Upcoming Releases
Music of Aaron Jay Kernis (Phoenix Records 2012)
Ballad for cello and piano; Trio in Red for clarinet trio; Still Movement with Hymn and Fanfare for quartet of clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Contrasts Quartet: with Ayako Oshima, clarinet, Lisa G. Kim, violin, and Evelyne Luest, piano
Current Releases
A Different World: The Music of James MacMillan
(Estile Records 2011)
|| Gregory Harrington, violin, and Simon Mulligan, piano
Fourteen Little Pictures, for piano trio
"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."
**Chosen by Musicweb International as disc of the month, July 2011
Rest: Music of Ushio Torikai (Innova 2009)
Bashulli Pocum
Continuum Ensemble: with Benjamin Fingland, clarinet, and Renée Jolles, violin
"Five very different pieces of uncompromising and experimental modern composition"
–- The Jazz Mann
Keep Going: Music of Elias Tanenbaum (Parma Records 2010)
Changing Times, for piano trio
Ensemble Pi: with Airi Yoshioka, violin, and Idith Meshulam, piano
“brilliant, proud playing … with conviction and verve”
–- Sounds of America, Gramophone, UK
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