly intimate, reflective and introspective, but without ever becoming heavy, dark or sentimental. |
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Roger Manins
Trio [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] Saxophonist and New Zealander Roger Manins comes with passionate New York inspired, consummate, virtuosic, humourous ideas that are forged from a depth of tradition and tempered by an openness to change. |