Seasons Within

Disc 1

NUCLEAR WINTER

1. Life As It Was - Listen
2. Chaos of Survival - Listen
3. The Last Days - Listen

 

Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic; Juan Pablo Izquíerdo, conductor

 

CONCERT PIECE for VIOLIN and PIANO

1. Allegro energico - Listen

 

Andrés Cárdenes, violin;  Luz Manríquez, piano

 

TRIO for FLUTE, BASSOON, and PIANO

1. Maestoso con rigore - Listen
2. Allegro energico - Listen
3. Lento - Listen
4. Allegro marcato - Listen

 

Alberto Almarza, flute; Nancy Goeres, bassoon; Walter Morales, piano

 

SEASONS WITHIN for VOICE and ENSEMBLE

1. Hey, World! - Listen
2. Words - Listen
3. A Bird - Listen
4. Silence - Listen
5. February - Listen
6. The Ultimate Gift - Listen

 

Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble; Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor; Walter Morales, conductor

 

Disc 2

 

SONGS of FAMILY

1. I Am A Mother - Listen
2. A Baby - Listen
3. When I Grow Up - Listen
4. Dear Grandma - Listen

 

Glynn Page, soprano; Ralph Zitterbart, piano

 

ELEGY for OBOE, HARP and STRING QUARTET
            In Memory of Ruth Patton Taft

1. Adagio ma non troppo - Listen

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; David Stock, conductor

 

THEME and VARIATIONS for PIANO

1. Theme: Andante espressivo - Listen
2. Variation I: Allegro misterioso - Listen
3. Variation II: Adagio espressivo - Listen
4. Variation III: Allegretto - Listen
5. Variation IV: Sostenuto e espressivo; Fuga: Allegro risoluto - Listen

 

Lauren Thomas Hraber, piano

 

EIGHT SLICES of NATURE

1. Waterfall - Listen
2. A Bantam Rooster - Listen
3. Morning Mist - Listen
4. The Sun - Listen
5. One Star - Listen
6. The Angry Crow - Listen
7. A Resting Snail - Listen
8. Snow - Listen

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; David Stock, conductor,
Commissioned with a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

 

This 2-CD set is available through Amazon.com or directly from the composer: mt3f@andrew.cmu.edu