World Premiere recording of Daniel McCarthy’s Chamber Symphony No. 4 for Saxophones and Winds. Other works include Anthony Plog’s Flute Concerto (Brian Luce, flute) and Philip Glass’ Concerto for Two Timpani, featuring Jonathan Haas and Gary Cook.

PRISM presents World Premiere recordings of William Bolcom’s Concerto Grosso and Steven Mackey’s Animal, Vegetable, Mineral with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. The works were recorded in May 2008, and the project marks PRISM’s fourth release on the innova label. Orders for this album are being taken prior to street release date at http://www.innova.mu. Contact Philip Blackburn for questions.

World Premiere recordings of new, exciting American quartets by Kati Agocs, Zack Browning, Roshanne Etezady, Ross Feller, Kristin Kuster, and Rand Steiger.

Featuring Tim McAllister as Volume 13’s Headline Artist in his new recording of Philippe Hurel’s virtuosic spectral work, OPCIT (1984) for solo tenor saxophone.

ORDERS NOW BEING TAKEN AT http://WWW.INNOVA.MU!! A new CD featuring Jacob ter Veldhuis’ quartets Pitch Black, Jesus is Coming, and Postnuclear Winterscenario No. 10. Also included are solo works Grab It! (Matthew Levy, tenor saxophone), Billie (Taimur Sullivan, alto saxophone), and The Garden of Love (Timothy McAllister, soprano saxophone).

The PRISM Quartet pays homage to William Albright (1944-1998) in this innova release. This remarkable disc of Albright’s principal works for saxophone offers powerful testimony to the full range of his personality and his fascination with the expressive power of the instrument. A composer whose works move from sublime laments to raucous jazz, Albright created an extensive body of saxophone repertoire that is at once virtuosic, soulful, and daringly eclectic. His deep affinity for the instrument lasted throughout his career, until a long struggle with alcoholism led to his untimely death at the age of 53. Albright exerted a profound influence on the artistic development of the PRISM Quartet during the ensemble’s formative years at the University of Michigan in the 1980s, inspiring them to champion new music with over 100 commissions by many of the nation’s most celebrated composers.

Available now directly from http://www.innova.mu, this exciting new album contains American masterworks by Milton Babbitt and William Albright and World Premiere recordings of new compositions by award-winning composers Roshanne Etezady, Gregory Wanamaker, and Mischa Zupko. Also available at iTunes, towerrecords.com, arkivmusic.com, and others.

Timothy McAllister performs Timothy Place’s Dandelions for alto saxophone and live computer processing.

Quorum is pleased to announce the release of its debut CD, Cold Water Dry Stone. The disc, consisting entirely of the music of recently-named Composer-in-Residence Evan Chambers, creatively occupies these “in-between spaces.” Neither strictly classical nor strictly folk music, Cold Water Dry Stone nevertheless paints a broad portrait of Chambers’ musical life. Also featured is soprano Jennifer Goltz, who performs three songs on texts of Robert Tannahill (1774-1810), a poet and songwriter from Paisley, Scotland. The disc’s title work was commissioned by Quorum and premiered in New York’s Merkin Hall in 1999.

Timothy McAllister completed this recording project in 1998 in collaboration with noted music educator James O. Froseth called Do It! Play the Saxophone for G.I.A. Publications. Books available include alto and tenor saxophones, with over 70 minutes of music in each, including acoustical accompaniments and early improvisatory exercises.

This premiere disc by Duo Nuova contains world-premiere recordings of Rodney Rogers’ Lessons of the Sky for Soprano Saxophone and Piano, and Howard Harrison’s arrangement of Prokofiev’s Visions Fugitives. Also featured are William Bolcom’s Lilith, John Anthony Lennon’s Distances Within Me, and transcriptions of works by Ravel and Platti.

Second version of Michael Kowalski’s Vapor Trails as well as works by Daugherty, Rouse, Udow and others.

Featured on this disc is the World Premiere recording of Vapor Trails by New York Composer Michael Kowalski. The work is written for four saxophones, four percussionists, and solo bongos. The ensemble includes Colin Stetson, soprano saxophone, Jeffrey Rolka, alto saxophone, Christopher Creviston, tenor saxophone, Timothy McAllister, baritone saxophone, and members of the University of Michigan Percusssion Ensemble, Scott Parkman, conductor. The composer produced and supervised this Einstein Records release.