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Celtic Celebration
Amadeus Choir
Featuring stunning arrangements of beautiful melodies and toe-tapping tunes, both familiar and new, from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the east coast of Canada, written by some of our favourite composers and arrangers. Lydia Adams, conductorThis fully packed album offers a stunning retrospective of Marcelle Deschênes' electro-acoustic works, from 1976 to 2002.Opus Québec: Music by Champagne, Dompierre, Hetu, Laurin, Mathieu, Paineau-Couture, PrevostBuhr, Luedeke & Nishimura: Contemporary Piano Concerti
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
James Anagnoson & Leslie Kinton, piano duo
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Strange Machine
The Frank Horvat Band
Horvat is a master at bringing together all flavors of many different musical styles and genres… a brilliant creative mindset – Skope MagazineI Can See You
The Frank Horvat Band
The soundscapes are interesting, infectious, and hypnotic… I found the listening experience highly original and unique. – Cyrus RhodesTerry Rusling was a Canadian composer of electronic music. He also worked as an engineer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).The Music of Blago Simeonov
14 works, 1960-1980
14 works by Canadian-Bulgarian composer Blago Simeonov, written between 1960-1980The Current Agenda
music by Frank Horvat
The Current Agenda – electro-chamber album on social justice issues. Never one to back away from what moves him, Frank Horvat is set to release his second social justice album on events and issues that have touched him greatly and that continue to affect the world we live in.Me to We
music by Frank Horvat
Me to We – neo-romantic chamber album on love and longing. An utterly emotional exploration of the potency of love. Contemporary yet romantic. With the sweeping violin of Edwin Huizinga, a minimalist piano and the most heartfelt of flute’s. This album takes you on the journey from me to we.Both the composer and the librettist agreed to delve into Quebec's history to find the story and characters for their opera. Chevalier de Lorimier is one of the most interesting figures from the period of the Troubles of 1837-1838Suite Celtique pour harpe / Une Messe pour le Vent qui souffleOrchestre bois et cuivres contemporain de l'université Laval / Contemporary Wood and Brass Band at Laval UniversityNouvelle Musique pour Saxophone et Piano
New Music for Saxophone and Piano
New music for saxophone and piano.Mighty Fingers is a collection of ten carefully crafted original compositions and the size of the group allows for some exciting, rather dense harmonies with plenty of openings for the improvisational expertise of these remarkable musicians.The orchestral works presented here reveal strongly Maya Badian inventiveness, mastery and versatility as a composer and brilliant orchestrator.A Long Time Ago Into The Future
Mary Kenedi plays Canadian piano music
A Long Time Ago Into The Future was written for Mary Kenedi in 1986.Symphonic compositions and double concertos by Maya BadianThe 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 disc is framed by two works (East Wind and Pacific) that refer to the environment and cultures of the Pacific region, but all of the pieces are influenced by a growing awareness of the interplay between Eastern and Western ideas, just as the world increasingly looks to the Pacific Rim as the new centre of economic activity.