Author Archives: laima1
Bandwith–Where Songs Go at Night
Contemporary works for winds, abstract and lyrical.
Violin Music by Women
Romantic era violin pieces composed by women. At the time, women composers could only compose for teaching, nor professional performance.
Rick Sowash–Voyageurs
Outsider’s composer Sowash and his gracious, Romantic clarinet pieces.
Kari Vakeva–VOID
Computer-generated music, sound based, but also with microtonal notes.
Michael Torke–Unseen
Contemporary orchestral pieces, often with fast pizzicato. Play!
Songs for a New Century
Romantic works (Mendelssohn) to modern/contemporary, showing how the string instruments sing.
Rolf Wallin–Whirld/Stride/Spirit
Contemporary works, abstract with a nice instrumental mix.
Serenade, I Miss You
Works performed on classical guitar, both folk/classical. Nice!
Modern American Percussion Concerti
Contemporary percussion works (marimba, drums) + orchestra. Play!
Julie Cooper–Oculus
Gracious works for various instruments + ensemble, some voice. Play!
Pascal Le Boeuf–Are We Dreaming the Same Dream?
Piano/drums + wind quartet, jazzy and classical. Play!
Patrick Giguere–Intimes Exuberances
Mostly gracious, abstract works for piano, based on improvisation. Play!
Joel Chadabe–Emergence
Posthumously released works from 1960’s on, early electroacoustic works. Play!
transition & apotheosis
Highly varied, contemporary pieces by composers of the Society of Composers. Interesting instrument mixes, also fixed media. Play!
Russian Variations
Romantic solo piano works by Russian composers, virtuoso. Glazunov’s works are lovely.
Benjamin Britten–Violin Concerto
Early modern works, forceful and/or delicate, strings and piano.
Cantabile–Anthems for Viola
Early modern and modern works for solo viola, play!
Four Sonatas for Flute & Piano
Some well-known + less-known known works for flute/piano, 19th & 20th century.
Nicola LeFanu–the path above the dunes
Contemporary works for clarinet/percussion and/or voice.
Jill Haley–Alaskan Soundscapes
Continuing her series of music inspired by the National Park system. Nice works for oboe, piano, strings!
Jessica Meyer–I Long and Seek After
Songs with viola and other instruments.
Chamber Music of William Horne
Contemporary works for winds + piano. Play!
Mirage–Piano Music by Stephen Dodgson
Compositions over 7 decades, gracious, lilting solo piano. Play!
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich–Symphony No. 5
Pieces composed over 20 yrs, showing variety. Zwilich won the Pulitzer Prize for Music early in her career.
Jack Stamp–Chamber Music Vol. 2
Nice collection of wind works, contemporary. Play!
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