new zealand composers
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Arapātiki
Gillian Whitehead
ACD 412 | more info
Smaller-scale Whitehead, all pieces based on a single artistic theme – and featuring solo bassoonist Ben Hoadley.
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O Cambodia
NZTrio & Tray So
ACD 541 | more info
3 Western classical musicians meet three traditional Cambodian musicians.
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Notes from a Journey
New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ)
Five brilliant modern pieces for quartet, made for the performers.
Winner Best Classical Album at Vodafone NZ Music Awards 2011
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The Juniper Passion
Michael F. Williams & John G. Davies
ACD 243 | more info
Three worlds collide in this moving tale of conflict, passion and betrayal.
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Angel at Ahipara
Christopher Blake
NZSO Strings cond. Kenneth YoungACD 441 | more info
Dramatic string works, inspired by Robin Morrison images of Northland, performed by NZSO and Kenneth Young.
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Toru
Martin Lodge
ACD 143 | more info
Brilliantly performed chamber works by Martin Lodge
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Steep Steps
Andrew Uren
Andrew Uren:
“…outstanding bass clarinet music from New Zealand and elsewhere, in the solo, ensemble, and chamber concerto genres…”
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Douglas Lilburn Master Works for Strings
Martin Risely violin with The Chamber Players of The New Zealand School of Music
Definitive performances of mainly unrecorded string masterpieces by Lilburn
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Ritual Auras
Karlheinz Company
ACD 842 | more info
This CD typifies the Karlheinz ensemble’s constant search for personality and character in over 30 years of contemporary music presentations.
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A Bugle Will Do
Anthony Ritchie, NZSO cond. Tecwyn Evans
Symphony No 3 is “…compelling, rhythmically dynamic and unashamedly honest” – Marion Poole.
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Releasing the Angel
Eve de Castro-Robinson
NZSO cond. Kenneth YoungWilliam Dart, NZ Herald:
5 Stars – “palette of many colours… primal percussion… a never-ending source of adventure.”
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Octopus
Anthony Ritchie
Robert Johnson, RadioNZ ‘Critics’ Chair’
“If I'm particularly taken with the string quartet, it has to be said that the other three works on the disc are also very impressive.”
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Douglas Lilburn - Violin and Piano Works
Holowell/Sky-Lucas/Rhodes
Elizabeth Holowell:
"The music of Douglas Lilburn with its clear connection to both his teacher, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and to the landscape of his beloved New Zealand, is a delight and an inspiration."
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Under the Surface
Peter Maunder
Unusually beautiful instrumental combination of trombone and harp, plus the luminescent voice of Lisette Wesseling.
Charms & Knots
David Griffiths
"a cry from the heart" – Art song settings of poems by Charles Brasch, A.R.D. Fairburn and George Herbert.
Passing
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) conducted by Kenneth Young
Fresh orchestral sounds from 9 Australasian composers. Studio recording made during the 2007 Asia Pacific Festival. A perfect celebration of diversity, innovation and cross-fertilisation of cultures...
Decadence
Besser and Bravura
Celebrating 10 years of Besser & Bravura recorded live at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, November 2009.
Remember Parihaka
Auckland Chamber Orchestra cond. Peter Scholes
For their debut disc ACO and Music Director Scholes have recorded four of Anthony Ritchie’s smaller-scale orchestral works.
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Ahi
The Ogen Trio
with Peter Scholes and David GriffithsDynamic performances of recent NZ works for piano trio.
"Sublime and haunting" William Dart, NZ Herald.
The Prodigal Child
Michael Williams, Alan Riach
Michael Williams' chamber opera, with libretto by Alan Riach, explores three souls in crisis - the setting is New Zealand but the story is universal.
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Complete Electro Acoustic Works
Douglas Lilburn
Lilburn turned wholly to the creation of electronic works because he felt they would more accurately portray New Zealand in its own right. 4 disc set includes includes DVD...
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The Islands
Christopher Blake
First available recording of Blake's epic symphony "The Islands ", plus three dramatic tone poems...
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Viola Aotearoa
Tim Deighton
Virtuoso presentations of modern NZ repertoire for viola, including three previously unrecorded works...
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PACIFIC 3-2-1-ZERO
From Scratch
Parts 1 & 2 Live. An anti-nuclear performance recorded live June 1986...
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A Chaos of Delight
Eve de Castro Robinson
Various Artists...
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Fanfares for a New Millenium
Auckland Philharmonia
11 fanfares for the 21st Century: Blake, de Castro-Robinson, Rimmer, Palmer, Psathas, Meridan-Skipp, Elmsly, Buchanan, Cree Brown, Dadson, Hamilton...
Puhake ki te rangi
Gillian Whitehead
with Richard Nunns taonga puoroMusic for European and Maori traditional instruments.
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Piano Preludes
Anthony Ritche
Premier recording of Ritchie’s 24 Piano Preludes, brilliantly performed by Sharon Vogan.
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TAKU WANA / THE WHEEL TURNS
Helen Fisher
Two song cycles, with words by Lauris Edmond and Wi Kuki Kaa...
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YOU GOT YOUR WISH
Jonathan Besser & Bravura
New York-born, composer/pianist Jonathan Besser, offers here his take on Tango...
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Mr Darwin's Dances
Jonathan Besser
"You can smell the brine on the swaggering shanties, fiddle tunes and hornpipes"...
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Other Echoes
Eve de Castro Robinson
Auckland Philharmonia & New Zealand Symphony Orchestra...
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Points in a Changing Circle
Grant Cooper / Concord Brass
Electro/Acoustic music for brass: Lilburn, Elmsly, Harris, Rimmer. With support from The Lilburn Trust...
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Kenneth Young Symphony
NZSO
(ATOLL/TRUST PRODUCTION)
" ...arguably the most exciting New Zealand symphony I've heard."...