EP Review: KOAN Quartet – Johanna Beyer – String Quartet IV
The Koan Quartet has recently posted the premiere commercial recording of Johanna Beyer’s String Quartet IV. The German-born Ms. Beyer…
Ralph van Raat plays French Piano Rarities (CD Review)
French Piano Rarities Ralph van Raat, piano Naxos 8.573894 I was fortunate to hear the US premiere at New York’s…
Podcast: JoVia Armstrong
JoVia Armstrong is an accomplished musician from Detroit, winner of the 2014 Best Black Female Percussionist of the Year, given…
Spektral Quartet – Experiments in Living
Spektral Quartet Clara Lyon (violin), Maeve Feinberg (violin), Doyle Armbrust (viola), Russell Rolen (cello) Experiments in Living New Focus Records (digital release)…
Catherine Lamb – Point/Wave
Catherine Lamb – Point/Wave Giacomo Fiore Populist Records Los Angeles-based Populist Records has released a new digital recording by Catherine…
Revisiting Tippett’s The Ice Break
When Michael Tippett composed The Ice Break, he was already in his early 70s. Set in a contemporary country (the…
Liza Lim on Kairos (CD Review)
Liza Lim Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus Sophie Schatleitner, violin; Lorelei Dowling, bassoon; Klangform Wien, Stefan Asbury and Peter Rundel,…
2 Sono Luminus CDs
Páll Ragnar Pálsson Atonement CAPUT Ensemble, conducted by Guðni Franzson, Tui Hirv, Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir Sono Luminus CD/Blu-ray (2020) Halldór…
Podcast: Julian Bennett Holmes – In Conversation
Julian Bennett Holmes is the Sacred Music Coordinator of the St. Paul Chapel at Columbia University. He is an award…