Two Reich masterpieces, definitively recorded, featuring a crystalline, high-energy Tehillim with the only recording of the newly revised version of The Desert Music. And introducing a brilliant young American conduc...
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Two Reich masterpieces, definitively recorded, featuring a crystalline, high-energy Tehillim with the only recording of the newly revised version of The Desert Music. And introducing a brilliant young American conductor, Alan Pierson, who has molded an energetic, tight, optimistic, rhythmic, and memorable sound out of these monumental works. A must for Steve Reich fans.
Tehillim
text from Psalms 19:2-5, 34:13-15; 18:26-27, 150:4-6
performed by Ossia
conductor: Alan Pierson
high soprano: Elizabeth Phillips
lyric sopranos: Akiko Fujimoto, Carolyn Dorey
alto: Kirsten Sollek-Avella
percussion: Clay Greenberg, Payton MacDonald, Karen Minzer, Ian Quinn, Jason Treuting, Lawson White
flute: Jessica Johnson
piccolo: Ann Choomck
oboe: Michael Miller
English horn: Jeffrey L. Paul II
clarinets: Elisabeth Stimpert, Andrea Levine
organs: John Orfe, Rob Haskins
violins: Susanna Cortesio (principal), Terra Peach, Caleb Burhans, David Wish
violas: Kara Poorbaugh, John Pickford Richards
cellos: Stefan Freund, Luke Pomorski
bass: Sara Lukjanovs
assistant conductor: Clay Greenberg
recorded May 1999 at the Studios at Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY
producers: Alan Pierson, Clay Greenberg, and Brad Lubman
engineer: Jeff Gilhart
assistant engineer: Luke Yaeger
The Desert Music
text by William Carlos Williams
peformed by Alarm Will Sound and Ossia
conductor: Alan Pierson
female voices: Martha Cluver, Akiko Fujimoto, Heather Gardner, Pam Igelsrud, Beth Meyers, Kirsten Sollek-Avella
male voices: Caleb Burhans, Clay Greenberg, Will Jennings, Daniel Toven
flutes/piccolos: Jessica Johnson, Justin Berrie, Meg Sippey, Rachel Roberts
horns: Matt Marks, Leah Schumann
trombones: James Hirschfeld, David Beauchesne, Mike Dowden
keyboards: Clay Greenberg, Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu, Tom Rosenkranz, Ian Quinn, Jen Snyder
percussion: Dennis Desantis, Clay Greenberg, Beth Meyers, Payton MacDonald, Alex Postelnek, Mike Tetreault, Jason Treuting, Lawson White, Pete Zlotnick
violins: Courtney Orlando (principal), Andrew Fouts, David Wish, Yuki Numata, Autumn Inglin Shepherd, Michael Jorgensen
violas: John Pickford Richards, Justin Caulley, Kara Poorbaugh
cellos: Susie Kelly, Stefan Freund, Norbert Lewandowski
basses: Ike Strum, Brent Bulmann
assistant conductor: Ian Quinn
recorded May 2001 at the Kresge Recording Studios of the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
recording engineers: Jeff Gilhart, Jon Truebger
additional recording May 2002 at the Eastman Computer Music Center, Rochester, NY
recording engineer: Dennis Desantis
producer: Gavin Chuck
editing and mixing engineers: Alan Pierson, Dennis Desantis
editing and mixing assistants: Ian Quin, Courtney Orlando
CD mastered at Sony Music Studios on June 27 and July 9, 2002 by Charles Harbutt.
Both selections published by Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes Company (BMI)
The producers wish to thank: Steve Reich, Garth Greenwell, Ian Quinn, Kala Pierson, Rob Haskins, Judy Sherman, John Kilgore, Jason Polise, Jen Graham, Heather Gardner, Nigel Maister, Jason Price, and everyone at the Eastman School of Music who made this production possible: Kevin McPeak, Jeff Corcoran, A.J. Warner, and particularly Director James Undercofler and Associate Director of Communications Susan Robertson for their steadfast and ongoing support. We gratefully recognize the administrative board of Ossia, the innovative student ensemble that was the genesis of Alarm Will Sound.
This recording is made possible by generous support from the Institute for American Music.
For more information about the ensembles, please visit us on the web at:
www.OssiaNewMusic.org and
www.alarmwillsound.com.
Cantaloupe Music
Executive Producers: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kenny Savelson, and Julia Wolfe
Label Manager: Ken Thomson
Retail Manager: Curtis Brown
Publicity: Aleba Gartner Associates, NYC
Art direction and design by Carla Leighton at gloo design
Cantaloupe thanks: Carla Leighton, Adam Wolfensohn, Bang on a Can, Julia Fishkin, Philippa Thompson, and Kelly Buwalda.
For more about everything you hear, notes, and bios, please visit www.cantaloupemusic.com
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