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Andrew Violette Songs and Dances
Andrew Violette,
Ben Capps, 
Exuberant cello romping


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Maya Beiser Provenance
Djivan Gasparian, Douglas J Cuomo, Evan Ziporyn, Jimmy Page, Kayhan Kalhor, Robert Plant, Tamar Muskal,
Bassam Saba,  Etty Ben-Zaken,  Jamey Haddad,  Jerry Marotta,  Maya Beiser,  Shane Shanahan, 
From charisma to Kashmir


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Beta Collide psst... psst!
Frederic Rzewski, György Ligeti, Radiohead, Robert Erickson, Robert Kyr, Stephen Vitiello, Valentin Silvestrov,
Beta Collide, 
Chamber music discovered in the Large Hadron Collider


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Zeitgeist In Bone-Colored Light
Anthony Gatto, Ethan Wickman, Ivo Medek, Jerome Kitzke, Kathy Jackanich,
Zeitgeist, 
An aural spirit of these times...


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Nathaniel Stookey Junkestra
Nathaniel Stookey,
David Weiss,  Members of SF Symphony Youth Orchestra, 
From the dump to Symphony Hall


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Judith Shatin Tower of the Eight Winds
Judith Shatin,
Borup-Ernst Duo, 
Music for Violin and Piano


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Zack Browning Venus Notorious
Zack Browning,
Ann Zettervall,  Chih-Hsien Chien,  Edward Rath,  James Price,  Jee-Ean Kim,  Julie Gunn,  Kim McCormick,  Ling-Ti Huang,  Mark Eichenberger,  McCormick Percussion Ensemble,  Mei-Fang Lin,  Ricardo Flores,  Samuel Carroll,  Sunjin Kim,  William Moersch, 
Planetary magic squares are only the half of it


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PRISM / Music From China Antiphony
Chen Yi, Lei Liang, Ming-Hsiu Yen, Tan Dun, Wang Guowei, Zhou Long,
Music From China,  PRISM Quartet, 
The sound of East meeting West


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Michael Ellison Invocation
Michael Ellison,
Borromeo String Quartet,  Helen Bledsoe,  Kani Karaca,  Michael Ellison, 
An American in Turkey


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UST Symphonic Wind Ensemble From All Sides
Chen Qian, Kit Turnbull, Luis Nani, Ralph Hultgren,
UST Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 
Commissioning Series Vol. 3


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Timothy McAllister Glint
Caleb Burhans, Daniel Asia, Gregory Wanamaker, Kati Agocs, Kristin Kuster, Peter Terry, Philippe Hurel, Roshanne Etezady,
Lucia Unrau,  Robert Spring,  Timothy McAllister, 
This gold is not for fools


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Frank Almond Portraits & Elegies
Ned Rorem, Peter Lieberson, Philip Lasser, Russell Platt,
Brian Zeger,  Frank Almond, 
The return of the Strad


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Anti-Social Music Fracture: The Music of Pat Muchmore
Pat Muchmore,
Anti-Social Music, 
Be warned (in a good way)


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Volti/ Robert Geary, conductor Turn the Page
Aaron Jay Kernis, Eric Moe, Gabriela Lena Frank, Kurt Rohde, Mark Winges, Ronald Caltabiano, Stacy Garrop, William Hawley,
Volti San Francisco, 
New Directions in American Choral Music


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Andrew Violette UltraViolette
Andrew Violette,
Andrew Violette,  Elizabeth Farnum,  Ensemble Pi,  Janice Weber,  John Rojak,  Kaitilin Mahoney,  Maggie Lauer,  Raemond Martin,  Sherry Zannoth, 
At the end of the spectrum


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Jeremy Haladyna Selections from The Mayan Cycle
Jeremy Haladyna,
Areon Flutes,  Jeremy Haladyna,  Lisa-Maree Amos,  Michele Forrest,  Sergio Ortiz,  UCSB Young Artists String Quartet, 
2012: Hear it here first


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Brooke Joyce Waves of Stone
Brooke Joyce,
Andrew D. Whitfield,  Brooke Joyce,  Carol Hester,  Eric Kutz,  Jubal Fulks,  Karen Kanakis,  Michael Geary,  Miko Kominami,  Spencer Martin,  Stephanie Zelnick,  The Murasaki Duo,  The Unison Piano Duo, 
From the concert hall to the kennel


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Thelema Trio Neither From Nor Towards
Eric Honour, Fernando Benadon, HyeKyung Lee, Keith Carpenter, Kevin Walczyk, Marco Antonio Mazzini, Rafael Leonardo Junchaya,
Thelema Trio, 
Belgium, Peru, Argentina and USA in harmony


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Phoenix Ensemble Clarinet Quintets
Milton Babbitt, Morton Feldman,
Aaron Boyd,  Alberto Parrini,  Alicia Edelberg,  Bruce Wang,  Cyrus Beroukhim,  Kristi Helberg,  Mark Lieb, 
When Morty Met Milt


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Matthew McCright Second Childhood
Bruce Stark, Daniel Nass, Gregory Hutter, John Halle, Kirsten Broberg, Laura Caviani,
Matthew McCright, 
Kinderszenen aus Northfield?


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Justin Rubin Nostalgia
Justin Rubin,
Gene Koshinski,  Jefferson Campbell,  Josh Aerie,  Patrick O'Keefe,  Samuel Black,  Shannon Wettstein, 
Proust for bassoon


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Cornelius Dufallo Dream Streets
Cornelius Dufallo,
Cornelius Dufallo, 
Mean playing while the city sleeps


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Danny Holt Fast Jump
Caleb Burhans, David Lang, Graham Fitkin, Jascha Narveson, Lona Kozik,
Danny Holt, 
Piano Olympics


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Music From Stanford <541> Volume 4
Alexander Sigman, Juan Cristóbal Cerrillo, Kristian Ireland, Mauricio Rodríguez, Patricia Elizabeth Martínez, Sebastian Semper,
Eliot Gattegno,  Ensemble SurPlus,  SoundGEAR,  The Formalist Quartet, 
A fresh harvest from America's musical, earthquake-prone breadbasket.


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Bolcom / Mackey Concertos for Saxophone Quartet
Steve Mackey, William Bolcom,
Boston Modern Orchestra Project,  PRISM Quartet, 
Four saxes, one orchestra, two pieces.


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Peter Gach Fresh Piano
Ellen Weller, Madelyn Byrne, Norm Weston, Roger Przytulski, William Bradbury,
Peter Gach, 
Piano music by Southern California composers


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Present Music Graffiti
Armando Luna, Elena Kats-Chernin, Randall Woolf,
Present Music, 
Tag this one terrific


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UST Symphonic Wind Ensemble Out of Nowhere
Ken Hesketh, Loris Chobanian, Martin Ellerby, Philip Sparke, Rolf Rudin,
Christopher Kachian,  UST Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 
Out of Minnesota


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Kitty Brazelton Ecclesiastes: A Modern Oratorio
Kitty Brazelton,
The Time Remaining Band, 
Make time for this


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Neil Rolnick The Economic Engine
Neil Rolnick,
Hartt Contemporary Players,  Kathleen Supove,  MAYA,  Music From China,  Neil Rolnick,  The Todd Reynolds String Quartet,  Todd Reynolds, 
All groove, no downturns.


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Ushio Torikai Rest
Christina Rossetti, Ushio Torikai,
Aki Takahashi,  Continuum,  Joseph Kubera,  Renee Jolles,  Thomas Buckner,  Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, 
Not relaxing in the usual sense


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Yuanlin Chen Away From Xuan
Yuanlin Chen,
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,  Melody of China,  Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, 
Legends, journeys and chases; reality vs. mystery.


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Numinous Vipassana
Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.,
Numinous, 
The music, silence and clarity of Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.


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Society for New Music Serendipity
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Dan Trueman, Edward Ruchalski, Marc Mellits, Nicolas Scherzinger, Robert Morris, Sally Lamb,
Society for New Music, 
Music from the Pulsating Heart of New York


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Denman Maroney Music for Words, Perhaps
Denman Maroney, W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens,
Arthur Kell,  David Simons,  Denman Maroney,  Herb Robertson,  Sheila Schonbrun,  Shelley Hirsch,  Theo Bleckmann, 
WB Yeats, W Stevens and D Maroney; poetry and music in a perfect domestic partnership


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Michael Fiday Same Rivers Different
Jack Kerouac, Matsuo Basho, Michael Fiday, Peter Gizzi,
Bart Feller,  Brianna Goldberg,  Carla Kihlstedt,  Christopher Froh,  Graeme Jennings,  James Culley,  James Tocco,  Laura Sabo,  Linda Mark,  Mantra Percussion Quartet,  Matthias Bossi,  Nicholas Naegle,  Russell Burge,  Shiau-uen Ding,  Soon Cho, 
What do Basho and Kerouac have in common?


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Robert Moran Mantra
Robert Moran,
Ensemble Chrismos,  Grassauer Bläserensemble,  Iowa Percussion,  Latvian Radio Chorus,  Robert Ridgell, 
Meditations, mad kings, and flooding


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Ann Millikan Ballad Nocturne
Ann Millikan,
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Emanuele Arciuli, 
Shadowy trails and gutsy sounds...


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Hildegurls Electric Ordo Virtutum
Elaine Kaplinsky, Eve Beglarian, Hildegard of Bingen, Kitty Brazelton, Lisa Bielawa,
Hildegurls, 
Out of the nunnery


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Andrew Violette Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin
Andrew Violette,
Robert Uchida, 
Move over Mr. Goldberg


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The Phenomenon of Threes Chamber Trios for Flute, Clarinet and Piano
Dinu Ghezzo, Harold Oliver, Lawrence Moss, Richard Brooks, Ron Mazurek,
Esther Lamneck,  Keith Underwood,  Martha Locker, 
Rep problems solved


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John Fitz Rogers Once Removed
John Fitz Rogers,
Cameron Britt,  Joseph Eller,  Lynn Kompass,  Marina Lomazov,  Opus Two,  Robert Jesselson,  Scott Herring,  William Terwilliger, 
Music that lingers...


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Music From Stanford <541> Volume 3
Bruno Ruviaro, Christopher Trebue Moore, Jason Federmeyer, Kristian Ireland, Marisol Jimenez, Per Bloland,
Christopher Froh,  Ensemble,  Florian Conzetti,  Graeme Jennings,  inauthentica,  Loren Mach, 
A complex trilogy


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Glass Farm Ensemble In Four
Elizabeth Hoffman, Louis Andriessen, Peter Herbert, Wolfgang Heiniger, Yvonne Troxler,
Glass Farm Ensemble, 
Not much in common with rock or jazz, but...


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Douglas J Cuomo Arjuna's Dilemma
Douglas J Cuomo,
Alan Johnson,  Amit Chatterjee,  Anonymous 4,  Badal Roy,  Bob Franceschini,  Ethel,  Kathleen Supove,  Robert Black,  Tony Boutte, 
A Chamber Opera with libretto from the Bhagavad Ghita and poetry of Kabir


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Jeremy Beck Never Final, Never Gone
Jeremy Beck,
Cynthia Ellis,  Heather Coltman,  Maria Kolaiko,  Nevsky String Quartet,  Roberta Garten,  Tatiana Razoumova,  UNI Concert Chorale,  UNI Percussion Ensemble, 
More jewels


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Christopher Adler Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze
Christopher Adler,
Alan Lechusza,  Christopher Adler,  Colin McAllister,  NOISE,  pulsoptional,  Robert Dillon, 
Groove's Dictionary


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Jacob TV Pitch Black: PRISM Quartet
Jacob TV,
Matthew Levy,  PRISM Quartet,  Taimur Sullivan,  Timothy McAllister, 
Chet Baker, Billie Holiday... a blast from the ghetto


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Nicola Melville Melville's Dozen
Alex Freeman, Augusta Read Thomas, Carter Pann, Doug Opel, Gabriela Lena Frank, Judith Lang Zaimont, Kevin Beavers, Marc Mellits, Mark Olivieri, Phil Fried, Phillip Rhodes, Stacy Garrop, Stephen Paulus,
Nicola Melville, 
A generous helping of brand new piano music.


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Giancarlo Vulcano Vetro
Giancarlo Vulcano,
Giancarlo Vulcano, 
Musical self-portraits in a fish tank


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William Albright Music for Saxophones: PRISM Quartet
William Albright,
Marilyn Nonken,  Matthew Herskowitz,  Matthew Levy,  Michael Lowenstern,  PRISM Quartet,  Taimur Sullivan,  University of Michigan Symphony Band, 
Extraordinary sax ensemble music in breathtaking performances


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Alex Shapiro Notes from the Kelp
Alex Shapiro,
Alan Baer,  Bradley Haag,  Brice Martin,  Carolyn Beck,  Charles Boito,  Connie Kupka,  Dan Morris,  David Speltz,  David Walther,  Frank Basile,  Kathleen McIntosh,  Leslie Lashinsky,  Los Angeles Flute Quartet,  Miwako Watanabe,  Peggy Benkeser,  Robin Lorentz,  Susanne Kessel,  Teresa McCollough,  Tom Burritt,  Victoria Miskolczy, 
Malibu (now Puget) Sounds


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Todd Hammes Music for Percussion (Mostly)
Todd Hammes,
Tool and Drum Ensemble, 
The raw power of Inconsistencies.


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Elliott Schwartz Hall of Mirrors
Elliott Schwartz,
Elliott Schwartz,  Harvard University Band,  Henry Skolnick,  Marc Thayer,  Paul Hoffman,  Paul Vasile,  Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet,  Tom Goldstein, 
Beyond analogue Brahms


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Robert Een Hiroshima Maiden
Robert Een,
Robert Een, 
Far East meets East Village


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Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians
Steve Reich,
GVSU New Music Ensemble, 
Minimal masterpiece as seen from the heartland.


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Brian Sacawa American Voices
Chris Theofanidis, Derek Hurst, Erik Spangler, Keeril Makan, Lee Hyla, Michael Gordon, Philip Glass,
Brian Sacawa, 
Knocking the saxophone clear of concert hall stereotypes.


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Andrew Violette Rave
Andrew Violette,
Andrew Violette,  Curtis Macomber,  Gregor Kitzis, 
Restless and comforting.


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Mary Ellen Childs Dream House
Mary Ellen Childs,
Ethel, 
If Ethel were on HGTV


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David Del Tredici Vintage Alice • Dracula
David Del Tredici,
Cleveland Chamber Symphony,  Hila Plitmann, 
Two bed-time stories from Mr. Neo Romanticism


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Mark Applebaum Asylum
Mark Applebaum,
Berndt Thurner,  Champ d'Action,  Ensemble XX. Jahrhundert,  Harmida Piano Trio,  Magnus Andersson,  Mark Applebaum,  Skin and Bones, 
A finely tuned compendium of (dis)orders.


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Ann Millikan The Music of Ann Millikan
Ann Millikan,
California EAR Unit,  Marc Lowenstein,  Nicholas Terry,  Patrick O'Keefe, 
The Music of Ann Millikan Featuring the California EAR Unit, "wizards of new music."


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Teresa LeVelle The Shadowlands
Teresa LeVelle,
Alexander Ezerman,  Ann Yeung,  Carol Stephenson,  Danilo Lozano,  David Dees,  John Gilbert,  Mark Menzies,  Michael Cameron,  Setareh Beheshti,  Stephanie Ezerman,  Stephen Cook,  Theresa Dimond, 
The aliens (and natives) of Los Angeles


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Music from Stanford <541> Volume 2
Alexander Sigman, Christopher Trebue Moore, David Brynjar Franzson, Hans Thomalla, Jose Rio-Pareja, Yaron Sokolov,
Ensemble,  Ensemble Ascolta,  Ensemble SurPlus,  inauthentica,  Morris Palter, 
Derrida, flamenco, parrots, Icelandic novelists, and Jimi Hendrix. Discuss.


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Carol Barnett Cyprus, First Impressions
Carol Barnett,
Adam Kuenzel,  Bradley Greenwald,  Christopher Kachian,  Claudia White,  David Berg,  Jane Garvin,  Laura Sewell,  Laurie Petruconis,  Marianne Fleming Bryan,  Michael Sutton,  Susan Janda,  University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 
A sonic scrapbook from the Med


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Barry Schrader Fallen Sparrow
Barry Schrader,
Frank Royon Le Mée,  Mark Menzies,  Vickie Ray,  William Powell, 
Music for electronics and live performers


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Belinda Reynolds Cover
Belinda Reynolds,
American Baroque,  Citywinds,  Claricello,  New Millennium Ensemble,  Peggy Benkeser,  Sergio Puccini,  Teresa McCollough,  Tom Burritt, 
Take Cover: No one’s ever asked you to listen quite this way before.


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McAllister/Goodson In Transit
Gregory Wanamaker, Milton Babbitt, Mischa Zupko, Roshanne Etezady, William Albright,
Kathryn Goodson,  Timothy McAllister, 
This is chamber music on Red Bull.


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UST Symphonic Wind Ensemble Road to the Stars
Andrew Boysen, Jr., Arturo Marquez, Guy Woolfenden, Nigel Clarke, Ralph Hultgren, Roger Cichy,
UST Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 
From Shakespeare to Soyuz, dancing bugs to Bohemians.


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Jeremy Beck pause and feel and hark
Jeremy Beck,
Elizabeth Sadilek,  Emilio Colon,  Gretchen Brumwell,  Heather Coltman,  Jean McDonald,  Robin Guy, 
“Jeremy Beck is Exhibit A in classical music’s defense against the charge of being out of touch.” - Gramophone (June 2006)


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Mark Engebretson Where Does Love Go?
Mark Engebretson,
Alexander Wagendristel,  Brooks Whitehouse,  Inara Zandmane,  Ingrid Wagner-Kraft,  Janet Orenstein,  John Fadial,  Lorena Guillen,  Scott Rawls,  Steve Stusek,  Susan Fancher, 
...to the cardinal and the crow


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Andrew Violette Piano Sonatas Volume Two
Andrew Violette,
Andrew Violette, 
Some of the music is not pretty


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Victor Zupanc Sun and Moon
Victor Zupanc,
Victor Zupanc, 
Soundtrack for a Chinese Icarus


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Society for New Music Pinocchio/Beauty and the Beast
Michael Gandolfi, R. Murray Schafer,
Society for New Music, 
Two future classics for children


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Music from Stanford <541> Volume 1
Alex Hills, Atau Tanaka, Charles Nichols, Ching-Wen Chao, Christopher Burns, Christopher Wendell Jones, Damian Keller, David Brynjar Franzson, Jose Rio-Pareja, Matthew Shlomowitz, Nurit Jugend, Oded Ben-Tal, Seungyon-Seny Lee, Sven-Ingo Koch,
Ann Yi,  Armelle Orieux,  Atau Tanaka,  California EAR Unit,  Charles Nichols,  Christopher Froh,  Christopher Jones,  Damian Keller,  J. Karla Lemon,  Kemmerensemble Neue Musik Berlin,  Kirsten LeStrange,  Lisa Bielawa,  Roderick Chadwick,  Sirius,  Stanford Chamber Strings, 
A glimpse of the future


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David Dzubay American Midlife
David Dzubay,
David Dzubay,  Kirk Trevor,  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Tasha Dzubay, 
There's more to this than lovehandles.


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20th Century Consort Christopher Kendall
Allan Schindler, George Rochberg, Joseph Schwantner, Maurice Wright,
20th Century Consort, 
Part Three of the 20th Century Consort's epic trilogy


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Teresa McCollough Music for Hammers and Sticks
Alex Shapiro, Alvin Singleton, Belinda Reynolds, Joseph Harchanko, Steve Mackey, Zhou Long,
Peggy Benkeser,  Teresa McCollough,  Tom Burritt, 
Swords, ploughshares; Hammers, sticks; Piano, percussion... *Sequenza21 Best of 2005*


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Mark Applebaum Disciplines
Mark Applebaum,
Eric Bartlett,  Griffin Campbell,  Mark Applebaum,  Scott Paulson,  Shannon Wettstein,  Steven Schick,  Terry Longshore, 
Compact disciplines


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Robert Moran Open Veins
Robert Moran,
Alexander Balanescu,  Ensemble Chrismos,  Jayne West,  Piano Circus Band,  Sound Affairs, 
Open your veins and let the sun shine in.


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Matthew Smith Archaic
Matthew Smith,
Matthew Smith,  Zeitgeist, 
The soundtrack to your ancient dreams


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Gerald Busby Music of Gerald Busby
Gerald Busby,
Calvin Hampton,  Donald Palma,  Gerald Busby,  Jenny Haydn Brown,  Jerry Grossman,  Kenneth Cooper,  Michael Parloff,  Wendy Young, 
A musical rest stop for rare individuals


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MIT Wind Ensemble Waking Winds
Brian Robison, Evan Ziporyn, Gunther Schuller, Peter Child,
Evan Ziporyn,  MIT Wind Ensemble,  Young-Nam Kim, 
Wake up to the sound of one of the great wind ensembles


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Antares Eclipse
Carter Pann, George Tsontakis, James Matheson, John Mackey, Kevin Puts, Stefan Freund,
Antares,  Eric Huebner,  Garrick Zoeter,  Rebecca Patterson,  Vesselin Gellev, 
Reach for the stars.


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Society for New Music American Masters for the 21st Century
Steven Stucky,
Society for New Music, 
30 years of commissions by the Syracuse Society for New Music.


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Judith Shatin Dreamtigers
Judith Shatin,
Da Capo Chamber Players,  Lucy Shelton,  William Zito, 
Put this dreamtiger in your tank.


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Jeremy Beck Wave
Jeremy Beck,
Rayanne Dupuis,  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, 
One of the “best new recordings from North America” – Gramophone (June 2006)


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Klein / Kleinsasser Equipoise
Joseph Klein, William Kleinsasser,
Ensemble,  John Sampen,  Nova Ensemble,  Todd Markey, 
Boisterous balance of modernism and mayhem


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Billband Blurred
Bill Ryan,
Billband,  David Cossin,  Michael Lowenstern,  Stephen Gosling,  Taimur Sullivan,  Todd Reynolds,  Wayne DuMaine, 
Rhythmic grooves and driving textures from New York's finest.


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Andrew Violette The Death of the Hired Man
Andrew Violette,
Andrew Violette,  Brad Cresswell,  Sherry Zannoth, 
Art songs from a mold smasher


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Lucy Wenger Through an Open Window
Alan Hovhaness, Bill Rea, Janice Giteck, Paul Schoenfield,
Lucy Wenger, 
A breath of fresh pianistic air. No bugs.


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20th Century Consort Lucy Shelton/Soprano
Gerald Chenoweth, Joseph Schwantner, Richard Wernick, William Doppmann,
20th Century Consort,  Lucy Shelton, 
one soprano, no tenors


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20th Century Consort Lambert Orkis/Piano
Dexter Morrill, George Crumb, Maurice Wright, William Penn,
James Primosch,  Lambert Orkis, 
Reissues of important and wonderful chamber music from the Smithsonian's performance series. 1 of 3


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Crumb, Patterson, Gamer Harmony for a New World
Carlton Gamer, David Crumb, Robert G. Patterson,
David Colson,  John Kinzie,  Quattro Mani,  Susan Grace, 
Four hands, three composers, one glimpse into eternity.


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Present Music Kamran Ince: In White
Kamran Ince,
Eric Segnitz,  Karl Lavine,  Philip Bush,  Present Music, 
Music to swoon to.


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Robert Carl Roundabout
Robert Carl,
Hartt Contemporary Players,  Jerome Pruett,  Laura Loewen,  Mark Engebretson,  Michael Menapace,  Percussion 20/20,  Robert Black,  Robert Carl, 
A sound-mirror held to the world


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Present Music Haunted America
Jerome Kitzke, Kimmo Hakola, Michael Torke,
Present Music, 
Haunted by grit but ready to shout for joy


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Zeitgeist If Tigers Were Clouds
Annie Gosfield, Arthur Ferris, Beth Custer, Eleanor Hovda, Johanna M. Beyer, Mildred Couper, Pauline Oliveros, Yoko Ono,
Anatoly Larkin,  Carl Witt,  Christopher Cunningham,  Michelle Kinney,  Pat Okeefe,  Pauline Oliveros,  Philip Blackburn,  Yuri Merzhevsky,  Zeitgeist, 
Eight decades of women in experimental music.


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David Dzubay dancesing in a green bay
David Dzubay,
Voices of Change, 
This is literary music that paints watercolors on the subconscious and draws the listener in to new worlds beyond the chamber hall. Performed by the Southwest's premiere chamber ensemble, Voices of Change.


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Andrew Violette Piano Sonatas
Andrew Violette,
Andrew Violette, 
Take it from the top: Epic piano sonata becomes religious ritual.


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David Stock American Accents
David Stock,
David Stock,  Gerard Schwarz,  Seattle Symphony,  Susan Gulkis Assadi, 
Seattle takes on Pittsburgh


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John Howell Morrison Hard Weather Makes Good Wood
John Howell Morrison,
Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble,  Maria Jette,  Troy Gardner,  Vivian S Montgomery, 
Eloquent music of struggle, crisis, and overcoming


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Music of Remembrance Art from Ashes, Vol. 1
David Stock, Erwin Schulhoff, Herman Berlinski, Paul Schoenfield, Robert Dauber,
Music of Remembrance, 
This is music of defiance in the face of death.


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Mark Winges Freed from Words
Mark Winges,
Ancora,  Sue Bohlin,  The Piedmont Children's Choir,  The San Francisco Chamber Singers, 
Think of the mind-blowing choral works of Penderecki, Messiaen, Takemitsu, or Ligeti's brooding score to 2001: A Space Odyssey.


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Mark Warhol Où est Fleuri Rose?
Mark Warhol,
Catherine Issalys,  David Harris,  John Jensen,  Krystal Banfield,  Norah Long, 
Welcome to Mark Warhol's world— a cradle of turbulent sound that is delicate, stark, knotty, Babbitt-esque, and wickedly droll. Though unpredictable, there is a haunting, dream-like familiarity to the music and non-narrative style.


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Ensemble Capriccio and Friends Skrowaczewski’s World
S. Skrowaczewski,
Ensemble Capriccio, 
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Two words. Unsung genius. Also two words...


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Susan Fancher Ponder Nothing
Alexander Wagendristel, Ben Johnston, Giacinto Scelsi, Mark Engebretson, Steve Reich, Wolfram Wagner,
Susan Fancher, 
More of a Yo Yo Ma of the saxophone than a Jan Garbarek or Lisa Simpson, Fancher will make fans out of even the staunchest of saxophobes


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David Stock Speaking Extravagantly
David Stock,
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, 
"Perhaps music is the art of speaking extravagantly." — Charles Ives


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Newband Harry Partch, Dean Drummond
Dean Drummond, Harry Partch,
Newband, 
Collaborators and micronotal pioneers Harry Partch and Dean Drummond have produced a body of work that is far ahead of its time.


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Rita Dove, Amnon Wolman Thomas and Beulah
Amnon Wolman, Rita Dove,
Amnon Wolman,  Cynthia Haymon,  Ursula Oppens, 
A theatrical song-cycle based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poems by Rita Dove.


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Flute Force eyewitness
David Alpher, Elizabeth Brown, Eric Stokes, Gary Shocker, Robert Dick,
David Alpher,  Flute Force,  Garrison Keillor,  Meridian String Quartet, 
Garrison Keillor leaves Lake Wobegon to narrate on Flute Force's latest release.


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Musikanten Sacred Choral Music of Robert Evett
Robert Evett,
Gerald A. Stacy,  Keith Reas,  Musikanten, 
Robert Evett (1922-1975) was a highly esteemed American composer who was a major contributor to the cultural life of Washington, DC.


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Teresa McCollough New American Piano Music
Alex Shapiro, Charles Griffin, David Rakowski, Elizabeth Pizer, Henry Martin, Steve Heitzeg, Tomas Svoboda,
Teresa McCollough, 
Jazz idioms, modernistic sonatas, and elegiac styles. A little bit of column A, B, and C, please.


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Dan Moses Schreier The Shoulder
Dan Hurlin, Dan Moses Schreier,
Alan Johnson,  Don Chastain, 
Down Main Street through the cornfields to 42nd Street.


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Jon Deak The Passion of Scrooge or A Christmas Carol
Jon Deak,
20th Century Consort,  William Sharp, 
Performed by the 20th Century Consort conducted by Christopher Kendall and featuring William Sharp, baritone, this recording  presents Jon Deak's brilliantly inventive music, bringing Dickens' beloved masterpiece into vivid and  delightful relief.


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Paul Schoenfield Cafe Music
Paul Schoenfield,
Carol Wincenc,  Charles Bernard,  Charles Neidich,  Don Miller,  Frances Renzi,  John Sampen,  Lev Polyakin,  Michael Sachs,  Nathaniel Rosen,  Paul Schoenfield,  Robert Vernon,  Stephen Gosling,  Thomas Sperl, 
THIS TITLE IS NOW OUT OF PRINT; PLEASE PURCHASE FROM ITUNES OR EMUSIC LINKS. Grammy nominated for David Frost, Classical Producer of the Year, 2000


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Richard Dirlam She Sings She Screams
Christian Lauba, Edison Denisov, Eric Stokes, Jacques Charpentier, Marius Constant, Mark Engebretson,
Laura Loewen,  Mark Engebretson,  Richard Dirlam, 
Fanatical execution and heightened expressionism mark this smorgasbord of contemporary saxophone works from the US and Europe.


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Frankie Kelly Tapestry: New Music from the Americas
Leonardo Velazquez, Matthew Nicholl, Pablo Ortiz, Patricia Repar, Yehuda Yannay,
Adrian Justus,  Elena Abend,  Eliot Wadopian,  Eric Segnitz,  Frankie J. Kelly,  Jayne Latva,  Jonathan Helton,  Linda Raymond Siegel,  Michael Cameron,  Patricia Repar, 
Makes you feel good about the future of contemporary music


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Stephen Paulus A Chamber Fantasy
Stephen Paulus,
Chouhei Min,  Jane Garvin,  Jill Dawe,  Judith Ranheim,  Korey Konkol,  Merilee Klemp,  Mina Fisher,  Thelma Hunter,  Troy Gardner, 
A fantasy worthy of this composer's sturdy reputation.


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David Macbride In Common
David Macbride,
Benjamin Toth,  David Macbride,  Goldspiel/Provost Classical Guitar Duo,  John Solum,  Katie Lansdale,  Mark Engebretson,  Richard Wyton,  Susan Fancher, 
Connecticut composer David Macbride has a knack for intriguing chamber music


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Steve Heitzeg Death of the Dream
Laura Sewell, Peter Ostroushko, Steve Heitzeg, Tom Linker,
Laura Sewell,  Peter Ostroushko,  Steve Heitzeg,  Tom Linker,  Zeitgeist, 
Music from the EMMY-award-winning PBS documentary.


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Yehuda Yannay Hidden Melodies
Yehuda Yannay,
Calin Lupanu,  Daniel C. Gnader,  Frankie J. Kelly,  Greg Flint,  Jonathan Helton,  Lawrence Weller,  Linda Raymond Siegel,  Lou Cucanato,  Martin Shadd,  Michael Cameron,  Michael Svoboda,  Paul Gmeinder,  Pavel Burda,  Radu Nagy,  Terry Smirl,  Yehuda Yannay, 
A musical transformation of the Jewish mystical notion of hidden light.


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American Celebration Duo though love be a day
Antonio Carlos Defeo, Beth Wiemann, C. Edward Hupton, Christina Rossetti, Drew M. Placzek, e. e. cummings, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gerald Jonas, Gina Hupton, Gwyneth Walker, Howard Helvey, Jeanne Emmons, John Luebke, Jonathan Chenette, Marcia Falk, Mark Carlson, Robert Beaser, W.H. Auden, Willa Cather,
Diane Guhin Wooley,  Richard Steinbach, 
This is a cornucopia of 22 modern romantic songs written by 10 undersung talents of American songwriting whose works share a stylistic integrity.


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Matthew Burtner Portals of Distortion
Matthew Burtner,
Matthew Burtner, 
"Some of the most eerily effective electroacoustic music I've heard."


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CoNuNdRuM Percussion Music of David Macbride; Ben Toth
David Macbride,
Benjamin Toth,  Ed Fast,  John Wion,  Shane Shanahan,  The Hartt Graduate Percussion Trio, 
This CD is a percussionist's dream: engaging, challenging, charming works that draw you in to their characteristic sound world.


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Pastiche Pastiche
Donald Freund, Gordon Jacob, Nico Schuyt, Paul Bowles,
Pastiche, 
A fistful of notes in every bite. A huge band sound from only four players? Or just some of the happiest music you are likely to hear outside the circus tent?


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Krause, Waterhouse, Davis et al Bassoon with a View
Boguslaw Schäffer, Christopher Weait, Drew Krause, Efrem J. Podgaits, Graham Waterhouse, William Davis,
Catherine Allen,  Charles Lipp,  Christopher Weait,  Doug Spaniol,  Henry Skolnick,  Jolene Davis,  Jos Lopez,  Ronald Klimko,  William Davis, 
Not the soundtrack for an E.M. Forster book. NB THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT; ITEM STILL AVAILABLE THROUGH DOWNLOAD


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Anne Deane Crossings
Anne Deane,
Anacapa String Quartet,  Betsy Cuffel,  Kathleen Roland,  Louise Lofquist,  Todd Caschetta, 
As the title suggests, each of the works was inspired by milestones in Deane's life.


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University of Minnesota Symphonic Winds Blue Dawn Into White Heat
Anthony Plog, David Maslanka, Elliott Schwartz, Gunther Schuller, Jeffrey Brooks, John Zdecklik, Michael Colgrass, Steven Stucky,
Univ. of Minnesota chamber winds,  University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 
Two lavish CDs-worth of selected works by preeminent composers of the contemporary wind band and chamber repertoire.


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Steve Heitzeg Earthworks
Steve Heitzeg,
House of Hope Childrens Choir,  Julia Bogorad,  Laura Sewell,  Maria Jette,  Zeitgeist, 
"I believe that music is nature, nature is music," says Heitzeg


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Minnesota Contemporary 180 Degrees From Ordinary
Allen Gleck, Astor Piazzola, Frank Zappa, Libby Larsen, Paul Siskind,
MCE, 
The debut release from the gritty Minnesota Contemporary Ensemble (MCE), before they became "Intergalactic" (ICE)


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Libby Larsen Dancing Solo
Libby Larsen,
Caroline Hartig,  Christopher Kachian,  David Harding,  Kevin Purrone,  Robert Adney, 
Clarinet music of Libby Larsen performed by Caroline Hartig and Friends


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William Banfield Extensions of the Tradition
William Banfield,
Charlotte Givens,  Dan Michalak,  Ellen Weckler,  Fred Ormand,  Harry Sargous,  Howard Watkins,  Lee Melvin,  Linda Trotter,  Louise Toppin,  Lynette Diers Cohen,  Timothy Holly,  Velda Kelly, 
Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Richard Wagner and Claude Debussy you say?


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Yehuda Yannay Music from Now and Almost Yesterday
Yehuda Yannay,
David Cowley,  Edward Gogolak,  James Grine,  Jayne Latva,  John Holmquist,  Martin Shadd,  Paul Gmeinder,  Steven Herbert Smith,  William Helmers, 
Complex stylistic integrations, evocations of familiar styles, and a unique pragmatic expressiveness all characterize this composer's impressive instrumental work.


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Daniel Kingman La Commedia
Daniel Kingman,
Betty Woo,  James Een,  Justin Blasdale,  Laurel Zucker,  Marc Shapiro,  Richard Cionco,  Susan Lamb Cook, 
Chamber music inspired by Commedia Dell'Arte


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Carleton Macy Reflections
Carleton Macy,
Adam Kuenzel,  Christine Dahl,  John Jensen,  Julia Bogorad, 
Carleton Macy's music is haunted by the ghosts of earlier music.


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Craig Hultgren Music of the Next Moment
Charles Norman Mason, Craig Hultgren, John C. Ross, Lewis Nielson, Matthew Burrier, Matthew Marth, Robert Paredes,
Craig Hultgren,  Keith Collins,  Michael Geary,  Réne Lecuona, 
Not your Granny's cello recital


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Billings Symphony Music for Oboe and Orchestra
Franz Joseph Haydn, Howard Hanson, Mario Lombardo, Ulysses Simpson Kay, Uri Barnea,
Billings Symphony Orchestra,  Oscar Petty,  Uri Barnea, 
Showcasing the skills of oboist Oscar Petty and the Billings Symphony, this digital recording includes both first recordings and rarely heard repertoire.


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Bolcom, Harbison, Kernis et al Heartbeats
Aaron Jay Kernis, Carol Barnett, Carolyn Jennings, Cary John Franklin, Chris DeBlasio, Craig Carnahan, Daniel Kallman, David John Olson, Janika Vandervelde, John Harbison, John Musto, Libby Larsen, Richard Wilson, Stephen Houtz, William Bolcom,
Aaron Jay Kernis,  Bradley Greenwald,  Brian Kent,  Carolyn Geltzer,  Cynthia Lohman,  Douglas Shambo,  Elizabeth Comeaux,  James Bohn,  John Jensen,  Jorja Fleezanis,  Maria Jette,  Marsha Hunter,  MCAE Women's Choir,  Patricia Kent,  Peter Halvorsen,  Stephanie Wendt,  Tom Linker,  Tony Holt,  William Huckaby,  William Parker, 
New songs from Minnesota for the AIDS Quilt Songbook


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Henry Brant The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 9
Henry Brant,
Gamelan Son of Lion,  Henry Brant,  Onyx Quartet,  Pulse Percussion,  UC-Santa Cruz Orchestra, 
Latent explosions of various kinds.


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Henry Brant The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 8
Henry Brant, J.S. Bach,
Arioso Winds,  Barbara Hannigan,  Frank Baker,  Gerrit Hommerson,  Henry Brant,  Jacques Meertens,  Modern Brass Ensemble,  Netherlands Wind Ensemble,  New Performance Group, Seattle,  Reinbert de Leeuw,  Telluride Glacial Spatial Ensemble,  Vera Beths,  Werner Herbers,  Yvar Mikhashoff, 
The zany album


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Henry Brant/Charles Ives The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 7
Charles Ives, Henry Brant,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 
Orchestral transcription of Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, Mass., 1840-1860)


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Henry Brant The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 6
Henry Brant,
Aspen Music Festival, 
This rainforest provides more than oxygen


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Henry Brant The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 5
Henry Brant,
Stetson University musicians, 
Hurricane Henry


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Henry Brant The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 4
Henry Brant,
Wesleyan University musicians, 
Grand Universal Farm produce


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Henry Brant The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 3
Henry Brant,
Daniel Kobialka,  Denver Symphony,  Present Music,  San Jose Symphony, 
Not just your everyday extraplanetary environmental oratorio


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Henry Brant Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 2
Henry Brant,
Adam Rudolph,  American Camerata,  Amy Snyder,  Daniel Kobialka,  Dave Dimmock,  Henry Brant,  Lewis Paer,  Oberlin Wind and Brass Ensembles,  Steve Fallon, 
Three concertos plumb the solar system and the oceans.


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Henry Brant The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 1
Henry Brant,
Macalester College musicians,  University of Wisc-River Falls musicians, 
A deluxe 2-CD set featuring a pair of Brant's monumental works, Northern Lights Over the Twin Cities (100 mins, 6 conductors) and A Plan of the Air (25 mins, 2 conductors)


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Harry Partch Enclosure VIII
Harry Partch,
Danlee Mitchell,  Harry Partch,  John Schneider, 
The Early Films (and some late ones)


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Harry Partch Enclosure VI
Harry Partch,
Harry Partch, 
Originally recorded for Columbia Masterworks and long-since out of print, innova has reissued this central item of American musical history.


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Harry Partch Enclosure IV
Harry Partch,
Harry Partch, 
Features "Delusion of the Fury", and a documentary: DVD VERSION ON ENCLOSURE 7 SUPERSEDES THIS OLD VHS


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Harry Partch Enclosure II
Harry Partch,
Harry Partch, 
This 4-CD collection of archival Partch recordings includes works from the 1930’s and ‘40’s. A must-have.


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Harry Partch Enclosure I
Harry Partch,
Harry Partch, 
Four historic short color films made by Partch in collaboration with Madeline Tourtelot. NOW SUPERSEDED BY ENCLOSURE 8 ON DVD


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NODUS Ensemble Sonidos Cubanos
Ileana Perez Velazquez, Orlando Jacinto Garcia, Sergio Barroso, Tania Leon,
NODUS Ensemble, 
The NODUS Ensemble performing music of Cuban composers


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Orlando Jacinto Garcia temporal
Orlando Jacinto Garcia,
entrequatre,  Madeleine Shapiro,  Orlando Jacinto Garcia,  Paul Green,  Thomas Bloch, 
Digital release available from these links


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Jonathan Dawe A Noise Did Rise
Jonathan Dawe,
Alan Feinberg,  James Hogg,  Marc Wolf,  Mark Rimple,  Mark Steinberg,  Phoenix Ensemble,  William Anderson,  William Purvis, 
Chamber Works 1993-1999


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Dane Rudhyar and Erik Satie Paris-X
Dane Rudhyar, Erik Satie,
Kathryn Philip,  Richard Cameron-Wolfe, 
Musica very obscura


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James Brody Background Count
James Brody,
Barry Dove,  James Brody,  Leslie Marrs, 
He's back.


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George Crumb Makrokosmos Vols 1 and 2
George Crumb,
Laurie Hudicek, 
Twenty four Fantasy pieces after the Zodiac for amplified piano


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Linda Wetherill Sound and Repercussion
Cristobal Halffter, Gheorghi Arnaoudov, Isang Yun, Reza Vali, Robert Fruehwald, Siegfried Matthus, Toru Takemitsu,
Linda Wetherill, 
Very new music for solo flute


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Robert Martin 9 Stellar Pieces
Robert Martin,
Linda Weatherill,  Martin Kuuskmann,  Michael Powell,  Michiyo Suzuki,  Paul Cohen,  Raymond Mase,  Robert Ingliss,  Stephen Forman,  William Purvis, 
Solo music for winds after the heavens' brightest stars.


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William Anderson Hausmusik
Ernst Krenek, Hans Erich Apostel, Jonathan Dawe, Milton Babbitt, Olga Gorelli, Paul Hindemith, Robert Martin, William Anderson,
Jacqueline Leclair,  Jacqui Carrasco,  Joan Forsythe,  Marc Wolf,  Raj Bhimani,  Tom Zajac,  William Anderson, 
20th Century chamber (guitar) music for the home


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Barton McLean Soundworlds
Barton McLean,
Barbara DeChario,  Barton McLean,  E. Michael Richards,  Keith Notrab,  Linda Green,  Panaiotis,  Petersburgh Electrophilharmonia,  Priscilla McLean, 
At one with nature and computers


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Ron George The Floating Bubble
Ben Johnston, John Bergamo, Ron George,
Ron George, 
Percussion with personality


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Judy McGuire Adventures of the Black Dot
Judy McGuire,
Joanna Priestley, 
Goes with the CD of the same name.


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Alexander String Quartet Sur Pointe
David Dzubay, Maura Bosch, Robert Greenberg, Wayne Peterson,
Alexander String Quartet, 
Greenberg, Dzubay, Hess/Bosch, and Peterson


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Dale Warland Singers Choral Currents
Carol Barnett, Cary John Franklin, Libby Larsen, Mary Ellen Childs, Stephen Paulus, Steve Barnett, Sydney Hodkinson,
Dale Warland Singers, 
Astounding choral works


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Kallman, Stokes, Aubart, Davidson, Macy The Sax Ascendant
Carleton Macy, Daniel Kallman, Eric Stokes, Michael J. Aubart, Tina Davidson,
Marshall Taylor,  Richard Dirlam,  The Saxophone Quartet, 
Oldies and Goldies from the innova archives


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Schoenfield, Childs, Ultan, et al Open Boundaries
Arthur Campbell, Leslie B. Dunner, Lloyd Ultan, Mary Ellen Childs, Paul Schoenfield,
Carolyn Sebron,  Paul Schoenfield,  Peter Howard,  Relache,  Robert Thompson,  Tamas Strasser,  Young-Nam Kim, 
From the Minnesota Composers Forum archives


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Kinney, Price, Kosch et al Building Higher Nests
James R. Price, Jim Phillips, Michael Kosch, Michelle Kinney, Thomas J. Wegren,
Alan Johnson,  James R. Price,  Marc Anderson,  Michelle Kinney,  Sowah Mensah,  The Lark Quartet,  Thomas J. Wegren,  Tom Cora, 
From the Minnesota Composers Forum archives