New Zealand Birds of the Forest / Brian Hands Concert Orchestra
Melody of the Birds [ Viking Seven Seas / CD ] Bird calls of the New Zealand forest heard to the lush background of a string orchestra. Versions of many of Māoridom's best loved melodies played by the Brian Hands Concert Orchestra. Among the tunes are "Pōkarekare Ana", "Haere Mai",... |
Cut Off Your Hands
Blue on Blue [ Levityland Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] Playing an infectious, art-influenced brand of proto-punk indie rock, the young NZ quartet Cut Off Your Hands has been riding high on a wave of critical acclaim and industry attention. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Overtures for Organ Four Hands Pietro Pasquini & Francesco Zuvadelli (organ‐4‐hands) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] Although usually performed by large orchestras, this new release brings the overture - an introduction to an opera, ballet, suite or oratorio - to the organ, in innovative arrangements for four hands. |
ERIK SATIE
Complete works for piano four-hands Sandra & Jeroen van Veen (piano four-hands) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen were established in 1987, and since then have toured extensively. |
The Brian Hands Concert Orchestra
Lure of the South Seas (LP) [ Viking Seven Seas LP / LP - released 18/Nov/2016 ] The Orchestra of Brian Hands was well known throughout the South Pacific where it earned a high reputation for distinctive arrangements of the music of Polynesia. Featured soloists are Michael Gibbs (trumpet), Keith Evans (trombone), Ronald... |
Cut Off Your Hands
You and I [ Speak N Spell / Universal Music New Zealand / CD - released 9/Oct/2008 ] After debuting in 2006 with the bristling 'Shaky Hands' EP, Auckland 4-piece, Cut Off Your Hands quickly set stages and airwaves on fire across New Zealand, Australia and beyond... |
Hot Little Hands
Dynamite in Black and White [ Isaac Promotions / CD - released 23/Apr/2009 ] Three years in the making, this ambitious debut features a who's who of Australian musicians including Architecture in Helsinki's Gus Franklin, James Wilkinson from High Pass Filter and Guitar tapping maestro, Cornel (aka Qua). |
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Hysterical [ Universal Music / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] |
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Only Run [ Xtra Mile/ Kartel / CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] "As Always," the first song on Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's fourth album, is an enormous-sounding rush of ambient noise, thunderclap snare shots, iridescent guitar beauty and singer Alec Ounsworth guardedly assuring, "Sooner or later I will change/And... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Piano Music Vol. 5: Overtures Alexander Paley, Brian Zeger (piano, four hands) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Weber's childhood was in a theatrical environment as the family was part of his father's touring theatre company. He had been born in 1786 in Germany and given the names Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber. His education was haphazard as the company... |
Hands
Synesthesia [ Kill Rock Stars / CD - released 26/Apr/2013 ] |
Hands Like Houses
Ground Dweller [ Rise Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] |
Cut Off Your Hands
You and I: Limited Edition [ Speak N Spell / Universal Music New Zealand / 2 CD/DVD - released 9/Oct/2008 ] This strictly limited version of the 'You and I' album includes a bonus DVD, which features six videos by Cut Off Your Hands. |
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah [ V2 Music / CD - released 4/Jul/2006 ] CYHSY have received numerous accolades from the music press, including selection as a "Hot Band" in Rolling Stone's annual "Hot Issue" and were the NME's pick of the CMJ Music Marathon in September 2005. |
Hands Like Houses
Unimagine [ Warner / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] |
Bear Hands
Burning Bush Supper Club [ Other Tounges / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2011 ] Includes exclusive second disc! Bear Hands present their addictive power indie pop with their debut album, 'Burning Bush Supper Club'. |
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
New Fragility [ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] New Fragility is the 6th album by indie band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the music project led by Philadelphia-born Alec Ounsworth. Since their debut album in 2005, which garnered positive reviews and press attention, they have been operating pretty... |
Hundred in the Hands
Hundred in the Hands [ Warp Records / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] |
The Hundred in the Hands
Red Night [ Warp / CD - released 22/Jun/2012 ] Sophomore album from Brooklyn Electronic Indie Pop duo The Hundred in the Hands. |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Blue Beth & Flo (Pianos / Piano Four Hands), Grace Davidson and Julia Doyle (sopranos), Joshua Davidson (treble), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] This is Oliver Davis' first album dedicated to the piano, and specifically two pianists, Dutch piano duo Beth & Flo. The album features this dynamic duo playing four hands piano and also on two pianos with full orchestra. The song cycle 'Siren Songs'... |