PRISM Quartet
Concertos for Saxophone Quartet
by William Bolcom and Steven Mackey
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Gill Rose, conductor innova 731
Perennial champions of new music, the
PRISM Quartet joins forces with Maestro Gil Rose and the ever-adventurous
Boston Modern Orchestra Project in a stunning recording of
concertos for saxophone quartet by William Bolcom and Steven
Mackey, composers whose concert music draws collectively from
rock, jazz, blues, folk, and ragtime music, and more.
America's Millennium
Tribute to Adolphe Sax Volume XIII
Arizona University Recordings
Special Guest Artist Taimur Sullivan Elemental Homunculi by Carl Schimmel Taimur Sullivan,
tenor saxophone
Inara Zandmane, piano
Airline by Drew Krause
Taimur Sullivan, alto saxophone
Pitch Black (1998)
Billie (2003)
PRISM
Quartet
Pitch Black
Music for Saxophones by Jacob TV
innova 693
The PRISM Quartet celebrates Dutch "avant pop"
composer JacobTV (a.k.a. Jacob Ter Veldhuis, b. 1951) on this
acclaimed Innova disc. Scored for saxophone and ghettoblaster,
the music on "Pitch Black" features spoken word
by jazz icons Billie Holiday and Chet Baker, death row inmates,
and religious fanatics in Times Square.
Pitch Black (1998)
Billie (2003)
Postnuclear Winterscenario No.10 (1991/2001)
Grab It! (1999)
The Garden Of Love (2001)
Jesus Is Coming (2003)
"The musicians of the Glass Farm
Ensemble play all of these works with what seams to be endless
reserves of virtuosity and panache....Taimur Sullivan is a
whiz on soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones... " -Gramophone
"...superlative playing ... In Four
is a very impressive début album." -Music and Vision
Glass Farm Ensemble
IN FOUR
innova 700
Taimur Sullivan: soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone
Oren Fader: electric guitar
Matthew Gold: percussion, marimba, drums
Yvonne Troxler: piano
Louis Andriessen: Hout (1991)
Yvonne Troxler: Kaleidoskop (2005)
Peter Herbert: Deafening Silence (2005)
Elizabeth Hoffman: Holonyms (2005) Wolfgang Heiniger: In Four (1995)
PRISM
Quartet
Music of William Albright
innova
687
Fantasy
Etudes (1993) world premiere recording
PRISM Quartet Pypes They
only come out at night
Heater
(1977) world premiere recording
Taimur Sullivan, alto saxophone
University of Michigan Symphony Band; H. Robert Reynolds,
conductor
Pit
Band (1993) world premiere recording
Taimur Sullivan, alto saxophone; Michael Lowenstern, bass
clarinet; Marilyn Nonken, piano
Doo-Dah
(1975) Taimur Sullivan, alto saxophone I; Matthew Levy,
alto saxophone II; Michael Whitcombe, alto saxophone II
Sonata
(1984) Two-Part
Invention Matthew Levy, alto saxophone; Matthew
Herskowitz, piano
Drew
Krause: Powder
Airline for alto saxophone and computer-generated
tape by Drew Krause Innova
#676
Earle
Brown: Tracer
ne(x)tworks ensemble
Compact disc and DVD of music by Earle Brown,
including December 1952 (1952), Four Systems
(1954), New Piece (1971, world premiere recording).
The Abundant Air:
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Band by Perry Goldstein
guest artist with the West Point Saxophone Quartet
#WPSTBF
Fireworks
Ensemble: Dance Mix A survey of social dances throughout Western Music
history, all arranged especially for Fireworks (fl, sx, vln,
vcl, bs, gtr, perc, pno).
Johann Strauss: Thunder and Lightning
Anonymous: Istampita Palamento
Josef Haydn: Minuet from Quartet No. 62,
"Fifths"
Duke Ellington: Don't Get Around Much Anymore
AFX: Analogue Bubblebath
New Order: Blue Monday
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Suite)
The Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive
Martin
Bresnick: My Twentieth Century
Tent of Miracles (4 overdubbed baritone
saxophones)
New World Records #80635-2
PRISM
Quartet: Real Standard Time
Jazz compositions by Matthew Levy and Tim Ries. With Larry
Goldings (organ), John Riley (drums), Ben Monder (guitar),
Franck Amsallem (piano).
Todd Reynolds (violin), Wayne du Maine (trumpet),
Taimur Sullivan (saxophones), Michael Lowenstern (bass clarinet),
Steve Gosling (piano), David Cossin (percussion)
Billband's first CD release features the music
of Bill Ryan, with an all-star group of New York players who's
credits encompass the gamut from the Metropolitan Opera to
Blue Man Group to Steve Reich Ensemble to Prince.
BONK
FESTIVAL (Spank Me!)
Airline by Drew Krause for alto saxophone and computer-generated
tape.
BONK Recordings - BONK98
Shadow
of the Condor
Alto Rhapsody (1987) by John Melby for alto saxophone
and tape.
Zuma Records #105
Stolen
Music Music by Matthew Davidson
Deux Plaisanteries for alto saxophone and piano, with
Alissa Rhode (piano).
Reissue: Capstone CPS-8675
Originally released on Mastersounds Records #DFCD1-221
Tent of
Miracles by Martin Bresnick
Tape accompaniment of three prerecorded baritone saxophone parts,
on rental from Carl Fischer Music
An Introduction
to Overtones
Article and recording in "Practice Like the Pros,"
a pedagogical book featuring excercises from 20 saxophonists
nationwide. Published by Music Sales/G. Schirmer.
"NOW"
with Bill Moyers on PBS
Recorded the music for PBS's weekly public affairs series, with
the PRISM Quartet, airing every Friday evening.
Upcoming
releases:
PRISM Quartet Works by Kati Agocs,
Roshanne Etezady, Kristi Kuster, Ross Feller, Zack Browning,
and Rand Steiger New Dynamic Records
Recording Louis Karchin's Voyages. Pictured (l
to r): Marilyn Nonken, Judith Sherman, Taimur Sullivan, Lou
Karchin.
Recording William Albright's
concerto with the University of Michigan Symphony Band, H.
Robert Reynolds, conductor.
(Photo credit: Catherine Byrd)
Pypes
