New & Featured Releases
Celebrating the Organ
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Presented live as “The Organ Symphony” in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s APN News & Media Premier Series 2010, Conductor Arvo Volmer, Soloist Thomas Trotter.
Trotter's Bachian flourishes lacked nothing in brilliance, yet elsewhere he created the equivalent of watercolours in sound. – William Dart, NZ Herald
Elegy
New Zealand Chamber Soloists
The New Zealand Chamber Soloists are passionate about classical music performance as a spontaneous and vital experience.
...the New Zealand Chamber Soloists gets it right, identifying with and capturing the character of each work... – Peter Mechen, Radio NZ
Flight
Bridget Douglas and Carolyn Mills
Bridget Douglas & Carolyn Mills are Flight & this is their self-titled debut album.
Flight showcases the pair’s exceptional collaborative ability with exquisite modern pieces for flute & harp, several of which were written especially for this CD release.
Music from the Asia Pacific Festival 2007,
Wellington New Zealand
Passing
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) conducted by Kenneth Young
Fresh orchestral sounds from 9 Australasian composers. The perfect summary and celebration of what the Asia Pacific Festival is all about: diversity, innovation and cross-fertilisation of cultures... Studio recording made during the 2007 festival.
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Aurora Australis Live recording
Various Performers
More than 150 minutes of musical performance from the 2007 Asia Pacific Festival, Wellington, New Zealand. Recorded live.
The Richard Farrell Series
Volume 2:
The Complete RecordingsRichard Farrell 1926 - 1958
Volume 2 (2 CDs) in the Richard Farrell series includes the remainder of Farrell's known studio recordings, recently (2009) transferred at Abbey Rd Studios from the original Pye masters, and sympathetically remastered by Atoll. It includes three previously unreleased Chopin tracks.
Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schumann.
Volume 1:
The Complete RecordingsRichard Farrell 1926 - 1958
Volume 1 (2 CDs) of a special series devoted to the recordings of the legendary NZ pianist playing Grieg, Brahms, Liszt. Remastered from the original PYE master tapes.
"...some of the most beautiful recorded performances of the time Buy this release. You'll be richly rewarded."
Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone July 2009ACD 208 : UK distribution | buy cd | more info
Recent Releases
DeConstruction
Tzenka Dianova plays Satie & Cage
Prepared piano virtuoso Tzenka Dianova presents her original and beautiful approach to the piano.
ACD 309 : buy cd | buy from Amazon.com | more info
s3d Live at Galatos AK07 DVD and CD set
s3d
Recorded live at Auckland Festival AK07, this release captures in sound and image impressive moments from a unique collaboration between 12 experimental instrument makers/sound artists.
“This is a formula for some of the freshest, most innovative and satisfying soundscape you can imagine.”
Bart Hopkin
Jewel Australian gems for violin and piano
Elizabeth Holowell (violin) & Robert Constable (piano)
Holowell and Constable take a personal journey through Australian music for violin and piano. Includes a number of otherwise unrecorded works.
Coming Soon
Releasing the Angel
Eve de Castro-Robinson
NZSO with conductor Kenneth Young present Eve de Castro-Robinson: orchestral works in her unique style. available October 2010.
Under the Surface
Peter Maunder
Beautifully written and performed compositions/arrangements for solo trombone, soprano, and harp. Available September 2010.
Breathe
William Dowdall
New notes for flute: modern solo flute music from Ireland and NZ. Available October 2010.
