Cantilena
Catalog Number: ABC4766342
Label: ABC Classics
Format: CD
Categories: Orchestral Music
Classical Periods: 20th Century
Composers: Don Kay, Elena Kats-Chernin, Graeme Koehna, Malcolm Williamson, Peter Sculthorpe, Richard Meale, Ross Edwards
Directors: David Porcelijn, Ola Rudner, Richard Mills
Performers: Barbara Jane Gilby, Erica Kennedy, Ian Munro, Jane Sheldon, Karin Schaupp, Mark Skillington, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Available: 2
Price: $15.99
Works of: Graeme Koehna, Ross Edwards, Peter Sculthorpe, Don Kay, Elena Kats-Chernin, Malcolm Williamson, Richard Meale
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Richard Mills, conductor (1-3,5,6,12-14)
David Porcelijn, conductor (4,10)
Ola Rudner, conductor (7-9,11)
Mark Skillington, trumpet
Barbara Jane Gilby, violin
Karin Schaupp, guitar
Jane Sheldon, soprano
Ian Munro, piano
Erica Kennedy, violin
With 11 albums already released and 5 more planned for 2008, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra's Australian Composers Series is truly one of the most significant recording projects ever undertaken within the field of Australian music. With entire albums dedicated to individual composers, the series offers listeners a real insight into the fascinating and highly accessible music being written by Australia's living composers.
This sample of the best of Australian composers is a great introduction to the colourful, vibrant and lyrical world of Australian composition, and demonstrates just why modern Australian music is engaging with audiences as never before.
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Koehna: Santa Ana Freeway from Tivoli Dances | 4:47 | |
| 2 | Graeme Koehna: Galop from Tivoli Dances | 4:54 | |
| 3 | Ross Edwards: Ritmico from Veni Creator Spiritus | 8:07 |  |
| 4 | Peter Sculthorpe: Port Arthur - In memoriam | 3:33 | |
| 5 | Don Kay: Interlude - Land of Moinee from Tasmania Symphony - The Legend of Moinee | 12:01 | |
| 6 | Ross Edwards: First Maninya from Guitar Concerto | 5:44 | |
| 7 | Elena Kats-Chernin: Green Leaf from Wild Swans Concert Suite | 2:38 | |
| 8 | Elena Kats-Chernin: Eliza Aria from Wild Swans Concert Suite | 3:14 | |
| 9 | Elena Kats-Chernin: Brothers from Wild Swans Concert Suite | 1:51 | |
| 10 | Peter Sculthorpe: Night-Song | 5:49 | |
| 11 | Elena Kats-Chernin: Piano Concerto No.2 - Second Movement | 4:11 | |
| 12 | Malcolm Williamson: Prelude, Cuban dances and waltz song from Our Man in Havana | 5:56 | |
| 13 | Malcolm Williamson: Seranade from Our Man in Havana | 2:44 | |
| 14 | Richard Meale: Cantilena pacifica | 7:35 |