| TP271 - The Emerald Phoenix |
Josie and the Emeralds |
In 2014, Tall Poppies released The Emerald Leopard (TP233) which included music for soprano and viols by Brooke Green ("intriguing ... beguiling ... a delight"). The Emerald Phoenix presents recents works by Brooke Green for soprano, viols and theorbo, featuring soprano Josie Ryan and the brilliant bass viol player Laura Vaughan. |
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| TP269 - David Pereira - Cello Works |
David Pereira (cello)
Lianah Jaensch (cello)
Edward Neeman (piano) |
Tall Poppies is proud to present the first recording of David Pereira's compositions for cello. Written over 20 years, these works show a clear understanding of the instrument and often show a mischievous side that is rare in classical music today. Responding to his surroundings in Canberra, his children and grand-children, and to the art of fellow Canberra painter Micky Allen, David's music takes us on surprising journeys. |
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| TP268 - Blue Sky Through Still Trees |
Vanessa Sharman - piano |
Vanessa Sharman returns to the piano music of Tasmanian composer Don Kay, in this second recording featuring the Sonatas 5 and 9. Recorded in the beautiful acoustic of the Salon at Melbourne's Recital Centre, Vanessa's performances perfectly capture the delicacy and emotion of these works. Don Kay's music is transformed by his environment and in later years by the death of his wife Frances. |
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TP267 - W.F.Bach & J.G. Müthel
Complete Works for Two Fortepianos |
Geoffrey Lancaster
James Huntingford |
This disc represents a cultural 'coming of age'. Fortepianists Geoffrey Lancaster and James Huntingford have teamed up to produce what can only be described as the most remarkable recording to have been released by any early instrument specialists in Australia - it will be a long time before the transcendental virtuosity, artistry and stylistic insights heard on this CD are equalled within the Australian 'early music' world. |
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| TP901 - Twenty-Five |
David Stanhope (piano) |
After taking a break from recording the Chopin Op.10 etudes with the Godowsky studies and making a welcome return to the keyboard, David Stanhope tackles some of the most technically fiendish repertoire in the piano literature - the Godowsky Studies on Chopin's Etudes Op. 25. |
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| TP266 - Le Tango Perpetuel |
Australia Ensemble |
This CD contains a collection of wonderful piano music in transcriptions for the Australia Ensemble by its pianist Ian Munro, who says: "In these four essays in transcription, I have aimed to bring further instrumental colour to masterworks of the piano repertoire. ... I have frequently turned to gems of the piano repertoire that seem to me to contain instrumental colours trapped within them, begging to be released. To be honest, though, I have always enjoyed recasting music that I love into forms that I can play with friends, probably the best justification for arranging anything." |
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| TP265 - Galop! |
Virtuoso Orchestral Transcriptions
David Stanhope and His Orchestra |
This is a serious orchestral "show-off" disc. As David Stanhope says: "the major works were originally written for piano or two pianos. The Liszt and Godowsky pieces are rarely heard because of their extreme difficulty, while the Rachmaninoff (although well-known) may have been intended as a future orchestral work. My orchestral transcriptions are intended to shed light on brilliant or beautiful music that is either neglected or shows the possible intent of the composer. The two short pieces of mine attached as encores were originally written for the Asian Games of 2006." |
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| TP264 - Australian Premieres Vol. 2 |
David Stanhope & his orchestra |
This CD proves that it is possible to record a concerto with a soloist and a digital orchestra. And at the same time bring to light four remarkable works that have never been recorded, and in two instances never performed. All of these works have been patiently languishing in archives and can now see the light of day. |
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| TP263 - bushfire dreams |
Ormond String Quartet
Lotte Betts-Dean |
If you doubted that the string quartet is alive and well in Australia, this CD should reassure you. Four marvellous works by Melbourne composers are presented here in superb performances by the Ormond Quartet, resident at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music between 2016 and 2018. Lotte Betts-Dean joins the quartet for the performance of Katy Abbott's work. |
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| TP262 - Dracula (2 CDs) |
An opera by David Stanhope |
This is the first serious operatic treatment of Bram Stoker's original story. Dracula is a perfect subject for opera with the popular ingredients of sex, violence and religion. David Stanhope's marvellous work is lyrical and listenable, utilising a large orchestra with stunning effects and gorgeous harmonies. The cast includes Australia's finest opera singers. |
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| TP261 - TWO STEP |
Cathy Milliken and friends |
Recorded in Berlin, Brisbane and Tev Aviv, this is a truly international recording. Cathy Milliken is an Australian oboist and composer currently working from Berlin. She has involved herself in many collaborative projects with some of the best modern performers available. The text flowing through the recording comes from a series of short poems in Gertrude Stein's 1914 collection 'Tender Buttons'. |
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TP260 - Mozart
Sonatas K. 570, 282, 333 |
Geoffrey Lancaster (fortepiano) |
Geoffrey Lancaster is back with another disc of Mozart Sonatas. His first for Tall Poppies (TP247) delighted the critics: "Purists have condemned these performances, but I salute a shibboleth-shattering performer and a brave recording company for sweeping away 250 years of straitlaced stylistic purity and pomposity. I will never be able to listen to these familiar pieces in quite the same way again." Vincent Plush, The Australian, January 2018. |
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