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Chen Yi: Concertos for String Instruments

Chen Yi made history as the first woman to graduate with an M.A. in composition from Beijing’s Central Conservatory, but that was only the start of a fruitful career that has brought her recognition across the globe. Having made her home in the U.S. since 1986, she is one of the most brilliant examples of the kind of multicultural artistic identity that enriches our modern world.

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BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1058

Recording Length

Disc 1: 69:09

Recording Release Date

July 2018

Recording Excerpt

Fiddle Suite (excerpt)

Disc 1

Spring in Dresden for Violin and Orchestra

Suite for Cello and Chamber Winds

I. Lusheng Ensemble

II. Echoes of the Set Bells

III. Romance of Hsiao and Ch'in

IV. Flower Drums in Dance

Fiddle Suite for Huqin and String Orchestra

I. Singing (for Erhu)

II. Reciting (for Zhonghu)

III. Dancing (for Jinghu)

Xian Shi for Viola and Orchestra

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Peter Child: Shanti

MIT-based composer Peter Child has an extensive international resume, from a year spent studying Karnatic music in Madras, India (now Chennai) to performances by the national symphonies of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. BMOP offers the first recording of his orchestral music, headlined by the 40-minute Shanti, the title of which refers to the Sanskrit word for the elusive grasp of inner peace.

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Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1057

Recording Length

Disc 1: 65:04

Recording Release Date

May 2018

Disc 1

Jubal

Adirondack Voices

I. Miner Hill

II. Donny Dims of the Arrow

III. The Jam on Gerry's Rock

Shanti

I. Adbhuta (wonder)

II. Karuna (compassion)

III. Bhayanaka (fear)

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Gil Rose

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David Del Tredici: Child Alice

David Del Tredici's modern orchestral epic Child Alice (1977-1981) receives its first complete commercial release on BMOP/sound. Layering symbolic meaning within his Lewis Carroll texts, Del Tredici’s maverick attitude towards the mores of 20th-century modernism result in a Neoromantic fireworks display of sound, energy, and emotion.

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Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1056

Recording Length

Disc 1: 60:58

Disc 2: 72:51

Recording Release Date

November 2017

Disc 1

Part I: In Memory of a Summer Day

Simple Alice

Triumphant Alice

Ecstatic Alice

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Part II

Quaint Events

Happy Voices

All in the Golden Afternoon

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Gil Rose

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Jeremy Gill: Before the Wresting Tides

Celebrated for his masterful use of orchestral color and probing integration of influences classical and modern, composer Jeremy Gill shines with three unique concertos on Before the Wresting Tides.

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Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1055

Recording Length

Disc 1: 56:44

Recording Release Date

October 2017

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Disc 1

Before the Wresting Tides

Serenada Concertante

Notturno Concertante

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Gil Rose

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Paul Moravec: The Blizzard Voices

Paul Moravec’s contemporary update to the vaunted tradition of the oratorio, chronicling the fearsome “Schoolhouse Blizzard” that hit the Great Plains in 1888.

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Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1054

Recording Length

Disc 1: 61:21

Recording Release Date

September 2017

Recording Excerpt

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Disc 1

The Blizzard Voices

I. Prologue - The Plains

II. There Was a Day

III. The Blizzard Bore Down

IV. Billy

V. I Never See a Sunflower

VI. All Night the Wind Moaned

VII. Lois Mae Royce

VIII. Fare Thee Well, Mother

IX. Telegraph

X. Minnie Freeman

XI. My Sister Was Born

XII. In the Morning - XIII. Light the Fire

XIV. The Searching Parties

XV. In Remembrance

XVI. Epilogue

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Wayne Peterson: Transformations

The first-ever recorded compilation of the orchestral work of one of the great composers of our time.

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Recording Subtitle

And the Winds Shall Blow | The Face of the Night, the Heart of the Dark

Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1053

Recording Length

Disc 1: 57:08

Recording Release Date

June 2017

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Disc 1

Transformations

And the Winds Shall Blow

The Face of the Night, the Heart of the Dark

Adagio

Allegro ma non troppo

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Wayne Peterson

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Stephen Hartke: The Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon

Ascend to the heavens, dance your way through medieval Portugal, hobnob with Bach at Brandenburg, and float down the Missouri

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Recording Subtitle

Alvorada | A Brandenburg Autumn | Muse of the Missouri

Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1052

Recording Length

Disc 1: 59:17

Recording Release Date

April 2017

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Disc 1

The Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon

Alvorada: Three Madrigals for String Orchestra

I. Nocturne: Barcarolle

II. Scherzo: Colloquy

III. Sarabande: Palaces

IV. Rejouissance: Hornpipe

Muse of the Missouri

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Anthony Paul De Ritis: Pop Concerto

Highbrow meets lowbrow, funky meets cultured, and soloists meet their shadowy doubles in the music of Anthony Paul De Ritis.

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Recording Subtitle

Amsterdam | Riflessioni | Ballet

Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1051

Recording Length

Disc 1: 1:13:04

Recording Release Date

February 2017

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Disc 1

Amsterdam

Riflessioni

Ballet

Pop Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra

I. based on "Bring it On" by Seal

II. based on "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette

III. based on "Beautiful Day" by U2

IV. based on "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson

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Steven Stucky: American Muse

BMOP salutes a great American talent in honor of our 50th release.

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Recording Subtitle

Rhapsodies | Concerto for Orchestra

Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1050

Recording Length

Disc 1: 56:34

Recording Release Date

November 2016

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Rhapsodies

American Muse

American Lights, Seen from Off Abroad

Buffalo Bill's

Delaware Water Gap

I Hear America Singing

Concerto for Orchestra

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Comodo

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Steven Stucky

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Gil Rose

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Virgil Thomson: Four Saints in Three Acts

Profundity is absurd and absurdity profound in this great 20th-century modernist collaboration.

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Recording Subtitle

Capital Capitals

Record Label

BMOP/sound

Recording Catalog Number

1049

Recording Length

Disc 1: 55:40

Disc 2: 51:48

Recording Release Date

October 2016

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Disc 1

Four Saints in Three Acts

Prelude: A narrative of prepare for saints

Act I

Tableau I: A garden at Avila

Tableau II: St. Teresa II with dove

Tableau III: St. Teresa II seated

Tableau IV: St. Ignatius presents flowers

Tableau V: St. Ignatius showing St. Teresa II the model of a Heavenly Mansion

Tableau VI: St. Teresa II in ecstasy

Tableau VII: St. Teresa II, with halo

Tableau VIII: No pose

Act II

Might it be mountains

Vision of a Heavenly Mansion

Pantomime

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Saint Ignatius predicts the Last Judgment

The Sisters and Saints reassembled

Capital Capitals

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Virgil Thomson

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Gil Rose

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