Donna Amato (piano)

Recordings

  • Altarus Records AIR-CD9022 (1993)
    • Track 1: Fantaisie Espagnole (17:54)
  • Altarus Records AIR-CD9021 (1993)
    • Track 4: Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg (0:52)
  • Altarus Records AIR-CD9025 (1994)
    • Track 1: Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora (20:22)
    • Track 2: St Bertrand de Comminges (22:54)
    • Track 3: Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F. (8:00)
    • Track 4-5: 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis (1:14)
    • Track 4: first (0:24)
    • Track 5: second (0:50)
    • Track 6: Passeggiata arlecchinesca (15:27)
  • Altarus Records AIR-CD-9064 (2011)
    • Track 1-7: Piano Symphony No. 5 Symphonia Brevis (114:27)
    • Track 1: I - Movimento Libero. Intreccio ()
    • Track 2: IIA - Adagio ()
    • Track 3: IIB - Preludio Quasi Toccata ()
    • Track 4: IIC - Aria Fiorita ()
    • Track 5: IID - Interludio ()
    • Track 6: IIE - Notturno ()
    • Track 7: IIF - Nexus ()

Pieces performed

Performances

  • 01/07/1991 Donna Amato (piano)
    St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK
    Lunchtime Concert
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 09/07/1991 Donna Amato (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 23/07/1991 Donna Amato (piano)
    Purcell Room, London, UK
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
  • 20/09/1991 Donna Amato (piano)
    Church of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK
    Lunchtime Concert (encore)
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
  • 25/09/1991 Donna Amato (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
  • 27/09/1991 Donna Amato (piano)
    Pump Room, Bath, UK
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
  • 30/10/1991 Donna Amato (piano)
    Evening Recitals “The Exotic Piano”, P&O Canberra, (Cruise Ship)
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole [twice]
  • 16/09/1992 Donna Amato (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
    • 49 Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F.
    • 64 St Bertrand de Comminges
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • 09/10/1992 Donna Amato (piano)
    Espace d’Interprétation Yvonne-Hubert, Loyola Campus, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
    Leonardo Project: Conférence multi-disciplinaire sur la performance avancée — Lecture-recital
    • 64 St Bertrand de Comminges
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • 21/03/1993 Donna Amato (piano)
    St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Lexington Avenue, New York NY, USA
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
    • 40 Valse-Fantaisie (Hommage à Johann Strauss)
    • 49 Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F.
    • 64 St Bertrand de Comminges
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • 26/03/1993 Donna Amato (piano)
    Wiener Secession Wiener Fest, Vienna, Austria
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
    • 49 Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F.
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
    • 64 St Bertrand de Comminges
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
    • 105 Passeggiata arlecchinesca
  • 15/06/1994 Donna Amato (piano)
    Federal Hall, New York NY, USA
    National Memorial American Landmark Festivals, National Park Service — Wednesday Concerts
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
  • 19/10/1994 Donna Amato (piano)
    Concert Hall of the Composers’ Union of the Republic of Byelorussia, Minsk, Byelorussia
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • 21/10/1994 Donna Amato (piano)
    Yaroslavl Art Museum Concert Hall, Yaroslavl, Russia
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • 22/10/1994 Donna Amato (piano)
    “Gigant” Concert Hall, Yaroslavl, Russia
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • 25/10/1994 Donna Amato (piano)
    Concert Hall, Cultural Institute, Ribinsk, Russia
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • 02/07/1996 Donna Amato (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 92 Piano Symphony No. 5 Symphonia Brevis [i]
  • 01/09/1996 Donna Amato (piano), Tucson AZ, USA
    • 61 Chromatic Fantasia (J.S.Bach) (transcription with another Bach fugue)
  • 05/06/1999 Donna Amato (piano)
    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Sewickley PA, USA
    Sewickley BACHfest
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
    • 61 Chromatic Fantasia (J.S.Bach) (transcription with another Bach fugue)
    • 68 Prelude in E flat
  • 05/06/1999 Brent Stater (baritone), Donna Amato (piano)
    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Sewickley PA, USA
    Sewickley BACHfest
    • 91 Benedizione di San Francesco d’Assisi
  • 26/10/2000 Donna Amato (piano)
    Music Building, Room 132, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA
    • 92 Piano Symphony No. 5 Symphonia Brevis [iii]
  • 01/05/2001 Donna Amato (piano)
    Old Main Chapel, California University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh PA, USA
    California Recital Series
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 08/09/2001 Donna Amato (piano)
    Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield CT, USA
    “Explorations” series
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 13/09/2001 Donna Amato (piano)
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA
    Lunchtime recital
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 16/03/2003 Donna Amato (piano), Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra (orchestra), Ed Spanjaard (conductor)
    Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
    “Rondom Kaikhosru Sorabji”
    • 27 Piano Concerto No. 5
  • 17/06/2004 Donna Amato (piano)
    Merkin Hall, New York NY, USA
    • 92 Piano Symphony No. 5 Symphonia Brevis
  • 28/06/2014 Donna Amato (piano)
    The Point Center for Arts and Education, Dallas, TX, USA
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 13/03/2016 Donna Amato (piano)
    Alumni Concert Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • 57 Toccata Seconda

Broadcasts etc.

  • 16/11/1994 Donna Amato (piano)
    BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
    “Midweek Choice” programme
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 21/04/1995 Donna Amato (piano)
    WNYC (a division of New York Public Radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast]
    “Around New York” programme
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
  • ??/??/199? Donna Amato (piano)
    Byelorussian State Radio, Minsk, Byelorussia [broadcast]
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • ??/??/199? Donna Amato (piano)
    Television, Ribinsk, Russia [broadcast]
    • 62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
  • 16/12/1996 Donna Amato (piano)
    Radio Ceredigion, Aberystwyth, Wales [broadcast]
    • 104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis
    • 105 Passeggiata arlecchinesca
  • 14/08/2000 Donna Amato (piano)
    WNYC (Radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 21/08/2000 Donna Amato (piano)
    WMNR Fine Arts Radio, New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 08/05/2003 Donna Amato (piano), Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra (orchestra), Ed Spanjaard (conductor)
    NPS (Nederlandse Programma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast]
    “NPS in de Middag” (broadcast of concert given on 16/03/2003)
    • 27 Piano Concerto No. 5
  • 23/06/2004 Donna Amato (piano)
    WPRB, Princeton NJ, USA [broadcast of recording]
    “Classical Discoveries” programme
    • 19 Fantaisie Espagnole
  • 21/09/2004 Donna Amato (piano)
    Nordwest Radio/Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany [broadcast of recording]
    “Der Kauz von Corfe Castle: Aus dem Nachlaß von Kaikhosru Sorabji”
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
  • 30/11/2004 Donna Amato (piano)
    WNYC, New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
    “Evening Music” programme
    • 49 Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F.
  • 29/12/2004 Donna Amato (piano)
    BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
    “Made in Britain” series — programme 8. Mysticism and Exoticism
    • 49 Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F.
  • 08/07/2018 Donna Amato (piano)
    AZPM (Arizona Public Media), Tuscon, AZ, USA [broadcast of recording]
    Classical 90.5
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
  • 09/07/2018 Donna Amato (piano)
    AZPM (Arizona Public Media) , Tuscon, AZ, USA [broadcast of recording]
    Classical 90.5
    • 93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d'Åse da Grieg
  • 30/05/2019 Donna Amato (piano)
    ORF Austrian Radio, Vienna, Austria [broadcast of recording]
    Faszinosum Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: Opus - das Musikkolloquium
    • 27 Piano Concerto No. 5 [extract]
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