Contemporary Music and Premieres
Mostly music by living composers
Sarn Oliver: Sunlun Concerto
Sarn Oliver: Sunlun Concerto (2023)ARTISTS: Sarn Oliver, solo violinMariko Smiley and Rene Mandel, violinsKatarzyna Bryla-Weiss, violaAmos Yang, celloCharles Chandler, bassSarn Oliver's concerto Sunlun in a string quintet arrangement, with Oliver on the solo violin...
Nancy Bachmann: Wild Swans
Nancy Bachmann: Wild Swans - Chamber Works (Navona NV6547 - 2023)ARTISTS:Diane Maltester, ClarinetAnn Moss, SopranoWendy Tamis, HarpMichelle Caimotto, FluteDeborah Shidler, OboeAlicia Telford, HornDeborah Kramer, BassoonNancy Bachmann, PianoContemporary chamber works...
The Color of There Seen From Here
The Color of There Seen From Here - (INNOVA 023 - 2019) ARTISTS: VOLTI; Robert Geary, conductorNew music for choir by Forrest Pierce, Tonia Ko, Robin Estrada, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, and Mark Winges.Lolly Lewis: recording producer and editorPiper Payne:...
This Is What Happened
This Is What Happened - (INNOVA 964 - 2017) ARTISTS: VOLTI; Robert Geary, conductorNew music for choir by Robin Estrada, Stacy Garrop, John Muehleison, Shawn Crouch, Brian Turner, and Mark Winges.Lolly Lewis: recording producer and editorZach Miley:...
Muse Ecology
Conspiracy of Venus: Muse Ecology (2016) ARTISTS: Conspiracy of Venus; Joyce Todd McBride, music directorOriginal choral music and arrangements for choir by Joyce Todd McBride.Lolly Lewis: recording producer and editorAlberto Hernandez, recording engineer...
Allen Anderson: An Opportunity for Mischief
Allen Anderson: An Opportunity for Mischief (Albany TROY1509 - 2014)ARTISTS (CLOUD COLLAR): Empyrean Ensemble; Ross Bauer, conductorAn eclectic collection of new works by Allen Anderson.Lolly Lewis: recording producerPaul Stubblebine: recording engineer(Cloud...
Mark Winges: Night Voiced
Night Voiced: New Chamber Music for Viola (Ravello RB7880 - 2013)ARTISTS: Mark Winges composerEllen Ruth Rose violaMark Winges organThalia Moore celloKaren Rosenak pianoThe Left Coast Ensemble: Kurt Rohde, viola; Tanya Tomkins, cello; Michael Goldberg...
House of Voices
House of Voices (INNOVA 834 - 2012) ARTISTS: VOLTI; Robert Geary, conductorSix 21st-century works for choir from American composers of dazzling range and diversity, including five Volti commissions. Music by Yu-Hui Chang, Ted Hearne, Donald Crockett, Eric...
Henry Butler: Pianola Live
Henry Butler: Pianola Live (Basin Street Records BSR 0803 - 2008) ARTISTS: Henry Butler, pianoSolo performances by the legendary New Orleans pianist, recorded live in concert at Biscuits and Blues, San Francisco.George Winston, Henry Butler: recording...
Crystal Drops
Crystal Drops: music by Hi Kyung Kim (Albany TROY1002 - 2007)ARTISTS: Ensemble Parallèle; Nicole Paiement, conductorAlexander String QuartetAki Takahashi and Rae Imamura, pianosJean-Michel Fonteneau, celloJohn Sackett, clarinetSengmi Suh, daegeumMusic by Korean-born...
Mario Davidovsky: Salvos
Salvos: Chamber Music Of Mario Davidovsky (Arabesque Recordings Z6777 - 2003)ARTISTS: Empyrean Ensemble; Ross Bauer, conductorSusan Naruki, sopranoChamber music by the iconic Argentine-American composer.Lolly Lewis and Ross Bauer: recording producersPaul Stubblebine:...
Anthony Davis: Tania
Anthony Davis: Tania (KOCH 3-7467-2 - 2001) ARTISTS: Cynthia Aaronson-Davis, Avery Brooks, Thomas Young, singers; Episteme (Rand Steiger conductor).Anthony Davis’ Tania (1992) retells the saga of Patty Hearst, the newspaper heiress who in 1974 was...
The Empyrean Ensemble
The Empyrean Ensemble (Centaur CRC2386 - 1997)ARTISTS: Empyrean Ensemble; Ross Bauer, conductorNew works by Pablo Ortiz, Andrew Frank, and Ross Bauer.Lolly Lewis and Ross Bauer: recording producersPaul Stubblebine: recording engineerTransparentRecordings · Beethoven...
An American Cellobration
An American Cellobration (Crystal Records CD639 - 1997)ARTISTS: Richard Slavich, cello; Alice Ryback, pianoMusic of William Bolcom, Ned Rorem, John Harbison, Aaron Copland, George Rochberg.Lolly Lewis: recording producer and editorTransparentRecordings · Beethoven...
Earplay
Earplay: music of Elliot Carter, Richard Festinger, Andrew Frank, Ursula Mamlock, Gustavo Moretto, Wayne Peterson, and David Vayo (Centaur CRC 2274 - 1996)ARTISTS: Earplay Contemporary works from emerging and established California composers.Lolly Lewis: recording...
Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro
Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro (New Albion NA 015 - 1988)ARTISTS:LA KORO SUTRO: 100-voice chorus with American Gamelan, harp and organ, Philip Brett, conductorVARIED TRIO: David Abel, violin; Julie Steinberg, piano; William Winanat, percussionSUITE FOR BIOLIN and...
Ingram Marshall: Fog Tropes
Fog Tropes: Music of Ingram Marshall (New Albion NA002 - 1983)ARTISTS: San Francisco New Music Ensemble Evocative chamber music from the legendary San Francisco composer.Foster Reed: recording producerRobert Missbach and Lolly Lewis: recording...
John Adams: Shaker Loops/Light Over Water
Shaker Loops / Light Over Water: Music of John Adams (New Albion NA014 - 1983)ARTISTS: San Francisco New Music Ensemble John Adams' Light Over Water was commissioned for Available Light, a multimedia project at the opening of the "Temporary Contemporary" (LA MOCA)...