Posts Tagged: Peter Gregson

Peter Gregson ~ Quartets: One-Four
Quartets: One-Four is a dream come true for Peter Gregson, a long-time goal achieved. From 2016-17, the cellist released a pair of string quartet EPs, but had always hoped to compile “a quartet of quartets.” The new music added this year completes

Peter Gregson ~ Quartets: One-Four
Quartets: One-Four is a dream come true for Peter Gregson, a long-time goal achieved. From 2016-17, the cellist released a pair of string quartet EPs, but had always hoped to compile “a quartet of quartets.” The new music added this year completes

ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition
This year, we reviewed more modern composition albums than those in any other genre ~ not because more were submitted, but because their overall quality was so high. We read this trend early in our Spring Music Preview, and it

ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition
This year, we reviewed more modern composition albums than those in any other genre ~ not because more were submitted, but because their overall quality was so high. We read this trend early in our Spring Music Preview, and it

Peter Gregson ~ Patina
Patina is another triumph for cellist-composer Peter Gregson, and is our pick of the season in Modern Composition. Never content to rest on his laurels, Gregson challenged himself while constructing this new set. After preliminary recording sessions, he eliminated the melodies

Peter Gregson ~ Patina
Patina is another triumph for cellist-composer Peter Gregson, and is our pick of the season in Modern Composition. Never content to rest on his laurels, Gregson challenged himself while constructing this new set. After preliminary recording sessions, he eliminated the melodies

Michael Price ~ Tender Symmetry
Tender Symmetry shares two things with the latest release from Nils Frahm: a choir called Shards and an infatuation with the recording space. Just as his label-mate did back in January with All Melody, Michael Price’s new LP focuses almost

Michael Price ~ Tender Symmetry
Tender Symmetry shares two things with the latest release from Nils Frahm: a choir called Shards and an infatuation with the recording space. Just as his label-mate did back in January with All Melody, Michael Price’s new LP focuses almost

Rich’s Picks: Best Film Scores
The film industry honors scores based on their use in movies. But our angle is different; we’re more interested in how scores work as albums. This means our preferences are a bit different from others. After a lot of viewing,

Rich’s Picks: Best Film Scores
The film industry honors scores based on their use in movies. But our angle is different; we’re more interested in how scores work as albums. This means our preferences are a bit different from others. After a lot of viewing,

ACL 2015: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Rich picked Matana Roberts, Chris picked Michael Price, James picked Ian William Craig, David picked Holly Herndon and Joe picked Heroin in Tahiti. But this year’s #1, one of the longest albums ever recorded, drew support from across the board.

ACL 2015: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Rich picked Matana Roberts, Chris picked Michael Price, James picked Ian William Craig, David picked Holly Herndon and Joe picked Heroin in Tahiti. But this year’s #1, one of the longest albums ever recorded, drew support from across the board.

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

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

Peter Gregson ~ A Little Chaos OST / Touch
Known for making ‘the scary, weird noises’ with his cello on numerous soundtracks, the modest Peter Gregson has performed works by many august composers including ACL favourites Daníel Bjarnason and Max Richter. We previously featured him in the spring with

Peter Gregson ~ A Little Chaos OST / Touch
Known for making ‘the scary, weird noises’ with his cello on numerous soundtracks, the modest Peter Gregson has performed works by many august composers including ACL favourites Daníel Bjarnason and Max Richter. We previously featured him in the spring with