Stony Brook Soundings, Vol. 2 <BR> BRIDGE 9319Since the founding of the Department of Music at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the mid 1960s, the campus has been a hot bed of activity in the field of contemporary music. This recording samples the collaborative atmosphere between students and faculty, offering premiere recordings of exciting new compositions, performed by members of the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, an ensemble currently co directed by Gilbert Kalish

Native Trees (1992)

in which pop holds the upper hand

and defiled earth with them

1 for Piano and Orchestra

Michael Starobin: Chase (1987)

span nearly the entire length of the Budapest's residency at the Library

which uses a spectral approach to harmony

and all receive their premiere recordings

" The superb Austrian artists

Unity Capsule (1975-1976)

as well as Schumann's forward-looking view of horn technique

brilliant technical command