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Nils Bultmann Troubadour Blue

Troubadour Blue by Nils Bultmann on Innova

Often the viola is not thought of as a solo instrument. It is the connecting timbre between violin a...
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
yMusic Balance Problems

yMusic’s Balance Problems: Unveiling the Intimacy of Chamber Music

In the introduction to her 2013 book Chasing Sound, author Susan Schmidt Horning states: “The evolut...
Author
Amanda Cook
The Dublin Guitar Quartet Performs Philip Glass

Dublin Guitar Quartet Performs Glass on Guitars

Founded by students of the Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama in 2001, the Dublin Guitar Quartet...
Author
Norman Cahn
Philip Glass - Harpsichord Concerto Lewis Fallon Naxos

Transparent Mechanical: Lewis and West Side Chamber Orchestra Perform Glass, Rutter, and Françaix

Sure, it’s sort of a bromide, but it’s apt: what was once old is new again. Along with a resurgence...
Author
Thomas Dempster
Facts About Water - Guy Barash (Innova)

Guy Barash: Facts about Water on Innova Recordings

Facts About Water - Guy Barash (Inno...
Author
Jason Charney
Anthony Davis Notes From The Underground/BMOP

An Arresting Release: Anthony Davis “Notes from the Underground”

Practically every work by composer Anthony Davis could have been composed today. Long, overlapping r...
Author
Thomas Dempster
Xenia Pestova - Shadow Piano on Innova

Xenia Pestova’s Shadow Piano on Innova Recordings

Xenia Pestova is a pianist who actively promotes and performs new works of music. Additionally, she...
Author
Nick Arner
Duo Noire, Figments

Duo Noire: Where Classical Guitar Meets Minimalism

Duo Noire Figments, compos...
Author
Angelina Panozzo
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Flux Quartet Delivers a Reference Recording of Feldman’s String Quartet No. 1

The FLUX Quartet have masterfully laid claim to the complete string quartets of Morton Feldman, beco...
Author
Bruce A. Russell
Two x Four, Koh and Laredo

Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo: Two x Four

It wasn’t until seventh grade that I met my first violin teacher; before then, I was largely self-ta...
Author
Norman Cahn
Lewis Spratlan: Apollo and Daphne Variations

BMOP Delivers Stellar Performances on Apollo and Daphne Variations

It is an all too familiar scene: patrons travel to a grandiose hall to hear a major symphony orchest...
Author
Amanda Cook
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Scott Worthington, Even the Light Itself Falls on Populist Records

Scott Worthington is a busy and visible figure in LA's tight new music scene, both as a composer and...
Author
Jason Charney
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Bora Yoon’s Sunken Cathedral on Innova Recordings

Recently, in one of those flights of randomness the internet inspires, I did a Google image search f...
Author
Jennifer Stock
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Third Coast Percussion’s Resounding Earth on New Focus Recordings

Resounding Earth was commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center...
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Aaron Holloway-Nahum
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Darrett Adkins, Hypersuite 2: Music for Solo Cello on Oberlin Music

Darrett Adkins belongs to that rare breed of musicians who possess both the chops to do just about a...
Author
Marina Kifferstein
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present point passed by ensemble, et al. on Infinite Number of Sounds

present point passed is the debut album of Brooklyn's ensemble, et al., a percussion group comprised...
Author
Joanne Lam
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Sean Hickey’s Cursive: another rewarding release on Delos

Michigan born and educated both there and in New York, Hickey divides his time between composition a...
Author
Don Clark
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Jacob Druckman: Lamia by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project

This recording by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project captures several of Jacob Druckman (1928-1996)...
Author
Kendra Leonard
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Modernism Out of Season: Adam Roberts’ “Leaf Metal” on Tzadik

Does the word “modernism” still mean anything? The Uptown-Downtown wars of the Eighties are fast fad...
Author
Matt Mendez
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The Spring 2014 Mixtape is out!

The Spring 2014 Mixtape is out and here is what you’ll hear: 1. Tilman Robinson – Lines;...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Magellan's Playlist Cover

Magellan’s Playlist: On Tour in China with The Athens Guitar Duo

Magellan’s Playlist: On Tour in China purports to create a volume of music representing the “sense o...
Author
Kendra Leonard
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Kate Soper “Voices From the Killing Jar” on Carrier Records

Kate Soper seems this season to be especially concerned with the rights of fictional women. Her wond...
Author
Kurt Gottschalk
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Defining Communicating: David Van Tieghem x Ten “Fits & Starts”

RVNG Intl.’s release of X Ten - Fits & Starts is the 10th volume of the FRKWYS series, and is th...
Author
George Heathco
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Lawler + Fadoul’s Prelude Cocktail: Collaborative Artistry at its Finest

American flute and marimba duo Lawler + Fadoul have worked together for over ten years, and listener...
Author
Amanda Cook
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