The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection

Contents Kats-Chernin: Cadences, Deviations and Scarlatti Kats-Chernin: Purple Prelude Kats-Chernin: Concertino Kats-Chernin: Variations in a Serious Black Dress Kats-Chernin: Clocks Kats-Chernin: Russian Rag Kats-Chernin: Wild Swans Concert Suite Kats-Chernin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Kats-Chernin: Mythic Kats-Chernin: Butterflying Kats-Chernin: Afterwards† Kats-Chernin: Conversation† Kats-Chernin: Russian Rag Kats-Chernin: For Richard† Kats-Chernin: All Things Conspire Kats-Chernin: Eliza’s Aria Kats-Chernin: The Rain Puzzle Kats-Chernin: Vocalise Kats-Chernin: Lullaby for Nick Kats-Chernin: Waltz of Things Past Kats-Chernin: Cinema Kats-Chernin: Marcato Kats-Chernin: Slicked Back Tango Kats-Chernin: Blue Tears Kats-Chernin: Autumn Kats-Chernin: Black Tie Kats-Chernin: Dance of the Paper Umbrellas Kats-Chernin: Scherzino† Kats-Chernin: Blue Silence Kats-Chernin: Zerno† Kats-Chernin: Play Properly Kats-Chernin: Russian Toccata† Kats-Chernin: Adrift Kats-Chernin: Naive Waltz Kats-Chernin: Chorale Kats-Chernin: Schubert Blues Kats-Chernin: The Rain Puzzle – Many Hands Remix† Kats-Chernin: Sunshine Journal† Kats-Chernin: Love Token Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters Kats-Chernin: Behind Your Pearls Kats-Chernin: Le Chat Noir Kats-Chernin: Threads Of Grey Velvet Kats-Chernin: Sarabande Kats-Chernin: Garden Gothique Kats-Chernin: Very Shiny Kats-Chernin: Absynthe Cocktail Kats-Chernin: The Gymnast Kats-Chernin: One Table, One Chair Kats-Chernin: Eggshell Kats-Chernin: Imaginary Building Kats-Chernin: Piano Tower Kats-Chernin: Phonometrician Kats-Chernin: Modern Romantic Kats-Chernin: Maple In The Evening Kats-Chernin: Tuesday Suit Kats-Chernin: Wonder About Yourself Kats-Chernin: Patchouli Kats-Chernin: Notebooks Kats-Chernin: Postcard To A Critic Kats-Chernin: Dance In 7 / 4 Kats-Chernin: Biqui Kats-Chernin: Darkness Kats-Chernin: For Whom It Tolls Kats-Chernin: Dance of the Paper Umbrellas Kats-Chernin: Deep Sea Dreaming Kats-Chernin: Memorial Rag Kats-Chernin: Blue Silence Kats-Chernin: Russian Rag Kats-Chernin: Victor’s Heart Kats-Chernin: Butterflying Kats-Chernin: Plavno Slovo Kats-Chernin: Wedding Suite Kats-Chernin: Page Turn Kats-Chernin: Blue Silence Kats-Chernin: Silver Pearls Kats-Chernin: The Food Chain Kats-Chernin: Pitter Patter Kats-Chernin: Sky Blue Kats-Chernin: Torque Kats-Chernin: The Schubert Blues Kats-Chernin: Fantasy on an Anthem Kats-Chernin: Re-inventions Kats-Chernin: Russian Rag Kats-Chernin: Chamber Of Horrors Kats-Chernin: Prelude and Cube Kats-Chernin: The Witching Hour Kats-Chernin: Big Rhap Kats-Chernin: Golden Kitsch – Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra Kats-Chernin: Sunshine Journal† Kats-Chernin: The Three Dancers Kats-Chernin: Fleeting Moment No. 2 Kats-Chernin: Fleeting Moment No. 4 Kats-Chernin: Slicked Back Tango Kats-Chernin: Faded Curtains Kats-Chernin: Nonchalance Kats-Chernin: Afterwards† Kats-Chernin: Peggy’s Minute Rag Kats-Chernin: Diva Kats-Chernin: Zoom and Zip Kats-Chernin: Displaced Dances Kats-Chernin: Heaven Is Closed

ABC Classics celebrates the 60th birthday of pre-eminent Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin with a 10CD boxset, bringing together iconic works with pieces recorded especially for this collection. Kats-Chernin is one of the most cosmopolitan composers working today, with a prolific catalogue of works for theatre, ballet, orchestra, chamber ensemble and piano. Her dramatically vivid, brilliantly scored and often propulsive music communicates a mixture of lightheartedness and lingering melancholy, combining strong rhythmic figures with elements of cabaret, tango, ragtime and klezmer. This 10CD collection celebrates more than two decades of iconic recordings, starting with Elena Kats-Chernin’s first album of the ABC Classics label, released in 1996.

Artists Stephanie McCallum (piano), Jane Sheldon (soprano), Ian Munro (piano), Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano), Elena Kats-Chernin (piano), Sally Whitwell (piano), Peter Morrison (cello), Brett Dean (viola), Anna McDonald (violin), Alice Evans (violin), Claire Edwardes (marimba, percussion), Jason Noble (bass clarinet), Viney–Grinberg Piano Duo (piano duet), David Montgomery (percussion), Stephen Phillips (violin), Justine Favell (piano), Laura Chislett (flute), Thomas Jones (violin), Daniel Del Pino (piano), Janice Preece (harp), Anna Stoddart (flute), Louise King (cello), The Idea Of North (vocals), Nick Begbie (percussion), Lior (vocals), Diana Doherty (oboe), Goldner String Quartet (string quartet), Alexandre Oguey (cor anglais), Leila Winsbury (narrator), Matilda Rintoul (narrator), James Crabb (accordion), Genevieve Lacey (descant recorder, tenor recorder, bass recorder, sopranino recorder), Flinders Quartet (string quartet), Donna Coleman (piano), Marshall McGuire (harp), Robert Nairn (double bass), Caro Vigilante (double bass), Kees Boersma (double bass), Matthew McDonald (double bass), Timothy Dunin (double bass), Kirsty McCahon (double bass), Alex Henery (double bass), Max McBride (double bass), Catherine Hewgill (cello), Frank Celata (clarinet), Christina Leonard (saxophone), Mark Robinson (percussion), Julian Smiles (cello), Dale Barltrop (violin), Daniel Yeadon (cello), Lisa Stewart (violin), Rachael Beesley (violin), Nicole Forsyth (viola), Lorelei Dowling (bassoon), Amelia Farrugia (soprano), Guy Noble (narrator), Samuel Merrick (bass), Patrick Baker (baritone), Adele Kozak (soprano), Chloe Lankshear (soprano), AJ America (mezzo-soprano), Elias Wilson (tenor)

Sydney Alpha Ensemble, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Gondwana Voices, The Birralee Blokes, Carisma, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Brandenburg Choir, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian World Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Ironwood, Luminescence Chamber Choir, David Stanhope, Ola Rudner, Benjamin Northey, Lyn Williams, Paul Holley, Richard Tognetti, Paul Dyer, Alexander Briger, Bram Tovey.