Marc Ducret Plays Time Berne (CD Review)
Palm Sweat: Marc Ducret Plays the Music of Tim Berne Marc Ducret, guitar/arranger Out of Your Head CD/DL This is no ordinary jazz guitar album. Saxophonist/composer Tim Berne and guitarist…
Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Recomposed (CD Review)
Recomposed, Volumes 1-3 Bernd Alois Zimmermann WDR Sinfonieorchester, Heinz Holliger: conductor Sarah Wegener: soprano; Marcus Weiss: saxophone; Ueli Wiget: piano Wergo 3xCD boxed set Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970) lived in…
Laufey – A Night at the Symphony (CD Review)
Laufey A Night at the Symphony Laufey, vocals; Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Brunt AWAL A Night at the Symphony sees release this week. Jazz artist Laufey performs a…
Julia Holter and Spektral Quartet record Alex Temple (CD Review)
Behind the Wallpaper Alex Temple Spektral Quartet: Clara Lyon (violin), Theo Espy (violin), Doyle Armbrust (viola), Russell Rolen (cello); Julia Holter: voice New Amsterdam Records Out this Friday, March 3rd,…
Oracle – Joanna Mattrey and Gabby Fluke-Mogul (CD Review)
Oracle Joanna Mattrey, Gabby Fluke-Mogul Relative Pitch Records RPR1143 In their first collaboration, improvisers violist Joanna Mattrey and violinist Gabby Fluke-Mogul create music that combines drones, microtones, and extended techniques.…
Tony Oliver plays James Romig’s Spaces (CD Review)
Spaces James Romig Tony Oliver, vibraphone Sawyer Editions James Romig’s music has become more expansive. Spaces (2021) is his third recent piece to run over an hour in duration. Still…
Anthony Cheung on Kairos (CD Review)
Anthony Cheung Music for Film, Sculpture, and Captions Ueli Wiget, piano, Ensemble Modern, Franck Ollu, conductor; Ensemble dal Niente, Michael Lewanski, conductor; Ensemble Musikfabrik, Elena Schwarz, conductor Kairos Music Anthony…
The Clarinet Trio on Leo (CD Review)
The Clarinet Trio Transformations and Further Passages Jürgen Kupke, clarinet; Michael Thieke, alto clarinet, clarinet; Gebhard Ullmann, bass clarinet Leo Records LR 921 Gebhard Ullmann is celebrating his sixty-fifth birthday…
Pollini plays late Beethoven Piano Sonatas (CD Review)
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Opp. 101 & 106 Maurizio Pollini Deutsche Grammophon Maurizio Pollini turned eighty during the recording sessions for this CD in 2021 and 2022. The great pianist spent…
Favorites of 2022: Heiner Goebbels and Ensemble Modern – A House of Call
A House of Call. My Imaginary Notebook. Heiner Goebbels Ensemble Modern, Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor ECM Records Heiner Goebbels’ A House of Call is an evening length collaboration with Ensemble Modern,…