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(1949) [9:51]
John
Cage
(1912-1992) Six Melodies
for Violin and Keyboard (1950) [12:20]
Gunther
Schuller
(b.1925) Recitative and Rondo
(1954) [14:59]
Donald
Harris
(b.1931) Fantasy for Violin
and Piano (1955) [8:18]
Leon
Kirchner
(b. 1919) For Solo Violin
(World Premiere Recording) (1985) [9:20]
Duo No.2 for Violin and Piano (2001)
[15:56]
Jean
Coulthard
(1908-2000) Day-Dream (World
Premiere Recording) (1970) [1:33]
Hasse Borup (violin); Mary Kathleen Ernst
(piano)
rec. 20 December 2006 and 3-9 January
2007, National Slovenian Radio in Ljubljana.
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Daniel
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Circling (1981-82) [14.37];
Frank CAMPO
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HOSKEN Clarinet, Interrupted
(2002) [12:33]; Liviu
MARINESCU Homage Collage
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Gary SCHOCKER
(b.1959)
Dear Diary (1995) [7:38]
William TOUTANT
(b.1948) Sonatina (2002)
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Julia Heinen (clarinet); Shari Raynor
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Joseph
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The Futility Room: Uncreate [7:53];
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[3:48]; The Futility Room [0:51]; In The
Decline [3:20]; The Damage Letters [6:21];
[2:04]; The Romance Languages [3:30];
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Dave Rotheroe (live drums) [1, 8]
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Dinos
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Concerto for alto saxophone and chamber
orchestra - Midnight Fantasy II (1989,
rev. 1991) [16:57]
Concerto No. 3 for alto saxophone and
orchestra [14:17]
Homage - A Folk Concerto for alto
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Theodore Kerkezos (alto saxophone)
Nürnberger Symphoniker/Stefanos Tsialis
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Hall. DDD
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Brian
BANKS
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Port Townsend Preludes (2001) [7:14]
Geoffrey Burleson (piano)
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New York City
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Wolfgang
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Goldberg
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Vladimir Feltsman (piano)
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Moscow Conservatory
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Aaron
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Davies
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Nicolae
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Golem,
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Alexandru Apache (baritone) - Golem, The
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Arald, Opera in one act
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Sandru (soprano) - Maria, Empress, Arald’s
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Mandeal
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Luceafărul (The
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Budoiu (tenor) – The Mariner; Ioan Pojar
(tenor) – The Page; Chorus,
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Hary
rec. September 1994, Cluj
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Sacred Songs
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BRETAN My
Lieder-Land: The Songs of Nicolae
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Nicolae
BRETAN My
Lieder-Land: The Songs of Nicolae
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William
MATHIAS
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Symphony No.1 Op.31 (1966) [31:00]
Symphony No.2 (Summer Music) Op.90
(1983) [28:17]
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra/William Mathias
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1990. DDD
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Oboe Concerto (1989) [16:26]
Requiescat, Op. 79 (1977) [8.51]
Symphony No. 3 (1991) [31:24]
David Cowley (oboe)
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String Quartet No. 6 op. 64 (1947) [14:35]
Artis Quartett Wien
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Classical Symphony Op.25 (1926)
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Rodion SHCHEDRIN
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Parabola Concertante for cello,
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Leonard BERNSTEIN
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Kaddish (1963, rev. 1977) [42:39]
Samuel Pisar (narrator) (Bernstein); Noam
Sherrif (narrator) (Schoenberg); Abbie
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Rundfunkchoir-Berlin; Voices of the Staatschor
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Axelrod
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24 Caprices Op. 1
Eliot Fisk (guitar)
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Amor
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Martin Best Consort
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Sonata in D minor BWV 1036 [11:08]
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Othmar Müller (cello)
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BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
William Mathias, conductor
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