Astra has produced several scores in an ongoing critical edition of Keith Humble's music, prepared at a high research level by editor Kim Bastin. Nine scores in this series have appeared, with more in preparation, which have made this music available in libraries and private collections in Australia and internationally.
Other publications include the performance text Murchitt - a Daydream by William Henderson, and the Astra compact disc series, numbering six CDs to date, which provides concrete and lasting documentation of Astra's work.
Contact the Astra office for more details and to order publications.
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Astra CD 1 ThrenodyMICHAEL KIERAN HARVEY, piano Australian piano compositions: Bagatelles by Keith Humble and Carl Vine with short piano works by James Anderson, Andrew Byrne, Stuart Campbell, Michael Kieran Harvey, John McCaughey track listing Running time: 71'12" |
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Astra CD 2 BagatellesKEITH HUMBLE, piano Bagatelles by Humble (first performance), Bartók and Liszt. track listing
Running time: 39'54" |
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Astra CD 3 murchitt, a daydreamComposed by LAWRENCE WHIFFIN, A joint package with text by William Henderson. With Merlyn Quaife, Tyrone Landau, William Henderson, Astra Choir and chamber ensemble, conducted by John McCaughey. |
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Astra CD 4 White and BlackKIM BASTIN AND JOAN POLLOCK, pianos piano works for four hands by Ravel, Schoenberg, Debussy, Schumann. track listing Running time: 60'43" |
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Astra CD 5 achilles falls…1st ASTRA concert ARCHIVE CD WOLPE, WEBERN, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS cost: $20 (inc GST) plus handling + postage CD 5 texts and translations (requires Adobe Reader) Listen to Anton Webern: Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen (MP3, 2.5 MB) |
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Astra CD 6 first and last things...2nd ASTRA concert ARCHIVE CD BACH, BUSONI, KAGEL, HINDEMITH, LECHNER THE ASTRA CHOIR with soloists and ensemble cost: $20 (inc GST) plus handling + postage Listen to J.S. Bach: Kyrie with Agnus Dei from Mass in F major (MP3, 4.5 MB) |
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NWR 80678-2 Johanna Beyer - Sticky MelodiesChoral and chamber music of Johanna Beyer, published by New World Records, the Recorded Anthology of American Music This double-CD set, featuring world premiere recordings of all the works, is the first ever devoted entirely to the music of Johanna Magdalena Beyer (1888-1944), an important member of the New York City modernist group of composers that included Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Charles Seeger and Carl Ruggles. Astra Chamber Music Society including Astra Choir, soloists and ensemble, conductor John McCaughey With extensive program notes by Larry Polansky and John McCaughey. . cost: $30 (2 CDs - inc GST) plus handling + postage |
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No. 1 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN arranged by KEITH HUMBLE, ETUDE Opus 25 No. 7 cello and piano (1979) | ||
No. 2 WILLIAM HENDERSON, murchitt, a daydream | ||
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No. 3 KEITH HUMBLE, Nocturne III for choir and piano | ||
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No. 4 KEITH HUMBLE, Eight Bagatelles for solo piano | ||
No. 5 FRANZ LISZT arranged by KEITH HUMBLE, Orpheus, |
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No. 6 KEITH HUMBLE, Eight Cabaret Songs, voice and piano |
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No. 7 KEITH HUMBLE, Sonata no. 3, piano solo |
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| No. 8 HELEN GIFFORD, As Dew in Aprille (1955),
for solo voice and piano anon. 15th century carol, edited by Kim Bastin cost: $5 (inc GST) plus handling + postage |
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| No. 9 KEITH HUMBLE, Sonata no.
4 (1990), piano solo copied and edited with critical notes by Kim Bastin cost: $20 (inc GST) plus handling + postage |
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| No. 10 KEITH HUMBLE, Three Nocturnes (1988), choir and piano copied and edited with critical notes by Kim Bastin cost: $25 (inc GST) plus handling + postage |
