Sydney Alpha Ensemble is an Australian

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ensemble. In October 1996 and February 1997 they, along with

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and

Stephanie McCallum Stephanie McCallum (born 3 March 1956) is an Australian classical pianist. She has recorded works of Erik Satie, Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Carl Maria von Weber, Albéric Magnard, Pierre Boulez, ...

, recorded a series of compositions by

Elena Kats-Chernin Elena Davidovna Kats-Chernin (born 4 November 1957) is an Uzbek-born Australian composer and pianist, best known for her ballet ''Wild Swans''. Early life and education Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Tashkent (now the capital of independent Uz ...

. The recordings, conducted by David Stanhope, were released as an album, ''Clocks'' in 1997 by

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. It received a nomination at the 1998 ARIA Music Awards for

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Discography

*Elena Kats-Chernin: ''Clocks'' (1997) – ABC Classics (456 468–2) *''Strange Attractions'' (1997) – ABC Classics (456 537–2) *''Silbury Air'' music by Birtwistle,

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and

Dallapiccola Luigi Dallapiccola (3 February 1904 – 19 February 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Biography Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current Pazin, Croati ...

(2000) – ABC Classics (465 651–2) The Contemporary Singers and the Sydney Alpha Ensemble: *

Raffaele Marcellino Raffaele Marcellino (born 1964) is an Australian composer. Education Raffaele Marcellino graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with merit in 1985. His teachers included Richard Vella, Richard Toop, Gillian Whitehead, Martin Wes ...

: ''Heart of Fire'' (2000) – ABC Classics

References

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