Lark Quartet: Composing America (Bridge Records 2014)
Lark Quartet with pianist Jeremy Denk, baritone Stephen Salters and percussionist Yousif Sheronick
"Impressive... Breathtaking... Brilliant... The recording’s three-dimensional reality, captured at SUNY Purchase’s Performing Arts Center, sounds so magnificent that the whole musical experience actually matches the florid imagination of Andrew Waggoner’s booklet-note."
–- Laurence Vittes (Gramophone Magazine)
"… a fascinating anthology, and... exceptionally well-played… It’s hard to imagine a more committed and carefully prepared performance..."
-- International Record Review
John Adams: 5 mvmts from John’s Book of Alleged Dances for String Quartet and Percussion;
William Bolcom: Billie in the Darbies for Baritone and String Quartet;
Aaron Copland 2 Pieces for String Quartet;
Paul Moravec: Piano Quintet
Listen to samples on the Lark Quartet Website
Spanish Classics: Xavier Montsalvatge (Naxos 2013)
Sasha Cooke: Mezzo-Soprano, Tim Fain: Violin, Perspectives Ensemble, Sato Moughalian and Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Folia daliniana; Madrigal sobre un tema popular; Concertino 1 + 13; Serenata a Lydia de Cadaques; 5 Invocaciones al Crucificado
"Whether rhapsodic or invoking rhythmic or popular dance forms, Montsalvatge’s music remains brilliant, clear and individualistic."
listen to excerpt from Madrigal sobre un tema popular (El cantdels ocells)
Gabriela Lena Frank: Compadrazgo (Albany Records 2013)
Ensemble Meme: with Harumi Rhodes and Austin Hartman, violins; Liuh-Wen Ting, viola; Molly Morkoski, piano
4. Tres Homenajes: Compadrazgo
(for Piano Quintet))
Born in Berkeley to a mother of Peruvian/Chinese ancestry and a father of Lithuanian/Jewish descent, Gabriela Lena Frank explores her multicultural heritage most ardently through her compositions.
Listen to samples on emusic.com
An Exhaltation of Larks: Jennifer Higdon (Bridge Records 2013)
Lark Quartet with Gary Graffman, piano; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Blair Mcmillen: piano
Chosen as Album of the Week by New York City's WQXR 3/2013
"Lark Quartet manages a performance that brings together the varying definitions of the word ("Exaltation") into a seamless whole that's as much heart as it is head."
–-WQXR
"The Lark is a quartet rooted in tradition and lyricism, yet the four musicians have an openness and sensitivity to timbre that brings their interpretations nuance as well as occasional edge."
–-New Music Box
Listen to samples on emusic.com
Terror and Memory: Andrew Waggoner (Albany Records 2011)
Open End Ensemble, Corigliano Quartet, Flexible Music, Caroline Stinson: cello, Molly Morkoski: piano, Ensemble Nordlys
Livre for cello and piano (written for Caroline Stinson)
Inventory of Terrors for Piano Quintet
"[Waggoner's] music has everything we have come to expect from the greatest of contemporary composers–-confidence, originality, expressivity, and above all, palpable meaning."
""The performances...are stunning. …the musicians rise to the occasion, delivering impassioned and towering performances. Special praise goes to cellist Caroline Stinson, whose beautiful instrument invariably glows like the voice of hope in the ocean of despair."
--Radu A. Lelutiu, Fanfare Magazine 4/2012
Listen to samples on emusic.com
A Different World: The Music of James MacMillan (Estile Records 2011)
with Gregory Harrington, violin, and Simon Mulligan, piano
Fourteen Little Pictures, for piano trio
Chosen by Musicweb International as disc of the month, 7/2011
"They simply play MacMillan's translucent and yet penetrating music in a way that allows you to hear every nuance, every phrase and every subtlety of texture."
listen to excerpts on amazon
Keep Going: Music of Elias Tanenbaum (Ravello Records, PARMA Recordings 2010)
Ensemble Pi: with Airi Yoshioka, violin, and Idith Meshulam, piano
Changing Times, for piano trio
“brilliant, proud playing … with conviction and verve”
–- Sounds of America, Gramophone, UK
listen to excerpt from Changing Times
Rest: Music of Ushio Torikai (Innova 2009)
Continuum Ensemble: with Benjamin Fingland, clarinet, and Renée Jolles, violin
Bashulli Pocum
"Five very different pieces of uncompromising and experimental modern composition"
–- The Jazz Mann
listen to excerpt from Rest
Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album (Bridge Records 2006)
with Clara Rockmore, theremin and Nadia Reisenberg, piano
with 2 tracks accompanied by cello ensemble
“Intimately involved with Leon Theremin in the development of the instrument, Clara Rockmore's career as a thereminist had her performing with major orchestras and with her sister, the legendary pianist, Nadia Reisenberg”
–- Bridge Records
listen to excerpt from Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
It Is My Heart Singing: Tina Davidson (Albany 2006)
with the Cassatt String Quartet and Stephen Manes, piano
“... emotionally generous, genuinely uplifting music ... by the excellent Cassatt Quartet”
–- David Patrick Sterns, Philadelphia Inquirer
listen to excerpt from It Is My Heart Singing
In Shadow, In Light : Music of Steven Stucky (Albany 2004)
with the Cassatt Quartet
Stucky received the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Music for
Second Concerto for Orchestra.
“great arcs of tensely radiant harmony, beautifully imagined for the medium.”
–- Paul Griffiths, New York Times
listen to excerpt from Nell’ombra, nella luce
Daniel S. Godfrey : String Quartets (Koch 2004)
with the Cassatt Quartet
Selected by The New Yorker as one of 2004’s top 10 releases.
“ These three works are beautifully executed...by the stellar Cassatts”
–- Greg Cahil, Strings Magazine
listen to excerpt from String Quartet No.3
Chamber Music by Lawrence Dillon (Albany 2002)
with the Cassatt Quartet
“ Rich, full-blooded, stylistically uninhibited…[the] performances are knockouts...”
–- Robert Carl, Fanfare Magazine
listen to excerpt from Furies and Muses
David Popper : Romantic Cello Showpieces (Naxos 2001)
with Maria Kliegel and the Esterhazy Orchestra
“ The full score brings out the emotion in the music, and
Caroline Stinson and Johann Ludwig are admirable partners.”
–- David Preiser, ClassicsToday.com
listen to excerpt from Requiem for three cellos