Author Archives: laima1
Kile Smith–The Arc in the Sky
The contemporary chorale group The Crossing perform these unaccompanied pieces to texts by Robert Lax.
Fabian Muller–Tea for Two Cellos
Lovely cello duets with Chinese textures. Play!
Gabriel Prokofiev–Sax Concerto/Bass Drum Concerto
Fun, contemporary orchestral pieces for either sax (performed by Brandford Marsalis) or bass drum. Play!
Terry Riley–Sun Rings
Kronos Quartet, Volti and recorded space sounds make up these pieces about life on earth, the songs of the cosmos and human disruption. Liner notes excellent. Play!
Andrew Waggoner–Quantum Memoir
Contemporary works for orchestra and soloists–forceful, tense, abstract, not lyrical but not dissonant either. Play!
Revolution
David Kadouch performs pieces by Dussek, Beethoven, Chopin and Janacek amongst others, in pieces covering musical eras.
Dance–Through the Centuries
Per the title, works for piano from Baroque to modern era, some well-known.
David Liptak–Constellations
Beautiful, lilting or forceful works for either piano + percussion or solo piano–staccato, abstract. Nice!
Barry Mills–Summer Waves
For a mix of instruments (alto sax, voice, flute, clarinet, harp, guitar)–gracious, lyrical and modern. Play!
Kaleidoskop–Works for Contrabassoon
Beautiful tones from the contrabassoon, all modern/contemporary–play!
Keeril Makan–Dream Lightly
Gorgeous, quiet yet strong works evoking stillness. Excellent!
Afro Yaqui Music Collective–Mirror Butterfly
Spoken word/songs and music about indigenous populations, oppression, and the earth–jazz, Latin American and Asian elements.
The Double Bass Encore!
From late Baroque to modern, a nice mix of pieces and transcriptions.
Chinese Fantasies
Modern and contemporary violin works by Chinese composers with lovely Asian elements. Play!
Artur Schnabel–Complete Works for Solo Piano
Early Modern solo piano with increasing abstraction over the years. Nice!
Music of the British Isles
Mostly Romantic, or early modern works for flute and piano. Nice!
Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues–Roots and Branches
Songs of Little Walter or pieces he made hits–funk, blues, soul + nice harmonica!
Tommy Castro and the Painkillers–Killing’ It Live
Rocking Roots Rock with some excellent guitar, originals and covers. Play!
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
This young man deserves to go far–excellent songs, playing, and passion–finger picking to hard rocking. Play, play, play!
Shemekia Copeland–America’s Child
A broad mix of styles, good stories, sung well, including politics, history and love. Play!
Nathalie Joachim–Fanm d’Ayiti
Haitian/American composer/flutist/vocalist with classical/electronic/folk melange works. Play!
Phoenix Arising
Contemporary works for saxophone and other instruments/orchestra. Mandat’s particularly interesting!
GuitarEVOL.3UTION + Orchestra
Modern/contemporary works for guitar and orchestra, somewhat intense but very interesting!
Somewhere
Contemporary clarinet works, meandering, lovely and varying. Play!
Maria Lithell Flyg–Collected Chamber Music
Lovely, quiet, ambient works for various instruments and combos by a Swedish composer. Excellent!
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