BRIAN ROCHE CD CATALOGUE

 

(** = not for sale or for radio play)

 

1.

MIDI WORKS 

ATONAL AND RANDOM PIECES FOR PIANO, ORCHESTRA

 

1. Pond of a Thousand Voices (8:50)

2. I Ching Miniature (1:06)

3. Piano Concerto #1 (3:56)

4. Piano Concerto #2 (2:28)

5. Piano Concerto #3 (8:27)

6. Urban Dance (4:27)

7. Piano Etudes (7:18)

8. Intro to Big Bang Theory (9:51)

 

2.

DEREKSPERIMENTS

TEN PIECES FOR SYNTHESIZER (2005)

 

1. I (9:22)

2. II (4:49)

3. III (3:06)

4. IV(3:52)

5. V (4:43)

6. VI (4:05)

7. VII (3:53)

8. VIII (5:08)

9. IX (5:39)

10. X (7:40)

 

3.

EPHEMERIS V (2001)

HARMONY OF THE SPHERES FOR ORCHESTRA (MIDI)

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1. Jan to June, 2001 (36:26)

2. July to Dec, 2001 (36:57)

 

Recorded at Virtual Studios, PEI May 9, 2001

 

4.**

FREE IMPROVISATION

SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET, GUITAR, PIANO

 

1. Sop Sax (with Eric Stack Free Music Unit, Oct. 91) (9:57)

2. Classical Guitar (Hamilton Artist’s Inc., July 87)(7:58)

3. 12 String Guitar (Hamilton Artist’s Inc., July 87)(3:51)

4. Bs. Clarinet (with Ray Cinovskis, effects, June 93)(6:35)

5. Sop Sax (via phone from Guelph to Hamilton Artist’s      

    Inc. with Ray Cinovskis, effects, Mar. 93) (7:12)

6. Alto Sax (with David Henry, Ten Sax 1990)(13:30)

7. Sop Sax solo (Ed Video 1991)(7:07)

8. Piano Solo (Ed Video 1990)(15:21)

 

5.

CLASSICAL GUITAR (1980) FOR CLAIRE SEITZ

 

 1. Prelude in D (J.S. Bach)

 2. Prelude in G (J.S. Bach)

 3. Prelude in F#m (Ponce)

 4. Prelude in Bm (Ponce)

 5. Waltz in D (Ponce)

 6. The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (Seitz)

 7. Classical Gas (Williams)

 8. Icarus (Towner)

 9. Canzonetta (Tansman)

10. Allemande in Am (J.S. Bach)

11. Courante in Am (J.S. Bach)

12. Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach)

13. Double 1 in Bm (J.S. Bach)

14. Double 2 in Bm (J.S. Bach)

15. Pavane (Dowland)

16. Fantasia (Mudarra)

17. Bourree in Em (J.S. Bach)

18. Allemande in Em (J.S. Bach)

 

6.**

MUSIC BASED ON THE I CHING VOL. 1

SITAR, TAMBURA, TABLA

 

Live at Diana, Guelph. Mother’s Day, 1993

BR- Sitar, Charlie Fox –Tambura

1. “The Family” (12:17)

 

2. “Keeping Still” (12:13)

 

Winter Solstice Concert, Guelph, 1994

BR- Sitar, Jonathan Code- Tabla, Charlie Fox- Tambura

 

3. “The Taming Power of the Small” to “The Taming Power of the Great” (17:58)

 

4. “The Turning Point” (25:41)

 

7.**

MUSIC BASED ON THE I CHING VOL. 2

SITAR, GUITAR, TAMBURA

 

 

1. “Splitting Apart” (Sitar solo, Open Ear Music Centre, Guelph. April, 1996) (13:08)

 

2. “Limitation” (Sitar, tambura and drone. Charlottetown, Dec, 2003) (20:41)

 

3. “Increase” (BR – Sitar, Robin Armstrong - Celestial Harp. Toronto. 1998) (12:59)

 

4. “Fellowship” (12 string, tambura and drone. Charlottetown 2004) (5:24)

 

5. “Grace” (12 string, tambura and drone. Charlottetown 2004) (4:29)

 

6. “Increase” to “Inner Truth” (Classical guitar solo. Guelph. 1997) (17:01)

 

8.

QUASAR (MIDI)

RANDOM JAZZ (2002)

 

1. Whatever (2:18)

2. Too Damn Hot (1:17)

3. Ballade (3:11)

4. Bob (2:21)

5. Lunch (4:44)

6. Cloud 12 (1:37)

7. My Blues (1:44)

8. Why Not (2:09)

9. Nerd (1:18)

10. Saturday (2:11)

11. One-Fifty (1:50)

12. Java (1:45)

13. Oslo (3:19)

14. Ham and Swiss (2:56)

15. Fog (1:24)

16. Wallpaper (1:56)

 

9.

RANDOM, AMBIENT PIANO (MIDI) (1998)

 

SEVEN RANDOM PIECES

 

1. I  (6:47)

2. II  (2:37)

3. III  (6:37)

4. IV  (6:21)

5. V  (5:48)

6. VI  (2:04)

7. VII  (5:52)

VESPERS FOR PIANO

 

8. Celestial Sphere  (12:39)

9. Chimes  (10:16)

10. Nocturne  (4:04)

 

10.

MIDI WORKS… TONAL PIECES FOR PIANO, ORCHESTRA

 

1. A Bar for Nothing (3:06)

2. Baroque Suite (6:46)

3. Requiem for a Leaf (8:49)

4. Arcturus (4:18)

5. Country Dance (3:19)

6. Perpetual Trio (4:04)

7. Pembroke (3:23)

8. Fantasia in 16 Minor Modes (excerpt)(2:45)

9. Phase Music for Pianos (10:16)

10. Phase Music for Pianos #2 (3:44)

11. Phase Music for Harps (11:14)

 

11.

TEN TOCCATAS FOR GUITAR

 

(2002)

 

1. I (8:14)

2. II (4:27)

3. III (6:40)

4. IV (3:44)

5. V (5:00)

 

(2006)

 

6. VI (5:09)

7. VII (5:34)

8. VIII (6:29)

9. IX (5:11)

10. X (3:05)

 

12.**

FRIENDS AND OTHER STRANGERS

 

Folk album with Jon Mathews (Urban Folk Offspring)

 

1. Early Mornin’ Rain

2. Duncan

3. Scarborough Fair

4. Goin’ to the Country

5. Into White

6. Never Going Back

7. For Lovin’ Me

8. City of New Orleans

9. For No One

10. Don’t Think Twice

11. Sixty Years On

12. Gates of Eden

13. All the Diamonds

14. Big Love

 

13.**

“SARAH”

 

Ten songs dedicated to Sarah Roche

 

1. Blackbird

2. Fixing a Hole

3. Restless

4. Bitter Green

5. You Don’t Have to Cry

6. Long Time Gone

7. Boulevard of Broken Dreams

8. Can’t Find My Way Home

9. I Am Blessed

10. Shepherd Me O God

 

14.

“VENI”

 

Four-part Liturgical songs with Anne Gozard

 

15.**

“FIXING A HOLE” BEATLES TRIBUTE

 

1. Norwegian Wood

2. Yesterday

3. Blackbird

4. Cry Baby Cry

5. Mother Nature’s Son

6. I’m a Loser

7. Fixing a Hole

8. Fool on the Hill

9. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away

10. Here Comes the Sun

 

16.

“J.S. BACH: WORKS FOR GUITAR”

 

Forty selections taken from Mass in Bm, Art of Fugue, Violin, Lute and Cello works

 

17.

10 DIVERSIONS (SYNTHESIZER)

 

1. Harmonic Series Loops (8:30)

2. Eight Simple Loops (9:03)

3. Bells, Bass and Piano (8:52)

4. Seven Easy Pieces (4:04)

5. Adagio for Strings (3:25)

6. Orchestration of Natural Sounds (3:04)

7. Flies (3:05)

8. Timber (3:13)

9. Ex Mass (0:45)

10. Dial Up (0:39)

 

18.

J.S. BACH: JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING (SINGLE)

FOR TWO GUTARS AND STRINGS

 

19.

“J.S. BACH:  THREE VIOLIN CONCERTI ARRANGED FOR GUITAR AND STRINGS” (IN PROGRESS)

 

1. Concerto for Violin in Am BWV 1041

2. Concerto for Violin in E BWV 1042

3. Concerto for Two Violins in Dm BWV 1043

 

20.**

“BALLADS” (IN PROGRESS)

 

Eight jazz ballads

 

1. Lush Life

2. Miss Otis Regrets

3. Angel Eyes

4. I’ll Be Around

5. Sophisticated Lady

6. Summertime

7. What’ll I Do

8. Only the Lonely

 

21.

SCOTT JOPLIN, RAGTIME FOR TWO GUITARS (IN PROGRESS)

 

1. Original Rags

2. Elite Syncopations

3. Weeping Willow

4. The Cascades

5. The Chrysanthemum

6. The Ragtime Dance

7. Gladiolas Rag

8. The Nonpareil

9. Pineapple Rag

10. Paragon Rag

 

22.

“CANYON” A DEATH KNELL IN ALL 12 KEYS

 

For winds and brass.

 

23.

MUSIC BASED ON THE I CHING VOL. 3

SOLO GUITAR

 

1 “Decrease” (3:03)

2 “The Gentle” (2:55)

3 “The Creative” (3:36)

4 “Approach” (4:05)

5 Keeping Still” (3:59)

6 “The Taming Power of the Great” (2:14)

7 “Increase” (5:05)

8 “The Family” (8:09)

9 “The Abysmal” (6:47)

10 “The Power of the Great” (2:26)

11 “Dispersion” (3:56)

12 “The Corners of the Mouth” (4:05)

24.

MUSIC BASED ON THE I CHING VOL. 4 NEW (RE-MASTERED)

RANDOM PIANO WITH DRONE

 

1. “Waiting” (4:47)

2. “The Army” (6:17)

3. “Treading” (4:29)

4. “Holding Together” (5:56)

5. “Peace” (5:30)

6. “Standstill” (5:32)

7. “Following” (6:11)

8. “Modesty” (6:18)

9. “Grace” (5:27) 

10. “Influence” (5:23)

11. “Innocence” (4:52)

12. “The Receptive” (6:44)

 

25.

80 PIECES FOR PIANO VOL. 1 (1-40)

 

26.

80 PIECES FOR PIANO VOL. 2 (41-80)

 

27.

SIX CONTINUOUS PIANO PIECES

 

28.

“RANDOM HOUSE”

FOUR RANDOM DANCE PIECES

 

29.

QUASAR II RANDOM FREE JAZZ

SOLOS, DUOS AND TRIOS FOR PIANO. BASS AND DRUMS

 

30.

PHASE MUSIC FOR VIBRAPHONE, XYLOPHONE AND MARIMBA

 

31.

PHASE MUSIC FOR STRINGS

 

32.

PHASE MUSIC FOR SIX PIANOS

 

33.

QUASAR III NEW

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 5 ARRANGED FOR PIANO AND BASS

 

34.

QUASAR IV NEW

BEETHOVEN SONATAS ARRANGED FOR JAZZ PIANO

 

35.

QUASAR V NEW

SYMPHONIES ARRANGED FOR BLUES PIANO

BEETHOVEN NO. 5, MOZART NO. 40

 

36.

QUASAR VI NEW

BARTOK PIANO SONATA AND STRAVINSKY RITE OF SPRING ARRANGED FOR JAZZ TRIO, PIANO, BASS, DRUMS