Author Archives: laima1
Eric Whitacre–Marimba Quartets
Lovely marimba works, both slow and fast. Play!
Nocturnes and Lullabies
Some of these are fairly tense and strident for piano nocturnes, all contemporary and interesting!
20th Century Flute Sonatas
Modern flute works demonstrating the instrument’s power and ranges. Prokofiev’s piece well-known.
Xiaogang Ye–December Chrysanthemum
Combining Western and Asian instruments/styles, beautiful chamber works.
Cooke, Jones & Williams–Oboe Sonatas
Modern to contemporary works for oboe and piano, one by the oboist. nice!
Ambaraba
Works by Saint-Saens, Ginastera, Debussy and others, transcribed for harp, mandolin and guitar, all modern. Play!
Svetlana Bukvich–Extension
Electronic/mixed media works inspired for contemporary dance–with voice, drones, ambient soundscapes.
Drew Whiting–In Lights Starkly Different
Ranging from loud, abrupt to lyrical, abstract works for saxophone and electronics. Play most!
Wind Music–Atlanta Chamber Winds
Modern to contemporary, varying in rhythms, abstract. Play!
Glossolalia/Lines on Black–Wet Ink Ensemble
Works by two composers who are members of Wet Ink Ensemble, Alex Mincek and Sam Pluta, highly abstract with group collaboration/improvisation for flutes, sax, piano, percussion, electronics, voice and violin. Play!
Dan Trueman–Songs That Are Hard to Sing
Really interesting works for strings and percussion/bit klavier, a little microtonal. Sample!
Ilari Kaila–The Bells Bow Down
Lovely, lyrical, abstract and contemporary works for string quartet and piano by Finnish composer. Play!
Zephyr Quartet–Epilogue
Australian string quartet with compositions by its members, classical/folk/blugrass. Excellent!
Alan Hovhaness–Across the Ages
Combining Eastern and Western musical styles, gracious, modern works for cello/piano and one with percussion.
Hans Werner Henze–Works for Double Bass
Excellent modern works for solo double bass, multiple basses, and/or orchestra.
Andrzej Karalow–THROUGH
Contemporary, abstract chamber works with staccato, silent spacings and lyricism. For strings, clarinet and percussion.
Flute/Clarinet Chronicles–Crescent Duo
Contemporary works for flute and clarinet. Some voice. Nice!
Civitas Ensemble–Jin Yin
Interesting Asian/Western works by living composers. Excellent!
Robot Koch–The Next Billion Years
Ambient, electronic/techno + strings/drums/winds. Excellent!
Kancheli–33 Miniatures
Works by Kancheli, Altunyan and Tsintsadze, demonstrating “simple piano” pieces, some with cello. Play!
Barry Mills–Vol. 6 Interbeing
Intentionally lyrical, rhythmically varying pieces for a variety of instruments, some voice. Lovely!
Quartet Quintet
London Symphony Orchestra Percussion Ensemble performs a variety of works/transcriptions by Reich, Corea, Simcock and others. Play!
Beyond the Horizon–New Music for Lever Harp
Lovely originals and transcriptions, all modern/contemporary. Play!
vox/viola
All contemporary works for viola with the violist singing/ talking or other vocal sounds, some almost sound Baroque. Interesting!
Horn Monologues
A variety of solo horn works/transcriptions, many first recordings of these modern works. Excellent!
