classical music: Edwin Barker

classical music: Edwin Barker

classical music:

Edwin Barker

Charles Ives: The String Quartets
Rhonda Rider, Charles Ives, ...

Centaur, 1990

Thunder Pipes

Allan Barker, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Black Tulips, 1993

One of the few recordings by Flath
Ted Flath, conductor and music director of the California Bach Society, was also a very hot organist. He was famous for his strenuous and inspired white knuckle New Years Eve organ concerts at Grace Cathedral in SF, and his blazing productions of Bach's works at the ...

James Yannatos: Violin Concerto; Symphony Brevis; Concerto for Contrabass

James Yannatos, Edwin Barker, ...

Albany Records, 2006

Part of a Fine Body of Work by a Virtually Unknown Composer
James Yannatos arrived at Harvard in 1964 to take up what was supposed to be a temporary assignment as conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Symphony Orchestra. He's still laboring in that vineyard after more than forty years and during that time has coaxed, cajoled, led, ...

Harold Shapero - Chamber Music
Rhonda Rider, Harold Samuel Shapero, ...

New World Records, 2003

The revival of Harold Shapero's Symphony for Classical Orchestra by André Previn and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1988 spearheaded a renewed interest in his long-neglected major works. Nevertheless, Shapero's (b. 1920) vastly underrated portfolio today remains the great undiscovered treasure trove of American neoclassicism. The String Trio, the ...

Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla

Edwin Barker, Hector Console, ...

Sony, 1997

A Must...
If you love Astor Piazzolla's music, this is one of the best disc ever... Yo-Yo MA's Cello get a new level with this masterpieces, Mumuki is my personal favorite... Also recommended Astor Piazzolla In Portrait (DVD).

Three Sonatas for Double Bass

Paul Hindemith, Franz Schubert, ...

Boston Records, 2001

Excellent Technique and Feel for the Musical Periods
Technically speaking, this is a very excellent recording: the CD manages to capture the sound of the players nearly perfectly, a difficult task given the range of the bass. I was impressed by the flawless balance between Edwin Barker and his accompanists throughout. ...

Keisuke Wakao Plays Mozart, Bach, Britten, Prokofiev [Hybrid SACD]
Sato Knudsen, Thomas Martin, ...

Pentatone, 2003

Charles Ives: The String Quartets

Rhonda Rider, Charles Ives, ...

Centaur, 1993

If you want to learn the Ives quartets, get this CD
This is an excellent recording of the Ives quartets, pieces which are very approachable, classically, compared to the rest of Ives' works. The quartet, recorded in their accustomed home at Brandeis, is very well balanced, and the beautiful viola and cello playing is ...