Move Records Australian classical & art music, est. 1968

Australian art music, recorded since 1968.

Move is an independent label that records and publishes Australia’s classical, early and new music; especially the performers, the composers, and the works that would otherwise go unrecorded.

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Broken Words

Chamber works for concert flute, alto flute and piccolo; baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and alto saxophone; and piano by Frank Millward. Broken Words explores how technology is reshaping musical communication and meaning.

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  1. Broken Words – Broken Words
  2. Broken Words – Pronouncing the Noun Baroque
  3. _Ruptions – E
  4. #6 Bag of Tells

Why we record

Move has never selected projects on commercial viability alone. We look for music of inherent value — living composers, and works from the past that have yet to reach the digital era; helping to preserve Australia’s musical heritage.

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Recording studio & services

Move Records Studio is a purpose-built classical recording space with a rich natural acoustic, ideal for soloists, vocal groups and small instrumental ensembles.

We also offer on-location recording, duplication, artwork and printing, vinyl restoration, publishing and distribution.

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Recent releases

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Exquisite Harmonies

Exquisite Harmonies features works for viola da gamba and harpsichord, and several harpsichord solos, largely from the French Baroque. The exceptions are Telemann, Abel and Australian composer Troy Russell. A nice treat is an improvised harpsichord fantasia in the style of Telemann.

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The life in between

Michael Kieran Harvey anchors this solo piano programme with Martin Friedel’s final work, …the life in between…, then sets it among virtuoso scores by Pertout, Crossman, Spiers, Selleck and McAlley.

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The Other Side of Tony Gould

Tony Gould is best known as a jazz pianist and improviser. This recording turns to his classical side: original concert works written over two decades, with Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in a four-hand piano version.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books 1 and 2

Distinguished Australian pianist and harpsichordist Judith Lambden presents J.S. Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I and II (BWV 846–893), recorded across nine years as a five-CD set.

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My Heart

Naarm/Melbourne pianist Danaë Killian presents an expressionist programme of solo piano, spoken word and tarot, centred on her own My Prussian Blue Heart and works by mostly Australian composers.

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Shifting Landscapes

Shifting Landscapes is Australian flautist Kathryn Moorhead’s survey of the flute’s contemporary sound world, gathering works that push the instrument past its familiar range through extended technique, colour, and texture.

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Homegrown

Themes of nature, motherhood, and a profound spiritual connection to place pervade Homegrown — art song by Australian women composers, performed by soprano Rebecca Cassidy and pianist Alex Raineri.

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True Romantics

In True Romantics, clarinettist Philip Arkinstall and pianist Kristian Chong bring lyrical warmth to Brahms’s Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120, and Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22, here in Roger Young’s clarinet transcription.

News & reviews

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  1. What would Peggy do? The cultural cringe in Australian classical music

    In 2012, Michael Kieran Harvey gave the 14th Annual Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address established by the New Music Network. A strong advocate for Australian art music, Michael challenges the status quo where funding tends to favour overseas artists and dead, rather than living composers. The talk raises issues still fully relevant more than ten years later. The video can be viewed here along with a full transcript. ...

  2. Brilliantly conceived and performed

    Julie McErlain reviewed Michael Kieran Harvey War Sonata concert in July 2024 ... Brilliantly conceived and performed, Michael Kieran Harvey’s premier performance of his three War Sonatas was a tense, dramatic, hypnotic and deeply confronting musical experience, adding powerful new works to universal piano repertoire.

  3. Andrián Pertout’s monumental piano work ‘Luz Meridional’ is full of delights

    The following is one of the best reviews we have seen at Move. Alan Holley wrote this rave for "Luz Meridional" in the online site classikON, and it is worth a read:

  4. Wagner reinterpreted, bold as brass

    Barney Zwartz has written an article in The Age and SMH about horn player Mark Papworth's Wagner project. Siegfried’s Story, a CD of 12 scenes from the Ring adapted for the highly unusual combination of horn, tuba and piano, recording under the name Bonza Brass.

Over fifty years of music

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Tuba RecitalTuba Recital Essentially AustralianEssentially Australian Melbourne Mandolin OrchestraMelbourne Mandolin Orchestra Bach's Tonal SoundscapeBach's Tonal Soundscape North of the Yarra: Organs of MelbourneNorth of the Yarra: Organs of Melbourne Melbourne Sounds GrandMelbourne Sounds Grand With Tenderness, With FireWith Tenderness, With Fire Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Canberra 1987Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Canberra 1987 Carillon and OrganCarillon and Organ Listen to the Band, Vol. 3Listen to the Band, Vol. 3 Music for the Countess of SandwichMusic for the Countess of Sandwich The Choir of Ormond College MelbourneThe Choir of Ormond College Melbourne Just Married: Organ Music for a WeddingJust Married: Organ Music for a Wedding CutetudesCutetudes SongeSonge The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 2The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 2 Full SpectrumFull Spectrum Australia's Billy WilliamsAustralia's Billy Williams Unfold: Sequence for solo celloUnfold: Sequence for solo cello Hymns For All SeasonsHymns For All Seasons Flute Perspectives, Vol. 4Flute Perspectives, Vol. 4 O Rose So RedO Rose So Red Le RossignolLe Rossignol Organ at the OperaOrgan at the Opera Theme & DeviationsTheme & Deviations Bon Voyage!Bon Voyage! Victoria VictoriaVictoria Victoria Two Gentlemen of Verona - The Music of the 14th Century Vol. 1Two Gentlemen of Verona - The Music of the 14th Century Vol. 1 Centenary PlusCentenary Plus Continental DriftContinental Drift Listen to the Band, Vol. 2Listen to the Band, Vol. 2 stackstack Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 2Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 2 Golden SoundsGolden Sounds Telemann Duo SonatasTelemann Duo Sonatas Gould Plays GouldGould Plays Gould Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 1Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 1 15 Favourite Christmas Carols15 Favourite Christmas Carols Recorded Messages: ViolinRecorded Messages: Violin Sing Round the YearSing Round the Year Pachelbel, His Canon and Much MorePachelbel, His Canon and Much More The 12 Days of ChristmasThe 12 Days of Christmas The Film Music of George Dreyfus, Vol. 2The Film Music of George Dreyfus, Vol. 2 The Last Will and Testament of John SangsterThe Last Will and Testament of John Sangster Melbourne WindpowerMelbourne Windpower Echoes of Ancestral VoicesEchoes of Ancestral Voices Mandolin ChristmasMandolin Christmas Seven Whole Days: Music for the Contemporary ChurchSeven Whole Days: Music for the Contemporary Church Jazz Music Series, Vol. 2: Requiem (for a loved one)Jazz Music Series, Vol. 2: Requiem (for a loved one) Veiled VirtuosityVeiled Virtuosity