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PETER SCULTHORPE
Sculthorpe: Earth Cry / Piano Concerto / Kakadu / etc William Barton (didgeridoo) / Maria Anna Cislovska (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2004 ] "Tasmanian composer Sculthorpe's psychedelic images of primeval times, nature and infinity are well worth your trouble. A superb and breathtakingly inexpensive disc. Miraculously good value at every level." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
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. |
BROPHY / CARTER / GARDNER / XENAKIS / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON
Steep Steps: New Works for Bass Clarinet Andrew Uren (bass clarinet) / 175 East / STROMA [ Atoll Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "Here is a CD of outstanding bass clarinet music from New Zealand and elsewhere, in the solo, ensemble, and chamber concerto genres. I have waited for 20 years to make this CD because I wanted the repertoire to be strong. I believe that now the time... |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
New Zealand Poets in Song Anna Leese (soprano) Matthew Leese (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] New Zealand Poets In Song is the latest release featuring the music of Anthony Ritchie. The songs on this recording span 26 years, and signify many happy collaborations between Anthony Ritchie and various New Zealand poets. |
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... |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
Ritchie: A Bugle Will Do New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Tecwyn Evans [ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] "A hugely enjoyable and rewarding disc of a composer well worth exploring further." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2012) |
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... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 1: No 6 Op 123 & No 8 Op 151 Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] "If its successors are as good as this, the series will introduce us to a lot of very attractive music." (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 5: Piano Concerto in E flat, Op. 42 / Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 177 / etc Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] The fourteen works for piano and orchestra of Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. Intensely lyrical and yet displaying at times a rugged... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes & Transcriptions (recorded in England 1954) Colin Horsley (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] Perhaps the finest NZ pianist of his generation, these London recordings from the mid 1950s sparkle with musicianship. |
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 |
PAUL CRESTON / ANTHONY RITCHIE / KENNETH YOUNG / GARETH FARR / etc.
Gung-Ho: Virtuoso Works for Trombone David Bremner (trombone) with Sarah Watkins (piano) and Leonard Sakofsky (percussion) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/May/2009 ] This superb release was awarded the Best Clasical Album at the 2009 NZ Music Awards. "Gung-Ho is one classy production...one of our premier trombonists...the group's ensemble work is awe-inspiring" (William Dart, NZ Herald) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasia Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Nebolsin hardly puts a foot wrong, and Michael Stern secures rhythmically vibrant playing from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra" BBC Music Magazine |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 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,... |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Alice Helen Medlyn (mezzo-soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Marc Taddei [ Atoll / CD - released 24/Oct/2013 ] Alice was written for Helen Medlyn and the Auckland Philharmonia while Gillian Whitehead was composer‐in‐residence. The first performance was given by Helen Medlyn and the Auckland Philharmonia, conducted by Miguel Harth‐Bedoya, on 17 July 2003... |
PETER MAUNDER
Under the surface Helen Webby (harp), Lisette Wesseling (soprano), Peter Maunder (trombones) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Unusually beautiful instrumental combination of trombone and harp, plus the luminescent voice of Lisette Wesseling. |
LONG ZHOU / YI CHEN
Symphony, "Humen 1839" / The Rhyme of Taigu / The Enlightened New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 5/May/2015 ] "This is thrilling, cinematic music that, although challenging at times, is always gripping." The Kansas City Star |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Six Suites For Solo Cello Inbal Megiddo (cello) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] While much of Bach's music is deeply associated with the church, for six years Bach served as Kapellmeister at the little Calvinist court at Cothen, where sacred music did not hold much importance. Bach was in a unique position, having the resources... |
J. S. BACH
In the Italian Style James Tibbles (harpsichord) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] This recording of eighteenth-century German harpsichord music, made in Auckland, New Zealand, is really about the relationship between an instrument and its music; to be brought to life it relies on a unique collaboration between instrument builder,... |
JONATHAN BESSER / GREG FOX
Cathedral Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral Organ, Dunedin Town Hall), Greg Fox (Guitar & Treatments) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] An improvised live concert featuring Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral pipe organ) and Greg Fox (electric guitar and treatments), originally performed and recorded in 1984, here presented in a newly edit, mixed and mastered version. |
