Music on CD
4 works by New Zealand and Cambodian composers
Atoll ACD 541 — released in 2014
Performed by NZTrio and the traditional Cambodian ensemble Trey So, these 4 works were the result of a collaborative project designed by Jack Body and called O Cambodia.
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Contemporary works for violin and piano by New Zealand composers
Rattle RAT D093 — released in 2019
The works on this album are performed by Andrew Beer (violin) and Sarah Watkins (piano).
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This CD won the award for Best Classical Album at the 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards.
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Various chamber works
Rattle RAT-D077 — released in 2018
This CD was a collaboration with American Prague-based pianist Patricia Goodson, the Stamic Quartet, Jindrich Pazdera (violin) and Vilém Veverka (oboe).
This CD contains several substantial works that are very close to my heart. The 8 works span my compositional career from 1963 to 2014.
Three improvisations for solo oboe (1963)
Tūmanako — journey through an unknown landscape
Shadows cross the water (2014)
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Shadows crossing water — Bandcamp
Geoff Adams reviewed the CD for the Otago Daily Times.
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12 shorter works for piano by New Zealand composers
Rattle D046 — released in 2014
Henry Wong Doe presents this collection of preludes, originally commissioned and performed by Stephen de Pledge.
My contribution to the Landscape Prelude project was Arapātiki.
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William Dart reviewed the CD for the New Zealand Herald.
‘When a virtuoso is called for, Wong Doe is your man. This fascinating range of New Zealand landscapes magnificently caught in a recording that no Kiwi CD player should be without. If you buy just one classical CD this year, make it Landscape Preludes.’
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Double CD of short works for violin
Deutsche Grammophon — released in 2014
All the works on these CDs are performed by their commissioner, Hilary Hahn (violin) with Cory Smythe (piano).
Hear Hilary Hahn talk to Gillian about this work.
Gillian Whitehead and Hilary Hahn — video interview
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In 27 pieces won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance.
Tom Huizenga writes: ‘Encores, by definition, are the musician’s gift to the audience. With this project, Hilary Hahn has handed over 27 new gifts that will keep on giving — both to listeners everywhere and to anyone who takes up a fiddle and a bow.’
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Chamber music with taonga pūoro
Atoll ACD 107 CD and DVD — released in 2013
These recordings feature Richard Nunns (taonga pūoro), the New Zealand String Quartet, Alexa Still and Ingrid Culliford (flutes), Aroha Yates-Smith (kaikaranga), Ben Hoadley (bassoon) and Ashley Brown (cello).
This CD comes with a companion DVD of a performance of Puhake ki te rangi filmed by Prue Donald.
The Atoll website has information about where to buy this recording.