Nite Jewel’s No Sun (CD Review
Nite Jewel No Sun Gloriette LP/DL How closely does art imitate life and vice versa? It is a question that has been debated since antiquity. Ramona Gonzalez, who records as…
Two Wandelweiser Recordings (CD Review)
Sivan Silver-Swartz Untitled 6 Wandelweiser CD EWR 1920 Nigel Dean, violin; Patrick Behnke, Tanner Pfeiffer, viola; Tal Katz, Julian Tedaldi, cello Antoine Beuger Jankélévich Sextets Another Timbre CD at168 Apartment…
City of Tomorrow on New Focus (CD Review)
City of Tomorrow Blow New Focus Records The City of Tomorrow is a woodwind quintet dedicated to 20/21 music, particularly compositions that explore environmental themes. They first convened to play…
Peter Garland – Three Dawns and Bush Radio Calling
A new CD of solo piano music by Peter Garland has been released on the Cold Blue Music label. Two pieces comprise the album: Three Dawns, inspired by the poetry…
Cantus Records Manifesto
Cantus Manifesto Signum Classics The all-male vocal ensemble Cantus’s first full length recording in seven years, Manifesto, features pieces, all in world premiere recordings, that explore relationships and identity. The…
My Tree (CD Review)
My Tree Where the Grace Is Self-released, 2021 The duo My Tree consists of vocalist Caroline Davis and multi-instrumentalist Ben ‘Jamal’ Hoffmann. Davis is best known as a jazz saxophonist…
Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo Record Nero
Tiranno Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen, director Alpha Records – Alpha 736 Nero, Emperor of Rome from AD 54-68, is the subject of a set of baroque arias and…
Cinquecento Sings Isaac (CD Review)
Heinrich Isaac Missa Wohlauff gut Gsell von hinnen and other works Cinquecento Hyperion Records While not as famous today as Josquin, Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517) was a contemporary and rival much…
Sunleif Rasmussen – Territorial Songs
Territorial Songs, a new CD release from the Our Recordings label features 72 minutes of distinctive recorder music by Sunleif Rasmussen. A native of the remote Faroe Islands, Rasmussen is…
Danny Driver Records Ligeti (CD Review)
György Ligeti The 18 Etudes Danny Driver Hyperion Composed between 1985 and 2001, the 18 Etudes by György Ligeti are an eloquent summary of the techniques he had developed throughout…