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The repertoire on Playing Tribute was chosen by the Aulos Trio to honour six Canadian composers who all celebrated significant birthdays in the first half of the 1990s.
Soundland Alberta
le pays sonore
Inspired by a year-long sojourn in Spain and Europe, Danielle Cumming features works by composers who, like her, spent time in other cultures and came away with their own musical impressions, or postcards.Divertimenti
Three Concerti for Piano and Strings
Performed by Margaret Bruce with Peter Gellhorn conducting the Canadians and Classics Chamber OrchestraA Canadian Piano Album is an important new release by Allen Reiser, a pianist well known for his dedication to Canadian music. This recording will be of great interest to performers, teachers, senior piano students and Canadian music enthusiasts, as it contains many of the most popular and often performed piano works of ten outstanding Canadian composers.Acclamations
Canadian Organ Music / Musique canadienne pour orgue
Acclamations combines a wide variety of compositional approaches and styles from traditional avant-garde.The Bliss of Solitude
Canadian Art Song
The Bliss of Solitude (from William Wordsworth's The Daffodils) is a selection of Canadian art songs taken from the three anthologies published by Alberta Keys Music.Soprano Sophie Bouffard's debut release Songs of North with pianist David McIntyre.In these well-programmed songs for baritone, Gentle Lady, features two distinguished composers of the 20th century whose working lives were centered in Western Canada. The essential lyricism of Jean Coulthard and the clarity and boldness of expression characteristic of Violet Archer seems somehow rooted in this dynamic geography even as these songs travel in both time and place, seeking a contrast of inspiration.Remembered Voices, featuring violinist Ralitsa Tcholakova and pianist Elaine Keillor.