Kyle Bruckmann: of rivers (Recording review)
Kyle Bruckmann of rivers New Focus Recordings Oboist, composer, and electronic musician Kyle Bruckmann is a dedicated advocate for contemporary concert music. One of the founding members of…
John Liberatore – Catch Somewhere (CD Review)
John Liberatore Catch Somewhere Zohn Collective – Molly Barth, flute; Andrew Nogal, oboe; Sammy Lesnick, clarinet; Paul Vaillancourt, percussion; Dieter Hennings, guitar; Daniel Pesca, piano/harpsichord; Hann Hurwitz, violin; Dominic Johnson,…
Olivia de Prato – Panorama (CD Review)
Panorama – Olivia de Prato (New Focus) Violinist Olivia de Prato has established herself as a staunch advocate of new music. In addition to her work with Mivos…
Hearing Landscapes Hearing Icescapes – Lei Lang (CD Review)
Hearing Landscapes Hearing Icescapes Lei Liang New Focus Recordings From 2012-2022, composer Lei Liang did a residency at the Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego, where he is a…
Interview with Nina Berman and Steven Beck: Singing Babbitt
Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) was known for being one of the principal composers to develop twelve-tone composition. Despite the complexity of his music, he wrote a great deal for voice:…
Jennifer Grim – Through Broken Time (CD Review)
Jennifer Grim Through Broken Time Jennifer Grim, flute; Michael Sheppard, piano New Focus Recordings In Anthony Barrone’s astute liner notes, he describes Through Broken Time, flutist Jennifer Grim’s New…
Christopher Trapani – Horizontal Drift (CD Review)
Christopher Trapani Horizontal Drift New Focus Records Christopher Trapani’s latest portrait recording for New Focus features pieces for solo instruments, several with electronics. The composer’s work with microtones…
Best of 2021 – Burned into the Orange by Peter Gilbert (CD Review)
Burned into the Orange Music of Peter Gilbert Arditti String Quartet; Iridium Quartet, Emmanuele Arciuli, piano; et al. New Focus Records CD/DL This is composer Peter Gilbert’s second recording…
Scott Wollschleger – Dark Days (CD Review)
Scott Wollschleger Dark Days New Focus Recordings Karl Larson, piano Scott Wollschleger’s music has great emotional range. Dark Days explores an atmospheric and lyrical side to his composing for…
Curtis K. Hughes – Video Premiere and CD Review
Tulpa Curtis K. Hughes New Focus Recordings “Tulpa is a term appropriated by 20th century theosophists from Tibetan Buddhism to refer to a manifestation of a physical being generated…