SOLO / ENSEMBLE RECORDINGS
Lockdown Fantasies | Journey’s End (2023)
Music for piano and computer by Neil Rolnick, with pianists Geoffrey Burleson & Kathleen Supove.
(Other Minds Records OM 1035-2)
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Oceans Eat Cities (2021)
Neil Rolnick: Oceans Eat Cities (Albany Records, Troy1857) )Performances by Jennifer Choi, violin, Kathleen Supové, piano, Neil Rolnick, laptop computer & piano, VOXARE String Quartet. Available from Albany Records, iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify.
EX MACHINA (2016)
Neil Rolnick: Ex Machina (Innova 950)
Performances by Ted Nash, alto saxophone; Ashley Bathgate, cello & laptop computer; Kathleen Supove, piano; Neil Rolnick, laptop computer. Available from Innova, iTunes or Amazon.
excerpts: Silicon Breath WakeUp
GARDENING AT GROPIUS HOUSE (2013)
Neil Rolnick: Gardening At Gropius House (Innova 877)
Title track performed by Todd Reynolds, violin, with members of Alarm Will Sound conducted by Alan Pierson. Along with Anosmia, with text by Barbara Blatner and Robert Osborne, performed by the New Music Ensemble of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, conducted by Nicole Paiement, with Daniel Cilli, baritone. Available October 29, 2013 from Innova, Amazon and iTunes.
excerpt from Gardening At Gropius House
excerpt from Anosmia
EXTENDED FAMILY (2011)
Neil Rolnick: Extended Family (Innova 782), CD format only; January 2011.
Extended Family, performed by ETHEL (Cornelius Dufallo and Mary Rowell, violins, Ralph Ferris, viola, Dorothy Lawson, cello)
Faith, performed by Bob Gluck, piano, Neil Rolnick, laptop computer
MONO Prelude, performed by Neil Rolnick, laptop computer
DIGITS (2006)
Neil Rolnick: Digits, (Innova 656), CD format only; July 2006.
Digits, performed by Kathleen Supové
Making Light Of It, performed by Peter Eldridge, settings of poems by Philip Levine
A Robert Johnson Sampler, performed by Neil Rolnick
Plays Well With Others, performed by the Paul Dresher Ensemble's Electro-Acoustic Band
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SHADOW QUARTET (2005)
Neil Rolnick: Shadow Quartet, (Innova 631), CD format only; released March 2005.
Shadow Quartet: Western Swing, Breathing Machine, Release
performed by Ethel
Gate Beats, performed by Neil Rolnick
The Real Theif of Baghdad, performed by Tyrone Henderson
Fiddle Faddle, performed by Todd Reynolds
Ambos Mundos, performed by Quintet of the Americas
Body Work, performed by Joan La Barbara
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FISH LOVE THAT (2003)
Neil B. Rolnick's Fish Love That, Deep Listening (DL 18-2002CD), CD format only; released February 2003. Includes performances of my pieces Calypso, Ratchet and Hush, as well as compositions by Todd Reynolds, Steve Rust and Andrew Sterman.
FISH LOVE THAT is:
Todd Reynolds : violin
Andrew Sterman : tenor sax and flute
Ron Horton : trumpet
Neil Rolnick : keyboards
Steve Rust :bass
Dean Sharp : drums & percussion
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REQUIEM SONGS & SCREEN SCENES (1996)
Neil B. Rolnick: Requiem Songs & Screen Scenes Albany Records (Troy 188), CD format only; released March 1996. Requiem Songs - for the victims of nationalism is a set of 10 songs with percussion, violin & sampler. Screen Scenes is a computer-directed improvisation for violin, woodwinds, synthesizer, bass and percussion. With Amy Fradon & Leslie Ritter, vocalists; Todd Reynolds, violin; Andrew Sterman, flute & tenor saxophone; Steve Rust, bass; Harvey Sorgen, percussion; Neil B. Rolnick, electronic keyboards and processing.
Invocation Bosnia's Mountains Home Is A Ghost The Cellist
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ELECTRICITY (1992)
Neil B. Rolnick: ElectriCity O.O. Disks (O.O. #8), CD format only; released 1992; large work for chamber ensemble, synthesizer, sampler, and digital processing, with the New York New Music Ensemble. Also includes re-release of Blowing, Wondrous Love, and Ever-livin' Rhythm with Robert Dick, George Lewis, and Gordon Gottlieb.
MACEDONIAN AIRDRUMMING (1992)
Neil B. Rolnick: Macedonian AirDrumming including Macedonian AirDrumming, Balkanization, Sanctus, ReRebong; Bridge Records (BCD 9030), CD format only; released 1992; computer music performances by the composer and with Gamelan Son of Lion.
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A LA MODE & REAL TIME (1987)
Neil B. Rolnick: A La Mode & Real Time, Composers' Recordings, Inc. (CRI SD 540), LP format only, released 1987; featuring performances by Neil Rolnick (digital synthesizers) with Relache and the Hartt Contemporary Players.
SOLOS (1984)
Neil B. Rolnick: Solos, 1750 Arch Records (S-1793), LP format only, released 1984 [out of print]; including Ever-livin' Rhythm, Wondrous Love, Blowing, and Loopy; with performances by Gordon Gottlieb (percussion), George Lewis (trombone), Robert Dick (flute), and Neil Rolnick (digital synthesizer).
COLLECTIONS
THE iFIDDLE CONCERTO (2014)
The American Composers Orchestra: Tech & Techno, digital download only; June 2012.
Performed by The American Composers Orchestra, Steven Sloan conductor, Todd Reynolds iFiddle soloist, from a 2006 performance.
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THE iFIDDLE CONCERTO (2012)
The American Composers Orchestra: Orchestra Underground X10D, digital download only; June 2012.
Performed by The American Composers Orchestra, Steven Sloan conductor, Todd Reynolds iFiddle soloist, from a 2006 performance.
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The NYFA Collection 25 Year of New York New Music (2010) (Innova 223)
25 year retrospective of music by NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts) fellowship recipients. Includes the final movement of Extended Family, from Innova 782, performed by ETHEL.
Extended Family 5: The Gathering
NERVE US (1993)
Transforms: The Nerve Event Project including Nerve Us for solo computer music performance; Cuneiform Records (55011) CD format only, released 1993.
PERSISTENCE OF THE CLAVE (1992)
Virtuosos in the Computer Age, vol. II including The Persistence of the Clave for solo computer music performance; Centaur Records, CDCM Computer Music Series, vol. 11, CD format only; released September 1992.
A ROBERT JOHNSON SAMPLER & VOCAL CHORDS (1990)
Computer Music from Rensselaer II including A Robert Johnson Sampler and Vocal Chords, Centaur Records, CDCM Computer Music Series, vol. 7 (CRC 2047), CD only, released 1990; solo computer music performance, computer processed voice with Kathleen Myers.
BALKANIZATION (1990)
Imaginary Landscapes, Nonesuch Records (9 79235-2), all three formats, released 1990; solo computer music performance.
WHAT IS THE USE? (1988)
Computer Music from Rensselaer, including What Is The Use?, Centaur Records, CDCM Computer Music Series, vol. 2 (CRC 2039), CD format only, released 1988; solo computer music performance.
THE ECONOMIC ENGINE (2009)
Neil Rolnick: The Economic Engine, (Innova 724), CD format only; April 2009.
The Economic Engine performed by Music from China and The Todd Reynolds String Quartet
Hammer & Hair, performed by Kathleen Supové and Todd Reynolds
Uptown Jump, performed by MAYA
BONUS TRACK: Real Time (originally released 1985) performed by the Hartt Contemporary Players
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