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Beauty Enthralled includes five very different, very personal interpretations of Indian music traditions, gestures, practices and usages, as performed by Parmela Attariwala on violin and viola, along with guest performers Ravi Naimpally, tabla and singer/composer Kiran Ahluwalia.With fellow Canadian, Brian Dickenson attentive at the piano, Kenny Wheeler's distinctive flugelhorn sounds still more eloquent. The music on Still Waters is graceful and beautifully balanced, technically accomplished and pervaded by controlled emotion. - Julian Cowley, The WireParmela Attariwala weaves as delicate a sound from her compositions as she does from her violin and viola. This is a recording to treasure. - Kevin Mallon, WholenoteThis is Henrik Frisk's second CD for the Canadian label Hornblower. It features longtime friend Richie Beirach in a duo context. A few modern standards mixed with original compositions by both Frisk and Beirach.
Karin Redekopp Edwards, Pianist
Eckhardt-Gramatté ・ Chopin ・ Liszt
Karin Redekopp Edwards is professor of piano at Wheaton College. In 2013 Wheaton College honored her with the prestigious Senior Scholar Achievement Award for her excellence in performing and teaching.The most compelling statements of composers can often be found in their miniatures. In celebration of their twentieth anniversary, Thirteen Strings of Ottawa is pleased to present this collection of reflective works from the 17th century to the present day.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.The music of Dances & Dirges is either lively and dance-like or more pensive and memorial in character.Pure Delight features the premiere Ottawa new music ensemble Pierrot Ensemble with its artistic director Robert Cram in a program of highly listenable pieces with a fresh musical outlook.Trio Lyra's repertoire ranges from the Baroque through the twentieth century. They have commissioned and premiered works from some of the most prominent Canadian composers.The Hannaford Street Silver Band is Toronto’s award-winning professional brass band and Resident Company of Toronto’s St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.Laughton & Humphreys is one of Canada's most exciting ensembles, winning critical and public acclaim for their versatility in performing music of Bach and Handel alongside contemporary works. All of the music on this recording was written or arranged for Laughton & Humphreys, and celebrates Canada's cultural heritage and natural beauty.This CD contains works by composers, Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957), Walter Rein (1893-1955) and Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)JUNO AWARD: Best Classical Composition. (2003) Requiem Mass for a Charred Skull.Five major works by Rui Shi Zhuo, who has found his own path to express traditional Chinese music through contemporary western forms.Susan Layard (vocals), Chris Devonshire (electronics), Adele Armin (violin), Marc Sabat (violin), Richard Sacks (percussion)Blue Quilt
40 Fingers Saxophone Quartet
Founded in September, 1993, 40 fingers is a group of experienced and active composers and performers in the Toronto scene.Another excellent compilation of acoustic works by Arraymusic.Butterfield: Music for Klein and Beuys - Pillar of Snails
Schwitters: UrsonateThe pieces and instruments of this recording are an unexpected weave of cross-cultural and anachronistic interconnections.Evergreen Club is an ensemble of eight highly skilled Canadian musicians who perform and record using an assortment of bronze and wooden instruments from Indonesia. Collectively these instruments are known as a gamelan – a traditional instrument ensemble that plays an important role in the Indonesian culture.Four innovative acoustic works played by the excellent Canadian ensemble Arraymusic.Five new works by Peter Hatch featuring the Canadian Chamber Ensemble conducted by Daniel Warren, the Penderecki String Quartet, and harpsichordist Cynthia Hiebert.This CD features contemporary big band music for the adventurous by the Toronto new music ensemble Hemispheres.Music by Peter Hatch (Texts by Gertrude Stein) Performed by NUMUS.Hemispheres celebrates the release of its second CD, Chaser, featuring compositions by Canadian's Wende Bartley and Henry Kucharzyk, as well as the American composer Christian Wolff.Ensemble, Les Couscous Bénévoles - or the "Benevolent Cuckoos" - takes its name from a harpsichord piece by François Couperin. Comprised of some of Canada's most respected players in the field of early music, the Toronto-based ensemble is committed to performing both the great favourites and lesser known works of the Baroque and early Classical eras.5th Species is a woodwind quintet dedicated to performing adventurous repertoire by 20th century composers. The group is made up of Canadian and American musicians, and this is their debut recording.To experience fully the music of Rudolf Komorous, one has only to listen attentively. The emotional language of the music is readily apparent and on the surface. And yet, the unpredictable juxtapositions of events, the turns of phrase, the surprising chords, and the unusual sounds delineate a landscape which encompasses a wide range of feelings and sensitivities.Phh!k gathers the essence of all electronic music, from mid-20th century first attempts (like the theremin) to the German school, electro-acoustics, and experimental turn-of-the-century techniques.Titre
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