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2006 CMNW Festival Collection

VIVALDI - Concerto in C Major for Piccolo, Strings and
Continuo, RV 443

Tara Helen O'Connor, piccolo; Daniel Phillips and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violins; Theodore Arm, viola; Sophie Shao, cello; Peter Lloyd, double bass; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord

MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449
Andrè-Michel Schub, piano; Jennifer Frautschi and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violins; Theodore Arm, viola; Ronald Thomas, cello; Peter Lloyd, double bass

MENDELSSOHN - Quintet in B-Flat Major for Strings, Op. 87
Jennifer Frautschi and Daniel Phillips, violins; Cynthia Phelps and Todd Phillips, violas; Ronald Thomas, cello

 

2005 CMNW Festival Collection
35th Anniversary

BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Ida Kavafian, violin; Ransom Wilson, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; David Shifrin, piccolo clarinet; Ani Kavafian and Kerry McDermott, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; John Gibbons, harpsichord

BACH - Trio Sonata in C Major, BWV 1037
Ida Kavafian and Ani Kavafian, violins; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

MOZART - Trio in E Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, K. 542
Vladimir Feltsman, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Fred Sherry, cello

SHOSTAKOVICH - Quintet in G Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 57
Vladimir Feltsman, piano; Ani Kavafian and Theodore Arm, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Fred Sherry, cello

 

2004 CMNW Festival Collection

DVORÁK - Sextet in A Major for Strings, B. 80, Op. 48
Miró String Quartet (Daniel Ching and Sandy Yamamoto, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello); Heiichiro Ohyama, viola; Fred Sherry, cello

MOZART - Quartet in G Major for Flute and Strings, K. 285a
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Todd Phillips, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Ronald Thomas, cello

DVORÁK - Quintet in E-Flat Major for Strings, B. 180, Op. 97
Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips and Todd Phillips, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello); Ida Kavafian, viola

 

2003 CMNW Festival Highlights

BEETHOVEN - Quintet in C Major for Strings, Op. 29
Leila Josefowicz, violin; Kerry McDermott, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Scott Lee, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello

SCHUBERT - Quintet in A Major for Piano and Strings, D. 667,
Op. post. 114, "Trout"

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass

 

2002 CMNW Festival Highlights

DEBUSSY - Sonata No. 2 for Flute, Viola and Harp (1915)
Ransom Wilson, flute; Paul Neubauer, viola; Heidi Lehwalder, harp

MOZART - Quintet in C Major for Strings, K. 515
Todd Phillips and Alexander Simionescu, violins; Paul Neubauer and Cynthia Phelps, violas; Ronald Thomas, cello

DVORÁK - Serenade in D Minor for Winds and Strings, Op. 44
Allan Vogel and Stephen Taylor, oboes; David Shifrin and Yoshinori Nakao, clarinets; Julie Feves and Mark Eubanks, bassoons; Ken Wagner, contrabassoon; John Cox, Joseph Berger and William Purvis, horns; Fred Sherry, cello; Barry Lieberman, bass

 

2001 CMNW Festival Highlights

SCHUMANN - Märchenbilder (“Pictures from Fairy Land”) for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Paul Neubauer, viola; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

MOZART (trans. Triebensee) - Selections from “Don Giovanni” for Wind Harmonie
Stephen Taylor and Allan Vogel, oboes; Bil Jackson and David Shifrin, clarinets; Mark Eubanks and Julie Feves, bassoons; John Cox and William Purvis, horns; Barry Lieberman, bass

MASE (editor) - A Suite of Fancies
American Brass Quintet (Raymond Mase and Kevin Cobb, trumpets; David Wakefield, horn; Michael Powell, trombone; John D. Rojak, bass trombone); John Cox, horn

 

2000 CMNW Festival Highlights

COPLAND - Appalachian Spring (Original Suite for 13 Instruments)
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; Julie Feves, bassoon; Ani Kavafian, Daniel Phillips, Carmit Zori and Ik-Hwan Bae, violins; Cynthia Phelps and Roland Kato, violas; Ronald Thomas and Hamilton Cheifetz, cellos; Edgar Meyer, bass; Randall Hodgkinson, piano

MILHAUD - La Création du Monde for Winds, Strings and Percussion
Ransom Wilson and Tara Helen O’Connor, flutes; Stephen Taylor, oboe, David Shifrin and Gary Gray, clarinets; Don Sinta, saxophone; Milan Turkovic, bassoon; William Purvis, horn; Chris Gekker and Sally Kuhns, trumpets; Michael Mulcahy, trombone; Niel DePonte, timpani; Jeffrey Peyton, percussion; Marija Stroke, piano; Daniel Phillips and Nicholas Kitchen, violins; Yeesun Kim, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass

FAURÉ - Quartet No. 2 in G Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 45
Daniel Phillips, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Ronald Thomas, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano

 

1999 CMNW Festival Highlights

DVORÁK - Terzetto in C Major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74
Ani Kavafian, violin; Ida Kavafian, violin, Steven Tenenbom, viola

DEBUSSY - Danses sacrée et profane for Harp, Two Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass
Nancy Allen, harp; Theodore Arm, violin; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Hamilton Cheifetz, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass

MARTINU - La Revue de Cuisine for Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Violin, Cello and Piano
David Shifrin, clarinet; Julie Feves, bassoon; Christopher Gekker, trumpet; Daniel Phillips, violin; Hamilton Cheifetz, cello; Jeffrey Swann, piano

POULENC - Sonata for Trumpet, Horn and Trombone
Christopher Gekker, trumpet, John Cox, horn; David Taylor, trombone

JOLIVET - Chant de Linos for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello and Harp
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Nancy Allen, harp; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Hamilton Cheifetz, cello

 

1998 CMNW Festival Highlights

BRAHMS - Sonata in E Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38
Colin Carr, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

TELEMANN - Concerto for Four Unaccompanied Violins in G Major
Violinists Mark Steinberg, Nicholas Kitchen, Serena Canin and Ruggero Allifranchini

SCHÖNBERG - Verklärte Nacht ("Transfigured Night") for String Sextet, Op. 4
Violinists Mark Kaplan and Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Colin Carr, cello

 

1997 CMNW Festival Highlights

RAVEL - Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and Strings
Nancy Allen, harp; Ransom Wilson, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; Cho-Liang Lin and Theodore Arm, violin; Toby Hoffman, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello

FAURÉ - Quartet in C Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 15
Nancy Allen, harp; Julie Feves, bassoon; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Ronald Thomas, cello

TELEMANN - Quartet in D Minor from Tafelmusik II
Ransom Wilson, flute; Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Julie Feves, bassoon; John Gibbons, harpsichord; Edgar Meyer, double bass

SCHICKELE - Suite from "The Rivals" (excerpts)
Theodora Hanslowe, mezzo-soprano; William Sharp, baritone; Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Ransom Wilson, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; Julie Feves, bassoon; Edgar Meyer, double bass; John Gibbons, harpsichord

 

1996 CMNW Festival Highlights

BLOCH - From Jewish Life
Gary Hoffman, cello; Wu Han, piano

GERSHWIN, PROKOFIEV, SCHICKELE, et al. - Bassoon Quartets
Mark Eubanks, Julie Feves, Thomas Novak and Milan Turkovic, bassoon; Susan Jensen, harpsichord

BARBER - Dover Beach for Baritone and Strings
William Sharp, baritone; Joseph Silverstein and Ani Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Fred Sherry, cello

BERNSTEIN - Arias and Barcarolles
Theodora Hanslowe, mezzo-soprano; William Sharpe, baritone; John Browning and Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

 

1995 CMNW Festival Highlights

MOZART - Serenade in E-Flat Major, K. 375
Allan Vogel and Washington Barella, oboe; David Shifrin and Bil Jackson, clarinet; Julie Feves and Mark Eubanks, bassoon; Robert Routch and John Cox, horn

TCHAIKOVSKY - Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet, Op. 70
Ida Kavafian and Todd Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom and Daniel Phillips, viola; Timothy Eddy and Peter Wiley, cello

SINGLETON - "Sing to the Sun" on Poems by Ashley Bryan
Ashley Bryan, narrator; Toby Hoffman, viola; Allan Vogel, oboe; Bil Jackson, clarinet; Victor Steinhardt, piano; Niel DePonte, percussion; members of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Choir

 

25th Anniversary - Highlights 1985-1994

MENDELSSOHN - Octet in E-Flat Major for Strings, Op. 20
Ida Kavafian, Theodore Arm, Ik-Hwan Bae and Eriko Sato, violin; Walter Trampler and Paul Neubauer, viola; Warren Lasch and Fred Sherry, cello (recorded live on July 22, 1985, at Reed College Commons)

MOZART - Serenade in C Minor for Wind Octet, K. 388
Stephen Taylor and Allan Vogel, oboe; Larry Combs and David Shifrin, clarinet; David Jolley and Robert Routch, horn; Julie Feves and Milan Turkovic, bassoon; Edgar Meyer, double bass (recorded live on July 30, 1994, at Reed College Commons)

TELEMANN - Quartet in G Minor
Allan Vogel, oboe; Ani Kavafian, violin; Peter Wiley, cello; Hamilton Cheifetz, cello; Patricia Mabee, harpsichord (recorded live on June 23, 1992, at Catlin Gabel School)

 

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