Question: Albany Records, established in 1987, released some of Brian Israel's work post-humously as he died from which form of cancer?
Context: Linda Strommen is an American oboist.  She is Professor of Oboe at Indiana University and has been a regular visiting Oboe Instructor at the Juilliard School of Music for more than ten years.  A former member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Santa Fe Opera, she has held principal and assistant principal position with Milwaukee, Honolulu, New Heaven, Wichita, and Baton Rouge Symphonies and acting principal oboe positions with the Rochester Philharmonic and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.  In addition to being a former member of the Timm and Lieurance Woodwind Quintets, she has been a regular participant in summer festivals such as the Marlboro, Bellingham, Bard and Masterworks Festivals.  Ms. Strommen commissioned and premiered the oboe concerto for oboe and string orchestra “Down a River of Time” by Eric Ewazen.  Her recording of this work with the International Sejong Soloists, “Sejong Plays Ewazen,” has been released by Albany records. Brian Israel (February 5, 1951 - May 7, 1986), was an American composer, pianist, and conductor.  He was a faculty member of the Syracuse University School of Music from 1975 until his death, at age 35, from leukemia.  He left a large number of written symphonic, chamber, and solo works, several of which have been recorded for Spectrum, Redwood, Pro-Viva, Innova Records, and Albany Records.  "His music is marked by extreme contrasts in tempo and mood, often following a witty or downright funny movement with one that is deadly serious." Albany Records is a record label that concentrates on unconventional contemporary classical music by American composers and musicians.  It was established by Peter Kermani in 1987 and is based in Albany, New York. Dalit Hadass Warshaw (born August 6, 1974) is a New York-based composer, pianist, thereminist.  Previously on the composition and music theory faculty of Boston Conservatory, she currently serves on the composition faculty at CUNY-Brooklyn College.  Her works have been performed by dozens of orchestral ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras (Zubin Mehta conducting), the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Y Chamber Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony and the Albany Symphony Orchestra.  In April 2006, her piece "After the Victory" for orchestra and chorus, was premiered by the Grand Rapids Symphony and the North American Choral Company.  Her first recording, entitled "Invocations" was released by Albany Records in 2011.  Her first piano concerto, "Conjuring Tristan," was commissioned by the Grand Rapids Symphony in 2014.  The work was inspired by Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," as well as by Thomas Mann's novella "Tristan."  The piece received its world premiere in January 2015, with Warshaw as the soloist. David Owuor ED (born May 7, 1966), a former molecular genetic scientist now turned Prophet, spent a larger portion of his life in cancer research, specializing in signal transduction of chemotherapy drugs.  Having studied in Makerere University, (Uganda); University of Nairobi, (Kenya); Ben Gurion University of the Negev, (Israel), University of Haifa, (Israel), and University of Giessen, Institute for Genetics, (Germany), he specialized in molecular genetic engineering, examining DNA cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis for medical drug design and discovery.  Upon completion of his doctorate from Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel, his career undertaking led him to work in drug design and discovery at various medical centers including; The Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC); The Department of Pharmaceutics at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy in The State University of New Jersey, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ).  he ultimately joined the Forensic Toxicology & Aircraft Accident Team of The Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI), of the US Federal Aviation Administration.  It was while involved in examining the impact of pilot fatigue and alcohol use in aircraft accidents, in the year 2003, that according to autobiography, God Almighty finally reigned in on him and instructed him to call the nations to repentance and the return to the LORD.  This then became a full-time engagement far removed from the world of Cancer Therapy and Aircraft Accidents Investigations. Río de Sangre is a Gothic-themed Spanish-language opera in 3 acts and 14 scenes by the film score composer Don Davis.  Kate Gale wrote the original English prose libretto which was translated into Spanish by Alicia Partnoy.  Commissioned by the Florentine Opera Company, the work premiered in October 22, 2010 in a production starring soprano Kerry Walsh and tenor John Duykers.  The original cast recorded the opera for Albany Records in 2010.  The opera is set in an unnamed South American country with a story centering on political intrigue and family tragedy.  The role of its main character, Christian Delacruz, the country's newly elected president, was sung by Guido LeBron. Frau Margot is an opera in 3 acts by composer Thomas Pasatieri.  The work uses an English language libretto by Frank Corsaro which is based on Corsaro's play "Lyric Suite".  The opera's premiere was presented by the Fort Worth Opera on June 2, 2007.  Corsaro directed the production which used sets by Alison Nalder and costumes by Steven Bryant.  A recording of this production was released on CD by Albany Records. Paul Neebe is an American classical trumpeter who performs widely as a soloist, orchestral musician, and chamber player.  He currently serves as principal trumpet of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, and formerly of the Charlottesville University Symphony Orchestra in Virginia.  He released "Te Deum" in 2003, a CD released on the German label MDG that features solo trumpet and organ, and "American Trumpet Concertos" in 2006, a CD released on Albany Records that consists entirely of worldwide premieres with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.  His chamber work can be heard on "Walter Ross: Brass Trios", a CD released on DCD Records.  Neebe garnered semi-finalist honors at the First International Trumpet Festival Competition in Moscow.  He has performed several times for the Goethe Institute Cultural Program in Rothenburg, Germany, and regularly gives solo recitals across the United States and Germany.  Neebe has served as Trumpet Mentor at the National Music Festival since its inception. Hong Kong Cancer Fund was established in 1987 with a mission to better the quality of cancer support in Hong Kong.  It is the largest cancer support organisation in Hong Kong providing free information and professional services to anyone living with or affected by cancer.  Their three Cancer Fund support centres called CancerLink provide professional counselling, nursing consultation, dietetic service, home care service, wellness programmes, therapeutic and rehabilitation workshops, as well as age and need specific services such as You Can for young adults with cancer and Rainbow Club for children affected by their parents diagnosed with cancer.  Their hotline (852 3656 0800) provides immediate emotional support and professional guidance daily.  All services are free. Hayg Boyadjian (born 1938) is an American composer of classical music whose work includes art song, chamber music and symphonies.  Solo recordings of his compositions have been released by Opus One and Albany Records.
Answer: leukemia