Falletta Conducts Foss on Naxos (CD review)
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…
Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard and Quatuor Bozzini – Colliding Bubbles: Surface Tension and Release (CD Review))
Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard and Quatuor Bozzini – Colliding Bubbles: Surface Tension and Release (Important) Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard is a composer based in Copenhagen. On his latest EP he joins forces…
Kronos Says Goodbye to Two Members After a Hello to Moondog and Sun Ra
Kronos Says Goodbye to Two Members After a Hello to Moondog and Sun Ra Many are celebrating the tenures of two members of Kronos Quartet – violinist John Sherba and…
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – Sing On (Video)
Composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist Caroline Shaw rejoins Sō Percussion for Rectangles and Circumstance, a new full length recording out today on Nonesuch. To celebrate the release, a video for the lead-off single, “Sing…
John Luther Adams – Waves and Particles
Cold Blue Music has released Waves and Particles, a new CD by John Luther Adams featuring the JACK Quartet. This new album by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Adams explores the deeper…
Richard Baker – The Tyranny of Fun (CD Review)
Richard Baker The Tyranny of Fun NMC Recordings Composer and conductor Richard Baker (b. 1972) has been an important fixture on the British new music scene for over a…
David Crowell – Point Cloud (CD Review)
David Crowell Point/Cloud Better Company Records Composer and multi-instrumentalist David Crowell has minimalist bona fides: he played in the Philip Glass Ensemble for nearly a decade. But Crowell draws from…
C.P.E. Bach Symphonies on Harmonia Mundi
Carl Philip Emanuel Bach Symphonies from Berlin to Hamburg Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Mayumi Hirasaki and Georg Kallweit, concertmasters Harmonia Mundi Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was the…
Philip Glass Solo – 88 keys at 87 (Review)
Philip Glass Solo Philip Glass, piano Orange Mountain Music This is the second piano album made by Philip Glass. Solo Piano (1989) contains some overlap of tracks with the latest…
Peter Thoegersen – Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music in Four Pieces
Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music in Four Pieces, by Peter Thoegersen, is a new digital release from the Fragments of Blue recording label. Since obtaining his Doctorate in Composition from the University…