Virgil Thomson: Three Pictures

“A fascinating new recording; the performances here are accomplished and engrossing.” (The New York Times)

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A Solemn Music | A Joyful Fugue | Feast of Love | Collected Poems | Five Songs from William Blake
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1018
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 58:31
Recording Release Date 
August 2010
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
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Audio icon A Solemn Music (1961-62)
Audio icon A Joyful Fugue (1961-62)
Audio icon The Feast of Love (1964)
Audio icon Collected Poems (1959)
Audio icon Five Songs from William Blake (1951)
Audio icon I. The Divine Image
Audio icon II. Tiger! Tiger!
Audio icon III. The Land of Dreams
Audio icon IV. The Little Black Boy
Audio icon V. And Did Those Feet
Audio icon Three Pictures for Orchestra (1947-52)
Audio icon I. The Seine at Night
Audio icon II. Wheat Field at Noon
Audio icon III. Sea Piece with Birds
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PDF icon bmop_-_1018_-_virgil_thomson_-_three_pictures.pdf
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Virgil Thomson
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Thomas Meglioranza
Kristen Watson
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baritone
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Gil Rose

Lisa Bielawa: In medias res

Lisa Bielawa’s 2-CD album makes Jeremy Eichler’s “Top Classical Albums of 2010.” (The Boston Globe)

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Roam | Double Violin Concerto | unfinish'd, sent | Synopses #1-15
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1017
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 72:42
Disc 2: 68:45
Recording Release Date 
June 2010
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
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Audio icon Roam (2001)
Audio icon Double Violin Concerto (2008)
Audio icon I. Portico
Audio icon II. Song
Audio icon III. Play Within a Play
Audio icon unfinish'd, sent (2000)
Audio icon In medias res, concerto for orchestra (2009)
Audio icon I. and
Audio icon II. or
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PDF icon bmop_-_1017_-_lisa_bielawa_-_in_medias_res.pdf
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Lisa Bielawa
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Carla Kihlstedt
Colin Jacobsen
Lisa Bielawa
Sarah Bob
Aaron Trant
Sarah Brady
Anthony D'Amico
Terry Everson
Rafael Popper-Keizer
Charles Dimmick
Rachel Braude
Kate Vincent
Jennifer Slowik
Robert Schulz
Michael Norsworthy
Gabriela Diaz
Hans Bohn
Ina Zdorovetchi
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violin / voice
violin
soprano
piano (Synopsis #1)
percussion (Synopsis #2)
flute (Synopsis #3)
double bass (Synopsis #4)
trumpet (Synopsis #5)
cello (Synopsis #6)
violin (Synopsis #7)
piccolo (Synopsis #8)
viola (Synopsis #9)
English horn (Synopsis #10)
drum set / voice (Synopsis #11)
clarinet (Synopsis #12)
violin (Synopsis #13)
trombone (Synopsis #14)
harp (Synopsis #15)
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

William Thomas McKinley: R.A.P.

“An exhilarating collection of magnetic, life-affirming music by one of America’s major composers.” (Fanfare)

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Marimba Concerto | 13 Dances for Orchestra
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1016
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 77:07
Recording Release Date 
April 2010
Recording Excerpt 
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Audio icon Marimba Concerto "Childhood Memories" (2005)
Audio icon I. Childsplay
Audio icon II. Daydreams
Audio icon III. Hopscotch
Audio icon IV. Tag
Audio icon V. Lazy Summer Day
Audio icon VI. Timeout
Audio icon VII. Under the Sprinkler
Audio icon VIII. Evening Reveries
Audio icon IX. The Playground
Audio icon X. Evening Birds
Audio icon XI. Night Dreams
Audio icon XII. Morning Light
Audio icon XIII. Downhill Sledding
Audio icon XIV. Ol' Time Radio
Audio icon R.A.P. (2005)
Audio icon 13 Dances for Orchestra (2007)
Audio icon I. Madcap Valse
Audio icon II. Ballad Walk
Audio icon III. Tango Blue
Audio icon IV. Charleston Jump
Audio icon V. Slow Dance
Audio icon VI. Jitterbug Stomp
Audio icon VII. Magic Ballet
Audio icon VIII. March Boogie
Audio icon IX. Samba Eye
Audio icon X. Crazy Minuet
Audio icon XI. Jitterbug Man
Audio icon XII. Rap Groove
Audio icon XIII. Flight Dance
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PDF icon bmop_-_1016_-_william_thomas_mckinley_-_r.a.p.pdf
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William Thomas McKinley
Related Soloist 
Richard Stoltzman
Nancy Zeltsman
Soloist Instrument 
clarinet
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Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Dominick Argento: Jonah and the Whale

“Idiosyncratic, colorful, stylistically varied...” (Opera News)

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An Oratorio
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1015
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 53:37
Recording Release Date 
February 2010
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
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Audio icon Jonah and the Whale (1973)
Audio icon Part I
Audio icon I. The Lesson
Audio icon II. The Charge to Jonah
Audio icon III. His Flight
Audio icon IV. The Storm at Sea
Audio icon V. In the Belly of the Whale
Audio icon VI. His Prayer
Audio icon Part II
Audio icon VII. In Ninevah
Audio icon VIII. Jonah's Despair
Audio icon IX. The Booth
Audio icon X. God's Rebuke
Audio icon XI. The Lesson Restated
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PDF icon bmop_-_1015_-_dominick_argento_-_jonah_and_the_whale.pdf
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Dominick Argento
Related Soloist 
Thomas Oakes
Daniel Norman
Daniel Cole
Providence Singers
Soloist Instrument 
narrator
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Related Conductor 
Andrew Clark

Ken Ueno: Talus

Ken Ueno: Talus offers three concerti that collectively represent Ueno's long-term collaboration with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and its bold conductor Gil Rose. Composed with specific soloists in mind, each work reveals unconventional techniques and intriguing artistry, bringing to light the unique performance capabilities of the featured instrumentalists.

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On a Sufficient Condition... | Kaze-no-Oka
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1014
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 57:48
Recording Release Date 
January 2010
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon Talus (2007)
Audio icon On a Sufficient Condition for the Existence of Most Specific Hypothesis (2008)
Audio icon Kaze-no-Oka (2005)
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Related Soloist 
Wendy Richman
Kifu Mitsuhashi
Yukio Tanaka
Ken Ueno
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viola
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Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Elliott Schwartz: Chamber Concertos I-VI

BMOP/sound's release, Chamber Concertos I-VI, is a comprehensive recording featuring the six chamber concertos of Elliott Schwartz. Spanning more than thirty years of his compositional career, these works represent a fusion of the solo concerto and the concerto grosso. Moreover, they reflect the composer's fascination with neo-Baroque models in which the virtuoso role is moderated to allow for complex textural possibilities.

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For solo bass, clarinet, piano, saxophone, bassoon, and violin
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1013
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 75:20
Recording Release Date 
October 2009
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon Chamber Concerto I (1976)
Audio icon Chamber Concerto II (1976)
Audio icon Chamber Concerto III: Another View (1977, rev. 2007)
Audio icon Chamber Concerto IV (1980-81)
Audio icon Chamber Concerto V: Water Music (1991, rev. 2006-07)
Audio icon Chamber Concerto VI: Mr. Jefferson (2007, rev. 2008)
Audio icon I. The Inventor
Audio icon II. The Violin
Audio icon III. The Garden
Audio icon IV. The Letter
Audio icon V. The Portrait
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Anthony D'Amico
Gary Gorczyca
Nina Ferrigno
Eliot Gattegno
Ronald Haroutunian
Charles Dimmick
Soloist Instrument 
double bass
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saxophone
bassoon
violin
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

John Cage: Sixteen Dances

John Cage: Sixteen Dances highlights one of the most significant and influential American composers of the 20th century. Sixteen Dances was developed through the use of chance operations, a compositional process involving methods such as coin tossing and the I Ching or Book of Changes. This recording offers a brilliant performance by BMOP under Gil Rose's direction.

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Choreographic work for nine players
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1012
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 42:12
Recording Release Date 
September 2009
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
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Audio icon Sixteen Dances (1951)
Audio icon No. 1 [Anger]
Audio icon No. 2 [Interlude]
Audio icon No. 3 [Humor]
Audio icon No. 4 [Interlude]
Audio icon No. 5 [Sorrow]
Audio icon No. 6 [Interlude]
Audio icon No. 7 [The Heroic]
Audio icon No. 8 [Interlude]
Audio icon No. 9 [The Odious]
Audio icon No. 10 [Interlude]
Audio icon No. 11 [The Wonderous]
Audio icon No. 12 [Interlude]
Audio icon No. 13 [Fear]
Audio icon No. 14 [Interlude]
Audio icon No. 15 [The Erotic]
Audio icon No. 16 [Tranquility]
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John Cage
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Gil Rose

Louis Andriessen: La Passione

La Passione features four works by one of today's most significant international new music figures.

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Bells for Haarlem | Letter from Cathy | Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1011
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 55:34
Recording Release Date 
June 2009
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
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Audio icon Bells For Haarlem (2002)
Audio icon Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno (1998)
Audio icon Letter From Cathy (2003)
Audio icon La Passione (2002)
Audio icon Introduction
Audio icon 1. Una canzone si rompe
Audio icon 2. La sera di fiera
Audio icon 3. Una forma nera cornuta
Audio icon 4. O Satana
Audio icon 5. Sul treno in corsa
Audio icon 6. Il russo
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Louis Andriessen
Related Soloist 
Cristina Zavalloni
Monica Germino
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mezzo-soprano
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Gil Rose

John Harbison: Full Moon in March

John Harbison's Full Moon in March is an emblematic ritual-opera, the libretto adapted from the poem A Full Moon in March by W.B. Yeats. Sinister and moody in its musical palette, Gil Rose skillfully leads BMOP with soloists Lorraine DiSimone (mezzo-soprano), James Maddalena (baritone), Anne Harley (soprano), and Frank Kelley (tenor), in a tour de force performance of a great 20th century literary work.

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Mirabai Songs | Exequien for Calvin Simmons
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1010
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 56:49
Recording Release Date 
April 2009
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon Full Moon in March (1977)
Audio icon Fanfare
Audio icon The Attendants' First Song
Audio icon Recitative I
Audio icon The Swineherd's Aria
Audio icon Recitative II
Audio icon The Queen's Aria
Audio icon Arioso
Audio icon Duet: Queen and Swineherd
Audio icon The Attendants' Second Song
Audio icon The First Attendant's Aria
Audio icon The Queen's Dance (first part)
Audio icon The Second Attendant's Aria
Audio icon The Queen's Dance (final part)
Audio icon The Attendants' Final Song
Audio icon Mirabai Songs (1982)
Audio icon I. It's True, I Went to the Market
Audio icon II. All I Was Doing Was Breathing
Audio icon III. Why Mira Can't Go Back To Her Old House
Audio icon IV. Where Did You Go?
Audio icon V. The Clouds
Audio icon VI. Don't Go, Don't Go
Audio icon Exequien for Calvin Simmons (1982)
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Lorraine DiSimone
Anne Harley
Frank Kelley
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Janna Baty
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Gil Rose

David Rakowski: Winged Contraption

David Rakowski: Winged Contraption is a compilation of three profound compositions by one of this generation's most visible American composers. This CD features the brilliant Marilyn Nonken, whose explosive performance, coupled with the dynamic energy of Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, reveal the creative wizardry of David Rakowski.

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Persistent Memory | Piano Concerto
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1009
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 64:27
Recording Release Date 
March 2009
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Music excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon Persistent Memory (1996-97)
Audio icon I. Elegy
Audio icon II. Variations, Scherzo, and Variations
Audio icon Piano Concerto (2005-06)
Audio icon I. Freely; Vivace
Audio icon II. Adagio
Audio icon III. Scherzando
Audio icon IV. Poco andante, quasi adagietto, con gusty; Allegro; Candenza; Allegro
Audio icon Winged Contraption (1991)
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David Rakowski
Related Soloist 
Marilyn Nonken
Soloist Instrument 
piano
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

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