Orchestral

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 — Australian Youth Orchestra, Anissimov

A well played Tenth from an orchestra not to be dismissed as amateurs, and a faithful capture of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall's difficult acoustics, warts included.

Vivaldi: Concertos for the Emperor — English Concert, Manze

Six reconstructed concertos from the set presented to Charles VI, recorded, edited and mastered in DSD, in a reading I found a shade too languid.

Babylon 5 opening theme

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Original MIDI file downloaded from Chris Franke web site, reorchestrated using EWQL Gold and Logic Pro X.

Cinema Paradiso (string orchestra)

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In memory of Ennio Morricone, a string orchestra arrangement of Cinema Paradiso, transcribed by me into Finale.

Olhos De Gato (orchestral arrangement)

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To celebrate the completion of the Jazz Improvisation class I am taking, I have arranged Olhos de Gato, by Carla Bley (one of the pieces studied in class) for orchestra. I have created a string backing for the melody, then added the melody from "Memories of Tomorrow" (another piece studied in class) as a counterpoint, and also my own melody as a further counterpoint. Finally, I created a new ending, based on a descending harmonic progression. The arrangement is scored in Notion, orchestrated using EWQL Symphony Orchestra Gold and mastered using Ozone 5.