nicole PAIEMENT
conductor

musical recordings

2006

Conductor and Artistic Director for Lou Harrison: In Memoriam. Includes world première recordings of Mass for the Feast of Saint Cecilia, Elegy for Harpo Marx, In Memory of Victor Jowers, Sanctus, and Pied Beauty. Also includes Solstice. Ensemble Parallèle. Helicon Records. Fall 2006.
2005  
Conductor and Artistic Director for Tribute to Andrew Imbrie. Includes world première recording of Spring Fever by Imbrie, and world première recordings of commissioned works by John Harbison, Mario Davidovsky, Hi Kyung Kim, Wayne Peterson, Sung-Jae Lee, William Smith, and Robert Help. Ensemble Parallèle and San Francisco New Music Ensemble. Albany Records.
 
Conductor and Artistic Director for Autour de Messiaen. Includes world première recording of Michèle Reverdy's Concerto for Orchestra, and chamber music by Tristan Murail, Gilles Tremblay, and Qigang Cheng. San Francisco New Music Ensemble and Ensemble Parallèle. MSR Records.
Conductor and Artistic Director for Music of Darius Milhaud. Includes world première recordings of Cantate de la Guerre by Milhaud, and API - a commissioned work by Elinor Armer, student of Milhaud. Also includes Sonate pour Violin et Clavecin, and Aspen Serenade. Ensemble Parallèle and UCSC Chamber Singers. Helicon Records.
2002  
Conductor and Artistic Director for Music by Lou Harrison. Includes world première recordings of Easter Cantata, Caesar's Aria I, V, IX, The Only Jealousy of Emer, Caligula's Dance, Music for Remy, Marriage at the Eiffel Tower (chamber version), and Mass (reconstructed and rewritten for our ensemble). Ensemble Parallèle and UCSC Chamber Singers. Mode Records.
2001  
Conductor for Dancing with Henry: Music of Henry Cowell. Première recordings of Atlantis, Heroic Dance, Dance of Works, Dance of Sports, and Suite. Ensemble Parallèle. Mode Records.
2000  
Conductor for The Gift of the Magi, opera by David Conte (world première recording). San Francisco New Music Ensemble. Arsis Records.
Germaine Tailleferre: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Partita for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Strings. Ensemble Parallèle and UCSC Orchestra. Helicon Records 1048.
Virtual Mozart: Music by David Cope (EMI). Première recordings of two works written in the style of Mozart by a computer program - Experiments in Musical Intelligence: Symphony After Mozart, and Piano Concerto After Mozart. Santa Cruz Baroque Orchestra on original instruments. Linda Burman-Hall, pianoforte. Centaur Records CRC2452.
1998  
Heinrich Schütz: A Musical Portrait (Alfred Mann, artistic advisor). Recording includes works from all periods of Schütz's life: Resurrection Story, Oster Dialog, Die Sieben Worte, and German Magnificat. UCSC Chamber Singers and the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival Orchestra. Helicon Music Ltd. HE1037.
1997  
Lou Harrison: Rapunzel. World première recording of Harrison's serial opera in six acts. Ensemble Parallèle. New Albion Records NA093.
 
Musique de Marc Landry, world première recording. Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. APCM Distributions K7-0003.
1996  
The Music of Germaine Tailleferre. This is a new release of the previously released CD by Intrada in Europe (1993). Helicon Music Ltd. HE1008.
1995  
Claude Debussy and the French School. Ensemble Parallèle. Musical Heritage Society MHS 513903F.
1994  
Octagon, New Music Ensemble, Volume I. World première recording of works by Harrison, Stevens, Chuaqui, Doe, Mateus-Vasquez, Santore, Kothman and Jelliffe. Albany Records TROY 130.
Octagon, New Music Ensemble, Volume II. World première recording of works by Doe, Banks, Melbinger, Vogl, Sawyer, Pereira and Jespersen. Albany Records TROY 133.
Lou Harrison: A Birthday Celebration. Includes world première of Strict Songs, New Moon, and Holly and Ivy. Also includes Air from opera Rapunzel, and First Concerto for Flute and Percussion. UCSC Chamber Singers and Orchestra. Musical Heritage Society MHS 513616L.
1993  
La Musique de Germaine Tailleferre. Includes Images, Forlane, Chansons Françaises, Sonate pour harpe, and Quatuor à cordes. Ensemble Parallèle. Helicon Music Ltd. HE 1008 (originally Dureco Records, Intrada 11 58582).
Plaisirs d'amour: Love Songs from the French Renaissance. Music by Nicolas de Marle, Vulfran Samin, Pierre de Villiers, Jean Guyon, Pierre Cadeac, Gabriel Coste, Jean Bastard, Robert Godard, Henri Fresneau et al., UCSC Chamber Singers and Renaissance Consort. Helicon Records 1017 (originally Musical Heritage Society and Dureco records, Intrada 11 58522).
1992  
 
Allesandro Stradella's Esule dalle sfere (première recording). Max von Egmond, baritone; Judith Nelson, soprano; UCSC Chamber Singers and Santa Cruz Baroque Festival Ensemble. Musical Heritage Society. MHS 5132575.