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CD768: Facets 3: JOHN HOLT, Trumpet. With Sophia Grech, Mezzo Soprano; and Nataliya Sukhina, Piano. James Wintle, Distant Voices from Trumpet and String
Quartet (Igor Borodin and Julia Bushkova, Violins; Katrin Meidell, Viola;
Johannes Kleinmann, Cello); Barbara Harbach, Perambulations for Trumpet and
Piano; Barbara Harbach, Emily! (on texts by Emily Dickinson); Francine Trester,
Four Thoreau Songs (on texts by Henry David Thoreau) for mezzo soprano, trumpet
or flugelhorn, and piano; Francine Trester, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano;
Joseph Klein, Die Knigsknderin (for unaccompanied trumpet); Ulysses Kay, Tromba
for trumpet and piano. UPC
00941477682-2 
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John Holt is
principal trumpet with the Dallas Opera Orchestra and trumpet professor at the
University of North Texas. This is his sixth solo CD on Crystal. His first five
CDs received unanimous acclaim, with Gramophone Magazine describing him as an
elegant, sensitive artist. This CD
features works written for him, plus Tromba by the well-known composer Ulysses Kay.
CD301: BRAHMS
Two Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano; Mitchell Lurie, Clarinet; Leona 
Lurie, Piano. DANIEL KESSNER, Dances for
Clarinet and Guitar; Richard Lesser, Clarinet; Jordan Charnofsky, Guitar. UPC
009414730121. 
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Mitchell Lurie, former principal clarinet with the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphonies under Fritz Reiner, taught at the University of Southern California for 50 years, and is possibly the best-known clarinetist in the world. The Brahms Sonatas were originally on Crystal LP S301, which was one of Crystals best selling LPs. Richard Lesser, one of Luries prize students, was principal clarinet with the Israel Philharmonic for 35 years. This is the premiere recording of Daniel Kesners Dances. Jordan Charnofsky has performed guitar with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, in the World Festival of Sacred Music, numerous times at the Academy Awards celebrations, and for TV / film.
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement shown.Brahms Sonata in F Minor Mvt 1 Allegro appassionato Mvt 2 Andante un poco Adagio Mvt 3 Allegro grazioso Mvt 4 Vivace Brahms Sonata in Eb Major Mvt 1 Allegro amabile Mvt 2 Allegro appassionato Mvt 3 Andante con moto Kessner: Dances Sicilienne Balkan Dance Sarabande Fire Dance
CD695: Inside Out. TOM McCASLIN, TUBA. UPC 00941476952-7. ORDER NOW
Frank Zappa, Outside Now Again
(unaccompanied tuba); Sam Pilafian, Relentless Grooves II (tuba and prerecorded
accompaniment); Jorge Salgueiro, Concerto for Tuba (tuba and piano); Juraj
Filas, Sonate (tuba and piano); Francois Thullier, Rebellion (unaccompanied
tuba); Elizabeth Raum, Tribute (tuba and piano). With Gail Novak, Piano.
The
legendary tuba virtuoso Roger Bobo called Tom McCaslin a great tubist and wrote that the repertoire on this CD is the
most interesting that theres been in a very long time. The CD is a winner. I
predict it will be a big seller. McCaslin has performed with the Auckland Philharmonia,
Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, and Boston Symphony
Orchestra. He has presented recitals worldwide, and is currently Professor of
Tuba and Euphonium at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one
minute of the movement shown.
Pilafian: Relentless Grooves II: Armenia Mvt
1 Liberation Mvt
2 Identity Mvt
3 Lament Mvt
4 Kef Time
Salgueiro: cONCERTO fOR tUBA
Mvt
1 dEPTHS Mvt
2 bEATING Mvt
3 cADENZA Mvt
4 fANTASY Mvt
5 fIREWORKS
Zappa: Outside Now Again Mvt
1 Original Mvt
2 With Effects Filas: Sonate Mvt
1 Moderato Mvt
2 Allegro agitato
Thuillier: Rebellion
Raum: Tribute
CD135: Duos for Cello and Bass.
COENRAAD BLOEMENDAL, CELLO; JOEL QUARRINGTON, BASS. UPC 00941471352-0 ORDER
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Gioacchino Rossini, Duetto for
Cello and Bass; Luigi Boccherini, Sonata in Bb; Franz Joseph Keyper, Rondo Solo
for Bass; Jacques Offenbach, Duo for Cello and Bass; Jules Massenet, Duo for
Bass and Cello; Charles Nicolas Baudiot, Theme and Variations; Don Thompson, In
Memory of Glenn (Duo for Cello and Bass).
Joel
Quarrington is probably the best-known soloist on the string bass in North
America and probably the world. He was principal bass with the Toronto Symphony
from 1991 to 2006, and is presently principal bass with the National Arts
Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. He has performed solos throughout the world and
performed with many of the worlds leading string quartets. Coenraad Bloemendal
has performed solos with orchestras through Canada and plays with some of the
best chamber ensembles in Canada. This CD presents duos by well-known names
from the classical period as well as the world premiere recording (and
performance) of a piece, based on themes by Bach, written especially for the
duo by renowned award-winning composer and jazz bassist Don Thompson. The name
In Memory of Glenn refers to Glenn Gould, with whom Bloemendal, Quarrington,
and Thompson worked frequently. They were involved in the last recording that
Glenn Gould did before his death.
Rossini:
Duetto I.
Allegro II.
Andante molto III.
Allegro Boccherini: Sonata I.
Allegro moderato II.
Grave III.
Minuetto Keyper: Rondo
Solo for Bass Offenbach: Duo I.
Allegro II.
Andante III.
Allegretto Massenet: Duo
Baudiot: Theme
and Variations Thompson: In
Memory of Glenn
CD393: The First Carnegie Hall
Euphonium Recital,
BRIAN BOWMAN, EUPHONIUM. UPC
00941473932-2. ORDER
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Antonio Capuzzi, Andante and Rondo; Arthur Frackenpohl, Sonata for Euphonium and Piano; Walter Ross, Partita for Euphonium and Piano; Samuel Adler, Four Dialogs for Euphonium and Marimba; John Boda, Sonatina for Euphonium and Synthesizer; Erman Picchi, Fantasia Originale.
Marjorie Lee, Piano; Steven Harlos, Piano; Gordon Stout, Marimba.
Internationally-acclaimed
soloist Brian Bowman presented the first-ever Euphonium recital at Carnegie Hall.
This is the program that was performed on that recital. Bowman has been
principal euphonium with the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C., and is
now euphonium professor at North Texas University. He is acknowledged by
many to be the best euphonium player in the world.
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement shown. Capuzzi: Andante and Rondo Frackenpohl: Sonata Moderately Fast Slowly Fast Ross: Partita Toccata Pastorale Furiant Adler: Four Dialogs Quite Slowly Fast and Humorous Slowly and rather lazily Fast with a happy spirit Boda: Sonatina Picchi: Fantasia Originale
CD359: Stellar Saxes, KENNETH TSE and NOBUYA SUGAWA,
SAXOPHONES. UPC 00941473592-8. ORDER
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Paul Hindemith, Concert Piece for two alto saxophones; Jun Nagao, Paganini Lost, for two alto saxophones and piano, and Lovers on the Celestial Sphere, for soprano and tenor saxophones and piano; Masanori Katoh, Oriental, for soprano and alto saxophones; Guy Lacour, Sute en Duo, for two alto saxophones; Victor Morosco, Contemporary Etudes in Duet Form, for two alto saxophones. with Kazuo Murakami, piano.
Nobuya Sugawa and Kenneth Tse are two of the best-known saxophonists in the world. Specializing in premiere performances, they present on this CD some of the most exciting new works for two saxophones. This is Kenneth Tse's fifth CD on Crystal Records. All have been greeted with praise from both critics and consumers. "Tse plays with seductive tonal beauty." (American Record Guide) "If Fanfare awarded grades to recordings, this would rate A+" (Fanfare, writing about Tse's CD658 on Crystal)
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement shown. Nagao: Paganini Lost Hindemith: Konzertstucke Lebhaft Massig langsam, Lebhaft Katoh: Oriental Lacour: Suite en duo Allegro Aria Petite Fugue Largo - Scherzetto Nagao: Lovers on the Celestial Sphere Morosco: Contemporary Etudes Etude 1 Etude 2 Etude 4
CD948: THE VERDEHR TRIO, Making of a
Medium, Vol. 18. "Music
from Down Under" UPC 00941479482-6. ORDER
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information about the Verdehr Trio
Peter Sculthorpe, Baltimore Songlines; Barry
Conyngham, Playground; Douglas Knehans, riv; Richard Mills, Four Miniatures;
Christopher Marshall, Three Aspects of Spring. Click here for further information about the Verdehr Trio.
The
Verdehr Trio – Walter Verdehr, violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet;
Silvia Roederer, piano – is an acknowledged leader in the field of new
music. This is the 18th CD in
"The Making of a Medium" series, in which the Verdehr Trio has
recorded more than 60 premiere recordings, a part of over 200 works that the
group has commissioned. "The breadth of these commissions is
amazing." (Fanfare) The quality of the results is
astonishingly high." (STRAD
Magazine). This CD features music written for the group by composers from
Australia and New Zealand.
Sound
samples (uses RealPlayer)
Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement
shown.
Sculthorpe: Baltimore
Songlines Conyngham: Playground
Knehans: rive
Mills: Four Miniatures Lento
Allegro
Adagio
Presto
Marshall: Three Aspects of Spring October
Idyll Bushwalk
Synergy
CD388: RONALD BORROR, TROMBONE, with Lucy
Shelton, soprano, and Edmund Niemann, piano. UPC 00941473882-0.
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Halsey
Stevens, Sonata for Trombone and Piano; Henry Cowell, Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.
13; Leonard Bernstein, Elegy for Mippy II; Karl Kroeger, Tres Psalmi Davidis;
Otto Luening, Sonata for Trombone and Piano; Arthur Pryor, Annie Laurie (Air
Varie
Ronald Borror is one of New York's most respected
trombonists. He was associate principal with the New York City Ballet Orchestra
and a member of the American Brass Quintet. He is presently Professor of
Trombone at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford. This recording was
originally on Crystal LP S388.
"It
would be fortunate if every instrument had a Ronald Borror" (High Fidelity)
"Ronald Borror's trombone has a rich and sensitive sound which
has allowed him to record a substantial disc of contemporary American trombone
music." (American Record Guide)
Sound samples
CD388 (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear approximately one minute of
the title shown.
Stevens:
Sonata for Trombone and Piano Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Cowell: Hymn
and Fuguing
Tune No. 13 Bernstein: Elegy
for Mippy II Kroeger: Tres Psalmi Davidis Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Luening:
Sonata for Trombone and Piano Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Mvt
4 Pryor: Annie
Laurie (Air Varie)
CD847: ORIGINAL TUNES FOR THE BIG
BASSOON. Susan Nigro, Contrabassoon. UPC
00941478472-8. ORDER
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Ann
Marie Kurrasch, A Day at the Park; Frank Proto, Little Suite for the Big
Bassoon*; Elaine Fine, More Greek Myths & Harlequin Sonata; Joel Bjorling,
Night Shadows* & Dreamscapes*; David Stybr, ContraBassooNova; Giorgio
Koukl, Potato polca. *The works by Proto and Bjorling are for Unaccompanied
Contrabassoon. On the other works,
Susan Nigro is joined by Mark Lindeblad, piano. Click here for more information and cover photo.
Susan
Nigro is probably the world's best-known contrabassoon soloist. This is her
sixth CD on Crystal Records. "Nigro is a veritable Paganini of the
contrabassoon" (Fanfare). "Susan Nigro is the world's
best exponent of the contrabassoon and tames the beast, having it sing and
swoon." (American Record Guide)
Sound samples CD847 (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the
movement shown.
Kurrasch: A Day at the Park I.
Hooray! We're Here! II.
Soliloquy on the Clouds III.
Catching Butterflies Proto: Little Suite for the Big
Bassoon I.
Adagio - Quasi Cadenza II.
Allegro III.
Slow, funky blues IV.
Tempo di Mambo Fine: More Greek Myths I.
Apollo II.
Artemis III.
The Labors of Heracles IV.
Aphrodite V.
Dionysus Bjorling: Night Shadows I.
Prelude II.
Phantasm III.
Mystery Caper Stybr: ContraBassooNova "Um Imaginao do Brasil"
Fine: Harlequin Sonata I.
Moderato II.
Tempo di Siciliano III.
Allegro Bjorling: Dreamscapes I.
Dreamtime II.
Etude III.
Jazz Walk Koukl: Potato
polca
CD271: Reicha: Woodwind Quintets
Vol 11: opus 100, nos. 3 & 4.
Westwood Wind Quintet.
This is the sixth release in
Crystal Records' series of Anton Reicha's 24 woodwind quintets. (released
Sept. 2008) UPC
00941472712-1 ORDER
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for further information
TheWestwood
Wind Quintet has now recorded all 24 of the 24 quintets. Six CDs with 12 of the
quintets are now available. The
remainder will be released as production is completed, probably one CD every 3
or 4 months or so. Click here for further information
"Each
[Reicha Woodwind Quintet] is a masterpiece of the highest order. Those who
ignore this legacy are missing out not only on some terrific wind music but on
some of the finest music ever penned. These pieces are symphonies in miniature,
not only in complexity but also in length – 40 minutes is not
unusual." Ritter, Audiophile Audition.
"These
are glorious quintets...a constant freshness, a feeling of unquenchable
invention...with radiant good humour... The Westwood Wind Quintet has a
standard of ensemble playing that is nothing short of breathtaking. [It is]
something to be cherished." International Record Review.
"The
[Westwood Wind Quintet] players seek, find, and reveal the numerous qualities
that have kept this repertoire alive for almost two centuries." Fanfare
Magazine.
Sound samples CD271
(uses RealPlayer) Click on the link
to hear up to one minute of the movement shown.
Reicha Quintet Opus 100, No. 3 Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Mvt
4 Opus 100, No. 4 Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Mvt
4
Coming (watch this page for release dates):
1. Danilo Lozano, Flute; David Muller, Bassoon. Music for flute and bassoon by Villa-Lobos, Schroder, Gabaye, Osborne, Piazzolla,JanBach, and Bozza.
2. The Naked Clarinet. Tasha Warren, Clarinet. Unaccompanied clarinet music by Rozsa, Ran, Tower, Yehuda, Dzubay, and Larsen.
3. Reicha Woodwind Quintets, vol. 8 of the complete woodwind quintets of Anton Reicha, performed by the Westwood Wind Quintet.
4. Viola and Organ: Carol Rodland and Catherine Rodland. Music by John Weaver, Christophr Gable, Craig Phillips, and Augusta Read Thomas.
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