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david leisner
guitarist and composer

Vision of Orpheus for guitar and string quartet (2000)
"Vision of Orpheus" (5th movement)
David Leisner, gt, iO String Quartet, live

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Confiding for voice and piano (or guitar) (1985-86)
"This is my Letter to the World"
Sanford Sylvan, bar., Patricia Thom, pno., live

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Battlefield Requiem for solo cello and percussion quartet (1995)
"Kyrie (The Gathering)"
Laurence Lesser, vcl., New England Conservatory Percussion
Ensemble, Frank Epstein, cond., live

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Embrace of Peace for orchestra (1991)
"Festivities"
Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, James Setapen, cond., live

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Guitar performance excerpts

Johann Kaspar Mertz Elegy
Le Romantique CD

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Heitor Villa-Lobos Etude No. 7
The Complete Villa-Lobos CD

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Johann Sebastian Bach "Allemande" (Cello Suite no. 3)
J. S. Bach CD

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Acrobats for flute and guitar (2002)
"Up in the Air"
Cavatina Duo, Cedille Records

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El Coco for flute and guitar (1999)
Cavatina Duo, Cedille Records

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The Cat that Walked by Himself for guitar quartet (1988)
"Cat's Lullaby"
New England Conservatory student guitar quartet, live

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To Sleep for medium voice and piano (1994)
"The Unbeliever"
Robert Osborne, bar., Susan Almasi, pno., live

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Fidelity for tenor or soprano, baritone and piano (1996)
"Moon, Sun, Sleep, Birds, Live"
Nina Faia, sop., Anthony Zoeller, bar., Terry Decima,
pno., live

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O Love is the Crooked Thing for baritone and piano (1980)
"A Drinking Song"
William Alvarado, bar., Kate Bowan, pno., live

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Bloom for string quartet (2005)
iO String Quartet, live

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Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam for brass quintet (1992)
"God of Lightning"
Saturday Brass Quintet, live

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Candles in Mecca for piano trio (1988)
"Dancing Lights"
Alexander Simionescu, vn., Semyon Fridman, vcl., Jon Klibonoff, pno., live

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On Jazz Terrain for flute, clarinet, sop. sax. and piano (1990)
"Jasper"
Linda Chesis, fl., Esther Lamneck, cl., Gary Louie, sax., Jon Klibonoff,
pno., live

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Johann Kaspar Mertz Hungarian Fantasy
Le Romantique CD

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Heitor Villa-Lobos Schottish-Chôro
The Complete Villa-Lobos CD

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Alberto Ginastera "Scherzo" (Sonata)
Music of the Human Spirit CD

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Peter Sculthorpe "Cantando" (From Kakadu)
Music of the Human Spirit CD

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Johann Sebastian Bach "Prelude" (Lute Suite no. 1)
J. S. Bach CD

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David Leisner "Urto" (Nel Mezzo: Sonata)
Self-Portrait CD

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Alan Hovhaness, first movement (Guitar Concerto)
Hovhaness Guitar Concerto CD, with Berlin Radio
Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, cond.

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Alan Hovhaness"Andante cantabile" (Spirit of Trees)
Hovhaness chamber music CD, with Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

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Wenzeslaus Matiegka Rondo Capriccioso
(Grand Sonata No. 1)
Matiegka, the Beethoven of the Guitar CD

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Wenzeslaus Matiegka Andante con espressione
(Grand Sonata No. 2)
Matiegka, the Beethoven of the Guitar CD

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