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SONATA: Solo Piano Works Composed & Performed by Mark Isaacs
Year: 2023 | Catalogue no.: Gracemusic/MGM GR007
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Recorded for the ABC Classic label, this album is an intimately authentic selection of recent solo piano classical compositions by Mark Isaacs, performed by the composer. It features a suite of six Songs Without Words, a set of variations on the English folksong The Snow It Melts the Soonest, and his Sonata.
“Music, at its absolute best, touches the realm of infinity. This is the feeling I have always had with Mark Isaacs’ music, delirious with the beauty and depth of his masterful storytelling, sensitive technique and razor-sharp intelligence.”
—SIMON TEDESCHI concert pianist and author
Ravel: Ondine
Year: 2022 | Label: Gracemusic/MGM
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Following his 2020 classical repertoire album Intimacies, which received lavish accolades, now, recorded in Adelaide’s superb Elder Hall, with concurrent multicam video shoot, comes Mark Isaacs’ interpretation of Ravel’s Ondine, a masterwork of French Impressionism which sumptuously evokes the manifold levels of emotion brought forth by the mysterious and sensual spirit of the water.
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Intimacies
Year: 2020 | Catalogue no.: Gracemusic/MGM GR006
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Here is an album of sparklingly fresh, warmly intimate and deeply personal takes on some of the most lyrical and beloved solo piano works in the entire classical repertoire. These precious gems of unrestrained lyricism by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Debussy, Satie and Poulenc are given singularly personal and engaging treatments by one of Australia’s most accomplished musical polymaths, internationally-renowned pianist and composer Mark Isaacs. Following two ARIA-nominated albums in jazz, this is his keenly-anticipated debut release of solo classical repertoire.
All Who Travel With Us
Year: 2020 | Label: Some Of Two Parts
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At the start of the COVID-19 lockdown the original spontaneous creations of Loretta Palmeiro (soprano sax) & Mark Isaacs (piano) streamed on the Facebook & YouTube platforms and touched online audiences. This album captures that music, live, exactly as it was created in the session, emerging as a candid and striking three-part suite.
Forgotten Fields
Year: 2020 | Label: Gracemusic/MGM
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Seven consoling, original solo piano miniatures composed and performed by Mark Isaacs.
Recording producer: Lachlan Bramble. Recorded in Adelaide, South Australia.
Robin Hood: The Film Music of Mark Isaacs Vol. 1
Year: 2020 | Catalogue No.: 1M1 Digital Records 1M1CD1039
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Music composed and conducted by Mark Isaacs. Remastered film soundtrack music from A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1984), IVANHOE (1986), ROBIN HOOD (1985), & ROB ROY (1987). CD Producer Philip Powers. Multi-page CD booklet with notes by Jeff Bond, Mark Isaacs & Philip Powers.
The Present
Year: 2020 | Label: Bandcamp
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Demonstrating how jazz and improvised music elegantly respond to change, the duo of Mark Isaacs (piano) and Loretta Palmeiro (soprano saxophone) draw on intuition, imagination and innovation as they take listeners on a remarkable and evolving voyage.
Ulpirra Sonatines
Year: 2016 | Catalogue No.: MD002
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Flautist Melissa Doecke and pianist Mark Isaacs play Australian and French music for flute and piano by Mark Isaacs, Ross Edwards, Poulenc and Dutilleux. Includes Mark Isaacs’s Sonatine and The River.
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Encounters (with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes)
Year: 2013 | Catalogue No.: Gracemusic/MGM GR005 (reissue)
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When Encounters was first released in Australia by ABC in 1990, it was described as “a landmark in the internationalisation of Australian jazz”. In a Manhattan recording session in 1988 the then 30-year old Australian Mark Isaacs joined as record producer and pianist with two of the legends of international jazz: the British-born, ex-Miles Davis bassist Dave Holland as well as drummer Roy Haynes, immortalised as a first-guard bebop pioneer who had played with Charlie Parker and Bud Powell.
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Duende
Year: 2013 | Catalogue No.: Gracemusic/MGM GR004
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Mark Isaacs’ Resurgence project attracted two ARIA Award nominations and toured widely, playing major festivals such as Tokyo Jazz Festival. Joining the stunning line-up of featured Australian instrumental talent is brilliant young Australian vocalist Briana Cowlishaw.
Children’s Songs
Year: 2013 | Catalogue No.: Soundbrush Records SR102
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Solo piano compositions by Mark Isaacs performed by the composer and released internationally by the New York label Soundbrush Records.
“This wonderful cycle is highly inventive and inspiring, accessible to children and adults alike. Very enjoyable and touching!” – Vladimir Ashkenazy
The Wind in the Willows
Year: 2012 | Catalogue No.: HUSH012
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Recorded for Hush Music, a chamber music suite composed by Mark Isaacs and featuring Mark at the piano with the cream of Australia’s classical musicians with narrations by composer, broadcaster and author Andrew Ford.
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Aurora (CD/DVD)
Year: 2010 | Catalogue No.: Gracemusic/MGM GR003
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Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band releases their new studio recording Aurora with a bonus performance DVD of Tell It Like It Is.
Tell It Like It Is
Year: 2009 | Catalogue No.: ABC/Universal 270 3869
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Featuring the Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band with James Muller, Matt Keegan, Brett Hirst and Tim Firth. Original compositions by Mark Isaacs. Nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album.
Resurgence
Year: 2007 | Catalogue No.: ABC/Universal 476 6160
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Recorded in Los Angeles at Capitol Studios and featuring James Muller, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bob Sheppard, Steve Tavaglione and Jay Anderson. Original compositions by Mark Isaacs. Nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album.
Visions
Year: 2007 | Catalogue No.: Vorticity Music VM021309-2
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Interpretations of 60s and 70s pop tunes with Ben Waples and James Hauptmann.
Keeping the Standards
Year: 2004 | Catalogue No.: Vorticity Music VMO11309-1
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Jazz standards recorded with Jay Anderson and Adam Nussbaum live at the Basement, Sydney.
Closer
Year: 2000 | Catalogue No.: Naxos 86065-2
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Original compositions by Mark Isaacs with James Muller, Jason Cooney, Adam Armstrong and Hamish Stuart. An international release on Naxos Jazz.
On Reflection
Year: 1998 | Catalogue No.: Grace Recordings GR002
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Original compositions by Mark Isaacs with James Muller, Jason Cooney, Adam Armstrong and Hamish Stuart.
Elders Suite (with Kenny Wheeler)
Year: 1997 | Catalogue No.: Grace Recordings GR001
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Featuring Kenny Wheeler with Adam Armstrong and Andrew Gander and the Elders Suite composed especially by Mark Isaacs for Kenny Wheeler. Recorded live at The Basement, Sydney with additional solo piano tracks recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall.
The Elements (4-CD boxed set)
Year: 1996 | Catalogue No.: ABC/EMI 4798272
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4-CD boxed set containing Earth, Water, Air & Fire.
Encounters (with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes)
Year: 1995 | Catalogue No.: ABC/EMI 4797852 (reissue)
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Recorded in New York featuring Dave Holland and Roy Haynes. Free improvisations.
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Earth
Year: 1995 | Catalogue No.: ABC/EMI 4798262
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Mark Isaacs – Solo piano improvisations.
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Air
Year: 1995 | Catalogue No.: ABC/EMI 4798252
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Mark Isaacs – Solo piano improvisations.
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Water
Year: 1995 | Catalogue No.: ABC/EMI 4798242
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Mark Isaacs – Solo piano improvisations.
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Fire
Year: 1995 | Catalogue No.: ABC/EMI 4798232
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Mark Isaacs – Solo piano improvisations.
For Sure
Year: 1993 | Catalogue No.: ABC/EMI 4796102
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Jazz classics with Adam Armstrong and Andrew Gander.
Encounters (with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes)
Year: 1991 | Catalogue No.: 1991 veraBra vBr2076 (European/North American release)
Year: 1990 | Catalogue No.: ABC/Polygram 846 220 (original release)
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Recorded in New York featuring Dave Holland and Roy Haynes. Free improvisations.
Preludes
Year: 1987 | Catalogue No.: Jarra Hill Records (Larrikin) JHR 2003 (LP only)
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Book 1 of through-composed piano preludes by Mark Isaacs.
Originals
Year: 1981 | Catalogue No.: Battyman Records BAT 2071 (LP only)
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First album by Mark Isaacs, recorded at age 21. Compositions for violin, oboe and voice and solo piano improvisations. Featuring John Harding (violin), Kerrie Biddell (vocal) and Roxanne Kimmorley (oboe).