Browse by Label: ORANGE MOUNTAIN

Artist:	VA
Title:	New Music New York 1979 from the Kitchen Archives
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 015CD

"Founded in New York in 1971, The Kitchen is internationally known as a leading center for video, music, dance, performance, new media and literature. Orange Mountain Music has begun the restoration of audio reels from performances at The Kitchen with the goal of producing a series of CDs entitled From The Kitchen Archives. New Music, New York 1979, the debut release in this series, is a two-disc set offering re-mastered recordings from the landmark concerts of 'New Music, New York: A Festival of Composers and their Music,' which took place in SoHo June 8-16, 1979. 25 years later, these recordings are an invaluable time-capsule -- a privileged view/listen into a historic event, initially heard by only a few hundred people. Beyond their historic value, they offer brilliant and exciting music by composers now considered masters of the genre, as well as remarkable performances by figures nearly forgotten. Composers featured include Steve Reich, Michael Nyman, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Philip Glass, Jon Gibson, Garrett List, Gordon Mumma, George Lewis, Tom Johnson, Charlie Morrow, Barbara Benary, Phil Niblock, David Behrman, Joel Chadabe, Tony Conrad, Charlemagne Palestine.

Artist:	REICH, STEVE
Title:	Steve Reich and Musicians, Live 1977 - Kitchen Archives
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 018CD

"Steve Reich, one of the foremost composers of our time and an important 'first generation' minimalist composer has performed at The Kitchen Center for the Arts many times during his career. The Kitchen, an interdisciplinary organization known for its commitment to experimental work, has an archive of audio and video recordings that cover its three-decade existence. Orange Mountain Music in collaboration with The Kitchen's curators has found several wonderful recordings and among them are these made by Steve Reich and Musicians, Live 1977. This is the second disc in this exciting new series from Orange Mountain Music."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Symphony No. 6 - Plutonian Ode
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 020CD

"Philip Glass' Symphony No. 6 - Plutonian Ode was co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Brucknerhaus Linz to celebrate the composer's 65th birthday. The work's libretto was written by his late friend, Allen Ginsberg. Glass explains, 'During the last ten years of Allen's life we had performed frequently together in poetry/music collaborations. Allen was a superb reader of his own work and I was often inspired to compose new piano music for these occasional collaborations. In the case of Hydrogen Jukebox, we developed an evening length opera which was designed by Jerome Sirlin and directed by Ann Carlson. We presented that work in over 30 cities as part of an international tour. It had been our plan to make a new, major collaboration based on his epic poem Plutonium Ode (1978). Before he died in 1997, Allen had made several recordings for me of the poem in preparation for the new work. At that time I had in mind simply an extended piano work to accompany Allen in live performance. I put aside the project in 1997, feeling that I wouldn't want to go ahead without Allen. A few years past and the commission of a new symphony from Carnegie Hall and the Brucknerhaus Linz reawakened my interest in the project. I felt, then, that Plutonium Ode was unfinished business between Allen and myself and this would be the opportunity to complete it. By then, the piano music I had originally imagined had grown to a full orchestra and Allen's resonant speaking voice to a lyric soprano. The three movements of the symphony follow the three parts of the poem, and follow, also, the passage of the poem -- the first movement is a passionate outcry against nuclear contamination and pollution, the second a turn towards healing, and the final movement an epiphany arrived at through personal transformation.' This new world-premiere recording from Orange Mountain, performed by soprano Lauren Flanigan accompanied by the Bruckner Orchester Linz conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, brings this powerful work to life. As a special bonus, the set includes a disc of Allen Ginsburg reading the original poem."

Artist:	REICH & PHILIP GLASS, STEVE
Title:	Music 4 Hands
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 022CD

"Orange Mountain's new release Music 4 Hands presents new transcriptions for two pianos written and performed by Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa. Featured compositions are Philip Glass' 'Six Scenes from Les Enfants Terribles' and Steve Reich's 'Piano Phase.' Glass and Reich were leaders of a new music revolution in New York City in the 1960s and '70s that included Terry Riley, La Monte Young and Meredith Monk. In the years since then, the two composer's careers and music have greatly diverged, and it is rewarding to find a new record that celebrates them both. As both a soloist and a chamber musician, Maki Namekawa is equally at home in classical music and contemporary repertoire. She appears regularly at major concert venues in Japan and Europe. American pianist and conductor Dennis Russell Davies is chief conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and chief conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra since 1995."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Glasscuts - Philip Glass Remixed
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 023CD

"It has been said that Philip Glass is the 'Godfather of Trance' and evidence of that is found in the remixes that a number of young producers/musicians began sending to Orange Mountain Music as early as 2002. These unsolicited mixes became the genesis for Glasscuts - Philip Glass Remixed. This CD presents a very diverse program without any one dominant style. The artists are Androoval from Uruguay, Robert Bell from Australia, impLOG from the US, Woody McBride, DJ ESP from the US, Marcos Romero from Uruguay, Kate Simko from the US, Dietrich Schoenemann from the US, Luciano Supervielle from Uruguay and Dave Wesley from the US. We invite you to immerse yourself in Glasscuts - Philip Glass Remixed with open ears to experience a Glass that is reminiscent of the past, but with an adventurous contemporary twist."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Amplified: New Music Meets Rock 1981-1986
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 024CD

From the Kitchen Archives Vol. 3. "Amplified: New Music Meets Rock, 1981-1986 is the third release in a series of CDs compiled from The Kitchen's archive that documents historic concert recordings at The Kitchen from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. While the first two releases, New Music, New York 1979 and Steve Reich and Musicians, Live 1977 focused on major figures of new and experimental music from The Kitchen's first decade, Amplified moves into the early 1980s, representing a vocabulary that emerged from the avant-garde, minimalist, and No New York scenes in the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. Highlights from the CD include the layered guitars of Rhys Chatham's works, classical cello played through electronic effects pedals by Arthur Russell, a Christian Marclay piece created with multiple turntables 'prepared' with his 'To and Fro-nograph,' one of the earliest Sonic Youth concert recordings, two tracks by Swans and a rarely performed large orchestral piece by Elliott Sharp. Even now, more than twenty years after these shows took place, these recordings capture an explosive energy that still feels vibrant and vital."

Artist:	LEVINGSTON, BRUCE
Title:	Portraits
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 025CD

"Philip Glass's A Musical Portrait of Chuck Close is the product of many years of friendship between two important artists of our time. Pianist Bruce Levingston's performance of this new release serves as a tribute to the profound influences Philip Glass and Chuck Close have had upon one another's work. Since meeting in the 1960s in the SoHo Artists community of lofts and studios, Close has continually created portraits of Glass. The piece is a musical depiction of the spirit of Chuck Close and the integrity of his creative process. This recording also showcases musical portraits by three French masters, Ravel, Messiaen, and Satie, whose works influenced generations of composers and which are played with Mr. Levingston's understanding touch. One of this country's leading exponents of contemporary music, Bruce Levingston has premiered numerous works at prestigious venues throughout the world including Carnegie Hall and New York's Lincoln Center. Many of today's acclaimed composers have written works for him including Pulitzer Prize-winners William Bolcom, David Del Tredici, George Perle and Charles Wuorinen."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Uakti: Aguas da Amazonia
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 026CD

"Philip Glass's serious work in the field of world music was recognized long before the term entered the popular vocabulary. One of his most fruitful projects was with Brazilian ensemble Uakti (pronounced wah-keh-chee). Over the last twenty years, award winning experimental group Uakti has developed a major international following. Constructing all their own instruments, Uakti takes their name from a character from Brazilian Indian legends who had holes all over his body and as he ran through the forest, the wind passed through his body making fantastic unusual sounds. After being introduced to Glass by Paul Simon, Uakti and Glass composed a work together for Grupo Corpo, a Brazilian dance company. The result was Aguas da Amazonia -- an aural journey through the waters of the Amazon."

Artist:	RUSSELL, ARTHUR
Title:	Another Thought
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 027CD

"During his lifetime, classically trained composer, cellist and disco legend Arthur Russell studied and performed with a wide variety of musicians and artists including The Flying Lizards, David Byrne, Rhys Chatham, Ali Akbar Khan, Allen Ginsberg, John Hammond, Peter Gordon, Jon Gibson, Jerry Harrison, Garret List, Frank Pagano, Andy Paley, Leni Pickett and Peter Zummo. In 1979, Russell, working under the name Dinosaur, wrote and produced Kiss Me Again -- the first disco single to be released by Sire Records and the first of Russell's many innovative dance tunes. Kiss Me Again also features contributions from then-fledgling guitarist David Byrne. As a solo act in the 1980s, he produced successes such as the single 'In the Light of the Miracle' (featured on this release) and the album World of Echo (1987, Rough Trade) a masterpiece that defies description and categorization. World of Echo was included in Melody Maker's 'Top Thirty Releases of 1986'. When Russell dies of AIDS in 1992 at the age of 40, the Village Voice wrote, 'his songs were so personal that it seems as though he simply vanished into his music.' Orange Mountain's re-release of Russell's 1994 album Another Thought (Point Music) is a fitting tribute to one of music's greatest and most underappreciated musical innovators."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Analog
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 029CD

Unreleased recordings from the late 70s, performed by Glass (Farfisa, Yamaha & Hammond organs, Fender Rhodes piano, Arp synthesizer). "New release which contains three seminal works in Glass's musical history. In the late 1970s, Philip Glass was asked by two film producers, Francois de Menil and Barbara Rose, to write music for a film they were producing. The film was Mark di Suervo, Sculptor and it was Glass's first film score, predating even Koyaanisqatsi. The score took its titles from the names of di Suervo sculptures shown in the film, including Etoile Polaire (North Star) and others. The disc also includes 'Dressed Like an Egg' -- a never before released early Glass score which was written as incidental music to a Mabou Mines Theater Company production in 1977. The disc is rounded out with another never-before-heard recording of Glass' 'Mad Rush' for organ. The work was originally used by choreographer Lucinda Childs for a dance of the same name. All the performances on Analog feature original performances by Philip Glass on electric organ."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Glass Reflections
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 032CD

"In 1999, composer Philip Glass heard a movement of his third symphony played by the Cello Octet Conjunto Ib�rico in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and he was greatly impressed. Inspired by the composer's support, conductor Elias Arizcuren created an entire program of Glass works transcribed for his ensemble. The result is Orange Mountain's new CD Glass Reflections which features works from the entire range of Glass' compositional activities including the concert hall, theater, opera and film. The disc includes selections from his opera Akhnaten, his incidental music for Samuel Beckett's Company, the breathtaking third movement of the third symphony, and selections from film scores to Mishima and Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Dracula
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 033CD

"In 2004, Orange Mountain Music released an album of solo piano transcriptions of Philip Glass' Oscar and Golden Globe nominated score to The Hours. These transcriptions were done by Glass' longtime music director and pianist Michael Riesman. Riesman's solo piano transcription of the score to The Hours proved so successful that Orange Mountain Music was inspired to approach Riesman again to make an arrangement of Glass' haunting score to Todd Browning's 1931 classic Dracula, which starred Bela Lugosi. Glass' original score was written for string quartet and was recorded and toured by the Kronos Quartet. This new arrangement of the score is treated to a truly virtuosic performance by Michael Riesman and includes a previously-unrecorded track which was composed by Glass but was left out of the soundtrack recording. Riesman's extraordinary playing brings life and phenomenal craftsmanship to a seemingly timeless musical score."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Alter Ego Performs Philip Glass
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 034CD

"During the 1960s and '70s, Philip Glass established himself as a leading artistic voice by creating a new musical language in the downtown loft spaces of New York's Soho district. Forty years later, Glass' early revolutionary music continues to appeal to younger generations as evidenced by Orange Mountain Music's latest release, Alter Ego Performs Philip Glass. 2006 marks the Italian new music ensemble Alter Ego's 15th anniversary as an ensemble. Across Europe, they are widely recognized as pioneers of new and experimental music. On this specially-priced two-disc set, the group performs seminal Glass works including 4 world-premiere recordings. Featured pieces include 'How Now,' '600 Lines,' 'Piece in the Shape of a Square,' 'Gradus,' 'Music in Similar Motion,' 'Strung Out' and 'Music in Contrary Motion' with a total length of over 135 minutes of glorious music."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Music With Changing Parts
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 035CD

"Icebreaker's newest release, Philip Glass' Music with Changing Parts is representative of an exciting new generation's interest in one of the most important composers of our time. Icebreaker is considered by many to be the United Kingdom's leading new music ensemble. The 13-piece group, which tours extensively, has been an active champion of many of today's most important composers. Philip Glass' 1970 score for Music with Changing Parts has been part of the group's touring repertoire for years. This recording brings a vivid re-imagining and fresh interpretation to one of Glass' greatest scores. The work marked a turning point in Glass' career and contains many characteristics of the composer's breakthrough works of the 1970s including 'Music in 12 Parts' and 'Einstein on the Beach.' Icebreaker's performance can be firmly placed in the virtuoso chamber tradition established by the original Philip Glass Ensemble."

Artist:	GLASS & ROBERT WILSON, PHILIP
Title:	Monsters of Grace
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 041CD

"With their trailblazing 1976 production of Einstein on the Beach, Philip Glass and Robert Wilson became internationally known as leading creators of new music theater. Orange Mountain is thrilled to present the long-awaited CD release of their latest collaboration, the 1997 Monsters of Grace, for which Robert Wilson designed the animated 3-D visuals and staging. Vividly performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble and guest vocalists, the transcendent score marries exotic sounds of our time with the poetry of 13th-century Sufi mystic, Jelaluddin Rumi (sung in an English translation), to create an unforgettable theatrical experience."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	The Concerto Project Vol. III
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 042CD

Performed by Rasch�r Saxophone Quartet, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, conducted by Dennis Russell Davie. "The Concerto Project Vol. III is the penultimate installment in a series documenting the eight Glass concertos. Each movement of the Concerto Grosso -- performed by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn led by Dennis Russell Davies -- is written for a distinctive group of instruments: the winds, the brass, the strings, which together make up a symphonic ensemble. The Concerto for Saxophone Quartet was commissioned by the internationally-renowned Rasch�r Saxophone Quartet who performs the work here in an alternate version Glass conceived to be played without the orchestra."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Theater Music Archive Volume I
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 044CD

"From the Philip Glass Archive -- Theater Music Archive Volume I represents the first release in a series of 10 discs to be released on Orange Mountain Music from the vast archive of recordings made in the last 40 years of Philip Glass' incredible recording career. These recordings span the entire range of Philip Glass' compositional activities and will include music for film, theater, dance, and concert hall in a wide variety of scores including chamber music, solo instruments and orchestral works. Theater Music Archive Volume 1 features two ravishingly beautiful works from the world of theater: the instrumental suite from Glass' 2003 chamber opera 'The Sound of a Voice' features Eastern and Western instruments in one of Glass' most creative scores. 'In the Summer House' is the original music composed for the Jane Bowles' 1953 play. This release contains an incredibly rare chance to hear premiere recordings of works by one of the most successful composer of our times in the most intimate context. Orange Mountain Music seeks to bring many of these works to the public for the first time in the continuing effort to expand and document the Philip Glass recording legacy."

Artist:	STERMAN, ANDREW
Title:	The Path To Peace
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 045CD

Subtitled: Music Inspirted by the Inner Journey of Mahatma Gandhi. "A member of the Philip Glass Ensemble, Andrew Sterman took his inspiration for The Path to Peace from the life and writings of Mahatma Gandhi. Performed by some of New York's leading musicians -- Todd Reynolds (violin), Bob Palmieri (guitar), Mick Rossi (piano), Kermit Driscoll (bass), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), N.M. Sundar (vocals), Nivedita Shivraj (veena) -- the result is a multimedia work that is lyrical, passionate and profound."

Artist:	VA
Title:	From The Kitchen Archives No.4: Composers Inside Electronics
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 046CD

"From The Kitchen Archives No. 4: Composers Inside Electronics continues a series of CD releases featuring recently discovered audio recordings of concert performances at The Kitchen dating from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. The electronic innovation of the time is illustrated here by tracks from David Tudor, John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein, Martin Kalve and Bill Viola." All recordings from this CD are from 1977/78. The Kalve piece is from 1978 and is performed by John Driscoll, Martin Kalve, Takehisa Kosugi & David Tudor. The Tudor piece ("Pulsers") is a 23-minute track from 1977 with taped violin by Takehisa Kosugi.

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Orchestral Music Recording Archive Vol. II
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 047CD

"In a continuing endeavor to expand and document the Philip Glass recorded legacy, Orange Mountain Music presents the second volume of works from the composer's archive. The program features two vivid orchestral scores: 'Day and Nights in Rocinha,' a luscious musical tribute to a Brazilian neighborhood, performed by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Dennis Russell Davies, and 'Persephone,' the score for a 1994 Robert Wilson theatrical installation, in a tour de force performance by the instruments and voices of the Rel�che Ensemble, led by Joseph Franklin."

Artist:	GLASS, PHILIP
Title:	Film Scores: Jenipapo Recording Archive Vol. III
Label:	ORANGE MOUNTAIN
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	OMM 048CD

"Philip Glass's original score to Monique Gardenberg's 1995 political thriller Jenipapo, starring Henry Czerny, brought the composer another opportunity to write against the backdrop of the Brazilian landscape and the tumult of political upheaval. The story of the film follows a reporter in his search to track down an influential priest who has gone silent during a political battle over Brazil's forests. Glass' score reflects the political implications of the film as well as the vast canvas against which it is set. With this release, Orange Mountain Music continues its 'From the Philip Glass Recording Archive' series which seeks to document and expand the composer's recorded legacy."

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