Discography

2004

Bohemian Woods

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Milton Schlosser, piano
Dvořák, Martinů, Janáček
ARKTOS 200375





Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op.46 No. 8
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Slavonic Dance in A Major, Op.46 No. 3
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Klid (Silent Woods), Op.68 No. 5
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Variations on a Slovakian Theme, H.378
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)

Pohadka (Fairy Tale)
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Con Moto
Con Moto
Allegro

Presto
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)

Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, H.286
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
Allegro
Largo
Allegro commodo

2003

The New Goldberg Variations

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Jacques Després, piano
World Premiere CD
ARKTOS 200368





Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Variations (in memory of Robert Goldberg)
Kenneth Frazelle (b. 1955)
Variation 1 (molto adagio)
Variation II (presto)

Goldberg Variations II (dedicated to Robert Goldberg)
Christopher Rouse (b. 1949)
Variation (presto)
Variation for violoncello alone

Introduction and Three Variations (to Judy Goldberg)
Peter Lieberson (b. 1946)
Tranquillo ed espressivo
Variation 1 (Neighbor Canons)
Variation 2 (Scherzo)
Variation 3 (Aria)

Fancy on a Bach Air (largo)
John Corigliano (b. 1938)

New Goldberg Variations
Peter Schickele (b. 1935)
Calm, serene
Driving

Fantasy Variation (adagietto misterioso) (to Judy Goldberg)
Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)

Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Review

National Post, January 5, 2004
CD Reviews:
Classical — Tamara Bernstein

The New Goldberg Variations for cello and piano started off as a celebratory project: a music-loving couple named Robert and Judy Goldberg, who were friendly with a number of leading artists, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma — decided to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary by commissioning a handful of contemporary composers to write their own variations on the theme of Bach's famous — and conveniently titled — Goldberg Variations. Sadly, shortly after the project got underway, Robert was diagnosed with cancer; within months he was dead. His widow proceeded with the commissions, its celebratory intention now transformed by loss.

The contributors, some of whom were friends of the Goldbergs, are among today's best-known U.S. composers: John Corigliano, Richard Danielpour, Kenneth Frazelle, Christopher Rouse, Peter Lieberson and Peter Schickele. The scoring is for cello and piano.

Frazelle opens the variations with a wistful, spacious memorial to Robert Goldberg. Several composers responded to the dance character of many of Bach's variations — Lieberson's seems to invite choreography. In Corigliano's Fancy on a Bach Air, the solo cello soars but with a heavy heart; Schickele paired an exquisitely gentle, simple variation with a rocking jazz dance. My favourite, perhaps, is Danielpour's Fantasy Variation: a reservedly lush, mysterious movement where the piano circles the meditative cello like a guardian angel, the two never quite able to connect.

Bravi to cellist Tanya Prochazka and pianist Jacques Després; these outstanding, Edmonton-based artists bring humanity, integrity and an enormous expressive range to the pieces. Després frames the variations with poetic performances of the Bach theme that engendered them.

©Tamara Bernstein, 2004

This Is Who I Am

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Martin Mayer, piano
Piano Allegro
Martin Mayer Productions Inc.

Mozart for Oboe and Strings

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Lidia Khaner, oboe
Alycia Au, violin
Aaron Au, violin
Rhonda Henshaw, viola
Quartet in F, Adagio
Quintet in C minor
Alberta Philharmonic Ltd, APO 0302

2002

CBC production of CD “Wednesdays at Winspear”

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Stéphane Lemelin, piano
Schumann Fantasy Piece

CBC production of CD “Our Music”

Brahms Piano Quintet, 2 movements

CD recording for WollanWare, New York, USA

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra
arr. Ware for cello and small ensemble

Ireland Sonata

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Janet Scott Hoyt, piano
Catalogue of Recordings 2002
ARKTOS 200259

2001

My Soul, There is a Country...

Tanya Prochazka, cello soloist
Leonard Ratzlaff, Conductor
University of Alberta Madrigal Singers
John Tavener “Svyati” for solo cello and choir
ARKTOS 200149

The Passionate Englishman

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Janet Scott Hoyt, piano
Works by Britten, Ireland, Walton, Elgar
ARKTOS 200147





Sonata in C Opus 65 (1961)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Dialogo • Allegro
Scherzo-Pizzicato • Allegretto
Elegia • Lento
Marcia • Energico
Moto Perpetuo • Presto

Sonata for Cello and Piano (1923)
John Ireland (1879-1962)
Moderato e sostenuto
Poco largamente
Con moto e marcato

Pasacaglia for Solo Cello (1982)
Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
Salut D'Amour Opus 12 (1889)
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Sospiri Opus 70 (1914)
arranged for cello and piano by Julius Klengel
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

2000

Stringtime

Tanya Prochazka, cello
In Darkness for Solo Cello by Alfred Joel Fisher
Caprice for Solo Cello by Alice Ping Yee Ho
ECLECTRA, Montreal





1997

Landsmål: The Lyrical Dialect of Edvard Grieg

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Milton Schlosser, piano
Kathleen Lotz, soprano
ARKTOS 97019

American Cello Masterpieces

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Stéphane Lemelin, piano
ATMA 1000, ALCD 2 1004






Waltz and Celebration from "Billy the Kid"
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Arranged by the composer for cello and piano
Waltz
Celebration

"From Jewish Life" Three Songs
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Prayer
Supplication
Jewish Song

Capriccio
Lukas Foss (b. 1922)

Short Story George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948)
Elliott Carter (b. 1908)
Moderato
Vivace, molto leggiero
Adagio
Allegro

Sonata for Cello and Piano, Opus 6
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Allegro ma non troppo
Adagio, Presto, di nuovo Adagio
Allegro appassionato

1995

Tanya Prochazka et al, Vistas: Prairie Sounds

Miramar by Gordon Nicholson
Canadian Music Centre

Tanya Prochazka et al, Northern Arch

Maquette by Brent Lee
Edmonton Composers Concert Society (Canadian Music Centre)

Tanya Prochazka et al, Soundland Alberta

Red Hills and Blue Sky by Jeff McCune
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Composers Concert Society (Canadian Music Centre)

1994

At Your Service

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, piano

Klid and Poloneza by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
ARKTOS 94005




Music for Cello and Piano Poulenc, Fauré and Saint-Saëns

Tanya Prochazka, cello
Stéphane Lemelin, piano
ATMA, ATM 2 9733






Sonata for Cello & Piano (1948)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Allegro — Tempo di marcia
Cavatine
Ballabile
Finale

Pieces for Cello & Piano
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Élégie
Romance
Pièce pour violoncelle (Papillon)
Sicilienne
Sérénade

Second Sonata for Cello & Piano Opus 123
Camille Saint Saëns (1835-1921)
Producer Alan McLellan
Recorded June 20-21, 1994 at University of Alberta

1973-76

ENSEMBLE 1, Vienna (LP)

Clemencic Consort, Renaissance music (LP, Harmonia Mundi, France)
Eduard Melkus Ensemble, Vienna, Baroque Music (LP)