John Adams: Chamber Symphony

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1078
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 66:35
Recording Release Date 
May 2021
Disc 1 
Audio icon Chamber Symphony (1992)
Audio icon I. Mongrel Airs
Audio icon II. Aria with Walking Bass
Audio icon III. Roadrunner
Audio icon Common Tones in Simple Time (1979)
Audio icon Son of Chamber Symphony (2007)
Audio icon I.
Audio icon II.
Audio icon III.
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John Adams
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Gil Rose

Elliott Carter: Ballets

Featuring the world premiere recording of the complete Pocahontas ballet.

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1077
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 65:57
Recording Release Date 
March 2021
Disc 1 
Audio icon Pocahontas (1939)
Audio icon Overture
Audio icon John Smith and Rolfe lost in the Virginia Forest
Audio icon The Indians ambush John Smith
Audio icon Princess Pocahontas and her Ladies
Audio icon John Smith is tortured by Indians and saved by Pocahontas
Audio icon John Smith presents young Rolfe to Pocahontas, Rolfe and Pocahontas dance
Audio icon Pavane, Farewell of Indians, Pocahontas and Rolfe sail for England
Audio icon The Minotaur (1947)
Audio icon Overture
Audio icon SCENE I: King Minos' Palace in Crete
Audio icon Queen Pasiphae dresses for her tryst with the sacred bull
Audio icon Pasiphae's dance with the bulls
Audio icon Interlude
Audio icon SCENE II: Before Labyrinth
Audio icon Building of Labyrinth
Audio icon Procession and entrance of King Minos
Audio icon Sacrifice of the Greek victims
Audio icon Ariadne dances with Theseus (Pas de Deux)
Audio icon The Labyrinth
Audio icon Theseus' farewell as he enters the Labyrinth
Audio icon Ariadne's thread unwinds
Audio icon The Fight with the Minotaur
Audio icon Ariadne rewinds her thread to lead Theseus out of the Labyrinth
Audio icon Greeks and Theseus emerge from Labyrinth
Audio icon Theseus and the Greeks prepare to leave Crete
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Elliott Carter
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Robert Carl: White Heron

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1076
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 59:52
Recording Release Date 
February 2021
Disc 1 
Audio icon White Heron
Audio icon What's Underfoot
Audio icon Rocking Chair Serenade for String Orchestra
Audio icon Symphony No. 5, "Land"
Audio icon I. Open Prairie
Audio icon II. High Plains
Audio icon III. A. Facing Mountains
Audio icon III. B.1 Shimmering Mists
Audio icon III. B.2 Wildflower Meadows
Audio icon III. B.3 Storm Fronts
Audio icon III. C. Scaling
Audio icon IV. Above the Tree Line
Audio icon V. Land Beyond
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Robert Carl
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Charles Wuorinen: Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Coming Friday, November 20!

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1075
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 80:54
Disc 2: 52:35
Recording Release Date 
November 2020
Disc 1 
Audio icon Act I
Audio icon Scene 1: In the Sad City of Alifbay
Audio icon Scene 2: A Story
Audio icon Scene 3: Enter Two Men
Audio icon Scene 4: On the Road
Audio icon Scene 5: To the Valley of K
Audio icon Scene 6: In the Dark
Audio icon Scene 7: In the Valley of K
Audio icon Scene 8: Meeting Mr. Buttoo
Audio icon Scene 9: The Floating Gardens
Audio icon Scene 10: On the Houseboat
Audio icon Scene 11: Changing Bedrooms
Audio icon Scene 12: The Story Tap
Audio icon Scene 13: Flying to the Moon
Audio icon Scene 14: Wishwater
Audio icon Scene 15: The Story He Drank
Audio icon Scene 16: Flying to Gup City
Audio icon Scene 17: War is Declared
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Audio icon Act II
Audio icon Scene 1: Rescue the Princess!
Audio icon Scene 2: To the Twilight Strip
Audio icon Scene 3: On the Way to the South Pole
Audio icon Scene 4: They Were Being Pulled Slowly Forwards
Audio icon Scene 5: Meanwhile, at the Citadel of Chup
Audio icon Scene 6: At the Door of P2C2E House
Audio icon Scene 7: Mr. Buttoo's Rally
Audio icon Scene 8: Back Home
Audio icon Scene 9: Haroun Wakes in His Bedroom at Dawn
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PDF icon 1075-wourinen-bklt-web.pdf
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Charles Wuorinen
Related Soloist 
Heather Buck
Stephen Bryant
Matthew DiBattista
David Salsbery Fry
Brian Giebler
Wilbur Pauley
Michelle Trainor
Neal Ferreira
Heather Gallagher
Charles Blandy
Aaron Engebreth
Thomas Oesterling
Steven Goldstein
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Gil Rose

John Harbison: Concertos for String Instruments

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1074
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 63:55
Recording Release Date 
October 2020
Disc 1 
Audio icon Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Audio icon I. Con moto, rubato
Audio icon II. Allegro brillante
Audio icon III. Molto allegro
Audio icon Double Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, and Orchestra
Audio icon I. Affetuoso, poco inquieto
Audio icon II. Notturno
Audio icon III. Tempo giusto
Audio icon Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra
Audio icon I. Lamento
Audio icon II. Cavatina
Audio icon III. Rondo
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John Harbison
Related Soloist 
Marcus Thompson
Emily Bruskin
Julia Bruskin
Edwin Barker
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viola
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cello
bass
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Gil Rose

Norman Dello Joio: The Trial at Rouen

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1073
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 62:14
Disc 2: 56:53
Recording Release Date 
September 2020
Disc 1 
Audio icon <i>The Triumph of Saint Joan</i> Symphony (1952)
Audio icon I. The Maid
Audio icon II. The Warrior
Audio icon III. The Saint
Audio icon <i>The Trial at Rouen</i> (1956): Scene I
Audio icon Prelude
Audio icon "Mover of the Universe"
Audio icon "Yield, my pigeon, yield!"
Audio icon "Is it for this I crowned a king?"
Audio icon "O good maid, my heart is with you"
Audio icon "Are you the price of life's sweet breath?"
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Audio icon Scene II
Audio icon Prelude
Audio icon "Come on, Soldier, let us in, we've come to see the trial begin"
Audio icon "Have you no respect in the presence of the Holy Office?"
Audio icon "I call on Thee, Eternal God"
Audio icon "Look, she's still in chains"
Audio icon "Then in the name of Heaven, end this trial"
Audio icon "I have never denied it, but you contradict what my voices tell me."
Audio icon "In our time of trouble"
Audio icon "Was Saint Michael unclothed when he appeared before you?"
Audio icon "The maid is doomed"
Audio icon "Do what you will but do not burn me."
Audio icon "Fear not, daughter of France, thy saints draw near, Joan of Lorraine"
Audio icon "Be brave, O girl, in your hour of death"
Audio icon "Your final will be done."
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Norman Dello Joio
Related Soloist 
Heather Buck
Stephen Powell
Luke Scott
Ryan Stoll
Jeremy Ayres Fisher
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Gil Rose

Harold Shapero: Orchestral Works

PLEASE NOTE: This is an overlength CD. Though it has been successfully playtested on multiple CD players, some older models may not be able to play this CD in full. It will work on all SACD players.

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1072
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 83:30
Recording Release Date 
August 2020
Disc 1 
Audio icon Sinfonia in C minor
Audio icon <i>Credo</i> for Orchestra
Audio icon Partita in C for Piano and Small Orchestra
Audio icon I. Sinfonia
Audio icon II. Ciaccona
Audio icon III. Pastorale
Audio icon IV. Scherzo
Audio icon V. Aria
Audio icon VI. Burlesca
Audio icon VII. Cadenza
Audio icon VIII. Esercizio
Audio icon <i>On Green Mountain</i> for Jazz Ensemble
Audio icon Serenade in D for String Orchestra
Audio icon I. Adagio—Allegretto
Audio icon II. Menuetto
Audio icon III. Larghetto, poco adagio
Audio icon IV. Intermezzo
Audio icon V. Finale
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Harold Shapero
Related Soloist 
Vivian Choi
Soloist Instrument 
Piano
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Eric Nathan: the space of a door

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1071
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 60:08
Recording Release Date 
May 2020
Disc 1 
Audio icon Paestum for Orchestra
Audio icon Omaggio a Gesualdo
Audio icon the space of a door
Audio icon Timbered Bells
Audio icon Missing Words I
Audio icon I. Eisenbahnscheinbewegung (Railway-Illusion-Motion)
Audio icon II. Herbstlaubtrittvergnugen (Autumn-Foliage-Strike-Fun)
Audio icon III. Fingerspitzentanz (Fingertips-Dance)
Audio icon Icarus Dreamt
Audio icon Paestum for Sinfonietta
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Eric Nathan
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Gil Rose

Gunther Schuller: The Fisherman and His Wife

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1070
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 64:48
Recording Release Date 
April 2020
Disc 1 
Audio icon The Fisherman and His Wife (1970)
Audio icon Scene I: A humble hut, with net curtains and a plain stool; dawn
Audio icon Scene II: Seaside; water sparkling blue, sky dawn-pink yielding to fair blue
Audio icon Scene III: The hut; lunchtime
Audio icon Scene IV: Seaside; sea green and yellow, light faintly ominous
Audio icon Scene V: A cottage, with a pleasant garden and velvet chair
Audio icon Scene VI: Seaside; water purple and murky blue, hint of a storm
Audio icon Scene VII: A castle, with a great rural vista, tapestries, and an ivory canopied bed
Audio icon Scene VIII: Seaside; water dark gray, definite howling of sullen wind
Audio icon Scene IX: Flourishes and fanfares of brass
Audio icon Scene X: Seaside; much wind, high sea and tossing, sky red along edges, red light suffuses
Audio icon Scene XI: A papal palace
Audio icon Scene XII: Seaside; storm, lightning, sea quite black. The pit of creation.
Audio icon Scene XIII: A humble hut
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Gunther Schuller
Related Soloist 
Sondra Kelly
Steven Goldstein
David Kravitz
Katrina Galka
Ethan DePuy
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mezzo-soprano
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Gil Rose

David Felder: Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1069
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 48:52
Recording Release Date 
January 2020
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Excerpt from "Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux"
Disc 1 
Audio icon Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux (2013-14)
Audio icon Prelude/Stanza 1a [Daumal]
Audio icon Stanza 1b [Daumal]
Audio icon Spring Light [Creeley]
Audio icon Stanza 2a [Daumal]
Audio icon Fragments (from Neruda)
Audio icon Stanza 2b [Daumal]
Audio icon Stanza 3a [Daumal]
Audio icon Stanza 3b [Daumal]
Audio icon Buffalo Evening [Creeley]
Audio icon Stanza 4a [Daumal]
Audio icon Insomnia [Gioia]
Audio icon Stanza 4b [Daumal]/Postlude
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David Felder
Related Soloist 
Laura Aikin
Ethan Herschenfeld
Soloist Instrument 
soprano
bass
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

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