CD Releases

with marimbist Leigh Howard Stevens Nexus Records 10612 Lullaby for Esmé – Robin Engelman (13:08) Bob Becker, solo steel pans Recorded in Burton Auditorium, York University(^) Nocturnal – Jo Kondo (15:13)

NEXUS with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet BIS Records CD-1108 Le Dialogue du bois (7:00) Eternal Triangle Beckons (6:23) Wonderings (7:17) Rhapsody in Green (6:02)

Papa Bear Records 1-5 – Various artists 6 – Espresso & the Bed of Nails (4:45) by: Nexus and Tony Levin NEXUS with Tony Levin on Chapman Stick Notes: The first sound on the track is T.L.’s Gaggia expresso machine, the last sound is John Wyre’s nail sculpture. This is the short version of the… Read more »

Music for Percussion by William L. Cahn Partita for Solo Percussion, performed by Patricia Dash, percussion/timpani Boureé (4:03) Sarabande (2:25) Gigue (2:35)

Compositions by Bob Becker Prisoners of the Image Factory (4:25) Bob Becker Noodrem (6:18) Bob Becker Mudra (13:10) Bob Becker Turning Point (7:17) Bob Becker There is a Time (27:18) Bob Becker

Solo Performance by John Wyre Heron Pond 1001 Vagabond Dream (20:19) John Wyre Bronze Blossoms (10:20) John Wyre Journey Of The Bells (21:18) John Wyre

NEXUS plays the Music of Hawkins, Tenney and Mather A new recording featuring three major works, all commissioned by and composed for Canada’s premier percussion group NEXUS by award-winning Canadian composers John Hawkins, James Tenney and Bruce Mather. Dance Variations(20:55) John Hawkins I (1:46)

Koch International Classics – 3-1557-2 Marubatoo (13:29) John Wyre Fra Fra (5:31) NEXUS Mbira (5:49) NEXUS Remembrance (10:33) Robin Engelman 5-10 – Solo works for percussion performed by Peter Sadlo

NEXUS – plays TORU TAKEMITSU’S From me flows what you call Time Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St.Clair, conducting Sony SK 63044 From me flows what you call Time (35:59)

Syrinx Music & Media – SXP 130079 CD # 2   1-8 – Various artists 9 – NEXUS – Kebjar-Bali (9:40) by William Cahn from African Suite: 10. NEXUS – Mbira (7:40) arr. by Nexus 11. NEXUS – Kobina (9:19) arr. by Nexus

a live recording celebrating NEXUS’ 25th Anniversary season 1. Kichari (14:56) NEXUS Recorded in Studio 10, DeutschlandRadio, Berlin, Germany on October 6, 1995. Recorded live for radio broadcast with a studio audience. Recording Engineer: Hans Martin

Point Music 454 126-2 NEXUS plays “One Last Bar, Then Joe Can Sing” 1-7 – Cello Concerto (Farewell to Philosophy) One Last Bar, Then Joe Can Sing, for percussion ensemble -Dedicated to NEXUS- * 8 – Lento (8:28) * 9 – Più mosso (7:41) * 10 – coda (2:49)

Nexus Records 10317 Music For Percussion and Symphony Orchestra NEXUS with The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Bay, conducting Connexus by John Wyre (20:30)

Bill Moyers, narrator with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Variation and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (1947) by Benjamin Britten (Excerpts) Thésée Overture (1675) by Jean-Baptiste Lully (Excerpt) March for Kettledrums (1685) by Jacques Philidor (Excerpt) La Marche from Thésée (1675) by Jean-Baptiste Lully

Nexus Records 10295 Live Improvisations This recording is a vivid reproduction of the kind of spontaneous, unrehearsed improvisation that can be experienced at a live NEXUS concert. The music on this disc was recorded directly from the studio floor to two track digital tape. Balance and mix were monitored and controlled in real time with… Read more »