Xak Bjerken, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble & Timothy Weiss – The Oberlin Concertos (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Xak Bjerken, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble & Timothy Weiss – The Oberlin Concertos (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:27 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Oberlin Music

The concept that led to The Oberlin Concertos was initially hatched in a conversation between pianist and educator Xak Bjerken and a former student, Oberlin Conservatory composition professor Jesse Jones. It was Jones who suggested writing a chamber concerto to be premiered by his friend and mentor, and it was Bjerken-a former longtime member of the Los Angeles Piano Quartet and a veteran soloist with the L.A. Philharmonic and other ensembles-who was immediately hooked. Their plan gave rise to another commission-for the chair of Oberlin’s Composition Department, Grammy Award-winner Stephen Hartke-and then another, for fellow composition faculty member Elizabeth Ogonek. The resulting works were recorded in three sessions over a two-year span, with Bjerken joining forces with Oberlin’s Contemporary Music Ensemble and conductor Timothy Weiss in the conservatory’s Clonick Hall studio, in addition to presenting the world- premiere performance of each piece on campus.

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Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble & Timothy Weiss – Hartke, Ogonek & Jones: Chamber Works (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble & Timothy Weiss – Hartke, Ogonek & Jones: Chamber Works (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:04 minutes | 676 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Oberlin Music

Long a center for the creation and performance of new music, Oberlin Conservatory showcases the composition faculty in the recording premieres of three works performed by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble and featuring alumni saxophone soloist Noah Getz ’97 and soprano Olivia Boen ’17.

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