Category Classical
Fred Lerdahl–Vol. 6
Really interesting contemporary works for orchestra, some Baroque/Classical elements
Howard Skempton–Preludes and Fugues
Gracious, modern, very short pieces (58!) for solo piano.
Tales from Malaysia–Between Two Worlds
Lovely transcriptions or works for guitar by Malaysian composers or inspired by the music. Gentle, lyrical. Play!
Mark John McEncroe–Musical Images for Chamber Orchestra
Contemporary, mostly short orchestral works, lyrical but not cutesy. Play!
Duality: Works for Tenor Saxophone and Piano
Contemporary and modern works–nice!
Chinary Ung Volume 4–Space Between Heaven and Earth
Cambodian composer seeks to alleviate suffering with his music which he describes as “futuristic folk music”, combining Asian and western elemets. Sample
Heard in Havana
Performed in Havana by Third Sound, highly varying contemporary works flute/strings/piano. Play!
Vox
Flute-based Heare Ensemble plays highly varying works from classical to more avant-garde. Nice!
Memory
Violinist Patrick Yim performs all contemporary pieces, some lyrical, others more strident. Nice mix.
Ex Machina
The Donald Sinta Quartet performs some fun, contemporary saxophone quartets–Play!
Meredi–Stardust
Delicate, lyrical, minimalist solo piano pieces. Play!
Prairie Sounds
Performed on a Canadian organ in Saskatchewan, works covering many musical eras. Interesting!
Kirk O’ Riordan–Autumn Winds
Mostly vocal works with lyrical piano accompaniment. Play!
Breaking Waves–Music by Swedish Women Composers
These are overlooked composers of the Romantic era, gracious and lovely.
Albaster dePlume–To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1
Multi-genre pieces for wavering sax with a wide variety of instruments–varied rhythms. Play!
Sunleif Rasmussen–Andalag
Contemporary works. A fair amount of string tension, varying, with winds, or viola.
Nikolai Kapustin–Saxophone Chamber Music
Fun, modern, jazzy saxophone quartets. Play!
Bloch, Muczynski, Reger–20th Century Music for Cello
Modern, solo cello works from 1916 to 1966–Muczynski’s fun!
Moto Celeste
Trio Casals performs this contemporary collection of works, all lovely!
Sven Helbig–Clemens Christian Poetzsch plays Sven Helbig
Beautiful, mostly quiet, slow, minimalist solo piano. Play!
yMusic–Extatic Science
Contemporary, classical but with varied elements of other genres and rhythms. Play!
Music of Barbara Harbach–Orchestral Music V–Expressions
Modern, short, varying orchestral works, play most! Lyrical and interesting.
Derek Charke–Bathymetric Terrains
Flute + guitar on themes of topography, water, climate with electronics and voice, lyrical!
Metamorphosis
Three Reed Duo (sax + oboe, with piano on some tracks perform a mix of modern and contemporary pieces. Excellent!
Caboclo
Transcriptions of Brazilian modern works, for recorder quartet. Fun!
