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  • Compact Discs and DVDs
  • Chamber Music
  • Audio Excerpts
  • Premieres
  • Reviews


    • 1.Compact Discs and DVDs

    New DVDs

    Catalin Rotaru Plays Proto CD/DVD Combination Package
    Rotaru and pianist Marina Pacowski play Proto's Carmen Fantasy, Sonata 1963 and the premiere recording of Sonata No. 2


    Two Sessions with Frank and Tim
    Two complete programs featuring music from Alberto Ginastera and Manuel de Falla to Miles Davis and George Gershwin with guitarist Tim Berens.

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    Bridges - CD/DVD Combination Package
    Featuring Clarinet Virtuoso Eddie Daniels with Ensemble Sans Frontière.
    in premiere recordings of:
    Sextet for Clarinet and Strings
    Sketches of Gershwin for Clarinet and String Orchestra
    Preludes to I Loves You Porgy and Fascinating Rhythm for Clarinet and String Orchestra
    Plus encores and Special Features

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    New CDs

    François Rabbath - Première
    Featuring first recordings of Proto's:
    Nine Variants on Paganini for Double Bass and Orchestra
    Nine Variants on Paganini for Double Bass and Piano

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    Chamber Works 6 - Duos A
    Proto and friends in first recordings of his:
    Sonata for Violin and Piano
    Duo No. 2 for Violin and Double Bass
    Duo for Viola and Double Bass

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    Chamber Works 5 - Early
    Proto and friends in all new recordings of his earliest Chamber pieces.
    Sonata 1963 for Double Bass and Piano
    Duo No. 1 for Violin and Double Bass
    Quartet for Basses
    Suite for the Piano
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    Soundscapes for Solo Viola
    Scott Slapin performs the world premiere recordings of Proto's new virtuoso works for unaccompanied viola.
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    Chamber Works 4
    The Creatures in Room 642 - featuring Jessicia Walter
    Four Rogues, a Mystery for Double Bass and Piano
    Three Episodes from Ghost in Machine
    Lessons, from A Family Album Book 3

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    Five Divertimenti for Solo Violin
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    Recent DVDs
    The Tuner
    A Musical Prophecy in Seven Scenes
    for Vocalist, Actors and Musicians

    Live recording of the World Premiere Performance
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    The Profanation of Hubert J. Fort
    An Allegory in Four Scenes
    for Voice, Clarinet/Saxophone and Double Bass

    Live recording of the World Premiere Performance
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    2. Chamber Music
    Sonata No. 2
    for Double Bass and Piano
    Sextet
    for Clarinet and Strings
    Soundscapes
    for Solo Viola
    Three Episodes from Ghost in Machine
    for Oboe, Double Bass and Piano
    Paganini in Metropolis
    for Clarinet and Piano

    3. Audio Excerpts
    Soundscapes for Solo Viola - Scott Slapin

    Chamber Works 4 - Ensemble Sans Frontière
    Three Episodes from Ghost in Machine
    for Oboe/English Horn, Double Bass and Piano

    The Creatures in Room 642
    for Trumpet, Double Bass, Percussion and Narrator

    Four Rogues - A Mystery
    for Double Bass and Piano

    Lessons
    for Solo Double Bass
    Five Divertimenti for Solo Violin - Eric Bates

    4. World Premieres
    Divertimento for Cello and Orchestra
    Benjamin Frysell
    Sonata No. 2 for Double Bass and Piano
    Catalin Rotaru
    Concerto No. 2 for Saxophone and Orchestra
    Rick Van Matre
    Shadowboxer - An opera based on the life of Joe Louis
    University of Maryland School of Music Opera Studio
    The Dalí Gallery
    Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
    Sketches of Gershwin for Clarinet and String Orchestra
    Eddie Daniels at the Salt Lake City Jazz Festival
    Sextet for Clarinet and Strings
    Eddie Daniels Eddie Daniels with Ensemble Sans Frontière.
    Duo No. 2 for Violin and Double Bass
    Frank Proto at the Hawaiian Contrabass Festival
    Quartet for Piano and Strings
    The Merling Trio and Tom Knific
    Paganini in Metropolis for Clarinet and Orchestra
    Eddie Daniels Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra

    Paganini in Metropolis for Clarinet and Wind Symphony
    Eddie Daniels with the University of Texas Wind Ensemble

    Nine Variants on Paganini
    François Rabbath with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra

    Quintet for Brass 77-01
    Fulcrum Point Chamber Ensemble at the Art Institute of Chicago


    5. Reviews of Recent New Releases
    CD-Chamber Works 4
    Premiere recordings of Recent New Works

    DVD - The Profanation of Hubert J. Fort
    for Violin or Viola and Double Bass

    CD-Five Divertimenti for Solo Violin
    Erich Bates, Violin

    Quartet for Piano and Strings
     European Premiere
    Merling Trio with bassist Tom Knific

    Mingus - Live in the Underworld
    for Double Bass and Narrator

    Ode to a Giant
    for Double Bass and Narrator

    Nine Variants on Paganini
    for Double Bass and Piano