Robert Baksa: Chamber Music

On this CD:

1. Octet for woodwind instruments
Composed by Robert Baksa

2. Quintet for flute & strings
Composed by Robert Baksa

3. Nonet for winds & strings
Composed by Robert Baksa

Tracks:

Song of the Moon Festival in the Woods
Selections from Emily Dickinson Songs
Eternity: A Song Cycle on Poems of Emily Dickinson
Three Songs for a Wedding
Anna Margarita's Will
Selections from The Unicorn Love Poems

Product Description

This recording project began with a concert in October 2000 at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge, New York, a community college with a vision. Larry Berk, then director of its library and information services, had recently created an Artist in Residence Program, with the support of the Ulster Foundation, to leaven the practical course offerings typical of most community colleges with a healthy dash of inspiration from working artists. Soprano Danielle Woerner was the resident artist for the fall of 2000, and designed a program for students of varying ages, backgrounds and experience. The residency required one major public presentation, and the concert of October 2000 featured some of her favorite Hudson Valley composers. Some of the music had an extra Hudson Valley flavor: words by Woodstock writers Pearl Bond and Gail Goodwin. Nearly all of the composers took part in the musical preparation and several participated as performers in both concert and on this CD. Since the project began, both Alan Shulman and Robert Starer have passed on, adding some additional poignancy to the presentation. Soprano Danielle Woerner is acclaimed for her performances of concert and operatic repertoire ranging from early Baroque to modern works. While maintaining active professional ties to New York City, she has lived in the mid-Hudson Valley. An alumna of Barnard and Bard Colleges, she counts among her most influential singing mentors Nora Bosler, Martha Gerhart and Bethany Beardslee Winham.

Customer Reviews:

Magnificent, Uplifting.......2007-06-23

Danielle is a beautifully accomplished soprano. Her voice lends that superb artistic touch to contemporary compositions that are not only difficult to perform, but Danielle performs them with familiarity and does it like no other artist. The accompaniment by the composers is especially rewarding as well. Brava Danielle!

Superb singing, interesting music........2007-03-05

This is another great CD by Danielle Woerner. She is courageous enough to sing the music of contemporary composers, and she does it with style. There is a lot of dramatic as well as musical content--she is acting as well as singing the part. It's great that many of the composers themselves accompany her on this recording. And what a voice she has!

Robert Baksa: Quintet for Oboe and Strings; 12 Bagatelles for Piano; Overture for Clarinet

Average customer rating:

Delightful!

Robert Baksa: Quintet for Oboe and Strings; 12 Bagatelles for Piano; Overture for Clarinet

Manufacturer: Capstone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YB1R
Release Date: 1994-08-09

Customer Reviews:

Delightful!.......2006-11-04

Robert Baksa is a wonderfully lyrical composer - a modernist who stays within traditional forms. The oboe quintet is classical in the Mozartian sense yet infused with modern touches. It's richly lyrical in all three movements; the third offers an attention-grabbing descending note theme with numerous variations to follow; the whole piece is delightful from beginning to end. The bagatelles, 12 in all, are varied in tempo and feeling; some of the faster ones are quite humorous. Pianist Michael Fardink plays simply (never simplistically) and does not over-reach. Many of these bagatelles are a lot of fun to listen to. The clarinet overture, though still within traditional boundaries, is the most modern of the pieces ( except for the final minute or so); it's an ambitious composition, a virtuoso piece for the clarinetist. Baksa is a composer of great charm, and I enjoyed this CD immensely.

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Harpsichord Alive: New York City Music

Manufacturer: Capstone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0002WZT5W
Release Date: 2004-09-28

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Flute Music of Robert Baksa

Manufacturer: MSR Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000WZY54
Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

Flute Sonata No.1: Allegro
Flute Sonata No.1: Adagio
Flute Sonata No.1: Allegro
Monologue for Solo Flute (1993)/Flute Sonata No.2 (1997)
Flute Sonata No.2 - Moderate and Melancholy
Flute Sonata No.2 - M Andante
Flute Sonata No.2 - Fast and aggressive
Soliloquy (1995)
Aria for Flute (1957; rev.2000)/Flute Sonata No.3 (1995-2000)
Flute Sonata No.3 - Allegro
Flute Sonata No.3 - Misterioso, liberamente
Flute Sonata No.3 - Giocoso

Album Description

Flutist Katherine Fink enjoys a multi-faceted career that includes orchestral, chamber, solo and commercial performance. She is principal flute with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the New York Pops, and the Eos Orchestra and performs regularly with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Ms. Fink is a member of the Borealis Wind Quintet, well-known throughout the United States for its recitals, master classes and recordings. She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, New York Pops, Bronx Arts Ensemble, Lincoln Center Chamber Music ensembles, Philharmonia Virtuosi, New York Chamber Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Pianist Elizabeth DiFelice has concertized throughout North America, Europe and Japan in solo recitals and as a chamber musician. Her engagements include programs at the Cleveland Art Museum, Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, Schoenberg Insitute in LA, UC Davis, Smith College, Kilbourn Hall in Rochester, NY and the American Academy in Rome. As an active ensemble musician in New York City, her extensive credits include performances with the New York Philharmonic (since 1979), American Composers Orchestra, Orchestra of St Luke's, American Symphony Orchestra, New York New Music Ensemble and the Eos Orchestra. She has appeared at Aspen, Tangelwood, Bard, Ravinia and Lincoln Center, and currently coordinates the piano department at Princeton University.

Tracks:

Alto Sax Son: Moderately: Lovely: Moderate
Alto Sax Son: Slow Waltz
Alto Sax Son: Quite Fast
Qt for cl & Strings: Moderately fast
Qt for cl & Strings: Slow and expressive
Not too fast: gracefully
Calm:Agitato:Calm
Oboe Son: Scherzo
Oboe Son: Theme & Variations
Qt for bn: Andantino
Qt for bn: Lento:Agitato:A tempo
Qt for bn: Presto

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New American Trumpet Sonatas

Manufacturer: Capstone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001YUU
Release Date: 1995-05-18

Tracks:

Trumpet Son: Lively - Roger Lee, Mitchell Vines
Trumpet Son: Not Too Slow, Singing - Roger Lee, Mitchell Vines
Trumpet Son: Very Rhythmic, Not Too Fast - Roger Lee, Mitchell Vines
Wings of Desire - Roger Lee, Allen Cohen
Son For Tpt & Pno: Cadenza-Allegro Moderato - Roger Lee, Steven Graff
Son For Tpt & Pno: Andante - Roger Lee, Steven Graff
Son For Tpt & Pno: Fast, Bold - Roger Lee, Steven Graff
Earth Elegy - Roger Lee, Mitchell Vines
Song Of Myself: I. 'I Am Afoot With My Vision' - Roger Lee, Allen Cohen
Song Of Myself: II. 'O Unspeakable Passionate Love'' - Roger Lee, Allen Cohen
Song Of Myself: III. 'I Am Satisfied-I See Dance, Laugh, Sing' - Roger Lee, Allen Cohen

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