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New & Featured Releases
Remember Parihaka
Auckland Chamber Orchestra cond. Peter Scholes
For their debut disc ACO and Music Director Scholes have recorded four of Anthony Ritchie's smaller-scale orchestral works. In addition to the title work, the CD features Alexa Still in Ritchie's popular flute concerto; a moving Cello and Bass Clarinet concerto written for soloists Hebley and Uren; and iconic NZ poet Sam Hunt.
s3d Live at Galatos AK07 DVD and CD set
s3d
Recorded live at Auckland Festival AK07, this release captures in sound and image impressive moments from a unique collaboration between 12 experimental instrument makers/sound artists.
“This is a formula for some of the freshest, most innovative and satisfying soundscape you can imagine.”
Bart Hopkin
DeConstruction
Tzenka Dianova plays Satie & Cage
Prepared piano exponent Tzenka Dianova presents her original and beautiful approach to the piano.
ACD 309 : buy cd | buy from Amazon.com | more info
Bach in the Italian Style
James Tibbles harpsichord
Bright and beautiful Bach - performed on a fine copy of Christian Zell’s spectacular 1728 instrument.
Coming Soon
Flight
Bridget Douglas and Carolyn Mills are Flight – exquisite modern pieces for flute and harp.
Orchestra Music
Eve de Castro-Robinson
NZSO conducted by Kenneth Young, available early 2010.
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The Richard Farrell Series
Volume 2:
The Complete RecordingsRichard Farrell 1926 - 1958
Volume 2 (2 CDs) in the Richard Farrell series includes the remainder of Farrell's known studio recordings, recently (2009) transferred at Abbey Rd Studios from the original Pye masters, and sympathetically remastered by Atoll. It includes three previously unreleased Chopin tracks.
Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schumann.
Volume 1:
The Complete RecordingsRichard Farrell 1926 - 1958
Volume 1 (2 CDs) of a special series devoted to the recordings of the legendary NZ pianist playing Grieg, Brahms, Liszt. Remastered from the original PYE master tapes.
"...some of the most beautiful recorded performances of the time Buy this release. You'll be richly rewarded."
Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone July 2009ACD 208 : UK distribution | buy cd | more info
Recent Releases
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Gung-Ho Virtuoso works for Trombone
David Bremner
The consummate solo trombone collection.
Bartok
NZSQ Complete String Quartets
Dramatic and heartfelt performances from the 1990s, now reissued on Atoll.
SOUND TRACKS
Philip Dadson
Reissued 2009
Sound Tracks maps a sequence of solo improvisations on a range of invented instruments.
