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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 |
DAVID GRIFFITHS / DAVID HAMILTON / ANTHONY RITCHIE / EVE de CASTRO-ROBINSON / etc
Spirit of the Land Tower Voices New Zealand / Karen Grylls [ Trust / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] This recording presents works from over three decades of New Zealand choral composition which draw upon the words of New Zealand poets and take their inspiration from the landscape of Aotearoa (New Zealand). From one of the earliest, David Hamilton's... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio Op 1, No 3 (with Brahms - Piano Trio in C) Turnovsky Trio [ Trust / CD - released 1/Aug/2000 ] The debut album by the Turnovsky Trio! |
J. S. BACH
Trinity: J.S. Bach soprano arias Ursula Langmayr (soprano), with Alison Dunlop (oboe, oboe d'amore), Uwe Grodd (flute, bass flute), Martin Rummel (cello) & James Tibbles (harpsichord) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] 'This beautifully recorded CD introduces us to Ursula Langmayr who's full-bodied but pliant tone suits this repertoire perfectly. The ensemble playing is world class' Ella@Marbecks |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Complete Electro-Acoustic Works [3 CDs plus DVD] Various performers [ Atoll Records New Zealand / 4 CD/DVD - released 17/Jul/2004 ] Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001) is considered 'the father of New Zealand music'. After considerable success, he rejected composing for acoustic musical instruments and turned wholly to the creation of electronic works because he felt they would more... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS & POETS
Parihaka: The Art Of Passive Resistance Various performers [ Morrison Music Trust / CD - released 21/Dec/2000 ] Music inspired by story of Parihaka, and extracts from poems commissioned by the Gallery for the exhibition, read by the poets themselves. |
ROSS HARRIS / HOROMONA HORO
Harris / Horo: Requiem for the Fallen Voices NZ / NZ String Quartet / Richard Greager (tenor) Horomona Horo (taonga puoro) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] Requiem for the Fallen honours the memory of soldiers who died in the First World War. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pluck Helen Webby (harp) [ Ode Records / CD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] Ten NZ composers were commissioned by Helen Webby to write short works for harp, and premiered at the 2012 Otago Festival of the Arts. |
DWYER / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON / CLARKE / HAMMOND / WILLIAMS
Breathe: New Notes for Flute from Ireland & New Zealand William Dowdall (flutes) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Noted Irish solo flutist Wliiam Dowdall presents a cuttingiedge selection of modern works for flute by Irish and NZ composers. |
JACK BODY
Songs of Death and Desire Xiao Ma (male soprano), Mere Boynton (mezzo), Anna Pierard (mezzo) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Young [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 12/May/2015 ] Dramatic and passionate songs in three languages; includes symphonic arrangements of six arias from Bizet's Carmen, and settings in Spanish and Maori of texts by women about love and life. |
GAO PING / WOJCIECH KILAR / ANTHONY RITCHIE / JACK BODY / etc
Adrianna Lis: Rozmowa / Dialogue Adrianna Lis (flute) / Sarah Watkins (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] "Modern virtuoso music for flute from Poland and NZ" |
ROSSI / FROBERGER / JOHN BULL / BOHM / BACH
Fantastic Musick for the Italian Harpsichord Anthony Jennings (harpsichord) [ Trust / Atoll / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Great early music exponent in his last harpsichord recordings... |
VAUGHAN WILLAIMS
The Best of (Incls The Wasps Overture & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) David Greed (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony / English Northern Philharmonia / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest in folk-song yet underpinned by a personal vision and language. |
CHEN GANG / XIAN XING-HI
The Yellow River Piano Concerto / The Butterfly Lovers Piano Concerto Chen Jie (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] The Yellow River Concerto is one of the most popular of all Chinese works, a richly melodic exploration of scenic variety, and a forceful expression of patriotic pride. Written in 1958 by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao, The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sings Opera Dame Major Malvina (soprano) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [ Kiwi-Pacific / CD ] A night at the opera with our own Dame Malvina |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2 Diedre Irons (piano) Christchurch Symphony / Marc Taddei [ Trust / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] Diedre Irons was born in Winnipeg, Canada. A child prodigy, she made her first solo appearance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at the age of twelve playing Schumann's Piano Concerto. |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Diedre Irons (piano) Christchurch symphony / Marc Taddei [ Trust / CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] The complete cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos is continued with this live recording of the third and fourth concertos. |
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: Violin & Piano works Elizabeth Holowell (violin) Dean Sky-Lucas (piano) with Cameron Rhodes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "The music of Douglas Lilburn with its clear connection to both his teacher, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and to the landscape of his beloved New Zealand, is a delight and an inspiration." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
My Spirit Sang all Day The Graduate Choir, NZ / Terence Maskell, conductor / Claire Caldwell, piano [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 11/Aug/2005 ] In March, 2001, a few singers met to formalise an idea which had been growing for some time - that was to establish a choir which would have as its nucleus a number of singers who had been former members of the acclaimed choirs of Aorere College,... |
BRUCE PAINE
Paine: Waitemata Reverie, New Zealand Guitar Music, Vol. 3 Gunter Herbig (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Classical guitar music has flourished in New Zealand in recent years, and Bruce Paine, among the country's leading composers for the instrument, is one of the most imaginative and original. This album charts the course of his writing from one of his... |
