Four Sonatas for Flute & Piano
Virtuoso Linda Wiley performs four flute sonatas from 19th and 20th century composers on FOUR SONATAS FOR FLUTE AND PIANO. The album fulfills her aspiration to record pieces that are both challenging and also personally meaningful to her. These include Sonata For Flute And Piano by Francis Poulenc, Sonate Pour Flûte Et Piano by Jindřich Feld, Sonata In A Major by César Franck, and Recuerdos De Mexico, Sonata for Flute and Piano by Arthur Gottschalk.
Release Date: April 5, 2024
Record Label: Navona Records NV6611
Performers: Linda Wiley, flute; Mei-En Chou, piano
TRACK LISTING:
11 Recuerdos de Mexico: I. Huapango 04:53
12 Recuerdos de Mexico: II. Llorona 05:07
13 Recuerdos de Mexico: III. Yaqui 04:26
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Voices of Earth & Air Vol V
Six contemporary composers from around the world offer breathtaking works that stir the senses on VOICES OF EARTH AND AIR VOL V. From hauntingly beautiful ballads to uplifting choral arrangements and climactic moments of triumph, these composers and performers deliver unique and impactful moments that are sure to strike a chord.
Release Date: August 24, 2023
Record Label: Navona Records NV6538
Performers: The Prairie View A&M University Concert Choir | A. Jan Taylor, Director
John Cornelius, piano
The Axiom String Quartet | Karl Blench, conductor
TRACK LISTING:
11 Litany 10:04
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London Cello Connection
Eight composers, eight highly heterogeneous pieces for cello and orchestra, and one undaunted soloist: LONDON CELLO CONNECTION is an ambitious cross-section of contemporary cello music – and dexterous cellist Ovidiu Marinescu is up to the challenge.
Release Date: March 10, 2023
Record Label: Navona Records NV6514
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra | Miran Vaupotić conductor
Ovidiu Marinescu, cello
TRACK LISTING:
08 Brunetti Meditations 8:40
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Crossroads
Arthur Gottschalk’s Sonata for Violin and Piano pays homage to great jazz violinists of the 20th century, with echoes of “Bluesette” and “When Sunny Gets Blue.”
Release Date: November 12, 2021
Record Label: Navona Records NV6380
Performers: Duo Dramatique
TRACK LISTING:
01 Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Grappelli (Fast Waltz) 4:49
02 Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Frigo (Lazy Ballad) 5:56
03 Sonata for Violin and Piano: III. Venuti (Bebop) 7:27
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IN FOCUS 3
Release Date: December 11, 2020
Record Label: RMN Classical CLS201001
Performers: The Shepherd Symphony Orchestra | Larry Rachleff, conductor
TRACK LISTING:
09 Upon Whose Shoulders We Stand 9:26
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Rocco e Rollo
The seventh volume of Amirani Contemporary is dedicated to Arthur Gottschalk’s music. Here you find three of his brilliantly transversal works featuring Rocco Parisi’s bass clarinet infinite vocabulary in an engaging performance. Gottschalk’s compositions span from angular, dissonant to speeding up sound masses to contrapuntal intriguing melodies, chamber flavored moments along with rock, boogie and other dance rhythms.
Release Date: January 2020
Record Label: Amirani Records
Performers: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | Allan Wilson, conductor; Rocco Parisi, bass clarinet
TRACK LISTING:
01 Rocco e Rollo 19:46
02 Quintet for Bass Clarinet and Strings 22:27
03 Doo Wop Decostruction 7:33
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Modern Music for Piano 2
Fakebook II pays homage to some of the great jazz pianists and composers of the mid-Twentieth to Twenty-first Century. The movements incorporate the pianistic styles and gestures of the pianists whose names provide the titles, and each elaborates upon a tune or tunes associated with them.
Release Date: October 29, 2019
Record Label: RMN Classical
Performers: Brian Connelly
TRACK LISTING:
04 Fakebook II, nr 1 Corea (live version) 5:41
05 Fakebook II, nr 2 Tatum (live version) 3:42
06 Fakebook II, nr 3 Brubeck (live version) 4:57
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Art For Two
A collection of works by acclaimed composer Arthur Gottschalk and performed by Italian woodwind extraordinaires Sauro Berti and Mario Ciaccio, accompanied by the skilled hands of pianist Naomi Fujiya.
Release Date: September 14, 2018
Record Label: Navona Records NV6185
Performers: Mario Ciaccio, Sauro Berti, Naomi Fujiya and the Eccher School of Music Vocal Ensemble
TRACK LISTING:
01 Benny, Zoot and Teddy 12:03
02 Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano: I. Allegro con fuoco 4:06
03 Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano: II. Waltz Nocturne 4:29
04 Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano: III. Bravura! 4:29
05 Oh, More or Less 5:55
06 Sonata for Bass Clarinet & Piano: I. Overture. Salt Peanuts Memorial Barbecue 4:26
07 Sonata for Bass Clarinet & Piano: II. Motet. Ancient Incantations 4:52
08 Sonata for Bass Clarinet & Piano: III. Finale. Green Dolphy Street Boogie 4:43
09 Shalom 7:27
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Ancestral Voices
A landmark work – recorded in Havana, Cuba – highlights the album: Gottschalk’s Imagenes de Cuba incorporates sounds and music from Cuban culture, from the Cuban national anthem to protest songs to the sounds of a busy Havana square.
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Record Label: Navona Records NV63130
Performers: Apollo Chamber Players
TRACK LISTING:
01 Imágenes de Cuba: I. Manisero 6:51
02 Imágenes de Cuba: II. Guajira 6:23
03 Imágenes de Cuba: III. Timba 8:34
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Chévere
Gottschalk’s work draws on his many trips to Cuba, referencing various elements of modern Cuban culture as observed in his travels.
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Record Label: Ansonica Records AR0005
Performers: Apollo Chamber Players
TRACK LISTING:
01 Imágenes de Cuba: I. Manisero 6:51
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A Long Wave In Common
Release Date: June 10 2016
Record Label: Navona Records NV6380
Performers: Igor Urruchi, Mario Molina
TRACK LISTING:
01 Sonata for Bass Clarinet and Piano: I. Overture – Salt Peanut Memorial Barbeque 4:54
02 Sonata for Bass Clarinet and Piano: II. 5:46
03 Sonata for Bass Clarinet and Piano: III. 5:32
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Modes
Arthur Gottschalk’s song cycle for soprano and string quartet, Five Songs of Love, features poems from sources as diverse as Harlem poet Langston Hughes to Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Record Label: Navona Records NV6051
Performers: Karol Bennett, mezzo-soprano, The Gotham Quartet | Quan Jiang, Lun Jiang, violins; Sheila Browne, viola; Cheng-Hou Lee, cello
TRACK LISTING:
04 No. 1, Daybreak in Alabama 5:24
05 No. 2, The One Who Stayed 4:43
06 No. 3, Sun Song 2:02
07 No. 4, An Aged Woman 3:48
08 No. 5, Hemos Perdido Aun 4:36
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Requiem: For The Living
American composer Arthur Gottschalk’s momentous masterwork, REQUIEM: FOR THE LIVING, an 8-movement, 45 minute work for full orchestra, chorus, and four soloists, including tenor Alberto Mizrahi and Grammy-nominated soprano Lauren Snouffer, resigns the fear of uncertainty by celebrating the rich narrative of Western art and culture.
Release Date: September 11, 2015
Record Label: Navona Records NV6009
Performers: St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra | St. Petersburg Chamber Choir | Vladimir Lande conductor; Alberto Mizrahi, tenor; Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Timothy Jones, bass; Andrea Jaber, alto; Daniel Mutlu, tenor
TRACK LISTING:
01 Requiem for the Living: Introit – Yizkor – Kyrie 4:56
02 Requiem for the Living: Dies Irae – Night of Power – Rex tremendae 7:48
03 Requiem for the Living: Offertorium – Buddha – Canzonas 6:59
04 Requiem for the Living: Sanctus – Ellington – Benedictus – Hosanna 3:55
05 Requiem for the Living: George Eliot – Agnus Dei 6:59
06 Requiem for the Living: Lux Aeterna – Mohammad 4:27
07 Requiem for the Living: Gospel – Spiritual – Libera me 7:56
08 Requiem for the Living: Fanfare – In Paradisum 6:13
09 Requiem for the Living: Introit – Yizkor – Kyrie (Alternate Version) 4:48
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Solo Non Solo
SOLO NON SOLO, the debut Ravello Records release of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s bass clarinetist Sauro Berti, presents contemporary works for solo bass clarinet as well as for traditional and unusual duos, including those with percussion, saxophone, narration, and electronics.
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Record Label: Navona Records RR7894
Performers: Sauro Berti, Mario Ciaccio
TRACK LISTING:
12 Oh, More or Less 5:53
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Moto Perpetuo: Moving Works For Cello
On MOTO PERPETUO, a collection of moving works for cello by March, Bartholomew, Beeler, Sherrill, Gottschalk, and Ascioti, the music is bound by the instruments simultaneous steadfastness and adaptability and the composers’ shared ability to seize and control the instruments expressive timbre and range.
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Record Label: Navona Records NV5901
Performers: Ovidiu Marinescu
TRACK LISTING:
15 Sonota for Cello and Piano: In Memoriam: I. MB 6:19
16 Sonota for Cello and Piano: In Memoriam: II. RF 9:10
17 Sonota for Cello and Piano: In Memoriam: III. RJ 5:55
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Flute Music Of The Americas Vol. 2
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Record Label: Beauport Classical BC 4111
Performers: Merrie Siegel, Milton Laufer
TRACK LISTING:
08 Recuerdos De Mexico: I. Huapango 4:35
09 Recuerdos De Mexico: II. Llorona 4:49
10 Recuerdos De Mexico: III. Yaqui 4:23
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Millennial Masters Vol. 2
Release Date: 2011
Record Label: Ablaze Records ar-00007
Performers: Shepherd Brass Quintet
TRACK LISTING:
08 Heavy Metal 8:38
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Bassoon & Friends
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Record Label: MSR Classics MS 1367
Performers: Wen-Lei Gu, Paula Brusky, Kay Kim
TRACK LISTING:
04 American Nights for Bassoon, Violin and Piano: Hopper 7:05
05 American Nights for Bassoon, Violin and Piano: Kerouac 7:11
06 American Nights for Bassoon, Violin and Piano: Josyph 8:46
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Fleeting Visions Collaboration 2
Release Date: June 29, 2008
Record Label: Beauport Classical BC1084
Performers: Leone Buyse, Michael Webster
TRACK LISTING:
01 Sonatina Casada: Two Birds 3:32
02 Sonatina Casada: Flirtations 4:12
03 Sonatina Casada: Two Dancers 5:33
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Mélange
Release Date: 2005
Record Label: Capstone Records CPS-8755
Performers: Jeri-Mae Astolfi
TRACK LISTING:
13 Fakebook I
Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax Vol. IX
Record Label: AURecordings AUR CD 3122
Performers: Scott Plugge
TRACK LISTING:
Shall We Gather
60X60
Record Label: Capstone Records CPS-8744
TRACK LISTING:
Phase 58
The Brass Menagerie
Record Label: University of Michigan School of Music Recordings UMSM-11
Performers: Abe Torchinsky, conductor
TRACK LISTING:
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Additional Recordings
Hear No Evil: The Art Guys Tribute Album
Performers: Joe LoCascio, piano; Bob Chadwick, flute
TRACK: Infinite Tears
Synthése Bourges 2003
Record Label: Mnémosyne Musique Média, BP-39
Performers: Kirsten Eade, flute
TRACK: The Mother of Peace
United States Armed Forces Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
Record Label: Mark Records MCD-2282
Performers: R. Winston Morris, conductor
TRACK: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
A Summit Jazz Adventure
Record Label: Summit Records DCD 1005
Performers: Rice Jazz Band | Thomas Bacon, horn
TRACK: Cookin’ with Bacon
Rice University Faculty Composers
Record Label: Essential Sound CDC-101
Performers: Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra
TRACK: Amelia
You Sing Anything Goes
Record Label: Pocket Songs PS 502
TRACK: Anything Goes
The Sky and the City
Record Label: FMM Recordings CS-1001
Performers: Kirk Whalum, saxophones; Erich Avenger, guitar
TRACK: The Sky and the City
Music of Champions
Record Label: USOF CSS-86
Performers: Choralis Brass
TRACK: Festival Fanfare
Contemporary Eclectic Music for the Piano, Vol. IX
Record Label: New Ariel Recordings
Performers: Jeffrey Jacob, piano
TRACK: Fakebook II
60X60 2006
Record Label: Vox Novus VN-002
TRACK: Phase 59