Recording Collections

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Anthology of Australian Music: 32

Music on CD

Dramatic vocal music by Gillian Whitehead and Margaret Sutherland

Canberra School of Music CSM:32 — released in 1999

Performers

My work is performed by Anthea Moller (mezzo) with an ensemble conducted by Graham Hair.

Work

Hotspur

Get the CD

This CD was recorded as part of a joint project of the Australian Music Centre, the National Film and Sound Archive and the Canberra School of Music. It is out of print, but you can borrow it from SOUNZ.

Anthology of Australian Music: 32 — SOUNZ

Review

Peter Grahame Woolf reviewed the CD for Musical Pointers in the UK.

Sutherland and Whitehead — Musical Pointers

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Under the Southern Cross

Music on CD

Australasian music for cello

Ode Manu 1583 — released in 1999

Performer

This CD features cellist, Alexander Ivashkin.

Works

Includes works by Brigid Bisley, Jack Body, Eve de Castro-Robinson, Chris Cree Brown, Lyell Cresswell, Jason Kaminski, John Rimmer, Peter Sculthorpe and my The Journey of Matuku Moana.

The Journey of Matuku Moana

Get the CD

The CD is available from SOUNZ and all good record stores.

Under the Southern Cross —  SOUNZ

You can hear a recording on Youtube.

The journey of Mataku Moana — video

Award

This double CD of new music for solo cello from Australia and New Zealand won the Tui (RIANZ NZ Music Award) for best classical album in 1999.

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New Zealand Choral Music

Music on CD

Works for mixed choir by New Zealand composers

Kiwi Pacific SLD108 — released in 1998

Performers

My work is performed by the Auckland University Festival Choir conducted by Peter Godfrey with soprano soloists Cathy MacDonald and Elizabeth Dickson.

Work

My Qui natus est is among 14 works on the CD.

Qui natus est

Get the recording

Buy or borrow the CD from SOUNZ.

New Zealand Choral Music — SOUNZ

This music was originally released in 1972 on LP Kiwi Pacific SLD 31, which is now out of print.

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Australian Cello

Music on CD

Works for cello by Australian composers

Tall Poppies TP 129 — released in 1998

Performers

These major works for cello were recorded by Sydney-based Danish cellist Georg Pedersen with David Bollard (piano).

Work

The Journey of Mataku Moana

Get the CD

Buy the CD or download the MP3 file from the Australian Music Centre website.

Australian Cello — AMC

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Tracey Chadwell’s Song Book

Music on CD

Vocal music by British and New Zealand composers

British Music Society BMSCD420/1 — released in 1998

Performers

British soprano, Tracey Chadwell is accompanied by Pamela Lidiard (piano). The recordings were originally made by the BBC and released with permission for this CD.

Work

Awa Herea

Get the CD

Borrow this double CD from SOUNZ, or buy it from the British Music Society website.

Tracey Chadwell’s Song Book — BMS

Review

Gramophone Magazine reviewed the CD, saying, ‘Tracey Chadwell, a soprano of exceptional gifts and intelligence … this … could stand as a model to other singers in the expert management of a voice, in fearless vocal resource and joyful adventurousness … [of] repertory.’

Tracey Chadwell’s Song Book — Gramophone

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Ipu

Music on CD

A poetic tale of love based on a story by Tungia Baker to music by Gillian Whitehead

Rattle Records RAT-D007 — released in 1998

Performers

Ipu is performed by Tungia Baker (narration), Richard Nunns (taonga pūoro), Judy Bailey (piano) and Georg Pedersen (cello).

Work

Ipu

Get the CD

Buy the CD from all good record stores, or buy the digital version from Bandcamp or SOUNZ.

Ipu — Bandcamp