Recordings
Trio Music of Marilyn Shrude
AMP Recordings (2022)
Notturno: In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu and Within Silence
John Sampen, saxophone; Maria Sampen, violin
HEXAGON
HearNow (2022)
Hexagon
Don Wilson, composer; Marilyn Shrude, piano
The Composer’s Voice. New Music from Bowling Green, Volume 8
Albany Records (2022)
Libro d’Ore (Book of Hours)
Uiaba Galu (violin); Bowling Green Philharmonia; Emily Freeman Brown (conductor)
Additional Music by Aaron Jay Kernis, Richard Cornell, Dalit Warshaw, Martin Kennedy, and David Liptak
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Alchemy – New Music for Saxophone and Piano
Clarinet and Saxophone Classics Recording (2022)
Lacrimosa
Additional Music by John Anthony Lennon, Mischa Zupko, Benjamin Nylander, and Viet Cuong
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Night Set
Amp Recordings (2022)
Shadows & Dawning and Fantasmi
Matthew Younglove, saxophone
Additional Music by Caleb Burhans, Gregory Wanamaker, Michael Rene Torres, and Girard Kratzt
Crosswind
Ravello Records (2019)
Notturno: In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu
Tower Duo– Erin Helgeson Torres, flute; Michael Rene Torres, saxophone
Additional Music by Chin Ting Chan, Phillip Sink, Michael Rene Torres, Scott Brickman, Thomas Wells, Dylan Arthur Baker, and Charlie Wilmoth
In Search Of Stillness
AMP Recordings (2017)
energy flows nervously… in search of stillness for saxophone quartet
Assembly Saxophone Quartet– Jeffrey Heisler, soprano saxophone; Ian Jeffress, alto saxophone; Matthew Younglove, tenor saxophone; Adam Estes, baritone saxophone
Additional music by Benjamin Taylor, Kurt Isaacson, Simon Fink, and John Fitz Rogers
John Sampen: The Electric Saxophone II
AMP Recordings (2015) AMPREC 016
Trope for alto saxophone and pre-recorded saxophones
John Sampen, alto saxophone
Additional music by Steve Reich, Russell Pinkston, James Mobberley, Toru Takemitsu, and Mark R. Bunce
cloudServer
ACA Digital Recording, Inc. (2015) CM20113
Notturno: In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu
Verismo Trio– Nicole Riner, flute; J. Scott Turpen, alto saxophone; Theresa Bogard, piano
Additional music by Russ Peterson, Sunny Knable, Dave Deason, Ivan Bozicevic, Jason Barabba, and Jason Emerson
Bending the Light
New World Records (1999) 80559-2
A Window Always Open on the Sea
The Core Ensemble – Andrew Mark, cello; Hugh Hinton, piano; Michael Parola, percussion
Additional music by Dan Welcher, Judith Shatin, Marjorie Merryman, Ross Bauer, and Peter Lieuwen
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Voices of Dissent
MSR Classics (2011) MS1408
Trope
Joren Cain, alto saxophone; Maila Gutierrez Springfield, piano
Additional music by Jean-Louis Petit, David M. Gordon, Fernande Decruck, Elainie Lillios, Mikel Kuehn, Burton Beerman, Astor Piazzola, and Piet Swerts
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Inventions, Interludes and Interjections
Duo Montagnard (2013) – Joseph Murphy, saxophone; Matthew Slotkin, guitar
Face of the Moon
Additional music by Jonathan Elliott, Ilya Levinson, L.A. Logrande, Loretta Notareschi, Russell Peterson and David Kechley
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Shadows and Dawning
Albany Records (2002) Troy 526
Evolution V, Shadows and Dawning, and Renewing the Myth
John Sampen, alto and soprano saxophone; Marilyn Shrude, piano
Additional music by William Albright, Milton Babbitt,
Phillip Glass, Karel Husa, and Pauline Oliveros
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Carillon Sky
Impermanence Records (2011) IMP 13
Continuum (Postscript ’97)
Carrie Koffman, alto saxophone; Margreet Francis, piano
Additional music by Roshanne Etezady, Augusta Read Thomas, Cindy McTee, Shulamit Ran, Marguerite Roesgen-Champion, Tanya Anisimova, and Lera Auerbach
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Images: Ryoanji Duo
Liscio Recordings (2003) LCD-05032
Face of the Moon
Frank Bongiorno, alto saxophone; Robert Nathanson, guitar
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Visions in Metaphor
Albany Records (2001) Troy 442
Visions in Metaphor and Continuum: Postscript ’97
John Sampen, alto and soprano saxophone; Marilyn Shrude, piano
Additional music by John Adams, Samuel Adler, William Albright, Milton
Babbitt, Phillip Glass, Karel Husa, and Pauline Oliveros
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Carnival
(2003)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
James Umble, alto saxophone; Steven Gage, conductor
Youngstown State University Wind Ensemble
A Portrait of American Women Composers, Vol. II
MMC Recordings (2001) MMC 2101
La Chanson du printemps… and Passage of Years
Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Alek, conductor
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Montreal-Paris-Chicago
ATMA Records (1998) ACD 22154
Shadows and Dawning
Isabelle Lapierre, saxophone; Andre Sebastien, piano
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The Composer’s Voice: New Music from Bowling Green
Albany Records (1999) Troy 321
Into Light
Bowling Green Philharmonia
Emily Freeman Brown, conductor
John Sampen: The Electric Saxophone
Capstone Records (1997) CPS-8636
Drifting Over a Red Place
John Sampen, WX7 Wind Controller
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The Contemporary Saxophone
Neuma Records (1992) Neuma 450-80
Renewing the Myth
Additional music by Charles Wourinen, Milton Babbitt, and Morton Subotnick
John Sampen, alto and soprano saxophone; Marilyn Shrude, piano
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CDCM Computer Music Series
Centaur Records (2010) CDCM Vol. 38, CRC 3081
John Sampen, Jeffrey Heisler and James Fusik; alto saxophones
Additional music by Burton Beerman, Gregory Cornelius, Shane Hoose, Mikel Kuehn, Elainie Lillios, Michael Thompson and Dan Tramte
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The Voice of the Composer
Albany Records (2010) Troy 1214
A Virtual Reality
Bowling Green Philharmonia
Emily Freeman Brown, conductor
Additional music by Steven Stucky, Raymond Lustig, Elliot Carter and Avner Dorman
Butterfly Dance: Music by Americans
Albany Records (2006) Troy 882
Secrets
Studio for New Music, Moscow Conservatory
Additional music by David Gompper, Noel Zahler, Joseph Dangerfield, and George Crumb
Scenes From a Mountain
Fox Glove Records (2002)
Continuum
Richard Ingham, alto saxophone; Mary McCarthy, piano
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Jean-Michel Goury and Quatuor Apollinaire. Salom Tours 2000-01
EROL Records 7030 (2002)
Transparent Eyes
Quatuor Apollinaire — Jean-Michel Goury, alto saxophone; Sophie Goury, flute; Yves Josset and Marie-Christine Wlazlik, pianos