WILLIAM BOLCOM
The Complete Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom Stephanie Acraman & Liam Wooding [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] The musical collaboration between composer William Bolcom and lyricist Arnold Weinstein began in the 1960s, but the witty, highly-successful four-volume cycle of cabaret songs they wrote between 1977 and 1996 is regarded as the pinnacle of their... |
Stephen Clothier, Ross Harris, Neil Johnstone, Sam Leamy, Steve Burridge, Steve Garden
Collapsed Clouds [ Rattle Records / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] How many columns of clouds Had risen and crumbled, I wonder Among other things, these two lines of Japanese poetry by Sora (an Edo period Japanese poet) evoke the natural balance between order and chaos. They inspired and inform the core ideas of... |
LYELL CRESSWELL
Cresswell: The Art of Black and White Stephen De Pledge (piano), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Jennifer Maybee (soprano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Lyell Cresswell is one of New Zealand's most important contemporary composers. He has written for most genres and settings across a broad classical spectrum, but much of his chamber music (particularly unrecorded songs and piano works) remain... |
Steve Barry | Judy Bailey
Elements [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] This album of contemporary piano music for two pianos is an entirely improvised set of pieces featuring two of Australasia's most fearless and adventurous musicians. |
STEVE BARRY
Hatch Steve Barry (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 15/Jun/2018 ] This album of contemporary piano music has been composed and performed by one of the finest of New Zealand's current generation of improvising musicians. Steve Barry has lived, studied, and performed in Sydney for more than a decade, and the... |
Stewart Allen
9 Rooms [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Stewart Allan's 9 Rooms has been a long time coming, with some songs taking shape over many years. During that time, Stewart has been searching for the right sonic framework for his work, a sound world that would serve the aesthetic and intellectual... |
Tania Giannouli Ensemble
Transcendence [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/May/2015 ] Greek pianist/composer Tania Giannouli follows her 2012 Rattle debut (Forest Stories, with Paulo Chagas) with a recording featuring the newly formed Tania Giannouli Ensemble. With influences as diverse as contemporary classical, Greek folk music,... |
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... |
Tania Giannouli, Rob Thorne, Steve Garden
Rewa [ Rattle Records / CD - released 15/Jun/2018 ] The ancient cultures of Greece and Aotearoa inform this expressive set of textural tapestries from pianist Tania Giannouli and one of the leading taonga pūoro exponents, Rob Thorne. REWA was recorded over a two-day period in May 2017, less than a... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy Sonatas and Piano Trio Te Kōkī Trio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 30/Jun/2017 ] For their debut release on Rattle, Te Kōkī Trio has chosen a programme of some of the most beautiful small-scale chamber music ever written, 50 minutes of sublime Debussy. This wonderful recording combines works from the opposite ends of Debussy's... |
BARTOK / J. S. BACH / LIN / SCHUMANN
Digressions Tony Chen Lin (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 19/Apr/2018 ] "Listen to these deeply considered, vital and characterful performances, and wonder why you have never heard of Tony Chen Lin." MusicWeb Recommeded |
Whirimako Black & Richard Nunns
Te More [ Rattle Records / CD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] A tribute to one of Maoridom's most famous early composers, Mahi-ki-te-kapua. Emotionally rich, texturally lush, this beautiful recording brings together two of our finest musical taonga. |
WildSonicBlooms
Where We Overlap [ Rattle Records / CD - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Where We Overlap is a collaboration between Jeremy Mayall, Kent Macpherson, Haco, Horomona Horo, Reuben Bradley, and Megan Rogerson-Berry. The music was recorded over a two-day period in December 2016, and was the first time the ensemble had... |
Dan Poynton
You Hit Him He Cry Out [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Nov/1997 ] Best Classical Album 1998 NZ Music Awards |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD / ROSIE LANGABEER / JOHN PSATHAS / GARETH FARR
Silver Stone Wood Bone Al Fraser (ngā taonga pūoro), Bridget Douglas (western flutes) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 17/Dec/2021 ] New works for flute and taonga pūoro by New Zealand composers, Dame Gillian Whitehead, Rosie Langabeer, Briar Prastiti, John Psathas, Josiah Carr, and Gareth Farr. Bridget Douglas (Western flutes) Al Fraser (ngā taonga pūoro) |
The Chris Mason-Battley Group with Richard Nunns
Two Tides [ Rattle Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] This album brings together two distinct musical sensibilities and explores their similarities and differences through improvisation: Maori instrumentation and European jazz forge new paths within the evolving musical landscape of New Zealand. |
Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns
Te Hekenga-a-rangi [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Jun/2003 ] Highly innovative use of traditional Maori instruments, female voice, etc. Includes exclusive, fascinating video footage on companion DVD |
Inbal Megiddo / Jorge Sosa / Dave Lisik
Invenium Viam [ Rattle Records / CD - released 11/May/2012 ] 'Invenium Viam' is the debut recording of virtuosic cello soloist, Inbal Megiddo, in collaboration with composers and electronic musicians Jorge Sosa and Dave Lisik. |
MANOS ACHALINOTOPOULOS
Flight on Light Manos Achalinotopoulos (clarinet) / John Psathas (sequencing) / Tim Prebble (synth) / etc. [ Rattle Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2011 ] Flight On Light is an extraordinarily passionate and moving album. Clarinetist Manos Achalinotopoulos is one of Greece's most emotive musicians. His music is grounded in folk traditions, but his performances transport the listener into profound and... |
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). |