Joël-François Durand Geister Kairos Music Olivia De Prato, violin; Victor Lowrie Tafoya, viola; Constance Volk, flute; Szilárd Benes and Katherine Jimoh, clarinet Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini Ensemble Dal Niente, Michael…
Marta Sanchez Perpetual Void Intakt CD 421 Jazz pianist and composer Marta Sanchez was born in Madrid and now resides in Brooklyn. She presents eleven originals on her fifth recording,…
Beaufort Scales is a new CD by Christopher Cerrone recently released by Cold Blue Music. Commissioned by the Lorelei Ensemble, this album explores the musical expression of the wind at…
Queen of Hearts Gesualdo Six, Owain Park, director Alasdair Austin, countertenor (final track only) Hyperion Records, 2024 On Queen of Hearts, the low male vocal ensemble Gesualdo Six explores…
Neave Trio Rooted Chandos Records (2024) Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has recently made several imaginative recordings for Chandos. Rooted…
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5 Sarah Brady, flute; Gabriela Diaz, violin Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Music Director BMOP/Sound 1098 Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich turned eighty-five in…
Video: Guided by Voices: “I Am A Scientist,” 30th Anniversary Version Guided by Voices celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of their album Bee Thousand with a remake of one of…
Donald Berman Ives Avie, 2024 Pianist and scholar Donald Berman has made a special inquiry into the music of American hyper-modernist composers, Charles Ives chief among them. This year…
Messiaen Barbara Hannigan, soprano Bertrand Chamayou, piano Charles Sy, tenor; Vilde Frang, violin Alpha (ALPHA1033, 2024) Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an extraordinarily talented and versatile performer. Bertrand…
Lukas Foss – Symphony 1 Amy Porter, Flute; Nikki Chooi, Violin Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor Naxos American Classics Lukas Foss (1922-2009) was an omnivorous composer who, over…