AUDIO SAMPLES
The following are from recordings of music by Frank Retzel and are excerpts only (not the full length recordings). Please allow a few moments for the files to download, this will depend on the speed of your internet connection.
Chansonnier for orchestra ---- from Opus One CD 156
New Music for Orchestra
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Joel Eric Suben, conductor
I. Ballade -- Quel fronte signorille
II. Rondeau -- Ce jour de l'an
III. Rondeau -- Adieu m'amour
Horae - A Cycle for Organ --- from Opus One CD 155
David Shuler, organist
Recorded at the Park Avenue Christian Church, NYC
Holtkamp Organ
I. Aurora (Matins)
II. Canon 1
III. Cybele (Lauds)
IV. Canon 2
V. Hesperus (Vespers)
VI. Canon 3
VII. Selene/Somnus (Compline)
Line Drawings and Earthen Clay Figures ---- from Opus One CD 165
Barry David Salwen, pianist
Book I ------ Sketches
1. Preamble
2. Bold Stroke I
3. Line Fantasy
4. Nocturnal Portrait
5. Basil's Dance
6. Bold Stroke II
Book II ----- Designs in Terracotta
1. Vessels - Arabesque I
2. Mystical Movement
3. Masque
4. Les Cloches
5. Arabesque II
Duets for soprano and piano ---- from a live concert at Symphony Space, NYC
(League/ISCM)
June 9, 2004
Elizabeth Farnum, soprano
Christopher Oldfather, pianist
I ---- St. Kevin and the Blackbird
II ---The Swing
Poems of Seamus Heaney, from The Spirit Level, used with permission.
Summer Songs for soprano and piano ---- from a live concert at LeFrak Concert
Hall
Queens College, CUNY (LICA Concert)
November 18, 2004
Elizabeth Farnum, soprano
Lin Li, pianist
I ---- Afternoon on a Hill (Edna St.
Vincent Millay)
II --- Tavern (Millay)
III -- The Poplar (Seamus Heaney)
IV -- Colours and Rhymes (Millay)
V --- There Is a Singer (Robert Frost)
VI -- Warm Touch/Warm Thought (Vocalese
- Song Without Words)
All texts used with permission.
All Music -- Copyright FRANK RETZEL (APNM - BMI)
All Rights Reserved