• King David's Lyre - A Celebration of Jerusalem 3,000 (CD4002)
• Turn of the Century - Jerry Rizzi (CD4004)
• Here's One - American Music for Violin and Piano (CD4005)
• Angel Shadows - American Music for Flute and Piano (CD4006)
• Les Oiseaux des Proie - Ensemble Ackerman (CD4007)
• Transatlantic Trio - Clarinet Trios by Brahms & D'Indy (CD4008)
• Aurora Duo - Music for Violin and Harp (CD4010)
• VIVA ITALIA! The Queen's Chamber Band - Gems from the Baroque (CD4011)
• Woman In Darkness - Music for theater, cabaret and concert stage by Herbert Deutsch (CD4012)
• The Deus Ex Machina Cycle - Music for voices and Baroque ensemble by Elodie Lauten (CD 4013)
• Albert Tepper - Duos and Trios - The American Chamber Ensemble (CD 4014)
• Legacy of the American Woman Composer - Laurel Ann Maurer, Flute Joanne Pearce Martin, pianist (CD 4018)
• Sonatas - Laurel Ann Maurer, Flute Joanne Pearce Martin, pianist (CD 4019)
• The Twisted Pine Branch- Music by Pianist/Composer Haskell Small (CD 4020)
• More American Flute Works - Laurel Ann Maurer, Flute and Alto Flute
• The Golden Dove - Zina Schiff, violin
• Waking In New York - Elodie Lauten
• Canticas y Madrigales - The Music of Luis Antonio Escobar (CD4024)
• Sawing to New Heights - With Steve and Dale (CD4025)
• Music for a Sunday Afternoon - Laurel Ann Maurer, Flute (CD4027)
• Elijah's Violin - Zina Schiff, violin (CD4030)
• The Hallelujah Tree - Laurel Ann Maurer, Flute (CD4029)
• Fantasie - Laurel Ann Maurer, Flute (CD4032)

"It can take its place beside Mischa Elman's (collection), to whichit is equal in depth of musicianship and superior in recorded sound. Highlyrecommended"

"This is one of the most beautiful recordings of Jewishmusic I've heard. Schiff is a great violinist in every way."

"This collection, in celebration of Jerusalem 3,000, is an invaluablecontribution"

"...an outstanding disk, which I highly recommend to anyone who is sweptby the emotions, the nostalgia and the meaning behind this worthy release.

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"Turn Of The Century" CD is about the passing of a torch from one turn ofthe century to the next. Throughout history, this passing has always been asignificant period of time - from the 1890s to the early 20th Century; fromthe 1990s to the dawn of the 21st Century - filled with melancholy for thepast and hope for new beginning.

Influences in art, music and architecture from the turn of the previouscentury are still experienced in many cities throughout the world. The 19thCentury European style architecture in New York City was a direct result ofthe desire to create an art and cultural center in America. New York Cityin particular, where many of the accompanying booklet's images are set,still lives with these influences.

Musically the 'Turn of The Century' CD is an eclectic blend of classical,20th century chamber music, jazz, poetry and many sights, sounds andexperiences that the art and cultural center of America has to offer.

Reflective in mood, the CD captures the character of these times when weconsider the past and the future coming together as one - The Turn of theCentury

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"...Schiff plays sympathetically, with the clarity of cloudless skies...Given the excellence of - and the warm advocacy evident in theserecordings, the anthology earns a wholehearted recommendation"

"The... repertoire is as varied as the 50 states and as colorful asthe American flag."

"Indeed, anyone interested in a program that defines American musiccould hardly do better than this one"

Selected by WGBH radio for its international Art of the Statesprogram.

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"A secure technician and an assured, communicative interpreter."

"Angel Shadows proves again that she is one of America'sfinest flute talents"

"Maurer has a strong, colorful, full sound and a sure technique ... Shemaintains a high energy level and shows true dedication to the cause ofnew music"

Acclaimed flutist Laurel Ann Maurer's latest anthology of American flutemusic features  World Premiere Recordings of works by Thom RitterGeorge, Meyer Kupferman , Dana Paul Perna, and Augusta Read Thomas, whoselovely  title track Angel Shadows Ms. Maurer commissioned and premieredat Carnegie Hall. The disc also includes superb performances of WalterPiston's and  Lowell Liebermann's Sonatas for Flute and Piano.  Ms. Maurer is ideally accompanied in the George and Liebermann by pianistMark Neiwirth and Joanne Pearce Martin in the Piston. Angel Shadows createsa unique, panoramic view of the American milieu.

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Fascinating new jazz experiments and improvisations from Ensemble Ackerman. An album of free, experiential jazz from these acclaimed multi-instrumental and vocal artists.

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""The Transatlantic Trio give an eruptive, forward reading of (Brahms) ... Thereason the procurement of this disc becomes mandatory is because of itsmate...the sparkling trio of Vincent D'Indy. What a wonderful work - fullythe equal of Brahms!... Absolutely gorgeous, heart-tugging melody aboundseverywhere. Need a fresh discovery?"

The exciting international debut recording by this superb multi-nationalensemble. Comprised of Latvian musicians Ivars Bezprozvanovs, cellist andpianist Peteris Plakidis and American clarinetist Eric P. Mandat, the TransatlanticTrio has already established themselves as one of Latvia's foremost performingensembles. The program consists of two cornerstones of the trio's repertoire:the Trio in A minor, op. 114 of Johannes Brahms (to commemoratethe centennial of his death) and the less frequently heard Trio, op.29 by Vincent D'Indy.

This debut recording has been released in conjunction with their NorthAmerican concert debut tour.

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"...a pleasant survey of unhackneyed music...the Sonata, by Adrian Shaposhnikov...sounds like Ravel with a tinge of Slavic melancholy...The first movement (of the Donizetti) is a lovely aria in Donizetti's best manner, which Fairbanks sings with some charm: the second a sprightly cabaletta...(The Boren) sounds like a modern dance scores, liturgical mainly in its serene starkness. The most effective dance combines harp with pizzicato violin. Rytting creates an attractive, ghostly tone quality."

The greatly-anticipated debut recording from the superb Aurora Duo presents unique and beautiful but rarely-heard repertoire for violin and harp. Acclaimed violinist Donna Fairbanks and harp virtuoso Lysa Rytting explore this repertoire in a musical journey around the world featuring compositions by America's Alan Hovhaness and Murray Boren, Italy's Gaetano Donizetti, France's Camille Saint-Saens, Argentina's Angel Lasala and Russia's Adrian Shaposhinikov.

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"This diverse program has a thread of logic connecting the elements. The composers are Italian, or were influenced by Italian style ... The performances are a delight. All of the vocals (Monteverdi, Gorzanis, Handel) are taken by Marshall Coid, who should become more familiar as news of his prowess gets around. He produces the powerful, yet unforced tone of a true countertenor...a disc for the adventurous who want to be surprised."

In 1762, John Christian Bach was appointed Music Master to England's Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of "Mad" King George III. With a few close musical friends, the "London Bach" formed an ensemble to entertain Her Majesty in her private chambers - The Queen's Chamber Band . In this spirit of intimate, personal performance Elaine Comparone, "a harpsichordist with few equals" (The New York Times), has successfully recreated The Queen's Chamber Band with musical friends Marshall Coid, countertenor, Daniel Waitzman, flutes, Marsha Heller, oboe, Robert Zubrycki and Lori Miller, violins, Yari Bond, cello and Jerry Willard, lute and baroque guitar. The Queen's Chamber Band, in its modern incarnation, performs a superbly chosen, intimate program that combines breathtaking virtuosity, profound historical perspective and expertise and extraordinary musical sensitivity.

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Music from the 1980s and 1990s by American composer and electronic music pioneer Herbert A. Deutsch. Including his music for theater, cabaret and concert stage, with marvelous performances by the American Chamber Ensemble, pianist Nancy Deutsch, soprano Grace Anderson, flutist Patricia Spencer and others, this disk displays the full range of the composer's acoustic and electronic compositions. Set to a variety of text sources, with several pieces incorporating synthesizers or electronic tape, these works reflect women's points of view throughout the ages, and are written and performed with unusual sensitivity.

"all the music is performed and recorded with great professionalism. If the classical side of Andrew Lloyd Webber appeals to you...add this disc to your collection."

"Herbert A. Deutsch...is comfortable in a host of musical styles, from cabaret to musical theater to concert style. His best pieces, like Measure for Measure Fantasy, have the same kind of accessible irony that Kurt Weill has."

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"There's a compellingly ritualistic feel to the cycle; Lauten has found a kinship with the minimalists...a rich tapestry that discloses submerged patterns on repeated hearings"

"Deus Ex Machina...is a grand work that we are likely to return to again and again, combining post-minimal and pre-classical musics into a unified, spiritual whole, all colored by the use of 18th-century Velotti temperament...Lauten turns all to gold."

"The beauties of the entire work...are considerable.. There is very little that gives the recording away as being live, and the sound is very good. Recommended"

Elodie Lauten's "major opus, strikingly scored for Baroque ensemble with harpsichord, with the text chanted in a style reminiscent not of minimalism but of an exotic fusion of Stravinskian chinoiserie and the 17th century cantata: very beautiful." Kyle Gann, The Village Voice New Music for Baroque Ensemble from this internationally renowned composer, in a stunning live performance from New York's Merkin Hall, conducted by Mimi Stern-Wolfe and featuring harpsichordist Elaine Comparone, flutist Andrew Bolotowsky, baritone Thomas Buckner and many other star New York soloists. With inspiration and lyrics drawn from the words of Blaise Pascal, Steven Hall, Rainer Maria Rilke and Elodie Lauten herself, the Deus Ex Machina Cycle creates a unique sound world that grows out of what annotator John Schaefer calls "a synthesis of neo-Baroque and postminimalist musical styles". This large-scale, two-part work is very moving, deeply felt in its conception andexceptionally beautiful.

Elodie Lauten, whose Variations on the Orange Cycle was cited by Chamber Music Magazine as one of the 100 Reasons to Play This Century's Music, has created a distinguished body of work that has been performed in her native Paris, the US and Canada. She has been hailed by the Village Voice as "a composer of enchanting music, one of the most individual voices of the present generation."

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musical survey of the career of Albert Tepper, including his wonderful Sonata for Viola and Piano from 1948 right through to 1995s Trio Barocco for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, with marvelous performances by the American Chamber Ensemble. This wonderful collection of duos and trios includes Mr. Tepper's superb A Shakespeare Garland for soprano, clarinet and piano - songs he has composed during his more than 25 years of writing original music for Hofstra University's nationally-known Shakespearean productions.

Featured performers include American Chamber Ensemble Directors Blanche Abram, pianist and Naomi Drucker, clarinetist, mezzo-soprano Deirdre Kingsbury, violinist Eriko Sato, violist Lois Martin, flutist Patricia Spencer and bassoonist Braden Toan.

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The brilliant American flutist Laurel Ann Maurer returns to 4Tay with another wonderful collection of New American Music - this time celebrating the American Woman Composer. Selections by Libby Larsen, Claire Polin, Gladys Nordenstrom, Gwyneth Walker and Vivian Fine represent a superb cross-section of American musical thinking from the latter half of the 20th Century. New works by Marie Barker Nelson and Jennifer Higdon, both written for Laurel Ann Maurer, point a strong direction for the instrument's future. An important addition to the recorded legacy of American Music, presented by the woman whom Julius Baker called "one of our outstanding and gifted flutists." Sensitive piano accompaniment by Joanne Pearce Martin.

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Having displayed her abundant gifts with new American music on previous 4Tay releases ANGEL SHADOWS and Legacy of the American Woman Composer, Laurel Ann Maurer, turns her attention to three masterworks of the standard flute repertoire. Sonatas by Prokofiev, Franck and Poulenc are presented here in fresh and fabulous new interpretations, with more-than-able assistance from Ms. Maurer's frequent collaborator, Joanne Pearce Martin. Another fine addition to the catalog by this great American Flutist.

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A wonderful survey of the chamber music of Washington DC-based composerand pianist Haskell Small, from 1978's Suite for Cello to 2000's TwelveSnippets for flute, clarinet, cello and piano, The Twisted Pine Branchis a testament to this composer's versatility, wit and charm. Featuringan international array of guest artists, including oboist Gerard Reuter, the New York Philharmonic's Principal French hornist Philip Meyers,soprano Judith Nicosia, Spanish cellist Ignacio Alcover, Japanese oboist Shigeru Ota and violinist Mayumi Pawel, this disc showcases superbchamber works by Haskell Small, who has also recently recorded hisrenowned Symphony for Solo Piano for Albany and a CD of children'stales, Once Upon A Time for Ongaku.

As a pianist, Mr. Small has performed throughout the United States andJapan, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, National Gallery ofArt, Kennedy Center, and the Spoleto Festival. He has been the recipient of solo recital grants from the NEA and was a top prizewinner at theJ.S. Bach International Piano Competition. For more about him, visit his website at http://www.jamesarts.com/h-small.

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During the Summer of 1996, only a few months before his death, the late Allen Ginsberg put together a set of poems on the theme of New York, as suggested by Elodie Lauten for a musical setting. The poems he selected, from Cosmopolitan Greetings 1986-1992, Collected Poems 1947-1980, and White Shroud Poems 1980-1989 are highly autobiographical and reveal some of his most intimate thoughts.

Waking in New York is scored for baritone, soprano and mezzo soprano, percussion, double bass, string quartet and flute. The music closely follows Ginsberg's own flow of mental associations, which act as triggers of rhythm changes and key modulations.

"Despite the formality of its cantata-like structure, Waking in New York is certainly one of the most intimate large-scale vocal works ever written.(...) This is a large work for Lauten, but large works have become her metier; her recent Deus Ex Machina Cycle for singers and baroque ensemble was 100 minutes long ... Waking in New York's hovering harmonies, gentle but relentless momentum, and chantlike melodies remind one of another great vocal work, from the 1920s: Erik Satie's Socrate, based on the last words of Socrates.(...) It's worth remembering that Socrate was one of Frank Zappa's favorite pieces. Born in Paris, daughter of the jazz dummer Errol Parker, Lauten seems a legitimate heir to Satie's imperturbable aesthetic."

"Blues melodies, gospel and pop as a song cycle. (...) Waking in New York is actually a lovely, effective and affecting song cycle for vocal ensemble and orchestra. Ms. Lauten has treated Ginsberg's poetry and its underlying spirit carefully, even reverently. She tucked its personal and sometimes diarylike texts into her own agreeably melodic and ecclectic style, but she also appears to have listened carefully for traces of the music that animated Ginsberg's soul."

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Original and beautiful sounds for the musical saw and piano by the renowned composer of Fame, Steve Margoshes, featuring sawist Dale Stuckenbruck, with the composer on piano.

Visit Steve Margoshes' website at http://www.stevemargoshes.com.

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• David Amram - Sonata for Violin and Piano*
• Abraham Ellstein - Haftorah*
• Menahem Avidom - Concertino*
• Efrem Zimbalist - Orientale*
• JPaul Ben-Haim - Arabic Song & Improvisation and Dance*
• Julius Chajes - Zwei Stucke*
• Paul Kirman - Ancient Hebrew Airs

- *World Premiere Recording