Firebrand
Composer: T. Patrick Carrabré Recording details: This is the first full-length CD release of music by Canadian composer T. Patrick Carrabré, and features his first two piano trios, as well as his piano quintet. Carrabré worked closely with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for over a decade. In 2007 he completed six years as the […]
Sonata Album
Featured Faculty Composer: T. Patrick Carrabré CD2 Tracks 4-6. Recording details: Sonata Album contains two discs, with selected pieces reflecting the historical development of the Sonata form and the various approaches and styles to sonatas, from the baroque, classic, romantic, post romantic and modern eras. Sonata Album represents a collection of timeless standards sure to please […]
Delicate Fires
Featured UBC Faculty Artist: Jennifer Butler composer Track 5. For Dreams of Things Which Cannot Be Redshift Music: redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/delicate-fires Released: July 1st, 2007 CREDITS Performers: Tiresias – Mark McGregor, flute; Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano (tiresias.ca) Producers: Mark Takeshi McGregor and Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa Studio manager: Chris Segnitz Engineer: Adam Johnson Assistant Engineer: Graham Lesard Digital Editing: Graham Lesard, […]
Mirages: Music of Dorothy Chang
Artists: Atlas Trio; Kylix New Music Ensemble; Yuri Hooker, cello Featured Faculty Composer: Dorothy Chang Recording details: CMC Link
Alexander Tselyakov plays Variations on the Theme of Paganini
Featured Faculty Composer: T. Patrick Carrabré Track 1. Paganini vs Chopin – The Practice Room Exposé Recording details: Alexander Tselyakov, piano Link
Journey
Artist: Columbus State University Wind Ensemble Featured Faculty Composer: Dorothy Chang, Sunan Dances Recording details: Summit Records, 2005 Link
Mussorgsky & Stravinsky: Music for Two Pianos
Artists: Mark Anderson and Tamariko Siprashvili Recording details: “These are very fine performances with plenty of virtuosity and a lovely burnished tone”— JAMES LEONARD, ALLMUSIC (ALLMUSIC.COM) Nimbus Records, 2004
20th Century Piano Album
Featured Faculty Composer: T. Patrick Carrabré Track 6. Scherzo No.2, The Elemental Wind Recording details: Alexander Tselyakov, piano Link
Copland & Gershwin: An American Recital
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “Mark Anderson brings a compelling grandeur and eloquent fervour to Copland’s imposing Sonata of 1939-41 (apparently Leonard Bernstein’s favourite work), achieving a splendid concentration and unforced gravitas in the riveting concluding Andante sostenuto in particular. …the sound is eminently truthful and the audience impeccably behaved (and, I should add, rightly […]
Brahms: Klavierstücke Op 118 & 119
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “[Mark Anderson] creates a magical oasis of calm in the Op.118 No.2 and finds so much more than mere energy in the robust opening measures of the ‘Ballade ‘. His temperament is ideally suited to the elusive mix of romanticism and pre-impressionism in Op.119 No.1. Quite without cunning or artifice, his […]