Featuring works by Laura Schwendinger, Judith Shatin, Juhi Bansal, Karen Lemon, Erick Tapia, Ian Dicke, Daniel Blinkhorn, and Gunter Gaupp, this collection is enlivened by the pathos with which the composers and DuHamel approach the underlying subject matter
Coming out this Friday — Ann DuHamel: Prayers for a Feverish Planet: New Music about Climate Change, Vol. 1
Pianist Ann DuHamel releases the first volume of her commissioning project of solo works that are inspired by and draw attention to the climate change crisis
On this debut full length release, they perform works by Rebecca Saunders, Eric Moe, Anthony Braxton, Ramin Akhavijou, Max Johnson, and Beat Furrer that are both landmark works for the instrumentation and core works that have shaped SydeBoob as an ensemble
Coming out this Friday — SydeBoob Duo: Au Naturel
SydeBoob Duo is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of performance in repertoire for soprano & flute, bringing their virtuosity to ambitious works that highlight their commitment to broad representation and the highest aesthetic standards
The album is a rich addition to the growing repertoire of expansive solo percussion works that focus on timbre, sustain, and texture. Often, and for many years, percussion music has celebrated a kind of vigorous physicality, but quietly behind the scenes, a counterbalancing trend has been growing
Out now — Michael Jones: The Promise of Escape
Three solo percussion works by composers Pluto Bell, Nicholas Deyoe, and Scott Wollschleger, performed by Michael Jones
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Chasalow’s music revels in character juxtaposition, expressive use of timbre whether acoustic or electronic, and a deft management of structure, all of which can be heard in various ways in these pieces
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Out now — Eric Chasalow: ...arching, reaching, breathless
This collection of Eric Chasalow’s music for strings balances his extensive work in electroacoustic contexts with his chamber music and spotlights his integration of literary sources
These works are part of a growing portion of the solo percussion repertoire that celebrates sensitivity, timbre, and painting of expressive worlds not as a counter to traditional virtuosity, but an expansion of it
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Coming out this Friday — Michael Jones: The Promise of Escape
Percussionist Michael Jones releases an album featuring three works that resulted from close collaborations he has had with composers Pluto Bell, Nicholas Deyoe, and Scott Wollschleger
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Featuring performances by the Lydian String Quartet along with several leading freelancers, Chasalow's music is rich in timbral invention, cohesive structural organization, and programmatic inspiration drawn from literary sources
Coming out this Friday — Eric Chasalow: ...arching, reaching, breathless
Composer Eric Chasalow releases ...arching, reaching, breathless featuring several pieces for strings in chamber and electroacoustic settings
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Lei Liang’s work in this field represents a landmark in environmentally engaged music, drawing attention and reverence to our natural world while bringing it inside a living, creative process
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Out now — Lei Liang: Six Seasons — Instrumentation Lab
A two disc set of multidisciplinary works by composer Lei Liang, with musicians from Ensemble Dal Niente, Mivos Quartet, loadbang, [nec]shivaree, and pianist Stephen Drury
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From composer Lei Liang's new album Six Seasons: Instrumentation Lab coming out tomorrow, here's Season 6: Bloom performed by [nec]shivaree led by Stephen Drury
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Partnering with musicians from Ensemble Dal Niente, Mivos Quartet, loadbang, [nec]shivaree, and pianist Stephen Drury, Lei Liang’s newest release is an ambitious snapshot of his current aesthetic direction
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Coming out this Friday — Lei Liang: Six Seasons: Instrumentation Lab
Lei Liang crafts multi-disciplinary works that bridge scientific research, electroacoustic composition & contemporary improvisation to create a cohesive message of holistic symbiosis
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The album zooms in on existing components of historical musical practice and creates collage textures that delve deeper into their possibilities and present them within ingenious juxtapositions. In doing so, Shlomowitz posits a parallel trajectory for contemporary music, one of many paths not taken
Out now — Matthew Shlomowitz: Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 5
An EP of short form pieces exploring genre and tonality by composer Matthew Shlomowitz, written for the K!ART ensemble
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Shlomowitz cultivates a polytonal language, situating his harmonic sensibility in the mid-twentieth century while he subverts conventional expectations of context, form, and texture
Coming out this Friday — Matthew Shlomowitz: Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 5
Composer Matthew Shlomowitz embraces short form pieces, each of which engage with a historical trope from the compositional toolbox
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José Martínez releases his first full portrait album as a composer, featuring his electroacoustic music in various guises across five pieces. Martínez’s work is narrative even in its most experimental incarnations, focusing on telling a story through sound in unexpected ways
Out now — José Martínez: Short Stories
Five electroacoustic works by composer José Martínez, integrating tradition, technology, and text, featuring performances by percussionist Jordan Walsh, saxophonist Noa Even, HOCKET, Hot Second and Martínez himself
Drawing on his Colombian heritage as well as influences from film and literature, Martínez brings inquisitiveness, curiosity, and thoughtfulness to the phenomenon he explores through music, shedding new light on sounds and ideas
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Coming out this Friday — José Martínez: Short Stories
Composer José Martínez releases Short Stories, a collection of his compositions that integrate tradition, technology, and text to tell stories, both direct and surreal
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Kramer's compositional process borrows liberally from his own stock of draft material which he reworks and contextualizes within new pieces
In this sense, the overarching listening experience on this album can be understood as viewing the fruits of a carefully tended garden of musical ideas
Out now — Peter Kramer: To a Green Thought in a Green Shade
Solos, duos & trios for winds, strings, piano & guitar by composer Peter Kramer, featuring Longleash, clarinetist & recordist Zachary Good, bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward, guitarist Daniel Lippel, and Kramer himself on piano
From composer Peter Kramer's new album To a Green Thought in a Green Shade coming out Friday, here's Pietà performed by Longleash
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Featuring performances here by Kramer alongside several of his colleagues, his debut full length recording showcases his openness to material drawn from different aesthetic "camps," all in service of his reflective, introspective voice
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Coming out this Friday — Peter Kramer: To a Green Thought in a Green Shade
Peter Kramer cultivates a compositional library of ideas from which he draws on and fashions lyrical, thoughtful music
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