Category Archives: Modern Composition
Gideon Wolf ~ Replicas
What happened to the places we used to know? The question is nostalgic, melancholic, hanging in the air like a dust mote. A further question, perplexed, shellshocked: What happened to people? And the last, perhaps most frightening question: What happened to me?
Gideon Wolf ~ Replicas
What happened to the places we used to know? The question is nostalgic, melancholic, hanging in the air like a dust mote. A further question, perplexed, shellshocked: What happened to people? And the last, perhaps most frightening question: What happened to me?
Julia Kent ~ Temporal
Five months after her collaboration The Great Lake Swallows, cellist extraordinaire Julia Kent returns with her first solo album since Asperities. Temporal is deep and distinctive, another high mark in a distinguished career. The beauty of the set is found in the variety of tracks,
Julia Kent ~ Temporal
Five months after her collaboration The Great Lake Swallows, cellist extraordinaire Julia Kent returns with her first solo album since Asperities. Temporal is deep and distinctive, another high mark in a distinguished career. The beauty of the set is found in the variety of tracks,
Bruno Bavota ~ RE_CORDIS
Last year, we were pleased to see one of our favorite pianists honored with a “best of” compilation. This year, Bruno Bavota returns with acoustic versions of some of his top songs (many also found on Impression, but not all), as well
Bruno Bavota ~ RE_CORDIS
Last year, we were pleased to see one of our favorite pianists honored with a “best of” compilation. This year, Bruno Bavota returns with acoustic versions of some of his top songs (many also found on Impression, but not all), as well
2019 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition
We continue our march into the new year with our report on the season’s slate in Modern Composition, including everything from solo piano to full fledged orchestra, movie scores to melting glaciers. On this page, we’ll encounter the sweetness of
2019 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition
We continue our march into the new year with our report on the season’s slate in Modern Composition, including everything from solo piano to full fledged orchestra, movie scores to melting glaciers. On this page, we’ll encounter the sweetness of
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition
When averaged, the Modern Composition category included not the most submissions, but the best. We wish we could make this a list of 20, but then we’d have to double every list, and not every category features this many excellent releases in a given year.
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition
When averaged, the Modern Composition category included not the most submissions, but the best. We wish we could make this a list of 20, but then we’d have to double every list, and not every category features this many excellent releases in a given year.
Lubomyr Melnyk ~ Fallen Trees
The Lubomyr Melnyk story is one of the best in music, a sonic parallel to that of J.K. Rowling with more than a touch of magic. After a lifetime of making “continuous music,” the Ukrainian pianist entered the public eye in 2013,
Lubomyr Melnyk ~ Fallen Trees
The Lubomyr Melnyk story is one of the best in music, a sonic parallel to that of J.K. Rowling with more than a touch of magic. After a lifetime of making “continuous music,” the Ukrainian pianist entered the public eye in 2013,
International Contemporary Ensemble Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir ~ AEQUA
What a treat to hear new music from Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, teaming up once again with the International Contemporary Ensemble, who made 2015’s In the Light of Air such a delight. ICE has an obvious love for the composer’s music, drawing
International Contemporary Ensemble Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir ~ AEQUA
What a treat to hear new music from Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, teaming up once again with the International Contemporary Ensemble, who made 2015’s In the Light of Air such a delight. ICE has an obvious love for the composer’s music, drawing
Frank Horvat / Mivos Quartet ~ For Those Who Died Trying
Here’s something that shouldn’t happen, but does. One should be able to protest garbage being dumped in one’s village or the environmental effects of a coal-fired plant without getting shot. But dozens of people have been abducted or killed in
Frank Horvat / Mivos Quartet ~ For Those Who Died Trying
Here’s something that shouldn’t happen, but does. One should be able to protest garbage being dumped in one’s village or the environmental effects of a coal-fired plant without getting shot. But dozens of people have been abducted or killed in
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