Recordings
David Rakowski
Recordings
IMAGINARY DANCES (for mixed octet)
Speculum Musicae, conducted by Donald Palma.
With music by Allen Anderson, Susan Blaustein and Sheree Clement.
CRI (New World) CD 617.
BAM! (etude #2)
NOCTURNAL (etude #3)
CLOSE ENOUGH FOR JAZZ (etude #8)
With music by Henry Martin, Charles Griffin, Tomas Svoboda, Alex Shapiro, Steve Heitzeg, and Elizabeth Pizer.
Teresa McCollough, piano
Innova 552.
SESSO E VIOLENZA (for two flutes and chamber ensemble)
Ensemble 21, conducted by Peter Jarvis. David Fedele and Tara Helen O'Connor, flutes
ATTITUDE PROBLEM (for piano trio)
HYPERBLUE (for piano trio)
The Triple Helix
THREE SONGS ON POEMS OF LOUISE BOGAN
Judith Bettina, soprano, and James Goldsworthy, piano
E-MACHINES (etude #1)
BAM! (etude #2)
LES ARBRES EMBUES (etude #7)
CORRENTE (etude #10)
MARTLER (etude #14)
Marilyn Nonken, piano
CRI(New World) CD 820
TEN OF A KIND (for clarinet section and wind ensemble)
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band, Col. Timothy Foley, conductor.
With music by Stravinsky, Ives, Rodrigo, and Copland.
USMB CD-17, not available commercially
Available online (including iTunes) from Altissimo Recordings
TEN OF A KIND (clarinet section and wind ensemble)
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band, Col. Timothy Foley, conductor.
6-CD set of live performances at WASBE Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland, July, 2001
Tonstudio Amos AG, CD 5950
ETUDES FOR PIANO BOOK II
ETUDES FOR PIANO BOOK III
LUCEOLE (etude #35)
PURPLE (etude #36)
Amy Dissanayake, piano
Bridge 9121
LOCKING HORNS (concerto for horn and chamber orchestra)
Daniel Grabois, horn
Sequitur, Paul Hostetter, conductor.
With music by Elliott Carter, Harold Meltzer, and Thea Musgrave.
Albany Records, Troy 607
TO BE SUNG ON THE WATER and WINDY NIGHTS (voice and piano)
Susan Narucki and Alan Feinberg
Americus Records AMR20031020
CERBERUS (triple clarinet concerto with chamber orchestra)
Beth Wiemann, solo cl/bcl; Peter Josheff, bass cl; Diane Maltester, cl
Empyrean Ensemble, Ross Bauer, conductor
THE THIRD, MAN (etude 15)
FOURTH OF HABIT (etude 20)
TWELVE-STEP PROGRAM (etude 21)
FISTS OF FURY (etude 25)
ROLL YOUR OWN (etude 29)
SLIDING SCALES (etude 33)
Marilyn Nonken, piano
MENTO for clarinet and piano
Beth Wiemann, clarinet and Christopher Oldfather, piano
TEN OF A KIND (for clarinet section and wind ensemble)
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band, Col. Timothy Foley, conductor.
Albany Records, Troy 681.
ETUDES FOR PIANO BOOK I (complete)
ETUDES FOR PIANO BOOK IV (all except #35 and #36, already released)
ETUDES FOR PIANO BOOK V (excerpted as follows)
Bop It (etude 41)
Wiggle Room (etude 43)
Durchrauscht die luft (etude 46)
Fra Diabolis (etude 47)
What Half Diminishes One (Half Diminishes All) (etude 48)
No Stranger to Our Planet (etude 50)
Amy Dissanayake, piano
Bridge Records 9157.
THREE ENCORES (1991)
MUSICIAN (1990)
GEORGIC (2000) (poem by Phillis Levin)
SARA (2002) for solo piano
Judith Bettina, soprano; James Goldsworthy, piano; Curtis Macomber, violin
With songs by Milton Babbitt, Christopher, Berg, Chester Bicardi, Tobias Picker, and Mel Powell.
"Songs and Encores", Bridge Records 9199.
SNAGGLE
#1 Framer's Intent for frame drum (played on dumbek) and #2 Mr. Trampoline Man for talking drum and tabla.
Michael Lipsey, hand drums.
With pieces by River Guerguerian, Eric Moe, David Cossin, Art Kreiger, Michael Lipsey, Jason Eckardt, Mathew Rosenblum, and Morton Feldman.
"so long, thanks...", Capstone Records CPS-8773.
E-MACHINES (Etude #1, 1988)
Stephen Gosling, piano.
With piano pieces by Chet Biscardi, Lee Hyla, Eric Moe, Annie Gosfield, George Tsontakis, Perry Townsend, Joan Tower, and Mischa Zupko.
"Powerhouse Pianists", American Modern Recordings.
SIBLING REVELRY (2002-4, arr. 2004)
"The President's Own" US Marine Band, Col. Michael Colburn, conductor
(wind ensemble arrangements of piano etudes (Zipper Tango, Bop It, Strident, and Moody's Blues))
With pieces by Schwantner, Sousa, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, and Mozart.
Midwest Clinic 2004 live performances
Mark Custom Recording Service
FOR WITTGENSTEIN (fifth song of "Silently, A Wind Goes Over")
Susan Narucki, soprano. Donald Berman, piano.
On Disc A of a four-disc set with music by many other composers.
"Americans in Rome", Bridge Records 9271.
In the can waiting for editing or release
WHEN THE BOW BREAKS for violin solo
Curtis Macomber, violin
Recorded and edited.
PERSISTENT MEMORY for chamber orchestra
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor.
Recorded May 27, 2004. December 2008 release on BMOP Sound.
ZIPPER TANGO (etude #51)
Amy Briggs Dissanayake, piano.
Recorded, edited, and mastered. Part of Amy's Tango Project CD.
WINGED CONTRAPTION for orchestra
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor.
Recorded January 21, 2007. December 2008 release on BMOP Sound.
PIANO CONCERTO for piano/toy piano and orchestra
Marilyn Nonken, piano/toy piano. Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor.
Recorded November 5, 2007. December 2008 release on BMOP Sound.
ETUDES VOLUME 3
Amy Briggs Dissanayake, piano
Includes Etudes Book VI, Etudes Book VII, Madam I'm Adam, Pink Tab, Triaddled, and Saltimmano
Recorded June 2-4, 2008 for release on Bridge Records. First edits done.