Noises, Sounds & Strange Airs: Independently produced CD including Shakespeare Songs performed by baritone Ivan Thomas, clarinetist Alan Woy, and pianist David Heinick, along with works by Eric Ewazen, Pamela Marshall, and David Snow. Please use the contact page to order a copy ($12).
Five New Works for Cello (Albany Records Troy 1092): Includes Sonata for cello and piano performed by cellist Mathias Wexler and pianist David Heinick, along with solo works by Paul Steinberg, Paul Siskind, Mathias Wexler, and Gregory Wanamaker. Available here or on ITunes (search for "Heinick").
"The major composition here is a three-movement sonata with piano accompanied by the composer, David Heinick. It is in an unusual blend of harmonic languages with a post-minimalist prelude, a 12-tone passacaglia, and a Scherzo that is in between. It is an attractive piece of strength and virtuosity. Wexler is a straightforward player who pre-
sents this varied program with conviction; Heinick plays well, too."
-D Moore
American Record Guide; Sep/Oct2009, Vol. 72 Issue 5, p224-224, 1/3p
"The major composition here is a three-movement sonata with piano accompanied by the composer, David Heinick. It is in an unusual blend of harmonic languages with a post-minimalist prelude, a 12-tone passacaglia, and a Scherzo that is in between. It is an attractive piece of strength and virtuosity. Wexler is a straightforward player who pre-
sents this varied program with conviction; Heinick plays well, too."
-D Moore
American Record Guide; Sep/Oct2009, Vol. 72 Issue 5, p224-224, 1/3p
Snell Sessions (Albany Records Troy 1285): Includes Mantis for soprano saxophone and piano performed by saxophonist Christopher Creviston and pianist Hannah Gruber Creviston, along with works by William Albright, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Gabriel Fauré, Denis Bédard, and Robert Muczynski. Available here or on ITunes (search for "snell sessions").
Ghost Dialogues (Metier 28572): Includes Served Two Ways for trumpet and tenor saxophone performed by Chris Gekker on trumpet and Chris Vadala on tenor saxophone, along with works by Carson Kooman, Kevin McKee, Lance Hulme and Robert Gibson (all featuring Gekker with a variety of performers). Available here or on ITunes (search for "chris gekker").
"Heinick’s piece is wonderfully, playfully diffuse. On the surface more advanced in language than its bedfellows, this very sense of play from the present performance actually enables it to emerge as remarkably approachable; as the music moves closer and closer to a jazzy feel, the sense of adventure just increases. This must be great fun to experience live; one can imagine how much performers could make of it in terms of body language."
-Colin Clarke
Fanfare Magazine
"Heinick’s piece is wonderfully, playfully diffuse. On the surface more advanced in language than its bedfellows, this very sense of play from the present performance actually enables it to emerge as remarkably approachable; as the music moves closer and closer to a jazzy feel, the sense of adventure just increases. This must be great fun to experience live; one can imagine how much performers could make of it in terms of body language."
-Colin Clarke
Fanfare Magazine
Hybrid (Equilibrium EQ147): Includes Four-Letter Words for clarinet, alto saxophone and piano performed by clarinetist Julianne Kirk-Doyle, saxophonist Robert Young and me on piano, along with works by Mischa Zupko, Baljinder Sekhon, Tim Sullivan, Gregory Wanamaker,. Available here or on ITunes (search for "robert young").
"While the canonic energy and impressive ensemble work in busy live up to the movement’s title, its frenetic vigor is somehow surpassed in the finale, edgy. Four-Letter Words is a fun yet challenging work that might interest a lot of single-reed colleagues looking to collaborate."
-Christopher Barrick
thesaxophonist.org
"While the canonic energy and impressive ensemble work in busy live up to the movement’s title, its frenetic vigor is somehow surpassed in the finale, edgy. Four-Letter Words is a fun yet challenging work that might interest a lot of single-reed colleagues looking to collaborate."
-Christopher Barrick
thesaxophonist.org
Released in 2020, The Salon Sessions also includes a performance of my Four-Letter Words, along with works by John Heins, Jessica Krash, James Grant, Jeffrey Chappell, Leon Stein, and my former colleague Greg Wanamaker.