Recordings

WAVES 1

Waves I is Halcyon's first release of studio recordings and features two Australian works - Elliott Gyger's Petit Testament (2008) for soprano, mezzo and piano and Andrew Ford's Willow Songs (2009) for soprano, mezzo, flute/piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion and piano.

ARTISTS
GYGER: Alison Morgan soprano Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano Sally Whitwell piano
FORD: Mark Shiell conductor Alison Morgan soprano Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano Sally Walker flutes Jason Noble clarinets John Douglas percussion Sally Whitwell piano

Recorded at Trackdown Scoring Stage Sydney September 2009 & May 2011. Engineered, mixed and mastered by Daniel Brown.

Available from cdbaby and Halcyon  

A VISION OF WILDFLOWERS

Vocal and choral music by Ruth Lee Martin

Halcyon performs Wimmera Song Cycle (2010) - song cycle for soprano, mezzo, flute, cello and piano

Artists:  Alison Morgan soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano, Sally Walker flute, Geoffrey Gartner cello, Sally Whitwell piano

Recorded at The Simon Leadley Scoring Stage, Trackdown Studios, Sydney by Daniel Brown, 2010. 

Available as a CD from Halcyon or Ruth Lee Martin

SUNBURNT AFTERTONES

The Chamber Music of Katy Abbott Move Records MCD441

Halcyon performs No Ordinary Traveller (2006) - song cycle for mezzo and mixed trio

Artists: Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano, Diana Springford clarinet, Daryl Pratt percussion, Jo Allan piano

Recorded at The Simon Leadley Scoring Stage, Trackdown Studios, Sydney by Daniel Brown, 2010.  Produced by Haig Burnell.  Edited by Haig Burnell and Tom Grubb.

Available as CD from Halcyon and Katy Abbott and as mp3 from itunes

COOL BLACK  

Chamber Works of Rosalind Page  Move Records MCD396

Rosalind Page apollinairesongs , Hrafnsöngvar, Sonetos del amor oscuro (winner of the Paul Lowin Award 2006)

Artists: Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano , Alison Morgan soprano , Mark Shiell conductor , Roland Peelman conductor, Laura Chislett Jones flutes , Diana Springford clarinet , Nicole Forsyth viola , Clemens Leske piano , Patrick Murphy cello , Genevieve Lang harp , Ben van Tienen celeste , Tommie Andersson lute, baroque guitar, theorbo , Daryl Pratt percussion , Claire Edwardes percussion , Kirsty McCahon double bass , Rosalind Page balinese gong, soundtrack

Available as CD from Halcyon , the Australian Music Centre and Buywell .

DARK LOVE

Recorded live at Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, October 2004

John Harbison  Mirabai Songs, George Crumb Night of the Four Moons , Rosalind Page Sonetos del amor oscuro (World premiere), Gabriel Erkoreka  Bizitza (Australian premiere)

Artists: Roland Peelman conductor, Alison Morgan soprano , Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano , Laura Chislett Jones alto flute , piccolo Steve Meyer flute , piccolo Diana Springford clarinets , Matthew Ockenden bassoon , Michael Hooper banjo , Tommie Andersson lutes, baroque guitar, theorbo, Vanessa Souter harp , Daryl Pratt percussion , John Douglas percussion , Sophie Cole violin , Nicole Forsyth viola , Deborah Coogan cello , electric cello Helen Cosgrove double bass

Recorded live by ABC Classic FM.  Producer: Stephen Adams  Engineer: Christian Huff-Johnston

Available as CD from Halcyon or cdbaby.com

SIRENS

Recorded live at Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, July 2004

Dan Walker King Ludwig’s Swans , Kerry Andrew luna-cy , Ruth Lee Martin Carmina Gaedelica , Kaija Saariaho  Nej och inte , Edward McGuire  Celtic Knotwork , Graham Hair  O Venezia Part 1

Artists: Alison Morgan soprano , Belinda Montgomery soprano , Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano , Jo Burton mezzo soprano , Genevieve Lang harp

Recorded live by ABC Classic FM.

No longer available

CLOSE UPS

Recorded live at Trackdown Scoring Stage, Fox Studios, Sydney, June 2004

Kaija Saariaho Du gick , flög, Rachel Clement Fracture , Sally Beamish Buzz , Edison Denisov Archipel de songes , Libby Larsen Do you know and Liebeslied From Beloved , thou hast brought me flowers , Jonathan Harvey Lullaby for the Unsleeping , Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki Good Night , (movt 2 & 3), Dai Fujikura Still sweet… , Earl Kim Now and then , Ross Harris …inside the rainbow air… ,  Fung Lam Amitabha (World premiere)

Artists: Alison Morgan soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano , Steven Meyer flutes , Alexandre Oguey cor anglais , Alison Eddington percussion , Sally Whitwell piano , Lucy O'Shea harp , Alex Norton violin , Nicole Forsyth viola , Sally Maer cello

Recorded live.  Engineer/editor: Patrick Mullins Assistant editor: Daniel Brown

Available as CD from Halcyon , CD and mp3 from cdbaby.com and mp3 from itunes