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    Music for All Seasons
    Jade CDs are widely heard on national and fine music stations throughout Australia, and are recognised as a valuable resource by educational authorities as being uniquely representative of the work of Australian composers. They are manufactured in limited runs of 500 and stocks are therefore may be regarded as collectors' items! All Jade CD covers are distinctive. Most Jade CDs have an anthology format and include works by several composers. It's great to have these CDs on offer for a wider audience at CD Baby. 'MUSIC FOR ALL SEASONS' JADCD 1097 Works by: Eric Gross, Ann Carr-Boyd, Robert Allworth. Duration: 50'23' Featured players in this engaging CD are Michael Hooper, mandolin, Esther Cheng, violin, Michael Tabrett, viola & Catherine Tabrett, 'cello. This group premieres new works by Gross & Allworth. Adding to Gross' already substantial contribution to mandolin repertoire is CONCERTO DA CAMERA (1997) in 4 movements. Reflecting, in it's structure, the musical traditions of Vienna and, in particular, the work of 18th century Czech composer Dusek. Gross achieves a pleasing fusion of past and present. A work of distinctive modernity. Also pleasing, and written for the same ensemble, are 3 new works by Allworth: MUSIC FOR ALL SEASONS is autumnal in character, giving clear themes in 12-note formations and sequential forms. In MEDITATIONS prominence is given to the mandolin, while in FOREVER SUNSET, inspired by Tennyson's poem 'The Lotus Eaters', the ensemble creates colouristic effects. Carr-Boyd's SUITE VERONIQUE for solo harpsichord (1982) places modern dance and folk rhythms in the structure of a baroque suite. The CD closes with a historic recording by the Choir of Christ Church St. Lawrence in Sydney, 1979, of NUNC DIMITTIS, conducted by Colin Sapsford.
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    I Remember
    Jade CDs are widely heard on national and fine music stations throughout Australia, and are recognised as a valuable resource by educational authorities as being uniquely representative of the work of Australian composers. They are manufactured in limited runs of 500 and stocks are therefore may be regarded as collectors' items! All Jade CD covers are distinctive. Most Jade CDs have an anthology format and include works by several composers. It's great to have these CDs on offer for a wider audience at CD Baby. I REMEMBER JADCD 1094 Works by: Eric Gross, Ann Carr-Boyd, Robert Allworth, Richard Austin, Derek Strahan. Duration: 70'18 One of the aims of the Jade label is to preserve Australian musical history by re-mastering and releasing significant recordings. The centrepiece of this release is a live recording made in Christ Church St. Lawrence, Sydney, at the Liturgy on Good Friday in 1979, sung to traditional plainchant with choruses by Tomas Luis de Victoria (1549-1611) by Charles Dale, Donald Haws and Brian Copeland with the Church choir conducted by Colin Sapsford. This is preceded by Allworth's Times Remembered for 3 oboes and two organ works by Eric Gross. The religious theme is also present in solo piano and organ works by Allworth, and No. 4 of Austin's Meditations (for piano) on the Ten Commandments. Secular music is represented by Allworth's 3 piano solos titled after well-known TV soap operas, Carr-Boyd's jazzy piano piece Carl's Motel Music, and 3 of Strahan's satirical songs for voice and guitar written for a Breakfast Show TV spot, and performed by the composer. A larger selection of Strahan's songs can be heard on the CD Take Me To Your Leader RDS004, available at CD Baby.
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    When the World Was Green
    Jade CDs are widely heard on national and fine music stations throughout Australia, and are recognised as a valuable resource by educational authorities as being uniquely representative of the work of Australian composers. They are manufactured in limited runs of 500 and stocks are therefore may be regarded as collectors' items! All Jade CD covers are distinctive. Most Jade CDs have an anthology format and include works by several composers. It's great to have these CDs on offer for a wider audience at CD Baby. 'WHEN THE WORLD WAS GREEN' JADCD 1098 Works by: Robert Allworth, Eric Gross, Ann CarrBoyd. Duration: 32'45' The title track is a solo piano work by Carr-Boyd, performed by the composer, being part of incidental music composed for the play of that name by Sam Shepherd which had it's premier season in Australia at the Belvoir Downstairs Theatre in Sydney, 1998. Carr-Boyd's popular 'Fandango' is also featured, as played by the Sydney Mandolins. They also give the premiere recording of 'For A Gentle Soul' (2000) by Gross, a work subtitled 'Remembering Peter Platt', a friend and colleague of the composer. Allworth's 20-minute work 'Variations for Piano' (1972) is performed by David Miller, and is in one continuous movement, presenting themes which succeed each other in and endless melodic flow, creating a 'Lotus Land' atmosphere.
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    Forever Sunset
    FOREVER SUNSET - JADCD 1116 An anthology of works by Australian composers in a wide range of styles and musical groupings ranging from mandolin & strings, tenor recorder & piano, voice with flute & piano, through mandolin ensemble, solo piano works and works for brass ensemble and duos for trumpet & piano. ROBERT ALLWORTH (b.1943) Track 1. FOREVER SUNSET (2004) for Mandolin-Violin-Viola and 'Cello FOREVER SUNSET takes ideas from the poem of the Lotus Eaters by Lord Alfred Tennyson. The music is full of colouristic effects and is an evocative portrayal of a Sunset. IAN SHANAHAN (b.1962) Track 2 HARMONIA (in PP) (2001) for Tenor Recorder and Piano harmonia [Greek] = 'a fitting together' = compositio[nis] [Latin] = 'a musical composition' (i.e. a harmonious, well-structured assemblage of sounds/silences), and - of course - 'harmony' = a homophony = chorale, recitative, ..., pp [Italian abbreviation for 'very quiet'] = Peter Platt = the Perfect Professor. To 'Prof ... a Persistence of (Pneuma [Greek]) = 'wind' and 'spirit': "Funereal yet serene - a dignified mourning" (of surprising starkness and textural simplicity), for one who Plucks Psalteries in Pleromatic Paradise... Lest We Forget. Harmonia (in PP), written in memory of Professor Peter Platt, employs none of my typically abstract, complex paracompositional schemata: rather, I approached this concise piece much more humbly - in a way that I imagine 'Prof himself might have quietly begun to sketch out one of his own modest works. BETTY BEATH (b.1942) Tracks 3 and 4 MEETING IN THE ROAD and THE SHE WOLF Meeting in the Road and The She-wolf are the 3rd and 4th songs from the cycle for voice, flute and piano titled POINTS IN A JOURNEY. This cycle of five songs was commissioned by North Adams State College, Massachusetts. The First Performance took place during the period of my residency at the College on the 7th October, 1987. Meeting in the Road, the setting of a text by an anonymous Chinese poet of the 1st Century BC touches on a universal theme...the brief meeting which somehow touches us in a way we shall always recall. In writing from a distance of 2,000 years he describes the place where he lived as 'easy enough to find, easy to find and difficult to forget'. In a narrow road where there was not room to pass My carriage met the carriage of a young man. And while his axle was touching my axle in the narrow road, I asked him where he lived. The place where I live is easy enough to find, Easy to find and difficult to forget. The gates of my house are built of yellow gold, The hall of my house is paved with wihte jade, On the hall table flagons of wine are set, I have summoned to serve me dancers from Han-tan. In the midst of the courtyard grows a cassia tree, And candles on it's branches flaring away in the night. The She-wolf, with words by the Queensland poet, Jena Woodhouse, describes her passionate relationship with her mother. My mother gave me tempest strife and storm, Flickerings of wisdom lit from within by fires of ancient lore And left the imprint of her Celtic soul A sense of something dangerous and passionate It was she who snarled defiance at the poverty that menaced her And hurled her gypsy curses in the teeth of bitter need, And held her head still higher before strangers And damned the world for misery and greed, It was she who took in homeless dogs to feed and care for, And sad old men who drank too much and died And she who'd weep her grief at each bereavement, The nightmare visions crowding in her eyes, And chide her children for their trespasses, And toil until she dropped to give them bread, And then in feral rage devour them, And bundle them to bed with growls and muttered benedictions, And watch them grow with pride That flashed like lightning in her tawny gaze, And give them heart to sing And pit their strength against the storm. ERIC GROSS (b.1926) Tracks 5 and 6 KLAVIERSTÜCK 1V op.225 (1998) and PLAYFUL SALLY op.300 (2006) "KLAVIERSTÜCK IV", one of a series of five Klavierstücke, is subtitled "quasi un' improvvisazione" and is meant to convey, within a formal structure, liberal amounts of contrasting tempi, dynamics, phrasing and moods, such as would be found in an improvisation. It is also intended to give the performer the opportunity to contribute creatively to the realization of the music in a free and unrestricted manner. After the opening statements, which alternate emphatic and cantabile phrases, a gentle section gives way to semiquaver phrases which increase in volume and speed and lead to several climaxes. These semiquaver phrases appear in various inversions and guises, eventually leading back into a gentler melodic section, previously heard soon after the beginning. A cadenza builds up to a strong climax after which the work is brought to it's close with a succession of pianistic statements.'Klavierstück IV' was originally written for Katarina Kroslakova as a gesture of thanks for participating in an earlier recording of a composition of mine for mandolin and piano. "PLAYFUL SALLY" is dedicated to it's performer Sally Mays because of her strong and generous support of Australian composers. This composition is a lighthearted tribute to her outstanding musicianship and technical excellence. After commencing mischievously in the style of a two-part invention, the piece playfully employs cross-rhythms and unexpected harmonic aberrations to mislead performers and listeners alike. EG. ANN CARR-BOYD (b.1938) Track 7 FOXTROT (1993) FOXTROT was commissioned by Adrian Hooper, Director of the Sydney Mandolins, to be performed by his ensemble. The music is another dance form piece and is meant as a companion piece to Fandango, one of Ann Carr-Boyd's most popular compositions, which was also written for the Sydney Mandolins. ERIC GROSS Track 8 HABAÑERA-SERENADE op.31/4 (1960-2007) This composition, originally for Violin and Piano, was written as a study in an 'Habañera' style of composition and has also been transcribed for Piano alone. This version for Soprano Saxophone and Piano was arranged in 2007 especially for the two performers on this recording, Berndt Klinke (Soprano Saxophone) and Idil Ugur ( Piano) for a performance in Germany. The music relies on it's obvious melodic appeal based on it's ternary form and it's minor-to-major key- transformation. EG. DEREK STRAHAN (b.1935) Track 9 SEISMIC MURMURS for Solo Piano (1992) - Derek Strahan - piano This is the closing section from Pt. 1 of Atlantis Variations for Solo Piano, one of several works written to develop material for inclusion in a proposed cycle of 4 operas suggested by Plato's account of the rise and fall of Atlantis. A 3-note whole tone figure heard as a bass rumble at the outset and continuing, represents the trident of the Greek sea god Poseidon, by which he controlled the movement of wind and tides. The motif for Poseidon is immediately heard over it followed by a more elegiac theme for his consort as ruler of Atlantis, the native woman Cleito. A monumental theme for their son Atlas follows. Atlantis and the Atlantic Ocean are named after him. The responsibility of rule over his expanding empire is figuratively implied in the image of Atlas bearing the world on his shoulders. These and other motifs form the basis for passages signifying the seismic instability of the area in the Atlantic known as Dolphin's Ridge where Atlantis is placed by some writers. Heraldic fanfares depicting the Golden Age of Atlantis conclude this section. D.W.S. Recording, New Music Theatre, 8/7/2002. The complete work "Atlantis Variations" can be heard on the Revolve CD of that title RDS009. DANIEL WILLIAMS (b.1935) Tracks 10 and 11 DEO GRATIAS (2007) and FANFARE FOR HORROCKS (2007) Fanfare for Horrocks and Deo Gratias were written in 2007 by trumpeter and composer, Daniel Williams. Williams took on the position of Head of Bands at the The King's School in 2006, and it was there these compositions emerged. Deo Gratias was commissi
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    Acolyte / Various
    Jade CDs are widely heard on national and fine music stations throughout Australia, and are recognised as a valuable resource by educational authorities as being uniquely representative of the work of Australian composers. They are manufactured in limited runs of 500 and, as stocks are therefore limited, may be regarded as collectors' items! All Jade CD covers are distinctive. Most Jade CDs have an anthology format and include works by several composers. It's great to have these CDs on offer for a wider audience at CD Baby! ROBERT ALLWORTH - MINI-BIOG Robert Allworth (born 10th March 1943) now ranks as one of Australia's established serious composers. His symphonic compositions 'Plateau' and 'Australia Suite' have been performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Patrick Thomas, and other symphonic works have been performed in Hong Kong, Japan and London. Robert has written numerous works for a wide variety of solo and instrumental ensembles. He is the founder of Jade CDs and the producer of all albums on this label, which now number over 90. In the 1997 Australia Day Honours, Robert Allworth was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM-Gen.Div.) for his services to music as a composer and as an advocate of other Australian composers' works. 'THE ACOLYTE' JADCD 1005 Duration: 69.04 Adrian Hooper directs the Sydney Mandolins in the Mandolin & Guitar Music of Robert Allworth. Pianist David Miller plays a variety of solo pieces. Organist Lawrence Bartlett plays the title piece and other works on the organ of St. Michaels Church, Vaucluse, Sydney. Inspirational sources include religion, literature and landscape. Tonal, impressionist and serial techniques of composition are used in this collection of 9 pieces. If you enjoy this CD, you'll also enjoy, 'PLACES IN TIME' JADCD 1006, 'TWILIGHT PIECES' JADCD 1010, 'CREMORNE PASTORALE' JADCD 1011and 'MUSIC FROM ST. MICHAELS, VAUCLUSE & ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL' JADCD 1012, all available now at CD Baby!
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    Roberta Allworth: Séance on a Wet Afternoon
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    Music for An Imaginary Italian Film
    MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY ITALIAN FILM - JADCD 1120 An anthology of works by Australian composers in a wide range of styles and musical groupings ranging from baroque flute through duos for flute & harpsichord, flute & piano to mandolin ensemble, and solo piano works. Track 1 ROBERT ALLWORTH (b. 1943) MEMORIES OF RAIN (1988) for Baroque Lute, recorded, mixed and mastered, Shearwater Digital, by John Bushby. Baroque Lute by Michael Lowe, Oxford 2002, tuned A=392. Memories of Rain was written for Susan King in 1988, shortly after the Lute Concerto for Susan King was composed. The music in Memories of Rain uses the Twelve Note technique and is meditative in character and also uses colourful effects to create an atmosphere of memories of rain. Recorded in Wylam, Northumberland, U.K. 20/09/2008. Memories of Rain was performed by Susan King in the opening concert of the Belgium International Lute Festival. Tracks 2, 3, 4 & 5 ANN CARR-BOYD (b. 1938) SUITE FOR FLUTE AND HARPSICHORD (1992) Edgars Kariks Flute and Ann Carr-Boyd Harpsichord. - Prelude-Badinerie-American Dream-Toccata. The Suite was commissioned by Australian Harpsichord player Audley Green and first performed by her and flautist John Wion in Canberra. PRELUDE - A slightly tongue- in- cheek look at American academic music of the latter part of the 20th Century when the 12 Note system ruled. BADINERIE - A return to the music and ideas of J. S. Bach with the composer's own ideas about harmonies and quirky patterns added. AMERICAN DREAM - This music was written after the composer attended a meeting at a large theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, where a congregation of about 3000 people was commemorating Martin Luther King Day and as a result, Ann Carr-Boyd wrote the music whilst in the USA. The Flute represents the voices of the various preachers and the harpsichord the congregation. TOCCATA - A fast paced movement that speaks of the vitality of the American people and incorporates a theme that is now part of the America - FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN by Aaron Copland. 2MBS-FM recording 15/03/92 Sound Engineer Charles Barton. Recorded in the Summer Home of Rosemary Parle, Greenwich, NSW. Track 6 ANN CARR-BOYD (b. 1938) MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY ITALIAN FILM (1985) Music for an Imaginary Italian Film was originally performed and commissioned by the Australian Mandolin Society and the First Performance was at one of their music camps. The music was later recorded at Studios 301 in 1992 with the Large Ensemble of the Sydney Mandolins conducted by Adrian Hooper. Music for an Imaginary Italian Film has proved to be one of Ann Carr - Boyd's most popular pieces together with her FANDANGO (1982), also written for the Sydney Mandolins. This track is the new digitally mastered recording especially created for this compact disc. Track 7 ANN CARR-BOYD (b.1938) FANDANGO (1982) Fandango was composed in 1982 for Adrian Hooper's Sydney Mandolins and it was recorded with a dozen players or so. The bluesy character of the piece has made it Ann Carr-Boyd's most popular piece. Fandango was chosen to be included in the ABC Classic FM Classic 100 Chamber Music Countdown at No. 55. The ABC Classic FM Classic 100 Chamber Music Countdown contains 9 hours of music on 8 compact discs. Track 8 ROBERT ALLWORTH (b. 1943) REMINISCENCES OF PEOPLE I HAVE KNOWN (1992) Edgars Kariks Flute and Ann Carr-Boyd Harpsichord. Reminiscences of People I Have Known, written for Flute and Harpsichord is a short but effective atmospheric piece showing memories of people once known to the composer but are now no longer seen by him. Ann Carr-Boyd - Harpsichord and Edgars Kariks - Flute are ideal interpreters of this piece of music. Sound Engineer Charles Barton 2MBS-FM recording 15/03/92 made at the Summer Home of Rosemary Parle, Greenwich, NSW. TRACK 9 ERIC GROSS (b. 1926) SALLYMEDE OP.262 (2002) Composed as a tribute and gesture of thanks to the Australian pianist Sally Mays for her unstinting support of Australian composers. Sallymede commences with an endeavour to invoke an "English Countryside" atmosphere - in reference to the fact that Sally Mays now resides in England. The calm and serene mood of the beginning gives way to an agitated and busy section which is much more elaborate and intense than the musical material used previously. A somewhat whimsical transition passage leads back into the calm and serenity of an English countryside. Recorded by Kerry Joyner at 2MBS-FM. TRACK 10 DEREK STRAHAN (b. 1935) ET IN ARCADIA EGO (1990) Diodoru Siculus, writing in 1 BC on the Myth of the Atlantioi refers to a mountinous island of considerable size, lying in the deep off Lybia, which contains a fertile plain of surpassing beauty traversed by rivers. He refers to private villas of costly construction and banqueting houses in a setting of flowers. This cantata seeks to portray a Lovers' idyll on the balcony of a villa overlooking the ocean, on a moonlight night in Atlantis. Live recording of the First performance at Belinda Gough's Master's Degree recital, Joseph Post Auditorium, Sydney Conservatorium of Music 13/11/92. Sound Engineer - Robert Scott. TRACK 11 RAY LEMOND (b.1956) SUNLIGHT ON RUNNING WATER (1996) An impressionistic jazzy piece capturing the splash of colour as sunlight hits a stream rushing to form a waterfall. This music that sparkles and forms part of a new suite DOOLEY'S DELIGHT written in 1996 for Lorrae. Recorded by Kerry Joyner at 2MBS-FM. This compact disc is the 104th in the JADE SERIES OF AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS. Compilation mastered by Steve Smart Studios 301 for the 5/01/2009 celebration. This is the 20th year of production of JADE compact discs of Australian Composers Cover Photo - Susan King with Baroque Lute 15/09/2008. Susan King studied with Robert Clancy and Tommie Andersson at The Sydney University Conservatorium of Music. Since then she has furthered her studies with Jakob Lindberg, Nigel North, Hopkinson Smith and Claire Antonini in Paris.
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    Music for a Champagne Breakfast / Various
    Jade CDs are widely heard on national and fine music stations throughout Australia, and are recognised as a valuable resource by educational authorities as being uniquely representative of the work of Australian composers. They are manufactured in limited runs of 500 and stocks are therefore may be regarded as collectors' items! All Jade CD covers are distinctive. Most Jade CDs have an anthology format and include works by several composers. It's great to have these CDs on offer for a wider audience at CD Baby. 'MUSIC FOR A CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST' (THE ORIGINAL BUT NOW WITH A GOURMET COLOUR COVER!!) JADCD 1085 Works by: Robert Allworth, Vernon Lisle, Colin Brumby, Betty Beath, Ann Carr-Boyd, Eric Gross, Derek Strahan, Ian Shanahan. Duration: 72'50' A re-release of the original 'Music For A Champagne Breakfast' which was so popular it sold out! Features the late Vernon Lisle's two 'Schubertian' piano sonatas, Brumby's Italianate 'Borromeo Suite' for flute & guitar, Beath's sun-drenched Mikri Thalassa (Little Sea) for mandolins & guitar, Strahan's jazzy 'Escorts' for flute, alto saxophone & piano, plus short atmospheric pieces by Shanahan (solo clarinet), Allworth (solo piano), Gross and Carr-Boyd. More about Strahan's 'ESCORTS' Trio for flute, alto saxophone and piano (1989) An Opera Without Words in 5 Acts. Duration around 12'00'. 1. The Quarrel 2. Rough Trade 3. The Tourist 4. The Chauvinist 5. The Reconciliation The flute is cast in the role of Ms. Treble Clef. The alto saxophone plays multiple roles: the Composer, and a series of males by whom Ms Clef is escorted. The work makes use of polyphonic and polymetric devices to tell a gender specific romantic story of heterosexual love lost and love regained. Flute and alto saxophone engage in recurring 'dialogues' in which musical phrases mimic the inflexions and rhythms of speech. A recurring device is the use of tremolo piano chords to suggest a phone ringing. A staccato piano chord depicts the phone being slammed down to terminate each conversation. Phone conversations between the Composer and Ms Clef serve as linking episodes between each act. The Composer's theme is voiced by the saxophone in fragments during these conversations, and eventually emerges as a flowing melody in the final act. In Act One, the Composer quarrels with his girl, the flighty and unpredictable Ms Treble Clef. Fragments of themes and motivic ideas emerge and are thrown around in a maelstrom of nervous energy. Ms Clef leaves. The Composer regrets her departure and phones her. She immediately hangs up on hearing his voice. In Act Two, Ms Clef, determined not to be lonely, throws herself into a busy social life and soon meets another man. Revving riffs suggest a bikie who likes rock'n roll. His theme is is heard to a 50s triple beat rock rhythm, firstly a blues tune voiced with diatonic confidence. The harmonic basis becomes much less secure when it tries to repeat itself, and a quarrelling dialogue is heard over the rock'n roll beat. The music disintegrates. The Composer phones and tries to have a conversation with Ms Clef. As before she hangs up immediately on hearing his voice. Act Three finds Ms Clef in the company of a tourist from another country, an Asian, whose manners and whose persona appeal - for a while. She is impressed by his tune - a muzak of hotels and expensive restaurants.To the bewilderment of the well-meaning tourist, however, Ms Clef's unpredictable temperament causes waves, and this relationship, too, ends in confusion. The Composer again phones Ms. Clef. This time a very short exchange is allowed, before she again hangs up on him. Act Four brings Ms Clef closer to permanence when she meets a traditional male chauvinist. His tune even works in counterpoint tothe melody of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, but the accentuated flattened ninth at the beginning of the counterpoint spells doom, and, to the dismay of the intending groom, the march steps falter, stumble, and collapse in chaos, as a violent argument takes place, the notion of marriage being clearly rejected. The Composer phones again. This time she is more receptive, and we are permitted to hear a few more cadences of the composers theme, which are echoed, suggesting that a meeting will take place. In Act Five, the Composer and Ms Treble Clef meet again, and a reconciliation very quickly leads to a romantic duet, which in turns gives way to a passionate and pulsing Coda, involving rising swing music chords and a repeating triple figure over a rhythmic pedal bass. Derek Strahan Available at CD Baby on JADCD1075 Music For A Champagne Breakfast.
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    River Songs
    Jade CDs are widely heard on national and fine music stations throughout Australia, and are recognised as a valuable resource by educational authorities as being uniquely representative of the work of Australian composers. They are manufactured in limited runs of 500 and stocks are therefore may be regarded as collectors' items! All Jade CD covers are distinctive. Most Jade CDs have an anthology format and include works by several composers. It's great to have these CDs on offer for a wider audience at CD Baby. 'RIVER SONGS' JADCD 1026 Works by: Betty Beath, Robert Allworth, Lawrence Bartlett, Ann Carr-Boyd, Eric Gross. Duration: 69.34 Beath provides 6 of the 14 tracks. Three of these are vocal works including 2 major song cycles, both to words by Jena Woodhouse: 'River Songs' (1991) for soprano & piano (sung by Jan Delpratt), 'Points In A Journey' for soprano, flute & piano (sung by Susan Dunn). 'Prefatory Sonnet' by Gross is also a vocal work sung by tenor Antony Walker, with piano & clarinet. Allworth contributes works for a range of ensembles, including '2 Bagatelles' for mandolins & soprano recorder. Organ & harpsichord works also feature.
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    20th Anniversay Celebration
    20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS JADCD 1119 An anthology of works by Australian composers in a wide range of styles and musical groupings ranging from saxophone quartet, mandolin ensemble through, a trio for piccolo, guitar & cello to works for solo mandolin and solo piano. Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 - ERIC GROSS (b.1926) SUITE LATIN AMERICAN op.302 (2008) for multi-instrumentalist Saxophone Quartet. The TANGO CONCERTANTE, completed in 2007 received a very enthusiastic reception by the members of the Fo(u)r Fans - Saxophone Quartet to whom this Suite is dedicated. It was therefore decided to create a suite of movements in a Latin American style. The title of each movement indicates the style, mood and rhythmic provenance of the musical content, with the BALADA providing a calm and gentle contrast to the other, livelier movements. Because of the versatility of the instrumentalists for whom the suite has been composed, the composer succumbed to the temptation to provide additional variety of timbre by utilising also instruments other than the various saxophones, which the members of this ensemble play so expertly. Track 1 - Tango Concertante Track 2 - Rumbaphonics Track 3 - Balada Track 4 - Samba This Suite was recorded privately in Weimar, Germany in 2008 and the fifth movement, "Hatdance" will be recorded in due course. The members of the Fo(u)r Fans- Saxophone Quartet are: • Ruediger Trosits-Sopr.Sax/Flute/Bb Clt. • Berndt Klinke-Alto Sax/Sopr.Sax/Flt/Picc./Bb Clt./B'Clt. • Holger Arndt-Ten.Sax/Eb Clt./ B'Clt. • Jens Kaiser-Baritone Sax/Bb Clt. Track 5 - PIANGO CONCERTANTE op.302/A (2008) This is an arrangement and adaption for solo piano of the Tango Concertante op.302/1. Because of the enthusiastic reception given to the tango the composer decided to create this idiomatic arrangement for that great supporter of Australian music, the Australian pianist Sally Mays, utilising her great musicianship and technical prowess to the fullest. This private recording was made in London in August 2008. Sound Engineer Bas Kelleher. Track 6 - PREMARCH AND POSTWAR (VORMÅRZ UND NACHKRIEG) op.307 A brief tone-poem for piano, based upon the poem of the same title by the German poet MICHAEL KIRMES-SEITZ, and gives expression to the disasters and havoc created in Germany by the political events of that period. The music pictures and contrasts the exaggerated and false hopes raised and the inevitable horrendous consequences by the end of World War II. This composition was written especially for the outstanding pianist and pedagogue, Idil Ugur who resides in Weimar where this private recording was made in August 2008. E.G. Track 7 - PETER SCULTHORPE (b.1929) A SUN SONG FOR ERIC (1991) This short piece of music was written by the composer to be included in a GARLAND of pieces written by various composers for Eric Gross on his retirement from Sydney University in 1991. The music is one of Peter Sculthorpe's miniature masterpieces and contains a sunny aspect throughout. Peter Sculthorpe is Australia's most celebrated composer. Track 8 - ANN CARR-BOYD (b.1938) FANDANGO (1982) FANDANGO, written in 1982 for Adrian Hooper and the Sydney Mandolins, is a lyrical bluesy type of work and has proved to be this composer's most popular piece of music along with her MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY ITALIAN FILM, also written for Adrian Hooper and the Sydney Mandolins. Track 9 - BETTY BEATH (b.1942) contrasts (1983) This is one of the many miniature masterpieces of Betty Beath's composed in 1983. Played by the composer at the piano. Tracks 10, 11 & 12 - ROBERT ALLWORTH (b.1943) Track 10 - NIGHTFALL ON SYDNEY HARBOUR (2006) This composition describes an impressionistic landscape of Sydney Harbour at dusk. The music ebbs and flows, creating a moody scene. Track 11 - TWILIGHT THOUGHTS (2008) Twilight Thoughts depicts feelings at twilight and is contemplative in character. Track 12 - PRELUDE AMETHYST AND JADE (2008) Prelude Amethyst and Jade describes in harmony and melody the characteristics of these gems. Tracks 10, 11 and 12 recorded 12/9/2008 by Kerry Joyner at 2MBSFM Studio C. Track 13 - RAY LEMOND (b.1956) NORDLAND (2008) The upper part of Norway is known as Nordland and is home to the spectacular Norwegian fjords. The music tries to capture a slice of the majesty and tranquility of this natural wonder. Recorded on Arcadia 24/8/2008 by Matt James. Track 14 - ROBERT ALLWORTH (b.1943) FALLING LEAVES OF RED AND GOLD (2008) FALLING LEAVES OF RED AND GOLD was written for mandolinist MICHAEL HOOPER in July 2008. The music is in three movements and is lyrical and autumnal in character. Michael Hooper graduated as Doctor of Philosophy (Musicology) from York University in July 2008 and recorded this composition at the Rymer Auditorium of the Music Research Centre at the University of York.The recording was produced by Ellen Winhall and remastering was supervised by Adrian Hooper. Track 15 - DEREK STRAHAN (b.1935) AT BONDI-SURF & RIPS (1963) Rondo for Piccolo, Guitar & 'Cello (1963, revised 2008) - Trio Nuovo Musicale New Music Group Players. My home in 1963 was a flat in a crumbling block at the south end of Bondi Beach renting at $8 per week which had a millionaire's view looking north along the surf, and which has since been replaced by expensive apartments. I body-surfed every day, rediscovering a beach life last experienced at age 10 in 1945 in Perth, WA, before being relocated to the UK by my family, from whence I fled in 1962 returning to Australia. This Rondo is one of a dozen or so music works I wrote in that year, and seems to have been a visceral and combative depiction of swimming in the surf in rough conditions, with conflicting currents above and below amid the constant excitement of waves rolling in. I have changed little of the structure and themes of the original score but have added detail to enhance texture, maintain motivic impulse and provide a more climactic Coda. This is the first of three pieces making up a Suite "At Bondi". 'Surf & Rips' heard here, then "Millpond" and "Perfect Day" which follow with the flute taking the woodwind role. Recording, Revolve Pty. Ltd., 28/01/08 This compact disc celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the first compact disc issued on the JADE label through BROAD MUSIC. This compilation represents 20 years of production of Australian music on JADE RECORDS. A special tribute is made to Dr. Eric Gross AM for his encouragement of Australian music during his tenure as Associate professor of Music at the University of Sydney and also as a supporter throughout the 20 years of the JADE series of Australian music. Some of his most engaging music is heard on this disc. The 20th year of production and also the 103rd disc in this series. Compilation mastered by Steve Smart Studios 301. Photo: ARCADIA NSW by Lorraine Cain of Newport Beach NSW Australia.
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