Michael Parker

Compact Disc Recordings

 

Several of my works have been recorded on compact disc. These are listed below. Clicking on the image of the disc will provide you with purchasing information.

 

 

LYRE: Chamber Music for Clarinet

I produced this CD of some of my works for clarinet in 1997. It contains the following works:

In Memoriam, Op. 43d
Amare, Op. 51
The Maiden's Lament, Op. 42
A LAMAISON, Op. 48
Invisible Cities, Op. 49
Prelude and Fugue After Bach, Op. 44a
In Memoriam, Op. 43b

Performers:

Etienne Lamaison, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Kristina Szutor, Piano
Catherine Cornick, Soprano
Cheryl Hickman, Soprano
Annick Mabille, Flute

Music Par Coeur Productions MCP 9701

Of Heart and Homeland

Duo Concertante

This wonderful duo consists of Nancy Dahn, Violin, and Timothy Steeves, Piano.

They have championed my work In Memoriam, Op. 43 for many years and have now recorded it on this album.

The disc also contains works by Janacek, de Falla, Shostakovich, Smetana, Dvorak and Piazzolla.

ATMA Classique ALCD 2 1025

FOLIA: Canadian Woodwind Quintets

This CD was produced by the Canadian Music Centre and includes my early and perhaps most avant-garde work Chole, Op. 17 performed by the York Winds.

The disc also contains woodwind quintets by Canadian composers Robert Aitken, Brian Cherney, Bengt Hambraeus and Norman Sherman.

CMC Centrediscs WRC8-7531

To Canada Love Fredericton High School

This CD contains my second work for symphonic band, Chorale: Homage Anton Bruckner, Op. 39.

I find it exciting to hear young musicians playing new music by the composers of their country.

The disc also contains works by Gary Kulesha, Phil Nimmons, Allan Bell, Jack Sirulnikoff, Jerome Summers, Donald Coakley and Bernard Bogisch.

RDRCD-956