This disc includes concertos written for David Tanenbaum by Aaron Jay Kernis and Roberto Sierra. Also on the disc is the Double Concerto for guitar and bandoneon by Astor Piazzolla, as well as first recordings of two smaller works of Aaron Jay Kernis, his Soliloquy for solo guitar, written for David Tanenbaum’s 60th birthday, and Kernis’ arrangement of his own piano piece Lullaby for violin and guitar.

Bonus tracks available to stream only are the two movements of Village Music by Dušan Bogdanovic, also dedicated to Tanenbaum.

https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574298

This disc includes two solo pieces from the 1960’s (one a world premiere recording) and two more recent larger chamber works with guitars.

https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573379

https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/david-tanenbaum-as-she-sings

On March 12, 2021 New Focus records in New York released As She Sings, a recording of five works written for David Tanenbaum over a 44 year span, from his father Elias Tanenbaum’s solo piece Music for Guitar (1972) to Sérgio Assad’s Shadows and Light (2016). In between the disc includes Games (2002) by Dušan Bogdanovi? for mezzo soprano, guitar, flute, bass and 2 percussion players on ceramic gongs; Five Pieces for Guitar and Live Electronics (2007) by Ronald Bruce Smith, and the title track, As She Sings (1999), by John Anthony Lennon. 

Hans Werner Henze‘s complete cycle, Royal Winter Music: 2 Sonatas based on Shakespearean Characters (1976,1979) David Tanenbaum’s second recording of this piece.

With Aniello Desiderio, Ivo Kaltchev, Laura Young, Peppino D’Agostino, Olaf Van Gonnissen, Thomas Muller-Pering, Gyan Riley, & Zoran Dukic. Conducted by Helmut Oesterreich.

Complete guitar music of Lou Harrison, including his last piece, Scenes from Nek Chand (first recording) and arrangements of harp and piano music. With Willie Winant, percussion; Gyan Riley, guitar; Joel Davel and Scott Evans, percussion.

John Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music

Orchestral work with guitar solo by David Tanenbaum with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

With Terry Riley, Helmut Oesterreich and the Jugendgitarrenorchester Baden-Wurttemberg.

Lute Music of Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750) on guitar

Duos with Steel String guitarist Peppino D’Agostino

Transcriptions of piano works of Debussy, Ravel and Satie.

Terry Riley Guitar Music; with Gyan Riley, guitar; Tracy Silverman, violin; Willie Winant, percussion; with a guest appearance by Terry Riley on percussion.

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Guitar Chamber Music of Elias Tanenbaum.

With the Chester String Quartet

With the Alexander String Quartet

Guitar and percussion music of Lou Harrison, with Willie Winant.

First recordings of American music:

Henze’s guitar concerto, An Eine Aolsharfe, written for David Tanenbaum in 1986, with the composer conducting the Ensemble Modern.

With the Shanghai String Quartet

Benefit for the National Coalition for the Homeless.

Discontinued