Category Classical
Bowed Colors
Contemporary works for viola, some piano and children’s voices. Nice!
ILTA
Varied percussion + flute works, lyrical to abstract, modern.
Anders Koppel–Chamber Music
Contemporary pieces for strings /mandolin and very interesting! Play!
Chamber Music with Viola
British composers’ ( Bowen, Britten, Holst) works for viola, early 1900’s, gracious.
Bryn Harrison–three descriptions of place and movement
Long, contemporary ambient/abstract string pieces, droning.
Clemans Christian Poetzsch–chasing Heisenberg
Lovely, flowing and ambient piano pieces, all contemporary. Play!
Carl Reinecke–Piano Concertos
Romantic era piano concertos, lovely!
Chaos + Contemplation
Very abstract varied works for sax + percussion, some dissonance.
Impulse
Both classical and abstract, lovely, keening works for viola.
Center Chamber–Chamber Music with Saxophone
Contemporary works for sax or the forgotten connosax (sax + english horn + heckelphone created in 1928 with a vaudeville sound). Nice!
Mauricio Galeano–Colloid
Abstract collection of guitar pieces, lots of hard plucking. Interesting.
Miguel del Aguila–Orchestral Works
Lovely, mostly lyrical orchestral works with Latin elements.
Evgueni Galperine–Theory of Becoming
Minimalist works but acoustically varied–voice, trumpet, strings–sound collages.
Jesse Passenier– Fight for Light
Contemporary orchestral works, the marimba pieces are delightful! Play!
Vignettes–Music for Trumpet & Brass
Works for solo trumpet or with accompaniment, varied, all modern,
Ludwig Van Beethoven–Complete String Quartets–Vol. 3, The Late Quartets
Considered difficult to perform, almost voice like for strings.
Antonin Dvorak–Poetic Tone Pictures
Solo piano pieces with Czech folk elements. Play!
Cesar Franck–Piano Rarities
Romantic era piano works. Lovely!
Irminden–One Hundred Years of Bulgarian Piano Trios
European and Asian, folk based piano trios. Varied.
David Tudor–Rainforest IV
Sounds of the rainforest with electronics–somewhat of a cacaphony.
Matt McBane–Bathymetry
Minimalist works for moog/electronics/percussion–sci- fi sounds.
Classics of American Romanticism
From mid 1800’s, orchestral works both intense and lyrical by Bristow and Fry.
Balmorhea–the wind
Gorgeous, ambient, lyrical works for strings, guitar, celesta, voice.
The Genius of Ysaye
Romantic/modern works for viola, violin, cello–beautiful and emotive. Play!
Transcend
Contemporary works for saxophone quartet, abstract and varied, flowing.
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