Author Archives: laima1
William Brittelle–Spiritual America
Mix of rock, chorus, electronics and song, about America.
Yes…It’s A Thing!–New Music for Flute and Guitar
Lovely, contemporary, world premiere recordings. Play!
To A Camia–Piano Music from Romantic Manila
Gracious works from late 1800’s on through early 1900’s. Varying rhythmic styles. Play!
David Sanford–Black Noise
Really interesting pieces, not completely lyrical yet not discordant, tensions and jazz elements, too! Matt Haimovitz on cello.
Equivocal Duration
What Is Noise ensemble (strings, wind, piano, percussion) performs these very interesting pieces inspired by highly differing subjects: art, the Spanish descanso in funerals, Roanoke colonialists and the world today. Play!
The Other Side
For symphonic wind ensemble, big sounding works yet Turnbull’s pieces surprisingly delicate. Play most!
Morton Subotnick–Vol. 4 Complete Piano Works
Varying piano pieces–some solo and lyrical, others staccato and electronic or with tape. Interesting!
Ramon Lazkano–Piano Works
Works for solo piano, multiple hands, lots of variability, some with orchestra. Play!
Forgotten Russians
Works written in the early 1900’s and now rarely performed, modern and Romantic. Play!
Jeff Morris–With Strings
Strongly electronic cello pieces–violin works range from acoustic to electronic. Play!
Nirmali Fenn– The Clash of Icicles Chamber Music
Quite a variety of rhythms, tones and instruments in very abstract works ranging from lyrical to broken and intense. Play!
Robert Martin–Four Wind Quintets
Somewhat repetitious but lyrical wind quintets–slower movements especially nice!
Discover Enrique Granados
Delicate, flowing, lyrical, solo piano pieces. Play!
James Tenney– Changes: 64 Studies for 6 Harps
Somewhat staccato, very short, and interesting abstract harp pieces. Play!
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Kaija Saariaho–Works for Solo Cello
Contemporary pieces, some agitation and tension, play most!
Solitaire–Solo Saxophone Masterpieces
Abstract, contemporary, mostly quiet works. Scelsi’s very nice!
Project W–Works by Diverse Women Composers
With different styles, and rhythms, and from various musical eras, excellent!
Peter Thoegersen–Three Pieces in Polytempic Polymicrotonality
Radical composer with many layered polymicrotonal synthesizer. Sample.
Matej Mestrovic–3 Rhapsodies for Piano and Orchestra
Slavic and Chinese musical instruments in some of these pieces plus a “New England Rhapsody”–nice!
Music for Solo Clarinet
Fun, abstract and rhythmic solo clarinet works for bass, demi, B flat and E flat bass clarinets, mostly modern. Play!
Suenos de Espana–Spanish Art Songs
Art songs from late 18th to early 19th century Spain. All very Romantic! Play!
Poetry of Places
Nadia Shpachenko continues her pianistic explorations with new works about particular places and their traits. Some strident and abstract, others lyrical. Play!
Songs Without Words
Pieces based on songs with words or not, interesting mix of cello, bassoon and piano, some well-known pieces. Play!
Anton Dressler–Livemovement
Classical yet electronic clarinet works, echoing, lyrical. Excellent!
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