GLOSSA – Chamber Music from Canada and Poland

(CLEF Records 99003-2)

Maura Sharkey, mezzo-soprano; Ken Myers, flute; Lidia Zabka, oboe; Allison Storochuk and Don Ross, clarinets; Bill Harrison, bassoon; Linda Brown, trumpet; Georgina Williams and Roger Admiral, pianos; Trevor Brandenburg, marimba; Jennifer Bustin and Tatiana Warszynski, violins

Liner notes in English.

A very rewarding compilation, at the time of its production providing recording debuts to several ECCS junior members. Of special interest, too, are two exquisite vocal settings by the late David Roxburgh, as well as the solo violin pieces by Lidia Zielinska and Krzysztof Baculewski, respectively.

David Roxburgh: Jabberwocky for mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1993) [03:30]

Georgina Williams: Look, I Don’t Want To Hurt Again for piano (1997) [five movements, 08:57]

Andrew Creaghan: Three Pieces for Clarinet (1996) [08:15]

Christine Donkin: Five Pieces for Piano (1997) [07:06]

Krzysztof Baculewski: A View from the Veranda on a Warm, Rainy Night for violin solo (1986) [03:09]

Paul Guise: Six Miniatures for piano (1995) [04:00]

Lidia Zielinska: Glossa for violin solo (1986) [06:00]

Helve Sastok: Elegy for piano (1984) [09:01]

Don Ross: Blues Please for Bb clarinet and trumpet (1995) [05:40]

David Roxburgh: Pavane pour un enfant ephémerèl for voice and piano (1992) 05:46]

Piotr Grella-Możejko: dreamtide for clarinet, violin and marimba (1996) [10:03]

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