Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto; Concerto for Orchestra; Concerto for Orchestra; Three Occasions (1995) more music like this

performed by Ursula Oppens (piano), SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (conductor)
composed by Elliott Carter

As documents of Elliott Carter's fully developed procedures, the first two works presented here are among the most challenging in the modernist repertoire. The Piano Concerto (1965) is uncompromising in its aggression and expressionism, and the contentious activity between the piano and orchestra is almost impenetrable in the first movement. ...

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Charles Wuorinen: String Sextet; Piano Quintet; Divertimento (2006) more music like this

performed by Benjamin Hudson (violin), Carmit Zori (violin), Carol Zeavin (violin), Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music, Curtis Macomber (violin), Fred Sherry (cello), Joshua Gordon (cello), Lois Martin (viola)
composed by Charles Wuorinen

In the note on the back of this CD, the musical career of Charles Wuorinen is compared to those of Beethoven and Brahms, but the justification for this curious idea may not be apparent to most listeners, since the music of these composers is quite dissimilar. Even though Wuorinen's models are familiar forms -- divertimento, string quartet, piano ...

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John Adams: Grand Pianola; Steve Reich: Eight Lines; Vermont Counterpoint (2005) more music like this

performed by Alan Feinberg (piano), Jane Bryden (soprano), Kimball Wheeler (soprano), Pamela Wood Ambush (soprano), Solisti New York, Ursula Oppens (piano), Ransom Wilson (conductor)
composed by John Adams, Steve Reich

Since minimalism is well-established as a major movement of the late twentieth century and widely practiced today, it may be surprising to find that John Adams' Grand Pianola (1982) ever provoked controversy. Yet its premiere riled the academic and avant-garde establishment, perhaps less for its explicit adoption of repetitive and additive ...

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Long Road Home (2007) more music like this

performed by Anne Carolyn Bird (soprano), Carol Anderson (piano), Eglis Gutierrez (soprano), Jennifer Holloway (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (soprano), Margaret Butler (oboe), Ted Soluri (bassoon), Ursula Oppens (piano), William Barnewitz (french horn)
composed by Conradin Kreutzer, Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Tobias Picker: Voilin Concerto; When Soft Voices Die; Rhapsody; Sextet No. 3; Romance (1991) more music like this

performed by Aleck Karis (piano), Benjamin Hudson (violin), Linda Quan (violin), Rolf Schulte (violin), Speculum Musicae, Tobias Picker (piano), Ursula Oppens (piano), American Composers Orchestra, Paul Lustig Dunkel (conductor)
composed by Tobias Picker

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Brahms: Sonata in Fm No1, Op120/1; Scherzo in Cm WoO2 (1990) more music like this

performed by Barbara Westphal (viola), Ursula Oppens (piano)
composed by Johannes Brahms

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Francis Thorne: Piano Concerto No. 3; Roger Sessions: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1994) more music like this

performed by Robert Taub (piano), Ursula Oppens (piano), Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Lustig Dunkel (conductor)
composed by Francis Thorne, Roger Sessions

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Music by Richard Wilson (1991) more music like this

performed by Blanca Uribe (piano), Fred Sherry (cello), Harvey Sollberger (flute), Muir String Quartet, Nancy Allen (harp), Paul Sperry (tenor), Rolf Schulte (violin), Ursula Oppens (piano), Yoko Matsuda (violin)
composed by Richard Edward Wilson

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The Lyrichord World Music Sampler (1991) more music like this

performed by Ursula Oppens (piano)
composed by Anthony Davis, Charles Wuorinen, Conlon Nancarrow, David Jaggard, Elliott Carter, Frederic Rzewski, John Adams, John Harbison, Julius Hemphill, Lukas Foss, Michael Sahl, Tobias Picker, William Bolcom

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Allen Shawn Piano Concerto; Benjamin Lees Piano Concerto No. 2 (2001) more music like this

performed by Ian Hobson (piano), Ursula Oppens (piano), Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller (conductor)
composed by Allen Shawn, Andrew Bishop, Benjamin Lees, Paul Creston

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An Irving Fine Celebration at the Library of Congress (2002) more music like this

performed by Colorado Quartet, Ida Kavafian (violin), Joseph Holt (piano), Ursula Oppens (piano), Zéphyros Winds, Eesti Projekt (choir, chorus)
composed by Irving Fine

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Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto / Concerto for Orchestra / Three Occasions (1995) more music like this

performed by Ursula Oppens (piano), SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (conductor)
composed by Elliott Carter

As documents of Elliott Carter's fully developed procedures, the first two works presented here are among the most challenging in the modernist repertoire. The Piano Concerto (1965) is uncompromising in its aggression and expressionism, and the contentious activity between the piano and orchestra is almost impenetrable in the first movement. ...

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Joan Tower: Instrumental Music (2005) more music like this

performed by Andre Emelianoff (cello), Chee-Yun (violin), Joan Tower (piano), Melvin Chen (piano), Paul Neubauer (viola), Tokyo String Quartet, Ursula Oppens (piano)
composed by Joan Tower

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Luening: Trio; Sonata for piano (1996) more music like this

performed by Andrew Willis (piano), Charles Wuorinen (piano), Franz Amann (cello), Fred Sherry (cello), Harvey Sollberger (flute), Herbet Blendinger (viola), Ingo Sinnhoffer (violin), Max Pollikoff (violin), Sinnhoffer-Quartett, Sue Ann Kahn (flute)
composed by Otto Luening

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D'un siècle à l'autre (From One Century to the Next) (2000) more music like this

performed by Arditti String Quartet, Claude Helffer (piano), Ensemble InterContemporain, Gustav Schmahl (violin), Hanne-Lore Kuhse (soprano), Huseyin Sermet (piano), Manfred Reinelt (piano), Marja Bon (piano), Maryvonne Le Dizes-Richard (violin)
composed by Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, Béla Bartók, Charles Ives, Claude Debussy, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edgard Varèse, Elliott Carter, Gustav Mahler, György Ligeti, Henri Dutilleux, Iannis Xenakis, Igor Stravinsky, Jean Sibelius, Joëlle Léandre

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Charles Wuorinen: Music of Two Decades, Vol. 1 (1994) more music like this

performed by Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music, Daniel Reed (violin), Donald Palma (double bass), Fred Sherry (cello), Harvey Sollberger (flute), John Graham (viola), Paul Lustig Dunkel (flute), Richard Fitz (percussion), Rolf Schulte (violin)
composed by Charles Wuorinen

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Oppens Plays Carter (2008) more music like this

performed by Ursula Oppens (piano)
composed by Elliott Carter

Celebrating Elliott Carter in his 100th year, Ursula Oppens has recorded the complete solo piano music for Cedille and provided authoritative performances of these difficult but brilliant keyboard works, which are as rewarding as they are challenging. Oppens has played and recorded Carter's music since the 1970s and has helped establish several of ...

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Tobias Picker: Keys to the City (2008) more music like this

performed by Tobias Picker (piano), Ursula Oppens (piano)
composed by Tobias Picker

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Stravinsky: Music for Four Hands (2008) more music like this

performed by Aaron Copland (piano), Aaron Copland (speech/speaker/speaking part), Paul Jacobs (piano), Paul Jacobs (speech/speaker/speaking part), Ursula Oppens (piano)
composed by Aaron Copland, Arnold Schoenberg, Claude Debussy, Frederic Rzewski, Igor Stravinsky, Spoken Word, William Bolcom

With the release of Stravinsky: Music for Four Hands, Arbiter re-introduces to the catalog some essential recordings of pianists Paul Jacobs and Ursula Oppens in the four-hand music of Stravinsky that will be familiar to many from their earlier incarnation on vinyl LPs issued by Nonesuch in the 1970s and early '80s. During this period, Paul Jacobs ...

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