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…
Podcast: Voices of the Pearl
This podcast examines Voices of the Pearl, a particularly interesting project that combines the rediscovery of ancient religious texts, the…
Cappella Amsterdam (Best of 2020)
Roland de Lassus Inferno – Motets for Six and Eight Voices Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss, director Harmonia Mundi CD Roland…
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…
CD Preview: Jeff Parker
Celebrating a new partnership between Nonesuch and International Anthem, two of the gold standard labels for adventurous music, January 24…
Best Recordings of 2019
Recording of the Year: Terry Riley, Sun Rings, Kronos Quartet, Volti (Nonesuch) Terry Riley’s 2002 work Sun Rings simultaneously…
10/25 – Composers at Westminster Recording sees Release
On October 25th, the recording Composers at Westminster (WCC19109) will be released via digital platforms. The program notes are below.…
Caroline Shaw – Orange (CD Review)
Caroline Shaw – Orange Attaca Quartet Nonesuch/New Amsterdam CD Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 2013, Caroline Shaw has been…