Author Archives: laima1
Forest of Dreams
Guitarist Callum Henshaw performs a nice mix of classical, Romantic and modern works. Play! Advertisements
Padma Newsome–The Vanity of Trees
Solo work by member of the Clogs, with voice, combining elements of folk, avant, classical and pop.
Strandgut
Wild, avant/garde works for sax/accordion/strings, all interesting and varied. Play/sample!
The American Viola
Romantic/modern pieces, gracious plus one contemporary work. Some beautiful pieces here and includes female composers as well. Play!
David Feurzig–Lingua Franca
UVM’s own David Feurzig here has a collection of fun, varied pieces for piano, viola, cello, voice, and mixes thereof. “Homages” are clever imitations of the styles of other composers. Play!
Kate Soper–Ipsa Dixit
Soprano/new music vocalist/composer Kate Soper here sings/talks texts of philosophers/ideas/language and expression. With musical accompaniment by Wet Ink Ensemble.
Frost Symphony Orchestra Live!
Varied, contemporary orchestral works, interesting in rhythms. Play!
Hidden Gems
Baroque through to contemporary reed quintets, transcriptions and originals. Play!
Mosaic–Burning River Brass
Transcriptions for brass from ballets, theater and other works, Baroque through modern.
Canyon Songs–Music for Solo Horn
With pieces inspired by nature and/or religious devotion,most contemporary and sonorous–some lovely works here! Play!
A QSF Journey
Quartet San Francisco performs works from with traditional elements from around the world–African, Chinese, tango–most pieces written by the violinist of the group, Jeremy Cohen. Play!
Kevin Kastning–30/36
Original compositions/improvisations for 36-string double contraguitar and 30-string contra-alto guitar (designed by the composer)–ambient, flowing, nice tone. Play!
Jordan Munson–Until My Last
Ambient, mostly slow, quiet electronic works. “Anew” with voices, whisperings, flowing.
In Your Head–New Music for Piano 4 Hands
Interesting pieces, with a fair amount of staccato, abrupt changes. Play most!
Parts to Play
Varied pieces for violin, some with piano–all modern to contemporary, a little bravura. Andres’ and Larson’s works lovely!
Franz Schubert–Die Nacht
Lovely transcriptions for viola and guitar of Schubert and Burgmuller works. Play!
Ed Martin–Journeys
Mostly flowing, abstract works for solo piano. Play!
Alla Zingarese
The title translates as “in the Gypsy style” and these pieces (mostly transcribed) reflect the emotive mix of classical, western and gypsy (folk from Central and Eastern Europe) styles. CD 2 has quieter pieces. Civitas + Gipsy Way perform.
ROCO–Visions Take Flight
ROCO, an ensemble from 1 to 40 instruments, commissions new works from contemporary composers. This 2 CD set has excellent pieces, stylistically varied and engaging. Play!
Many New Trails to Blaze
The University of Alabama at Birminghan Chamber Trio (UAB Trio) consists of clarinet, trumpet and piano, an unusual combination. This CD reflects their commissioned works and are so very interesting! Play!
Amos Gillespie–Solo!
Chamber music for a nice variety of instruments (sax quartet, sax duo, strings, and/or winds), a bit staccata, and abrupt. Play!
Mark Lackey–Fairy Tale
A mix of classical and avant works for an interesting variety of instruments (guitar, various winds, percussion, marimba, strings) and some re-mixes with electronics. Nice!
Georg Philipp Telemann–Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord
The prolific Baroque era composer Telemann here graciously uses the baroque violin with harpsichord. Maybe “plunky” to our ears, but an example of that era’s musical style and taste. Play!
Salvador Bacarisse–Le Jour de l’An
Although titles under one composer, there are works by Jesus Bal y Gay as well. All from early 20th century for a mix of harp, flutes and other winds. Play!
Mark John McEncroe–My Symphonic Poems
The title word “poem” describes these gracious, swelling works inspired by nature and the seasons. Play!
