Queen of Hearts Gesualdo Six, Owain Park, director Alasdair Austin, countertenor (final track only) Hyperion Records, 2024   On Queen of Hearts, the low male vocal ensemble Gesualdo Six explores…

Neave Trio Rooted Chandos Records (2024)   Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has recently made several imaginative recordings for Chandos. Rooted…

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5 Sarah Brady, flute; Gabriela Diaz, violin Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Music Director BMOP/Sound 1098   Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich turned eighty-five in…

Video: Guided by Voices: “I Am A Scientist,” 30th Anniversary Version   Guided by Voices celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of their album Bee Thousand with a remake of one of…

Donald Berman Ives Avie, 2024   Pianist and scholar Donald Berman has made a special inquiry into the music of American hyper-modernist composers, Charles Ives chief among them. This year…

Messiaen Barbara Hannigan, soprano Bertrand Chamayou, piano Charles Sy, tenor; Vilde Frang, violin Alpha (ALPHA1033, 2024)   Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an extraordinarily talented and versatile performer. Bertrand…

Lukas Foss – Symphony 1 Amy Porter, Flute; Nikki Chooi, Violin Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor Naxos American Classics   Lukas Foss (1922-2009) was an omnivorous composer who, over…

Mimi Hilaire On June 8, 2024 Synchromy presented a workshop reading of My Wings Burned Off, an opera by Jason V. Barabba opera with libretto by June Carryl. This was…

Michael Schell reviews the minimalist-informed avant-rock band Horse Lords at Seattle's Vera Project.

Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard and Quatuor Bozzini – Colliding Bubbles: Surface Tension and Release (Important) Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard is a composer based in Copenhagen. On his latest EP he joins forces…