Martin Bresnick (USA, 1946) specialized in chamber music for both traditional
and unconventional ensembles.
Music for Strings (CRI, 1995) contains String Quartet No. 2 "Bucephalus"' (1984) and String Quartet No. 3 (1992).
Opere della Musica Povera (CRI, 2000) contains assorted pieces for small ensembles, notably: Pine Eyes (1998), Bird As Prophet (1999), The Bucket Rider (1995).
My 20th Century (New World, 2005) contains chamber music scored for various small ensembles such as My Twentieth Century (2002) but mainly Grace (2000), a concerto for two marimbas and orchestra.
The Essential Martin Bresnick (Cantaloupe, 2006) contains String Quartet #2 "Bucephalus" (1984) and Trio for piano, violin, and violoncello (1988).
Every Thing Must Go (Albany, 2010) contains the saxophone quartet Every Thing Must Go.
Another highlight is the concerto for piano/keyboard and percussion quartet titled Caprichos Enfaticos (Cantaloupe, 2011).
Prayers Remain Forever (Starkland, 2014) collects
six chamber works
for solo
instruments and for duos:
the elegiac Going Home (2010) for oboe quartet,
the stern quasi-minimalistic Ishi's Song (2012) for piano,
the neurotic Josephine the Singer (2011) for violin (based on a Kafka story),
Strange Devotion (2010) for piano,
A Message From the Emperor (2010),
based on a Kafka story,
for two speaking percussionists
(Michael Compitello on marimba and Ian Rosenbaum on vibraphone),
and especially the 14-minute somber poignant fantasia Prayers Remain Forever (2011) for piano (Lisa Moore) and cello (Ashley Bathgate).
Parisot (2017) includes Parisot for solo cello.
David Bowlin: Bird as Prophet
(2019)
includes Bird as Prophet for violin and piano.
The Planet on the Table (2021) includes
The Planet on the Table for string quartet.
