Tag Archives: Classical/avant-garde
Robot Koch–The Next Billion Years
Ambient, electronic/techno + strings/drums/winds. Excellent!
vox/viola
All contemporary works for viola with the violist singing/ talking or other vocal sounds, some almost sound Baroque. Interesting!
Jackson Greenberg–First Light
Two pieces, the first one ambient and flowing for orchestra, the second for voice, in German, telling the poem of the Panther by Rainer Rilke.
Pantha du Prince–Conference of Trees
Henrik Weber, primary composer of Pantha du Prince, with works for electronics and percussion, variable styles ranging from minimalist to classical. Play!
Henri Pousseur–Works for Flute
Mostly abstract, lyrical pieces for 1-3 flutes, except 2 works with electronics that are not so lyrical. Play most!
Horatio Radulescu–The Complete Cello Works
Finding connections with music/math and other arts, sound units/vibrations for cello and piano.
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!
yMusic–Extatic Science
Contemporary, classical but with varied elements of other genres and rhythms. Play!
Derek Charke–Bathymetric Terrains
Flute + guitar on themes of topography, water, climate with electronics and voice, lyrical!
Anne Neikirk–Spring Shadows
Abstract, mostly lyrical works for sax, flute, harp or percussion, with subtle electronics
Charles Amirkhanian–Loudspeakers
Pianola/player piano and MIDI and text-sound pieces with electronics and voices.
Kate Amrine–This Is My Letter to the World
Trumpet-based pieces with inspiration/words on political issues, abortion, climate change…
Clickable–The Art of Persuasion
Flute and percussion (vibes, marimba etc) with words covering the topics of social media, novels, ads and folk stories.
Diana Cemeryte–Recorder & Accordion
For recorder and/or accordion, some discordance/loudness vs. almost lyrical.
Miguel Farias–Up and Down
For a variety of instruments (winds, percussion, voice, electronics), varying works with plucks, stops, beats and other sounds from the instruments. Sample.
Joanna Bailie–Artificial Environments
Taking urban sounds and manipulating with time and electronics, including street, train and other environments.
Walter Zimmermann–Lokale Musik
For a wide variety of instruments and ensembles, pieces that are not quite lyrical nor atonal, with rhythmic changes.
Marco Momi–Almost Nowhere
Three long pieces for saxophone, electronics, percussion and piano–quite a variety of sounds from the instruments. Sample!
Mirrored Spaces
A collection of abstract, contemporary works for solo guitar or electric guitar–excellent!
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
The Prism Quartet is back with this release of saxophone quartets by well-known contemporary composers: Steven Mackey, Julia Wolfe amongst others. Sonorous to wild! Play!
Peter Van Zandt Lane–New Cartography
String works exploring technological and mechanical effects on life, varying rhythmically, for quartet or ensemble.
Hior Chronik–Blind Heaven
Ambient, electronic works with some voice, piano, vibraphone, mostly slow and droning. Play!
Wax & Wire
Varying works for an interesting mix of instruments–cello, sax, piano, clarinet, percussion. Play!
