Recordings
A startling collection of vocal works…one of those nice surprises that comes along every now and then…and serves to demonstrate that there are still pockets of serious-music health surviving out there.
American Record Guide
Five Rants for satb choir and solo violin
A Critical Success - Face-to-Face - Life in All
You Can’t Tell Me - You Drive Me Crazy
San Francisco Choral Artists - Megan Solomon, director
Brooke Aird, violin
The Snake and Other Creatures
The Snake - The Frog - The Bee - The Spider - The Rat
Susan Narucki, soprano - Christopher Oldfather, piano
Earth
Lenora Warkentin, flute Richard Mathias, clarinet
Brooke Aird, violin Catherine Allen, cello
Eric Howe, bass-baritone Herbert Bielawa, piano
Dreams for ssaa chorus, viola, and piano
Dreams Reflect - Translucent Lavender - The Unicorn
The Sky - Counting
San Francisco Girls Chorus - Sharon J. Paul, director
The music is fine, the organist is fine, the organ is fine, and technical aspect is fine.
What further could one ask?
American Record Guide
Walls of Sound - Pulsar - Mobile - Swing
Monophonies
Flourish
Canto
Branle
Tenore
Battaglia
Organ Booklet
Ouverture
For Mood
For Touch
For Pedalling
For Arpeggios
For Endurance
Preludes on Lobe den Herren
Canon
Meditation
Scherzo
Toccata
Recorded on the Aeolian-Skinner organ at Alice Millar Chapel Northwestern University
Bielawa's Undertones is the only absolute music on the disc. The title is a vague indication of the composer's compositional technique… but the work is so aggressive and dramatic that one does not worry over how he got there.
American Record Guide
Curtain Raiser
Valse triste
Tango fantastico
Pas de deux
Ragtime Lullaby
Shimmy
Hymn
Alla marcia
Chasm - William Albright
Undertones - Herbert Bielawa
Nightsong and Ostinato Dances - Pamela Decker
Recorded on the Flentrop organ at St. Mark's Cathedral
Seattle, Washington
The disc is worth having just for the Quodlibet SF 42569 of Herbert Bielawa. This is an impressive piece, one which married the electronic sounds to those of the organ in a remarkable way.
The Tracker
Plein Jeu - Duo
Trio
Basse de Cromorne
Flûtes
Récit de Nazard
Caprice sur les Grands Jeux
Quodlibet SF 42569 - Herbert Bielawa
5me Symphonie - Louis Vierne
Grave
Allegro molto marcato
Tempo di scherzo
Larghetto
Final-Allegro moderato
Recorded on the Rosales organ at Trinity Cathedral
Portland, Oregon
Swan Song
Love As a Second Language
Coda for a Lover
The Marraige House
Nightland
Marian Marsh, soprano, Herb Bielawa, piano
Googleegoo - Hayg Boyadjian
The New England Reed Trio
Of Times and Places - Charles Bestor
Paulina Stark, soprano, Estela Olevsky, piano
Variations for Piano - Charles Bestor
John Richey & Micahel Zuraw, piano
Echo - Ling Chao Chen
Paul Tsai, baritone
Louisiana State Univeristy New Music Ensemble