Discography
Never Broken
Center Stage Records
Released in 2004.
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This recording features David Alpher's Song of Witness, sung by Christopheren Nomura, baritone, with Alpher joining an instrumental ensemble as pianist. Also on the disc is Stefania de Kenessey's Autumn Elegy, in which Alpher plays the piano part, and Syvie Bodorová's Terezin Ghetto Requiem.
On this Flute Force CD, David Alpher's Land of the Farther Suns is narrated by humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor, and played by Flute Force and David Alpher (piano).
Eyewitness
American Reflections: David Alpher Chamber Music
Ongaku Records #024-112
Released in 1999.
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The only disc to date which is comprised exclusively of Alpher compositions, this CD displays the stylistic and instrumentational range of his chamber music and songs.
Contents:
Atlantic Legend (Maureen Gallagher, viola; Myron Lutzke, cello; Jean Newton, harpsichord)
Tribute to Kerouac (Jonathan Cohler, clarinet; Kenneth Radnofsky, tenor saxophone; David Alpher, piano; Robert Lynam, string bass)
Returnings (Martha Moor, harp; David Alpher, piano)
Elegy for a Friend (David Alpher, piano)
Songs of Transcendence (Robert Honeysucker, baritone; David Alpher, piano)
This CD features original arrangements of many of Foster's most-loved songs, as well as some lesser-known gems. Performers are Metropolitan Opera baritone Thomas Hampson; Jay Ungar, violin and mandolin; Molly Mason, guitar and string bass; David Alpher, piano; Garrison Keillor, vocal harmony; and others. David Alpher is co-arranger as well as pianist in this unusual recording, which recaptures an old-fashioned spirit of homespun improvisation. Jay and Molly, American traditional music performers, provided the celebrated score for the PBS documentary The Civil War.
American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster
Angel Records #CDC54621
Released in 1992.