Category Classical
Harold Meltzer–Songs and Structures
A mix of songs with poems for tenor and piano, or instrumentals for strings. Nice melodies!
The Other Half of Music
All contemporary pieces by women composers throughout the world–flute forward. Play!
Paul Hindemith– Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Modern works– “wild” but Romantic for violin, piano or viola. Play!
Giovanni Piacentini–Between Worlds
Excellent pieces for guitar, electronics, some flute–with Latin elements. Play! (trks 17 & 18 might be damaged).
Igor Raykhelson–Piano and Chamber Music Vol. 2
Gracious, contemporary works for strings and piano, some jazz elements! Play!
Voices of Earth and Air–Works for Chorus
Lovely, smooth choral works–track 4 with temple blocks, percussion. Play!
Hypothetical Islands
Varying works for reed quintet, ambient, flowing to staccato. Play or sample!
Bohuslav Martinu–Cello Sonatas
Three modern cello sonatas written from 1939 to 1952, showing compositional changes. Sonata No. 3 is particularly interesting rhythmically! Play!
Minerva
Idit Shner has commissioned these recent works for saxophone and piano, lilting and flowing. Play!
Migration
Fuego Saxophone Quartet performs these lyrical to very abstract works, even eerie, by Maslanka, Albright and Mettens. Play!
Tamara Konstantin–Reverie
Mostly sweet, melodic works for piano and chamber ensemble inspired by the English countryside–2 based on Bach or Beethoven, another on her family’s experiences during WWII. Play!
William Brittelle–Spiritual America
Mix of rock, chorus, electronics and song, about America.
Yes…It’s A Thing!–New Music for Flute and Guitar
Lovely, contemporary, world premiere recordings. Play!
To A Camia–Piano Music from Romantic Manila
Gracious works from late 1800’s on through early 1900’s. Varying rhythmic styles. Play!
David Sanford–Black Noise
Really interesting pieces, not completely lyrical yet not discordant, tensions and jazz elements, too! Matt Haimovitz on cello.
Equivocal Duration
What Is Noise ensemble (strings, wind, piano, percussion) performs these very interesting pieces inspired by highly differing subjects: art, the Spanish descanso in funerals, Roanoke colonialists and the world today. Play!
The Other Side
For symphonic wind ensemble, big sounding works yet Turnbull’s pieces surprisingly delicate. Play most!
Morton Subotnick–Vol. 4 Complete Piano Works
Varying piano pieces–some solo and lyrical, others staccato and electronic or with tape. Interesting!
Ramon Lazkano–Piano Works
Works for solo piano, multiple hands, lots of variability, some with orchestra. Play!
Forgotten Russians
Works written in the early 1900’s and now rarely performed, modern and Romantic. Play!
Jeff Morris–With Strings
Strongly electronic cello pieces–violin works range from acoustic to electronic. Play!
Nirmali Fenn– The Clash of Icicles Chamber Music
Quite a variety of rhythms, tones and instruments in very abstract works ranging from lyrical to broken and intense. Play!
Robert Martin–Four Wind Quintets
Somewhat repetitious but lyrical wind quintets–slower movements especially nice!
Discover Enrique Granados
Delicate, flowing, lyrical, solo piano pieces. Play!
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