Move Records Australian classical & art music, est. 1968

Australian art music, recorded since 1968.

Move is an independent label that records and publishes Australia’s classical, early and new music; especially the performers, the composers, and the works that would otherwise go unrecorded.

New release

De Tribus Impostoribus

This is a new collection of works by acclaimed Australian pianist and composer Michael Kieran Harvey, bringing together music spanning more than two decades of his distinctive and adventurous creative practice.

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  1. De Tribus Impostoribus – i.
  2. De Tribus Impostoribus – ii.
  3. '7'
  4. Duo
  5. Rameaustein
  6. Kazohinia
  7. Deaths Head Mandala
  8. Homage to Liszt

Why we record

Move has never selected projects on commercial viability alone. We look for music of inherent value — living composers, and works from the past that have yet to reach the digital era; helping to preserve Australia’s musical heritage.

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Recording studio & services

Move Records Studio is a purpose-built classical recording space with a rich natural acoustic, ideal for soloists, vocal groups and small instrumental ensembles.

We also offer on-location recording, duplication, artwork and printing, vinyl restoration, publishing and distribution.

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Recent releases

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Encores

Directed by Douglas Lawrence, the Australian Chamber Choir gathers favoured concert encores in a programme that shows the ensemble at its most immediate and engaging.

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Broken Words

Chamber works for concert flute, alto flute and piccolo; baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and alto saxophone; and piano by Frank Millward. Broken Words explores how technology is reshaping musical communication and meaning.

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Exquisite Harmonies

Exquisite Harmonies features works for viola da gamba and harpsichord, and several harpsichord solos, largely from the French Baroque. The exceptions are Telemann, Abel and Australian composer Troy Russell. A nice treat is an improvised harpsichord fantasia in the style of Telemann.

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The life in between

Michael Kieran Harvey anchors this solo piano programme with Martin Friedel’s final work, …the life in between…, then sets it among virtuoso scores by Pertout, Crossman, Spiers, Selleck and McAlley.

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The Other Side of Tony Gould

Tony Gould is best known as a jazz pianist and improviser. This recording turns to his classical side: original concert works written over two decades, with Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in a four-hand piano version.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books 1 and 2

Distinguished Australian pianist and harpsichordist Judith Lambden presents J.S. Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I and II (BWV 846–893), recorded across nine years as a five-CD set.

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My Heart

Naarm/Melbourne pianist Danaë Killian presents an expressionist programme of solo piano, spoken word and tarot, centred on her own My Prussian Blue Heart and works by mostly Australian composers.

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Shifting Landscapes

Shifting Landscapes is Australian flautist Kathryn Moorhead’s survey of the flute’s contemporary sound world, gathering works that push the instrument past its familiar range through extended technique, colour, and texture.

News & reviews

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  1. What would Peggy do? The cultural cringe in Australian classical music

    In 2012, Michael Kieran Harvey gave the 14th Annual Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address established by the New Music Network. A strong advocate for Australian art music, Michael challenges the status quo where funding tends to favour overseas artists and dead, rather than living composers. The talk raises issues still fully relevant more than ten years later. The video can be viewed here along with a full transcript. ...

  2. Brilliantly conceived and performed

    Julie McErlain reviewed Michael Kieran Harvey War Sonata concert in July 2024 ... Brilliantly conceived and performed, Michael Kieran Harvey’s premier performance of his three War Sonatas was a tense, dramatic, hypnotic and deeply confronting musical experience, adding powerful new works to universal piano repertoire.

  3. Andrián Pertout’s monumental piano work ‘Luz Meridional’ is full of delights

    The following is one of the best reviews we have seen at Move. Alan Holley wrote this rave for "Luz Meridional" in the online site classikON, and it is worth a read:

  4. Wagner reinterpreted, bold as brass

    Barney Zwartz has written an article in The Age and SMH about horn player Mark Papworth's Wagner project. Siegfried’s Story, a CD of 12 scenes from the Ring adapted for the highly unusual combination of horn, tuba and piano, recording under the name Bonza Brass.

Over fifty years of music

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Schumann CelloSchumann Cello Melbourne Sounds GrandMelbourne Sounds Grand Hymns For All SeasonsHymns For All Seasons A Baroque CollectionA Baroque Collection La FolliaLa Follia Organs of the Ballarat GoldfieldsOrgans of the Ballarat Goldfields The Chopin CollectionThe Chopin Collection Light on the EdgeLight on the Edge MeditationMeditation The Present Tense: Songs of Sydney CarterThe Present Tense: Songs of Sydney Carter An anthology of sacred hymns for classical guitarAn anthology of sacred hymns for classical guitar Brood GrooveBrood Groove KAPPAKAPPA SivaSiva Life CycleLife Cycle Light in darkLight in dark Great Bass BalladsGreat Bass Ballads Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 1Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 1 Trio PolyphonicaTrio Polyphonica Transcriptions BaroqueTranscriptions Baroque 15 Favourite Christmas Carols15 Favourite Christmas Carols Jinker RideJinker Ride Listen to the Band, Vol. 3Listen to the Band, Vol. 3 Flute Perspectives, Vol. 2Flute Perspectives, Vol. 2 ExposéExposé Luz Meridional (Southern Light)Luz Meridional (Southern Light) ThrenodyThrenody The Remarkable Norman KayeThe Remarkable Norman Kaye Giants in the LandGiants in the Land Wordless MeaningsWordless Meanings Hearing PlaceHearing Place Chopin: Complete Ballades and ScherziChopin: Complete Ballades and Scherzi Spirit of the RainbowSpirit of the Rainbow Piano Inside OutPiano Inside Out ÉtudesÉtudes Music of the Spanish RenaissanceMusic of the Spanish Renaissance McGann LIVE 81 / 83McGann LIVE 81 / 83 Ya-de-yaYa-de-ya Amir Farid plays Javad MaroufiAmir Farid plays Javad Maroufi StargazerStargazer Masters of BaroqueMasters of Baroque The 7 Great Inventions of the Modern Industrial AgeThe 7 Great Inventions of the Modern Industrial Age Ambient VoiceAmbient Voice The Marvellous World of George Dreyfus, Vol. 1The Marvellous World of George Dreyfus, Vol. 1 Tuba RecitalTuba Recital Just Married: Organ Music for a WeddingJust Married: Organ Music for a Wedding More Bizarre or baRockMore Bizarre or baRock The Star of the SeaThe Star of the Sea Marshall-Hall SymphonyMarshall-Hall Symphony Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Hobart 1991Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Hobart 1991