Vermillion: Kit Downes on ECM (CD Review)
Kit Downes Vermillion Kit Downes, piano; Petter Eldh, double bass; James Maddren, drums ECM Records After listening to Obsidian, Kit Downes’s debut as a leader for ECM, one might justifiably…
Barbara Monk Feldman on Another Timbre (CD Review)
Barbara Monk Feldman Verses GBSR Duo with Mira Benjamin Another Timbre CD Given her association with Morton Feldman, both personal and professional – he was both her spouse and her…
Feldman Late Piano Pieces (CD Review)
Morton Feldman Late Works for Piano For Bunita Marcus, Palais de Mari, Triadic Memories Alfonso Gómez Kairos 3xCD Morton Feldman’s late piano works are totemic structures, influential on a generation…
Catherine Lamb String Quartets (CD Review)
Catherine Lamb: String Quartets JACK Quartet Kairos 2xCD Catherine Lamb’s studies with James Tenney at Cal Arts, as well as substantial research of figures such as Erv Wilson, have led…
A Pandemic Recording from Sasha Cooke (CD Review)
how do I find you? Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, Kirill Kuzmin, piano Pentatone CD Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and collaborative pianist Kirill Kuzmin supply an entry in the “pandemic recording” subgenre, how…
“Wind Bells Falls,” Robbie Lee and Lea Bertucci (CD Review)
Wind Bells Falls Robbie Lee and Lea Bertucci Telegraph Harp “Glitter and Gleam,” the leadoff single for Robbie Lee and Lea Bertucci’s collaboration Wind Bells Falls immediately brings you into…
Ethan Iverson’s Blue Note Debut (CD Review)
Ethan Iverson Every Note is True Ethan Iverson, piano; Larry Grenadier, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums Blue Note Pianist Ethan Iverson received an excellent birthday present today: the release of Every…
Moog Celebrates Herb Deutsch with First Episode of GIANTS Series
On Wednesday, February 9th, Herb Deutsch turned ninety years old. Deutsch has been an icon of sound synthesis both as a composer and hardware designer. One of the inventors of…
George Crumb (1929-2022)
We are saddened to learn of the loss of George Crumb, who passed away on February 6, 2022 at the age of 92. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the…
Celebrating Mendelssohn’s Birthday with Piano Works
Celebrating Mendelssohn’s Birthday with Piano Recordings February 3rd is Felix Mendelssohn’s birthday. To celebrate, here are two reviews of recent recordings of piano music by the composer. Felix Mendelssohn Complete…