RECORDINGS OF HARBACH AS PERFORMER
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JS BACH: THE ART OF FUGUE & PACHELBEL
Pachelbel: Canon, Chorale Preludes & Chaconne [MS1442] Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Pachelbel BARBARA HARBACH, organ J.S. Bach – Art of the Fugue FISK ORGAN, OPUS 83 [1983] Downtown United Presbyterian Church Rochester, New York J. Pachelbel FISK ORGAN, OPUS 95 [1990] Slee Hall at the State University of Buffalo Buffalo, New York State 2-CD Set Available at MSRCD.COM and AMAZON.COM |
Organ Music for the Synagogue (Album 13 of Volume 4:
Cycle of Life in Synagogue and Home), Milken Archives, 2015
More about it at Milken Archive.
Cycle of Life in Synagogue and Home), Milken Archives, 2015
More about it at Milken Archive.
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Anna Bon di Venezia - Six Sonatas for Harpsichord, Opus 2 (1757) MSR 1241 Barbara Harbach, harpsichord (c. 1740-1767) Sonata I in G Minor, Sonata II in B-flat Minor, Sonata III in F Major, Sonata IV in C Major, Sonata V in B Minor, Sonata VI in C Major Available at MSRCD.COM and AMAZON.COM |
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Summershimmer: Women Composers for Organ Barbara Harbach, organ This disc by well-known organist and composer Barbara Harbach is an exciting foray into the richly diverse world of organ music by women composers. This disc, almost seventy-four minutes long, primarily surveys music not previously recorded including premieres of works by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Libby Larsen. Harbach’s previous recording of organ music by women composers, a landmark in the field, was labeled a “revelatory release” by The American Organist.
For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Barbara Harbach, organ. This disc by well-known organist and composer Barbara Harbach is an exciting foray into the richly diverse world of organ music by women composers. This disc, almost seventy-four minutes long, primarily surveys music not previously recorded including premieres of works by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Libby Larsen. Harbach’s previous recording of organ music by women composers, a landmark in the field, was labeled a “revelatory release” by The American Organist. Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM Summershimmer: Organ Music by Women Composers (Hester Park) CD 7704 |
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Daystream Dances: Women Composers for Oboe Daystream Dances by Barbara Harbach This exciting release captures a variety of twentieth century sounds for oboe and piano. Libby’s playing sparkles with clarity and brilliance, and she draws on a beautiful palette of sounds. Collins is an award-winning pianist in several national and international competitions. Together, they bring nuance and virtuosity to this international program of music from the U.K., Australia, Ukraine, France, and the U.S.
For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Daystream Dances: Women Composers for Oboe Daystream Dances by Barbara Harbach. This exciting release captures a variety of twentieth century sounds for oboe and piano. Libby’s playing sparkles with clarity and brilliance, and she draws on a beautiful palette of sounds. Collins is an award-winning pianist in several national and international competitions. Together, they bring nuance and virtuosity to this international program of music from the U.K., Australia, Ukraine, France, and the U.S. Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM |
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Sonatas by Elizabeth: Elisabetta de Gambarini & Elizabeth Hardin Barbara Harbach, harpsichord Enjoy the Baroque spirit at its frolicking best with the keyboard works of Elisabetta de Gambarini and Elizabeth Hardin. Energy, sparkle, wit, and engaging melodies characterize these delightful sonatas from the second half of the eighteenth century. Seventy-three minutes of premiere recordings by the well-known performer Barbara Harbach, who is also a pioneer in research on women composers.
For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Sonatas by Elizabeth: Elisabetta de Gambarini & Elizabeth Hardin Barbara Harbach, harpsichord. Enjoy the Baroque spirit at its frolicking best with the keyboard works of Elisabetta de Gambarini and Elizabeth Hardin. Energy, sparkle, wit, and engaging melodies characterize these delightful sonatas from the second half of the eighteenth century. Seventy-three minutes of premiere recordings by the well-known performer Barbara Harbach, who is also a pioneer in research on women composers. Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM Sonatas by Elizabeth (Hester Park) CD 7702 |
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Classical Prodigies: Elizabeth Weichsell Billington & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord A striking comparison of two of the world’s most gifted child prodigies -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who needs no other accolades, and Elizabeth Weichsell, who went on to become one of the greatest singers England ever produced. This disc juxtaposes the keyboard works of each composer at age eight, and again at age eleven. This pure-digital recording is sure to make you hear the harpsichord with a brilliance that you’ve never heard before. For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Classical Prodigies: Elizabeth Weichsell Billington & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Barbara Harbach, harpsichord. A striking comparison of two of the world’s most gifted child prodigies -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who needs no other accolades, and Elizabeth Weichsell, who went on to become one of the greatest singers England ever produced. This disc juxtaposes the keyboard works of each composer at age eight, and again at age eleven. This pure-digital recording is sure to make you hear the harpsichord with a brilliance that you’ve never heard before. Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM Classical Prodigies (Hester Park) CD 7703 $15.98 |
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Close Your Eyes: Women Jazz Composers
This CD is the first to highlight women composers of jazz--from Billie Holiday’s God Bless the Child to Sarah Hannah Sheppard’s Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. The powerful combination of piano and horn allows these great songs to speak with simple grace and undiluted charm. “Brilliantly performed, this disc will astound the casual listener with the number of familiar pieces included, and thrill the professional with the mastery these two musicians have of their craft.” (reviewer Thomas Erdmann in Women of Note Quarterly) Bernice Petkere, Billie Holiday, Maria Grever, Dee Libbey, Mable Wayne, Sharah Hannah Sheppard, Dana Suesse, Dorothy Fields, Kay Swift, Ann Ronell, Sadie Vimmerstedt, Ruth Lowe For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Close Your Eyes: Women Jazz Composers This CD is the first to highlight women composers of jazz--from Billie Holiday’s God Bless the Child to Sarah Hannah Sheppard’s Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. The powerful combination of piano and horn allows these great songs to speak with simple grace and undiluted charm. “Brilliantly performed, this disc will astound the casual listener with the number of familiar pieces included, and thrill the professional with the mastery these two musicians have of their craft.” (reviewer Thomas Erdmann in Women of Note Quarterly) Bernice Petkere, Billie Holiday, Maria Grever, Dee Libbey, Mable Wayne, Sharah Hannah Sheppard, Dana Suesse, Dorothy Fields, Kay Swift, Ann Ronell, Sadie Vimmerstedt, Ruth Lowe Available at Vivace Press Close Your Eyes: Women Jazz Composers (Hester Park) CD 7701 $15.98 |
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Twentieth-Century Harpsichord Music, Kingdom Records, London, UK (Now available on Gasparo, GSCD-251, no longer on Kingdom) (Barbara Harbach, harpsichord) Bohuslav Martinu, Deux Pieces, Sonate pour clavecin, Deux Impromptus Virgil Thomson, Four Portraits Vincent Persichetti, Harpsichord Sonata No. 7 William Albright, Four Fancies Samuel Adler, Sonata Rick Sowash, The Unicorn and Theme with Six Variations Alec Templeton, Bach Goes to Town.
For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Twentieth-Century Harpsichord Music Kingdom Records, London, UK (Now available on Gasparo, GSCD-251, no longer on Kingdom) (Barbara Harbach, harpsichord) Bohuslav Martinu, Deux Pieces, Sonate pour clavecin, Deux Impromptus Virgil Thomson, Four Portraits Vincent Persichetti, Harpsichord Sonata No. 7 William Albright, Four Fancies Samuel Adler, Sonata Rick Sowash, The Unicorn and Theme with Six Variations Alec Templeton, Bach Goes to Town Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM |
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Contemporary Harpsichord, Volume II Gasparo Records, GSCD-266, Peterborough, NH (Barbara Harbach, harpsichord) Dan Locklair, The Breakers Pound Vivian Fine, Toccatas and Arias Randall Thompson, Four Inventions Edith Boroff, Metaphors Gerald Near, Triptych Barbara Harbach Spaindango: CD Review has called Harbach’s Spaindango a “fetching piece, full of antique flourishes mixed with 20th-century rage and madness, a cauldron of churning notes.”
For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Contemporary Harpsichord, Volume II Gasparo Records, GSCD-266, Peterborough, NH (Barbara Harbach, harpsichord) Dan Locklair, The Breakers Pound Vivian Fine, Toccatas and Arias Randall Thompson, Four Inventions Edith Boroff, Metaphors Gerald Near, Triptych Barbara Harbach Spaindango: CD Review has called Harbach’s Spaindango a “fetching piece, full of antique flourishes mixed with 20th-century rage and madness, a cauldron of churning notes.” Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM |
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Contemporary Harpsichord, Volume III Gasparo Records, GSCD-280, Peterborough, NH (Barbara Harbach, harpsichord) Dan Locklair, Fantasy Brings the Day Samuel Jones, Two Movements Arnold Rosner, Sonatine d’Amour Daniel Pinkham, Partita Samuel Adler, Bridges to Span Adversity.
For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Contemporary Harpsichord, Volume III Gasparo Records, GSCD-280, Peterborough, NH (Barbara Harbach, harpsichord) Dan Locklair, Fantasy Brings the Day Samuel Jones, Two Movements Arnold Rosner, Sonatine d’Amour Daniel Pinkham, Partita Samuel Adler, Bridges to Span Adversity Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM |
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Contemporary Harpsichord, Volume IV Gasparo Records, GSCD-290, Peterborough, NH (Barbara Harbach, harpsichord) Emma Lou Dkiemer, Toccata Michael Rose, B’rachah (Benediction) Gardner Read, Fantasy – Toccata Edith Borroff, Hyperboles Mary J. Van Appledorn, Parquet Musique Vincent Persichetti, Serenade No. 15 Robert Stern, Fantasia (ancora?) Barbara Harbach Tres Danzas para Clavecin has a Spanish flavor and frenzied outer movements that feature flamenco clusters, glissandi, and fast arpeggios.
For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Contemporary Harpsichord, Volume IV Gasparo Records, GSCD-290, Peterborough, NH (Barbara Harbach, harpsichord) Emma Lou Dkiemer, Toccata Michael Rose, B’rachah (Benediction) Gardner Read, Fantasy – Toccata Edith Borroff, Hyperboles Mary J. Van Appledorn, Parquet Musique Vincent Persichetti, Serenade No. 15 Robert Stern, Fantasia (ancora?) Barbara Harbach Tres Danzas para Clavecin has a Spanish flavor and frenzied outer movements that feature flamenco clusters, glissandi, and fast arpeggios. Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM |
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Women Composers for the Organ: Music Spanning Five Centures Gasparo Records, GSCD- 294, Peterborough, NH, (Barbara Harbach, organ). Roberta Bitgood On an Ancient Alleluia Amy Beach, Prelude on An Old Folk Tune Elizabeth Stirling Psalm 104 and Fugue Edith Borroff, Passacaglia Fanny Mendelssohn, Prelude Marga Richter, Quantum Quirks of a Quick Quaint Quark Violet Archer, Sonatina Clara Schumann, Prelude and Fugue Gwyneth Walker, In Celebration Miss Steemson, A Dirge for Funerals Bracia Baptista, Conditor Alme Mary J. Van Appledorn, Sonnet Jeanne Demessieux, Prelude and Fugue Grete von Zieritz, Praludium & Fugue Barbara Harbach’s Fanfare and Toccata,Lasst Uns Erfreuen, is a bright-sounding toccata built on the easily-recognized “All Creatures of Our God and King.” Appropriate for concert or for church, it opens and closes with full organ fanfare and features a central part of perpetual motion and interesting modulations.
For more information and availability go to Vivace Press CDs Vivace Press Women Composers for the Organ: Music Spanning Five Centures Gasparo Records, GSCD- 294, Peterborough, NH, (Barbara Harbach, organ). Roberta Bitgood On an Ancient Alleluia Amy Beach, Prelude on An Old Folk Tune Elizabeth Stirling Psalm 104 and Fugue Edith Borroff, Passacaglia Fanny Mendelssohn, Prelude Marga Richter, Quantum Quirks of a Quick Quaint Quark Violet Archer, Sonatina Clara Schumann, Prelude and Fugue Gwyneth Walker, In Celebration Miss Steemson, A Dirge for Funerals Gracia Baptista, Conditor Alme Mary J. Van Appledorn, Sonnet Jeanne Demessieux, Prelude and Fugue Grete von Zieritz, Praludium & Fugue Barbara Harbach’s Fanfare and Toccata,Lasst Uns Erfreuen, is a bright-sounding toccata built on the easily-recognized “All Creatures of Our God and King.” Appropriate for concert or for church, it opens and closes with full organ fanfare and features a central part of perpetual motion and interesting modulations. Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM Organ Music by Women Composers (Gasparo) CD 294 $15.98 |
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Christmas in Dallas - Carols for Brass & Organ Christina Harmon - organ Jeffrey Curnow & Adam Gordon - trumpet, Gregory Hustis - french horn, Clarece Candamio - organ
Christmas favorites reverberate in new and delightful ways in combination of superb talent, musical innovation, and stellar performances. Traditional carols and holiday favorites are garbed in sparkling new clothes by Dallas-based composer Christina Harmon. Harmon is joined by Jeffrey Curnow, Principal Trumpet of the Dallas Symphony, and Adam Gordon of the Forth Worth Symphony, Gregory Hustis, Principal Horn of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Clarece Candamio, organist at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas We Wish You a Merry Christmas * Lo! How a Rose E’er Blooming * While by My Sheep I Watch’d at Night * Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring / The First Noel * God Rest You Merry, Gentleman * What Child is This * For Unto Us a Child is Born * Noel * Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly * Silent Night * Alleluia from Exsulate, Jubilate * Sussex Carol * Angels We Have Heard on High * O Come, O Come, Emmanuel * Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion * Sinfonia from Cantata No. 142 * Joy to the World * Away in a Manger * In Dulci Jubilo Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM Christmas in Dallas: Carols for Brass and Organ (Hester Park) CD 7706 $15.98 |
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J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations Barbara Harbach, harpsichord. Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord , Gasparo Records (Gallante), GG 1018, Peterborough, NH , 2002
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J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations
Barbara Harbach, organ. Pachelbel Canons , Organist, Gasparo Records, GSS-2001, Peterborough, NH, 1999 Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM $15.98 |
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Bach & Handel: Music for Two Trumpets and Organ
Barbara Harbach, Organist, Barbara Butler & Charles Geyer, Trumpets, Gasparo Records, GSS-2002, Peterborough, NH, 1999 Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM $15.98 |
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American Hymn Preludes - Samuel Adler and Gardner Read
Barbara Harbach, Organist, Gasparo Records, GSCD-258, Peterborough, NH, 1990 Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM $15.98 |
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18th Century Women Composers - Music for Solo Harpsichord, Vol. 1
Barbara Harbach, Harpsichord, Vol. I Gasparo Records, GSCD-272, Peterborough, NH, 1995 Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM $15.98 |
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18th Century Women Composers - Music for Solo Harpsichord, Vol. 1I
Barbara Harbach, Harpsichord, Vol. II Gasparo Records, GSCD-281, Peterborough, NH, 1993 Available at VIVACEPRESS.COM |
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Women of Note Quarterly WNQ $20.00
Women of Note Quarterly: Individual and Institution WNQ IN $25.00 Back issues of Women of Note Quarterly: $6.00 each Women of NoteCards 1 (12 cards: Schumann, Boulanger, Seeger) WNC 1 $9.95 Women of NoteCards 2 (12 cards: Mendelssohn, Hildegard, Beach) WNC 2 $9.95 |
