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Recordings of Works by Augusta Read Thomas
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Selected Works for Orchestra
Christine Brandes (soprano), Baird Dodge (violin)
DePaul University Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble, Cliff Colnot, Pierre Boulez, Oliver Knussen, Jack Delaney
The performances are as persuasive as expected given the involvement of such as Pierre Boulez and Oliver Knussen...One can only await Vol. 2 of this series with impatience. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Of Being is a Bird
Nathan Giem (violin), Claire Booth (soprano), Nathan Cole (violin), Nicola Melville (piano)
Parker Quartet, Third Coast Percussion & Spektral Quartet, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Irresistible forward drive, pausing only for moments of radiant beauty. —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Astral Canticle
Third Coast Percussion, Jonathan Keeble (flute), J. David Harris (clarinet), Yvonne Redman (soprano), Julie Gunn (piano), Julian Hersh, Robert Waters (violin), Nathan Giem (violin)
University Of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, University of Illinois Women's Glee Club, Donald Schleicher, Andrea...
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Music For Strings
Stefan Hersh (solo violin), Scott Kluksdahl (cello), Marc Rovetti (violin), Leah Gastler (viola) & Christopher Janwong McKiggan (piano) of Vicennium Void, Stefan Hersh (violin) & Julian Hersh (cello), Southern Methodist University Student Wind Ensemble
Network for New Music, Student...
Performances underline the virtuosity and skill with which Thomas writes for musicians...with the sound and annotations fully comparable to previous discs in this valuable series. —
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Special offer. A Portrait of Augusta Read Thomas
Tony Arnold (soprano) & Jennifer Hoult (harp), Fred Hemke (alto saxophone), Katie Hyun (violin) & Mihai Marica (cello)
New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Elm City Girls' Choir, The New York Virtuoso Singers, William Boughton, Rebecca Rosenbaum, Harold Rosenbaum
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Chamber & Piano Works
Amy Briggs (piano), Janet Sung and Yuan-Qing Yu (violins), Robert Walters (english horn) & Stefan Hersh and Steve Rose (violins), Makiko Hirata (piano), Charles Morey (violin) & Frank Huang (piano), Daniel Schlosberg (piano)
The Walden Chamber Players, Southern Methodist University...
Throughout this programme, the performances (mostly by the dedicatees or those who gave the premiere) are unfailingly responsive to Thomas's finely wrought and bracingly immediate language,... —
