Member Since: 4/1/2007
Band Website: migueldelaguila.com
Band Members: * R E C O R D I G S * _________________________Conga-Line in Hell – (for 15 instruments ensemble) CD title: "Conga-Line in Hell" - Dorian - CD: 93230 Camerata de las Americas, Joel Sachs cond. _________________________Nostalgica - for bassoon and string quartet Sunset Song - for bassoon and piano. CD title: "Nostalgica" Centaur CD: CRC2564 _________________________Conga – (for solo piano) CD title: "Piano Dance" - Telarc - CD: 80549 Gloria Cheng, pianist _________________________Wind Quintet No.2 – CD title: "Discoveries" - Helicon Records Borealis Wind Quintet _________________________Presto II - (for string quartet) – CD title: "Four, for Tango" - New Albion Cuarteto Latinoamericano New Albion tel: 415 - 621 5757 e-mail: [email protected] _________________________Pacific Serenade - (for clarinet and string quartet) – CD title: "Exchange Latin America" CRI (Composers Recordings Inc CD: 848 Pacific Serenades Ensemble, Gary Gray clarinet (CRI tel: 212 941 9673) _________________________Conga-Line in Hell - (orchestral version) - CD title: "Conga-line in Hell. Redwood Recordings. Redwood Symphony Orchestra, cond. Eric Kujawsky _________________________Clocks - (for piano and string quartet) – CD title: "El Tiempo" Global Entertainment-Global Clasics Mexico CD: GECDI 4111 Onix Ensemble - Mexico _________________________Sommergesang (Summer Song) - (for oboe and piano) – CD title: "Oboe on the Road" Centaur Records Mark Weiger oboe, Robert Conway piano _________________________Clarinet Concerto (for clarinet and orchestra) and: Herbsttag (for flute, bassoon and harp) and: Hexen (for bassoon and string orchestra) – CD title: "Theodore. Berger-Miguel del Aguila" - Albany Records CD:Troy 066 American Music Ensemble Vienna, Hobart Earle conductor Albany Records tel: 800 - 758 1951 or 518 - 453 2205) _________________________Toccata - (for orchestra) – CD title: "East Meets West" SONY-Austria/ORF/LID Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra - Hobart Earle, cond. _________________________Conga-Line in Hell - (for 15 instruments) – CD title: "Batata Coco" Conaculta – FIC Mexico Camerata de las Americas, Joel Sachs conductor _________________________Tennessee - (for solo guitar) – CD title: "Permanent Transition" Metro Records Matthew Greif guitar Metro Records tel: 415 - 487 1361 _________________________Music in a Bottle and Conga – CD title: "20th Century Dances" Scotwood Music James Miltenberger piano. ([email protected] ) _________________________Sonata No.2 - (for solo piano) – CD title: "Piano Music of the Americas" ACA Digital Recordings-Metro Records James Miltenberger piano. _________________________Toccata (for solo harpsichord) and: Cuadros de America (for solo harpsichord) CD title: “Marinka Brecelj†KKM Recrodings -Vienna Marinka Brecelj, harpsichord.
Influences: * P R E S S - N O T E S * _________________________"..elegant and affectionate music .. a delicious send-up of Minimalism .. with genuine wit.." (The New York Times) _________________________"…One of the West Coast's most promising and enterprising young composers… …sonically dazzling… …a whirlwind of energy and ideas… …a mischievous mix of personalized romanticism and structural self-derailment… …a sly radical in formal wear…" (Los Angeles Times) _________________________"…one of the most intriguing compositional voices to come along in recent years…" (San Antonio Express News) _________________________"..irresistible rhythms… powerfully propelled by frantic tempos, pleasantly demented piece..disarmingly genial.." (San Francisco Sentinel) _________________________"...cinematic effects..." (Washington Post) _________________________"...Wonderfully expressive and dramatic music..with a fine sense of direction and drama.." (American Record Guide) _________________________"…unusual…superb…" (Fanfare) _________________________"…his music dances with incendiary rhythms…with near to obsessive vitality…" (Wiener Zeitung, Vienna) _________________________"…disarmingly charming…" (Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich) _________________________"…modern musical conception, profound ideas and expressivity… The audience welcomed his music with enthusiasm…" (Novoe Vremia, Moskow)
Record Label: New Albion, Dorian, Telarc, Helicon, Albany, CRI, Centaur, Metro
Type of Label: Major