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MATTHEW MARSHALL
Fragments Matthew Marshall (guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] This wonderful album of music written specifically for classical guitar by some of New Zealand's finest composers features classical guitarist Matthew Marshall in a set of recordings made by Radio New Zealand producers and engineers, 1993 - 1995. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] Following the monumental set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, Michael Houstoun and Rattle proudly release a superb account of the Diabelli Variations, thirty-three variations on a waltz by Anton Duabelli composed by Ludwig van Beethoven... |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN / KENNETH YOUNG / MIKE NOCK / GAO PING / etc
Inland: New Zealand composers Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2007 ] NZ MUSIC AWARDS: CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2008 - This 2 disc, solo piano album by New Zealand's favourite classical musician both stretches and soothes. Inland realizes Michael Houstoun's long-held goal to record the music of composers he has... |
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SATIE / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / FAURE / POULENC
Michael Houstoun - Trois Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Oct/2017 ] Michael Houstoun's second release on Rattle in 2017, following the exceptional tour de force of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, is a selection of personal favourites from the repertoire of French piano music. Trois is an album of absolutely... |
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JENNY MCLEOD
McLeod: 24 Tone Clocks Michael Houstoun (piano), Diedre Irons (piano) [ Rattle Records / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2016 ] Featuring two of New Zealand's finest pianists, Jenny McLeod's 24 Tone Clocks is the definitive recording of an extraordinary series of compositions. A lifetime in the making, 24 Tone Clocks is a summation of Jenny's decades-long immersion into Peter... |
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Neil Johnstone, Sam Leamy, Steve Garden
Chalk Dogs [ Rattle Records / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] CHALK DOGS is a series of multi-layered works created during (and in response to) New Zealand's Covid-19 lockdown between April and June 2020. The project was developed and completed entirely in isolation and explores the blurred lines between inner... |
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New Zealand Guitar Quartet
The Passing of A Black Star [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] "The Passing of a Black Star is a tribute to David Bowie. Like many Bowie fans, I was shocked and saddened by his passing. The inspiration for this piece was Bowie's final album Blackstar, and the work encapsulates my emotions following his... |
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ANTHONY RITCHIE
Ritchie: Symphony No. 6 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich [ Rattle Records / CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] Symphony No. 6 is a meditation on love, death, and the afterlife. From the plaintive saxophone solo at the start to the mysterious flights of spirits in the third movement and the grieving of the finale, this symphony takes the listener on an... |
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BRIGHT SHENG / ROSS EDWARDS / TORU TAKEMITSU / GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Bright Tide Moving Between NZTrio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2008 ] "…a miracle of synergy & synchronicity…" (William Dart, NZ Herald). "Dashing young & direct… violinist Justine Cormack, cellist Ashley Brown, & pianist Sarah Watkins have impressive crudentials - when they combine there are fireworks" (Kate Mead -... |
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MOZART / YUDANE / PART / CASTRO-ROBINSON / RAVEL
Flourishes NZTrio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] The third album by one of NZ's most accomplished classical groups. Playing with the boundaries of contemporary chamber music, NZ Trio brings its much-heralded blend of contrasting works to its new album. |
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Norman Meehan / Hannah Griffin / Hayden Chisholm
Small Holes In the Silence [ Rattle Records / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] Following the popular and critically acclaimed Buddhist Rain and Making Baby Float, Norman Meehan and Hannah Griffin teamed up with saxophonist Hayden Chisholm for this third instalment in their New Zealand poetry series. The relaxed serendipitous... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lightbox NZTrio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 8/May/2015 ] For their third Rattle release following their two Best Classical Album nominated releases, Bright Tide Moving Between (2008) and Flourishes (2011), NZTrio's exceptional new recording features recent commissions by some of the finest of the current... |
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BUNCH / COWAN / PENAFORTE / BAILEY / SCHOENFIELD
Sway NZTrio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] NZTrio's Sway perfectly encapsulates their shared ambition to bring joyful, vibrant, life-affirming music to audiences in all corners of the world. |
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Peter Hobbs
Luminescence [ Rattle Records / CD - released 25/Mar/2023 ] Luminescence documents Peter's exploration of both synthesis and the natural world. Most of the works were improvised from melodic and rhythmic seeds, while others were spontaneously written on location in the wild. "Connecting more with nature,... |
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Peter Hobbs
Tomo [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] "The compositions on this album were performed on keyboards, modular synths, drums, trumpet, pūtōrino, ocarina and cello. They are also fused with ambient field recordings from the tracks composed in the caves of the Waitakere Ranges. The music was... |
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Phil Dadson, Paul Winstanley, Tom Nunn
961 [ Rattle Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] 961, the moniker for a building situated at 961 Field Rd, Marin Headlands (USA), became the project tag for a weekly collaboration between Tom Nunn (US), Paul Winstanley (US/NZ) and Phil Dadson (NZ). During Phil's three-month artist residency at... |
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RICHARD NUNNS
Tuhonohono: The Weaving Richard Nunns / Judy Bailey / Steve Garden [ Rattle Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] Tühonohono, marries European (read ECM) form with Pacific texture. This is an unashamedly lush, ambient, spacious album, evoking a sense of mystery as it weaves together the strands of two apparently distant musical tonalities. |
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Richard Nunns / Mark Lockett
Redaction [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Jun/2015 ] Redaction, featuring renowned taonga pūoro exponent Richard Nunns, one of our longest serving and most consistently adventurous artists, was conceived first and foremost as an art-project. |
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Richard Nunns, Natalia Mann, David Long
Utterance [ Rattle Records / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Richard Nunns has been an inspiration to countless artists across a range of disciplines around the world, but his influence on the cultural landscape of Aotearoa is enormous. One simply can't quantify the value of Richard's contribution, not only... |
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Rob Sinclair, Bevan Revell
Pansousiance [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Recorded during the first Covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand, the introspective tone of Rob Sinclair and Bevan Revell's Rattle debut evokes the familiar imagery of our post-pandemic world, and it touches on some of the many challenges artists face as... |