CD: Best of Jade classics : music of Australian composers. : Product : Australian Music Centre

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Best of Jade classics : music of Australian composers.

Published by Jade Records [JADCD1056] — 1 CD (72 min.)
Sales Availability: $14.55— Add to Cart
Library Availability: CD 290 — Available for loan

Featured Australian works

Study in blue (1994) — solo piano, by Robert Allworth

Twilight, by Robert Allworth

Children of Mogadishu, by Lawrence Bartlett

River songs for soprano voice with orchestra — House by the river, by Betty Beath

Phoenix and the turtle (1974) — harpsichord with string orchestra, by Colin Brumby

Violin concerto No.2, by Colin Brumby

Perpetual motion (1992) — solo piano, by Ann Carr-Boyd

Ballad of Ayers Rock, by Dorothy Dodd

Stringssonorous, by Eric Gross

Sydney harbour blues (1989) — solo piano, by Eric Gross

Scattering of leaves — solo piano, by Dulcie Holland

Trio (1944) for piano trio, by Dulcie Holland
featuring Montefiore Trio (performer)
Duration: 16 mins, 52 sec.

Chaconne, by Colin Spiers

Talesfrom nowhere, by Colin Spiers

In the attic, by Derek Strahan

Product details

Duration: 72 min.

Contents note: Perpetual motion / Ann Carr-Boyd -- Phoenix & the turtle ; Violin concerto No. 2 (Slow movt) / Colin Brumby -- Ballad of Ayers Rock / Dorothy Dodd -- Chaconne / Colin Spiers -- Trio for violin, 'cello and piano ; The scattering of leaves / Dulcie Holland -- Children of Mogadishu / Lawrence Bartlett -- In the attic / Derek Strahan -- Study in blue / Robert Allworth -- Strings sonorous 1, 2 & 3 / Eric Gross -- Twilight / Robert Allworth -- House by the river / Betty Beath -- Sydney Harbour blues / Eric Gross.

Performers: Ann Carr-Boyd (piano: Carr-Boyd, Dodd) ; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Brumby - Phoenix & the turtle) ; Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor: Brumby - Phoenix & the turtle) ; Queensland Symphony Orchestra (Brumby - Concerto, Beath) ; Werner Andreas Albert (conductor: Brumby - Concerto) ; Jan Sedivka (violin: Brumby - Concerto) ; Colin Spiers (piano: Spiers) ; Montefiore Trio (Holland - Trio) ; Ray Lemond (piano: Holland - Scattering of leaves, Gross - Sydney Harbour blues) ; Lawrence Bartlett (organ: Bartlett) ; Paul Hooper (mandolin: Bartlett, Allworth - Twilight) ; Linda Vogt (flute: Strahan) ; Gordon Bennett (violin: Strahan) ; Winifred Durie (viola: Strahan) ; Barbara Woolley (violoncello: Strahan) ; Eric Gross (piano: Allworth - Study in blue) ; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (Gross - Strings sonorous) ; Patrick Thomas (conductor: Gross - Strings sonorous) ; Adrian Hooper (mandolin: Allworth - Twilight) ; Joyce Bootsma (mandola: Allworth - Twilight) ; Barbara Hooper (guitar: Allworth - Twilight) ; Michael Hooper (bass guitar: Allworth - Twilight) ; Jan Delpratt (soprano: Beath) ; Richard Mills (conductor: Beath).

Capture session: Carr-Boyd recorded EMI Studios 301, Sydney 1.7.92; Brumby recorded ABC, 1983; Dodd recorded EMI Studios 301, Sydney, 10.2.93; Spiers recorded at Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, November 1993; Holland - Trio recorded ABC, 1991; Holland - Scattering of leaves recorded 2MBS-FM; Bartlett recorded in the Church of All Saints, Woollahra, Sydney, 16.8.94; Strahan recorded analogue tape, 1968; Allworth - Study in blue recorded EMI Studios 301, Sydney, 12.11.94; Gross - Strings sonorous recorded ABC, 1991; Allworth - Twilight recorded EMI Studios 301, Sydney, 2.9.95; Beath recorded ABC, November 1992; Gross - Sydney Harbour blues recorded 2MBS-FM, Studio C, 26.5.92.

Booklet includes brief programme notes.