Featured Recording
Moods
“ Wishart’s music, full of unexpected turns and diversions draws the listener in, inviting repeated hearings.”
– COLIN CLARK, FANFARE
Betty Wishart and Ravello Records present her latest album: MOODS, featuring her compositions for solo piano as performed by Jeri-Mae Astolfi. These impressionistic pieces, sparked by a swath of concrete and abstract inspirations, explore the full range of timbral textures and colors the piano offers.
MOODS follows up Wishart’s 2016 premiere solo album, PIANO SONORITIES, which also featured the Canadian-born pianist Jeri-Mae Astolfi. This new album opens with an imaginative rumination on the sounds of rain and thunder. In Phantasmagoria, Wishart employs both atonality and tonality to depict anxious sleeplessness, which is eventually eased into peaceful repose as the storm subsides. Variations on Shenandoah, as the name suggests, explores a series of variations on the famous folk tune. We hear the melody reharmonized, reimagined, and even catch a retrograde variation.
Track Listing
02 Atmospheres: No. 1, Apprehensive 1:31
03 Atmospheres: No. 2, Frustrated 1:03
04 Atmospheres: No. 3, Self-Confident 1:03
05 Atmospheres: No. 4, Tranquil 0:58
06 Variations on Shenandoah 5:27
07 Preludes “In Memoriam”: No. 1, Audrey Hepburn 2:49
08 Preludes “In Memoriam”: No. 2, Amelia Earhart 2:06
09 Preludes “In Memoriam”: No. 3, Winston Churchill 1:58
10 Preludes “In Memoriam”: No. 4, Jane Austen 1:43
11 Preludes “In Memoriam”: No. 5, Henry David Thoreau 2:13
12 Preludes “In Memoriam”: No. 6, Lewis & Clark 2:53
13 Preludes “In Memoriam”: No. 7, Sylvia Plath 2:02
14 Preludes “In Memoriam”: No. 8, Anna Pavlova 1:36
15 Divertissement 4:06
16 Vibes: No. 1, Blue 1:24
17 Vibes: No. 2, Quiescent 2:02
18 Vibes: No. 3, Ebullient 1:06
19 Celebration Prelude 7:33
20 Illusions: No. 1, Clouded 0:42
21 Illusions: No. 2, Restless Time 1:08
22 Illusions: No. 3, Interplanetary Visit 0:41
23 Illusions: No. 4, Goodbye (À demain) 0:43
24 Illusions: No. 5, Dawn 1:23
25 Illusions: No. 6, The End 0:48
Release Date: November 13, 2020
Record Label: Ravello Records RR8045
Performer: Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi, piano
For liner notes, credits and more, visit the catalog page.
New Music For Solo Piano
Record Label: Phasma-Music 039
Performer: Tamara Licheli, piano
The album NEW MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO contains 17 works (17 world premiere recordings by 10 living composers), written by 10 living composers, collected and performed by Tamara Licheli.
Award-winning recording artist and renowned pianist Tamara Licheli presents a recital composed of pieces whose creativity is rooted in various popular trends in the 21st century. These pearls were created somewhat off the beaten track of the artistic activity of their creators, commonly associated with other forms and different instruments.
The composers of the album include: Scott Brickman, Eleazar Garzon, Robert Herschbach, David Hirshleifer, Eriko Yamaki, Manos Panayiotakis, Neil Stipp, Alan Terricciano, Betty R. Wishart and Donald Man-Ching YU.
For liner notes, credits and more, visit the catalog page.
Track Listing
13 Prelude No. 9 1:52
14 Prelude No. 10 2:07
15 Interlude 1:35
16 Intermezzo 1:52
YODH
Release Date: 2021
Record Label: Phasma-Music 022
Performer: Iwona Glinka, flute
The album YODH includes 17 compositions by 17 contemporary composers, which are recorded for the first time (world premiere recordings). The album contains a range of new works for flute and oboe, flute and piano, flute and harp and flute solo.
For liner notes, credits and more, visit the catalog page.
Track Listing
16 4 Bibelots 2:12
He
Release Date: July 26, 2019
Record Label: Phasma-Music 005
Performers: Iwona Glinka, flute; Vicky Stylianou, piano
The album HE includes 15 compositions by 12 contemporary composers, which are recorded for the first time (world premiere recordings). Eleven of these compositions are for solo flute and the other four for flute and piano. The works are performed by two world-class soloists who specialize in contemporary music. This is their second recording, following on from the award-winning release ALEPH.
For liner notes, credits and more, visit the catalog page.
Track Listing
22 Oracles: II 0:40
23 Oracles: III 2:14
One Minute
Release Date: March 2017
Record Label: Sarton Records
Performer: Iwona Glinka, flute
Album won the Global Music Award – Outstanding Achievement and Silver Medals in Contemporary Classical and Album, June 2017.
For liner notes, credits and more, visit the catalog page.
Track Listing
59 Frolicking 0:47
Passage
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Record Label: Navona Records NV6094
Performers: Slovak National Symphony Orchestra | Kirk Trevor, conductor
Though “passage” is a word of numerous meanings, they all point back to a singular idea – the transition between two disparate entities. Whether it’s a passage of prose which moves along a narrative, a physical passageway connecting two points, or the continuous passing of time, all these snapshots help define our crucial moments within life’s movements. This theme threads the works on PASSAGE, the latest orchestral compilation from Navona featuring compositions from Sergio Cervetti, Daniel Crozier, Craig Morris, and Betty Wishart.
For liner notes, credits and more, visit the catalog page.
Track Listing
05 Concertante No. 1 “Journey into the Unknown” 10:41
Piano Sonorities
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Record Label: Ravello Records RR7929
Performer: Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi, piano
On her debut release on Ravello Records, PIANO SONORITIES, composer Betty R. Wishart presents a collection of her solo piano works, performed by award-winning pianist Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi, which highlights the composer’s use of distinctive harmonic structures, tension, and space.
For liner notes, credits and more, visit the catalog page.
Track Listing
02 Piano Sonata No. 2: II. Capriccio 1:00
03 Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Finale 3:09
04 Night Visions Suite: I. 5:13
05 Night Visions Suite: II. 6:31
06 Night Visions Suite: III. 4:25
07 Night Visions Suite: IV. 5:14
08 Toccata III 2:05
09 Piano Sonata. Adagio – Scherzo – Adagio 12:11
10 Variations on a Folk Melody: Theme 0:38
11 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 1 1:18
12 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 2 0:22
13 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 3 0:51
14 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 4 0:38
15 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 5 0:31
16 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 6 0:38
17 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 7 0:35
18 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 8 1:01
19 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 9 0:29
20 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 10 0:35
21 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 11 1:08
22 Variations on a Folk Melody: Var. 12 0:26
23 Remembrance 2:22
24 Toccata II 2:24