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Henryk Gorecki’s Concerto-Cantata on Naxos

Most musicians and audience members alike know Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933-2010) primarily for his...
Author
Kelsey Walsh
From Moog to Mac CD Cover

Herbert Deutsch: From Moog to Mac

From Moog to Mac sets about curating a documentation of processes, experimentation, and resulting ef...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
Warsaw Philharmonic

Fire and Time, American works for orchestra on Navona

None of the works on this compilation disc, composed from 1993 to 2009, are particularly adventurous...
Author
Don Clark
New Zealand String Quartet

Asian Music for String Quartet

The New Zealand String Quartet has shown much care and attention to detail in bringing to life the m...
Author
David Pearson
Kim Kashkashian

Music for Viola: Kim Kashkashian records Kurtág and Ligeti

One of the most pleasing aspects of listening to solo string repertoire, from Bach to Bartók, is its...
Author
Caitlin Smith
Sir Andrzej Panufnik

Panufnik: Orchestral Works Volume 5 on CPO

For much of his lifetime, Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991) enjoyed a stellar international reputatio...
Author
Don Clark
Emerging Voices - Zach Herchen, saxophone & Elisabeth Halliday, soprano

Emerging Voices: Blend and Beauty from Saxophone/Soprano Duo

While there is perhaps an over-abundance of saxophonists capable of playing blaring high notes, blaz...
Author
David Pearson
Arvo Pärt - Photo by Peeter Langovits

Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament

Having been appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture by the incumbent pope, Arvo Pär...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
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Our Winter 2012 Mixtape is out!

Our new Winter 2012 Mixtape is live! It features music by Missy Mazzoli, Florent Ghys, The Ericksons...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the SFS in the Opening Concert of the American Mavericks Festival.

San Francisco Symphony: American Mavericks

Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison and Edgard Varèse were truly mavericks in their day, challenging conventi...
Author
Don Clark
Jenni Olson

Dreaming High and Low: Jenni Olson’s The Dreams of Birds

The goal of Jenni Olson's new album, Dreams of Birds, is to utilize the "full array of tone colors"...
Author
Matt Weber
So Percussion

Sō Percussion and Grey McMurray: Where (we) Live

A makeshift model of the Brooklyn Bridge built out of old cardboard boxes resides on the front of th...
Author
Justin Rito
Weirdo Records

Music I’m Buying: France Jobin’s Valence

Music I’m Buying is a series dedicated to reviewing albums that are not sent gratis to I Care if You...
Author
Andrew Lee
Arvo Pärt - Photograph by K. Kikkas

Arvo Pärt: Creator Spiritus on Harmonia Mundi

Minimalist music seems a natural fit for setting texts of the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Both h...
Author
Andrew Lee
Cadillac Moon Ensemble

Cadillac Moon Ensemble’s Debut Album Drops

With the plethora of new music ensembles out there and the various instrumentations they employ, it’...
Author
David Pearson
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Colin Eatock’s Chamber Music on Centrediscs

Chamber music is hard. It’s hard to play and even harder to write. Both composer and performer are e...
Author
Daniel Garrick
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Martin Schlumpf’s Summer Circle on Navona

Swiss composer and performer Martin Schlumpf (b. 1947) is little known in this country. In fairness,...
Author
Jay Greenberg
Erdem Helvacioglu

Erdem Helvacioglu’s Freedom to the Black

Anyone who writes music has to figure out how to balance structure and emotion. Logic and unpredicta...
Author
Evan Burke
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Time Loops by Michael Harrison and Maya Beiser on Cantaloupe

I’ve been waiting for this album to come out since the Bang on a Can Marathon back in June. That was...
Author
Sam Reising
Alexander String Quartet

With Strings Attached: San Francisco Choral Artists & The Alexander String Quartet

This album is the creative fruit of a unique Bay Area collaboration between San Francisco Choral Art...
Author
Rob Wendt
Christopher Campbell

Sound the All-Clear by Christopher Campbell

Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary. -Gandalf, The...
Author
Andrew Lee
Weather Duo

Music I’m Buying: From Field to Platter by Weather Duo

Music I'm Buying is a series dedicated to reviewing albums that are not sent gratis to I Care if You...
Author
Andrew Lee
Icebreaker

Icebreaker with BJ Cole: Apollo

Whenever the key parts of a sentence are the words “Brian Eno” and “new music ensemble,” I cringe a...
Author
Neal Markowski
Ethel - Heavy

Ethel: Heavy

Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the string quartet Ethel has grown to become a powerful forc...
Author
Sam Reising
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