Since you are interested in Oceana, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: A Song of Islands / Aotearoa Overture / Forest / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Oct/2006 ] "A Kiwi legend is handsomely served by his homeland. James Judd and his New Zealand forces find an openness and an energy in the music that evokes all the majesty of that country's landscape." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2006) |
GIYA KANCHELI / TIGRAN TAHMIZYAN/ OSVALDO GOLIJOV / SOFIYA GUBAYDULINA / etc
Night Prayers Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 23/Sep/1994 ] "Their Night Prayers collection--which features mainly Eastern European composers--peaks with Sofia Gubaidulina's bristling Quartet No. 4. Expert at traditional instrumentation and composition, Gubaidulina scripts the piece's early parts with vaguely... |
OSVALDO GOLIJOV
Dreams And Prayers Of Isaac The Blind Kronos Quartet with David Krakauer (clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 15/Apr/1997 ] The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind is a kind of epic, a history of Judaism. It has Abraham, exile, and redemption. The movements sound like they are in three of the languages spoken in almost 6,000 years of Jewish history: the first in... |
GOLIJOV
La PasiAn segAn San Marcos (St Mark Passion) Luciana Souza / Reynaldo GonzAIlez FernAIndez / Schola Cantorum de CarAIcas [ Hanssler / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2006 ] Recorded live at the piece's premiere at Stuttgart's European Music Festival, this two-disc set gives a sense of the sheer drama of Golijov's work. Brazilian singer Luciana Souza, Cuban vocalist (and dancer) Reynaldo González Fernández, and the... |