Michael Gielen Edition Vol. 10 (CD Review)
Michael Gielen Edition Volume 10: Music After 1945 SWR Sinfonieorchester, Michael Gielen conductor SWR 6xCD boxed set The tenth…
Synchromy Concert: Tierkreis L.A.
On January 8 and 9, 2022, Synchromy mounted two live concert presentations of Tierkreis L.A. Jason Barabba and eleven other…
Music edges back: Schell’s picks for 2021
Taken collectively, this year’s list reveals the remarkable depth, breath and quality of what we call “new music”, but it…
Best of 2021: Rock/Adjacent
G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! Godspeed You! Black Emperor Constellation Records As with their previous album Luciferan Towers, a…
Best of 2021: New/Experimental Recordings
Best New/Experimental Recordings Trio IX and Exercises Christian Wolff Trio Accanto Nicholas Hodges, piano; Marcus Weiss, saxophone; Christian Dierstein, percussion…
Best of 2021: ECM Recordings
Parker Quartet; Kim Kashkashian, viola György Kurtág: Six moments musicaux; Officium breve Antonin Dvořák: String Quintet op. 97 ECM Records…
Best of 2021: Recording of the Year
Number Pieces John Cage Apartment House Another Timbre 4XCD boxed set John Cage’s Number Pieces, late compositions (from 1987-1992)…
Happy 80th Birthday Wadada Leo Smith!
Best of 2021 – Happy 80th Birthday Wadada Leo Smith! Wadada Leo Smith turns eighty today, and Sequenza 21…
Best of 2021 – Piano Music
William Byrd and John Bull The Visionaries of Piano Music Kit Armstrong, piano Deutsche Grammophon CD In The Visionaries…