William Bolcom

Pianist Hsiang Tu presents a delightful collection of works from the animal kingdom.  Bestiary on Ivory offers a wide-ranging collection from Bolcom and Bartok, through Schumann and Saint-Saens.  From William Bolcom, the CD includes "Tabby Cat Walk" and "The Serpent's Kiss."

2020 VISIONS from the Fischer Duo features three works commissioned for the Duo including Pulitzer Prize and GRAMMY Award-winning composer William Bolcom’s Second Sonata, as well as three recent compositions from promising new composers.

Composer's note: Concerto Grosso, written for the PRISM Quartet (which has included at different times a few of my former students in composition), was written purely as a piece to be enjoyed by performers and listeners. PRISM had mentioned wanting a concerto grosso for themselves.

The new ESSENZ disc by Spanish piano duo by Anton & Maite features "The Serpent's Kiss" arranged for piano four hands.  

Album for the Young was composed by Robert Schumann in 1848 for his three daughters. The album consists of a collection of 43 short works. Unlike the Kinderszenen, they are suitable to be played by children or beginners.  

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A group of absolutely first-rate modern compositions for orchestra, beautifully performed by The University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Kiesler. Keisler and the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra's previous release has been a best-seller on downloading and streaming…

American Composers At Play is my modest effort to produce definitive interpretations. For decades, I’ve wanted to perform the work of living composers with the composers themselves playing their compositions. It’s a singer’s dream. Musicians typically…

William Bolcom's Trombone Concerto with Joseph Alessi, trombone; available on iTunes, Apple Music.

The original Bolcom recording of Twelve Etudes will be re-released on May 25, 2018 via iTunes.

"Bolcom's music has always revolved around works for the instrument on which he still performs as a soloist and accompanist"