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Midsummer's night - Jonathan Paget guitar
 Here begins an enchanted journey of magic, mischief, dreams, and romance - a fantastical world akin to that of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with its capricious fairies casting love-spells over mortals lost in the woods at night. |
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Grand Organ
 The Sydney Opera House Grand Organ is in many ways a unique instrument. With 10,500 pipes, of which 2700 can be sounded simultaneously, it is both the largest instrument in the country, and the largest mechanical action organ in the world. |
Pictures at an Exhibition: reflected and refracted
 Unique orchestral arrangements of Pictures at an Exhibition, Gliere's Coloratura Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, Glinka's The Nighingale, and two movements from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons. |
Curiosities: Chamber music of Eve Duncan
 Curiosities, (MD 3320) is a collection of chamber music by Australian composer Eve Duncan. This new CD features recordings of her work performed by artists from Australia and overseas including the Australian National Academy of Music String Ensemble and Michael Kieran Harvey. |
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Latest Recordings:
Jonathan Paget guitar
Here begins an enchanted journey of magic, mischief, dreams, and romance - a fantastical world akin to that of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with its capricious fairies casting love-spells over mortals lost in the woods at night. Click here for full details of this CD.
John Sangster, Music - Edward Lear, words
Uttered nonsense, (the Owl and the Pussycat), consists eight works of Mr Edward Lear, spoken with the utmost gravity by Mr Ivan Smith, and set to music of the most nonsensical nature by John Sangster. Click here for full details of this CD.
Chamber music by Eve Duncan
A collection of chamber music by Australian composer Eve Duncan. This new CD features recordings of her work performed by artists from Australia and overseas including the Australian National Academy of Music String Ensemble and Michael Kieran Harvey. Click here for full details of this CD.
the piano music of Kanako Okamoto
This instalment of the Michael Kieran Harvey Collection features the piano music of Kanako Okamoto. Click here for full details of this CD.
music by Nigel Westlake - played by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Music from the August 2007 Melbourne Theatre Company's production. Based on a true story, Hannie Rayson's The Glass Soldier is a deep, sincere tribute to two generations of Australians that had little, but gave everything. Click here for full details of this CD.
re-sound
This is re-sound's fourth CD release. As with the group's previous recordings, this CD combines a range of contemporary styles and approaches, including electronic and electro-acoustic music, contemporary chamber and interactive computer music, indeterminate (open) works and improvisation. Click here for full details of this CD.
A tribute to a unique actor and musician
Move Records has gathered material for this CD paying tribute to the wonderful Norman Kaye. The main focus here is on the musician, but not forgetting his acting career. Click here for full details of this CD.
Michael Kieran Harvey
Broadway Boogie is the latest addition to the Michael Kieran Harvey Collection. It is a collection of new music for piano featuring works by Nigel Westlake, Andrew Ford, Andrew Byrne, Mark Pollard and Michael Kieran Harvey. Click here for full details of this CD.
The piano music of Mike Nock played by Michael Kieran Harvey
Mike Nock returned to Australia in 1985 after spending 25 years in the US where he established an international reputation through his many tours and recordings. Although primarily known as a jazz composer his music has been commissioned and performed by such as the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra (USA), The New Zealand Piano Quartet & New Zealand String Quartet, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy, ensemble 24 and Melbourne Windpower among many others. Click here for full details of this CD.
Trio Altrove 1.3
This recording brings together the Italian chamber group Trio Altrove 1.3 with six Australian composers of contemporary classical music: Steve Adam, Melanie Chilianis, Brendan Colbert, Philip Czaplowski, Paul Moulatlet, and Thomas Reiner. Click here for full details of this CD.
arranged by Julian Yu / Australia Pro Arte Orchestra / Jeffrey Crellin
Unique orchestral arrangements of Pictures at an Exhibition, Gliere's Coloratura Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, Glinka's The Nighingale, and two movements from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons. Coming soon. Click here for full details of this CD.
Recorded in concert during the inaugural concert series in 1979
The Sydney Opera House Grand Organ is in many ways a unique instrument. With 10,500 pipes, of which 2700 can be sounded simultaneously, it is both the largest instrument in the country, and the largest mechanical action organ in the world. Click here for full details of this CD.
Brahms | Fauré | Rautavaara
Here is a stunning variety of music and styles, starting with the demanding Brahms variations on a theme by Handel, a work of great musical and technical challenges, both Matthew Kam and the Schimmel piano live up to all expectations. The exceptional beauty of tone is obvious from the beginning, and as the work unfolds the enormous range of tone and colours becomes evident. Click here for full details of this CD.
Pastance
In its inimitable style, Pastance again brings together music from the folk traditions and the early music world. Click here for full details of this CD.
John Mills
John Mills is an Australian composer working and recording in Melbourne. He grew up in a musical household that nurtured his love for the guitar, and by his early twenties was a keenly sought after performer and teacher. Click here for full details of this CD.
Milica Ilic - Guitar
STIR THE SKY, mostly featuring Milica's own compositions, is pervaded with a sense of places visited and people met, a sense of movement and music-making. There's also love, laughter, fond memories and bittersweet recollection. Each track is like a journal extract, a highly personal record being offered for sharing. Click here for full details of this CD.
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Artists & Composers:
Michael Kieran Harvey is one of the foremost interpreters of contemporary piano music of his generation. A champion of Australian music and himself a composer, he regularly commissions new Australian music and has performed Australian music with Australia's leading contemporary music ensembles and orchestras
Click here for more about Michael Kieran Harvey.
Pastance came together in 1993 to perform Mediaeval and Renaissance music. Pastance has performed for the early music fraternity but also for a wide range of audiences, from folk festivals and formal concerts to schools, corporate feasts and open air markets.
Click here for more about Pastance.
"one of a rare breed of pianists not frightened of showing his emotions when he plays"
(Leon Gettler, The Age 'Green Guide') Melbourne born musician Tony Gould is well known and admired in both classical and jazz musical circles. As a musician, Tony Gould is characterised by a desire to encompass as broad a range of activities as possible, aiming to reduce often prejudiced judgements about the relative worth of different musical styles. Click here for more about Tony Gould.
Norman Kaye (17-1-1927 - 28-5-2007) was a distinguished organist and actor. Norman studied organ with Pierre Cochereau of Notre Dame de Paris and won a Premier Prix for conducting at the Nice Conservatoire.
Click here for more about Norman Kaye.
re-sound has established itself as one of Australia's most progressive contemporary music ensembles. Its thought-provoking, challenging and dynamic performances explore the sounds of our time across a wide range of genres, styles, and performance contexts.
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Andrew's music intentionally crosses the boundaries between classical and popular music.
Click here for more about Andrew Blyth.
Certainly a group to follow, Collusion is a four-piece contemporary classical music ensemble formed in late 2002, comprised of young, vibrant and imaginative artists Benjamin Greaves (violin), Therese Milanovic (piano), Shannon Tobin (cello) and Stephen Wylks (clarinet). As well as performing as an ensemble of four, the group also invites guest artists of different artistic mediums including guest musicians, dance, spoken word, film, visual arts, circus arts, photography and theatre to contribute, in part, to their productions.
Click here for more about Collusion.
Mike Nock returned to Australia in 1985 after spending 25 years in the US where he established an international reputation through his many tours and recordings. Although primarily known as a jazz composer his music has been commissioned and performed by such as the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra (USA), The New Zealand Piano Quartet & New Zealand String Quartet, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy, Ensemble 24 and Melbourne Windpower among many others.
Click here for more about Mike Nock.
"It takes more than technical mastery to compose music and play it on the guitar in a way that really touches people's hearts. Australia's John Mills, has just such artistic talent. He uses even the silence between notes to shape his tender, lyrical melodies. Rather than blister the ears with cascades of notes, Mills has the courage to place each note like a precious star, allowing the emotion of the melody to carry through. . . . . Mills also happens to be among the 10 best guitarists that I've ever heard."
Click here for more about John Mills.
Kanako OKAMOTO is rapidly gaining an international profile as an exciting and significant Japanese composer. Kanako OKAMOTO is a member of the Japan Federation of Composers' (JFC) and the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM).
Click here for more about Kanako Okamoto.
Christa Rumsey was born in Vienna, Austria in 1943. In 1961 she became a student of the renowned organist, conductor and composer Anton Heiller at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Performing Arts, and graduated in Organ Performance in 1966
Click here for more about Christa Rumsey.
Born in 1981 in Sarawak, Malaysia, Matthew moved with his family to Australia in 1992 and in 1996, Max Cooke, who formerly trained in Paris with Alfred Cortot, recognized Matthew's potential and decided to accept him as one of his protégés.
Click here for more about Matthew Kam.
"a fine musician with brilliant technique" [Soundboard]
"near-peerless command of the instrument which, in his hands, seemed not so much an inanimate construction of wood, varnish and glue than an extension of his musical being" {The West Australian] Click here for more about Jonathan Paget.
Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra is an Australian chamber orchestra based in Melbourne, Victoria. With APA, experience the emotionally engrossing and intellectually inspiring works of the baroque era, sprinkled with works of today that celebrate and relate to life as we know it.
Click here for more about Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.
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