new zealand composers
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.
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Ahi
The Ogen Trio
with Peter Scholes and David GriffithsDynamic performances of recent NZ works for piano trio.
"Sublime and haunting" William Dart, NZ Herald.

The Prodigal Child
Michael Williams, Alan Riach
Michael Williams' chamber opera, with libretto by Alan Riach, explores three souls in crisis - the setting is New Zealand but the story is universal.
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Complete Electro Acoustic Works
Douglas Lilburn
Lilburn turned wholly to the creation of electronic works because he felt they would more accurately portray New Zealand in its own right. 4 disc set includes includes DVD...
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The Islands
Christopher Blake
First available recording of Blake's epic symphony "The Islands ", plus three dramatic tone poems...
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Viola Aotearoa
Tim Deighton
Virtuoso presentations of modern NZ repertoire for viola, including three previously unrecorded works...
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PACIFIC 3-2-1-ZERO
From Scratch
Parts 1 & 2 Live. An anti-nuclear performance recorded live June 1986...
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A Chaos of Delight
Eve de Castro Robinson
Various Artists...
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Fanfares for a New Millenium
Auckland Philharmonia
11 fanfares for the 21st Century: Blake, de Castro-Robinson, Rimmer, Palmer, Psathas, Meridan-Skipp, Elmsly, Buchanan, Cree Brown, Dadson, Hamilton...

Puhake ki te rangi
Gillian Whitehead
with Richard Nunns taonga puoroMusic for European and Maori traditional instruments.
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Piano Preludes
Anthony Ritche
Premier recording of Ritchie’s 24 Piano Preludes, brilliantly performed by Sharon Vogan.
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TAKU WANA / THE WHEEL TURNS
Helen Fisher
Two song cycles, with words by Lauris Edmond and Wi Kuki Kaa...
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YOU GOT YOUR WISH
Jonathan Besser & Bravura
New York-born, composer/pianist Jonathan Besser, offers here his take on Tango...
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Mr Darwin's Dances
Jonathan Besser
"You can smell the brine on the swaggering shanties, fiddle tunes and hornpipes"...
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Other Echoes
Eve de Castro Robinson
Auckland Philharmonia & New Zealand Symphony Orchestra...
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Points in a Changing Circle
Grant Cooper / Concord Brass
Electro/Acoustic music for brass: Lilburn, Elmsly, Harris, Rimmer. With support from The Lilburn Trust...
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Kenneth Young Symphony
NZSO
(ATOLL/TRUST PRODUCTION)
" ...arguably the most exciting New Zealand symphony I've heard."...
