David Rakowski: Stolen Moments

Back for round 2: Rakowski's wit, rhymic attitude, and ear for instrumental virtuosity are addictive.

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Recording Subtitle 
Piano Concerto No. 2
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1048
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 1:10:02
Recording Release Date 
August 2016
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Recording excerpt
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Audio icon Stolen Moments
Audio icon I. Fast
Audio icon II. Slow and expressive
Audio icon III. Sultry
Audio icon IV. Vivace
Audio icon Piano Concerto No. 2
Audio icon I. Molto vivo—Half tempo—Double tempo—Molto vivo—Half tempo
Audio icon II. Elegy for Milton: Slow—Freely, expressive—Allegro—A bit slower—Cadenza—Tempo primo
Audio icon III. Scherzo—Cadenza—Tempo primissimo—Scary fast
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Recording Booklet 
PDF icon 1048-rakowski-bklt-web.pdf
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Related Composer 
David Rakowski
Related Soloist 
Amy Briggs
Sarah Bob
Soloist Instrument 
piano
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Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

David Stock: Concertos

Three virtuosic, joyfully crafted concertos pay tribute to a great composer, collaborator, and friend.

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Recording Subtitle 
Concierto Cubano | Oborama | Percussion Concerto
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1047
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 60:10
Recording Release Date 
February 2016
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Concierto Cubano excerpt
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Audio icon Concierto Cubano
Audio icon I. Fast, rugged
Audio icon II. Calm, introspective
Audio icon III. Dancing, with fire
Audio icon Oborama
Audio icon I. Dark, somber [English horn]
Audio icon II. Crisp, bright [musette]
Audio icon III. Graceful, wistful [oboe d'amore]
Audio icon IV. Dark, solemn [bass oboe]
Audio icon V. Very fast [oboe]
Audio icon Percussion Concerto
Audio icon I. Calm, placid
Audio icon II. Introspective
Audio icon III. [half note]=ca. 100
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David Stock
Related Soloist 
Andrés Cárdenes
Alex Klein
Lisa Pegher
Soloist Instrument 
violin
oboes
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Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Kati Agócs: The Debrecen Passion

A distinctive and original mix of instruments and voices that proves that sacred music is still a vital medium in the 21st century

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Recording Subtitle 
Requiem Fragments | By the Streams of Babylon | ...like treasure hidden in a field | Vessel
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1046
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 57:00
Recording Release Date 
January 2016
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Recording excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon The Debrecen Passion
Audio icon Requiem Fragments
Audio icon By the Streams of Babylon
Audio icon ...like treasure hidden in a field
Audio icon Vessel
Recording Tracks Status (cd1) 
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Recording Tracks Status (cd2) 
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Recording Booklet 
PDF icon 1046-agocs-bklt-web.pdf
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Kati Agócs
Related Soloist 
Kati Agócs
Lisa Bielawa
Katherine Growdon
Margot Rood
Sonja Tengblad
Lorelei Ensemble
Soloist Instrument 
soprano
soprano
mezzo-soprano
soprano
soprano
none
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Mason Bates: Mothership

San Francisco-based composer/DJ Mason Bates is an artist to watch. His kinetic, dynamic orchestral conception and electronic fusion jumps out of the speaker in multiple dimensions.

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Recording Subtitle 
Sea-Blue Circuitry | Attack Decay Sustain Release | Rusty Air in Carolina | Desert Transport
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1045
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 54:22
Recording Release Date 
November 2015
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Rusty Air excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon Mothership
Audio icon Sea-Blue Circuitry
Audio icon Attack Decay Sustain Release
Audio icon Rusty Air in Carolina
Audio icon Desert Transport
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Recording Booklet 
PDF icon 1045-bates-bklt-web.pdf
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Mason Bates
Related Soloist 
Jason Moran
Su Chang
Soloist Instrument 
FM Rhodes
guzheng
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Chinary Ung: Singing Inside Aura

Warning: side effects of this disc may include a strong desire to visit Cambodia

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Recording Subtitle 
Water Rings Overture | Anicca | Antiphonal Spirals | Grand Spiral
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1044
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 54:10
Recording Release Date 
October 2015
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Grand Spiral excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon Water Rings Overture
Audio icon Anicca
Audio icon Antiphonal Spirals
Audio icon Singing Inside Aura
Audio icon Grand Spiral: Desert Flowers Bloom
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Recording Booklet 
PDF icon 1044-ung-bklt-web.pdf
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1
Related Composer 
Chinary Ung
Related Soloist 
Susan Ung
Soloist Instrument 
viola and voice
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Lukas Foss: Complete Symphonies

A seminal contribution to the discography of 20th-century American classics: a two-disc compilation of the complete symphonies of Lukas Foss

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Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1043
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 1:14:11
Disc 2: 1:17:14
Recording Release Date 
August 2015
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon recording excerpt
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Audio icon Symphony No. 1 in G (1944)
Audio icon I. Andantino-un poco Allegretto
Audio icon II. Adagio
Audio icon III. Scherzo: Vivace
Audio icon IV. Andantino-Allegro
Audio icon Symphony No. 4 "Window to the Past" (1995)
Audio icon I. Molto sostenuto-Allegro
Audio icon II. half note=48-52
Audio icon III. Scherzo: Vivace
Audio icon IV. Fireworks: based on "American Fanfare"
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Audio icon Symphony No. 2 "Symphony of Chorales" (1955-58)
Audio icon I. Toccata: Allegro
Audio icon II. Andante sostenuto
Audio icon III. Allegretto tranquillo
Audio icon IV. Introduzione-Vivace
Audio icon Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrows" (1991)
Audio icon I. Fugue: Of Strife and Struggle
Audio icon II. Elegy for Anne Frank
Audio icon III. Wasteland
Audio icon IV. Prayer
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PDF icon 1043-foss-bklt-web.pdf
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Lukas Foss
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Donald Crockett: Blue Earth

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Recording Subtitle 
Wedge | Viola Concerto
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1042
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 63:24
Recording Release Date 
May 2015
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Blue Earth excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon Wedge
Audio icon Viola Concerto
Audio icon Scherzo
Audio icon Suspended
Audio icon Heavy and energetic
Audio icon Fast and furious
Audio icon Blue Earth
Audio icon Homing
Audio icon The Four Winds
Audio icon Tomorrow the Sea
Audio icon Lament: The Blue Earth
Audio icon To What Listens
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PDF icon 1042-crockett-booklet-web.pdf
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Donald Crockett
Related Soloist 
Kate Vincent
Soloist Instrument 
viola
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Irving Fine: Complete Orchestral Works

BMOP celebrates Boston composer Irving Fine's centennial year with a definitive SACD release of his unique orchestral oeuvre

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Recording Subtitle 
Toccata Concertante | Notturno | Serious Song | Blue Towers | Diversions | Symphony
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1041
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 66:56
Recording Release Date 
February 2015
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Blue Towers excerpt
Disc 1 
Audio icon Toccata Concertante
Audio icon Notturno for Strings and Harp
Audio icon Lento
Audio icon Animato
Audio icon Adagio
Audio icon Serious Song, A Lament for String Orchestra
Audio icon Blue Towers
Audio icon Diversions for Orchestra
Audio icon Little Toccata
Audio icon Flamingo Polka
Audio icon Koko's Lullaby
Audio icon The Red Queen's Gavotte
Audio icon Symphony
Audio icon Intrada
Audio icon Capriccio
Audio icon Ode
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Recording Booklet 
PDF icon 1041-fine-bklt-web.pdf
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Irving Fine
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Andrew Norman: Play

Manic instrumental brilliance collides with video game virtuosity—Andrew Norman is a 21st-century orchestral savant.

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Recording Subtitle 
Try
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1040
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 60:07
Recording Release Date 
January 2015
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon Try excerpt
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Audio icon Play
Audio icon Level 1
Audio icon Level 2
Audio icon Level 3
Audio icon Try
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Andrew Norman
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

Elena Ruehr: O'Keeffe Images

Rich orchestration, melodic grace, and an exquisitely balanced rhythmic sensitivity characterize the music of longtime BMOP friend Elena Ruehr.

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Recording Subtitle 
Shimmer | Vocalissimus | Cloud Atlas
Record Label 
BMOP/sound
Recording Catalog Number 
1039
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 69:22
Recording Release Date 
September 2014
Recording Excerpt 
Audio icon recording excerpt
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Audio icon Shimmer
Audio icon Vocalissimus
Audio icon Cloud Atlas
Audio icon O'Keeffe Images
Audio icon Summer Days
Audio icon Sky Above Clouds
Audio icon Ladder to the Moon
Recording Tracks Status (cd1) 
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Recording Booklet 
PDF icon 1039-ruehr-bklt-3.pdf
SACD Recording 
0
Featured Recording 
1
Related Composer 
Elena Ruehr
Related Soloist 
Jennifer Kloetzel
Soloist Instrument 
cello
Related Conductor 
Gil Rose

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