If you like piano music, you need to read this.

1631 Recordings has just gone absolutely bonkers, releasing 15 works in the span of only a few weeks.  The release slate includes new albums, EPs, remixes, reissues, best-ofs, and enough ivory to stretch from sunup to sundown.  Piano lovers, rejoice!

Library Tapes ~ Escapism

The album and its individual tracks may be short, but the emotional heft is huge.  Escapism is melancholic and moving, powerfully sad.  If one were to experience more of it, one might melt. The combination of David Wenngren (piano and celeste)

ACL 2015: Top Ten Modern Composition

The loveliest sounds of the year are found right here.  With a tender approach and attention to detail, these composers mine the spectrum of emotions to produce works of gravity and grace. Once upon a time, we called this music

Iskra String Quartet ~ ISKRA

Listening to ISKRA is like listening to a Greatest Hits of the Past, Present and Future.  If you’re a fan of modern composition, you’ve probably already heard the work of this quartet ~ you just might not know that you’ve heard them.  If you’ve