contemporary music Archive
Reason & Reverence: Works for Orchestra – Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra / Petr Vronský – Navona
An excellent collection of contemporary collection of music around the theme of reverence and growth Reason & Reverence: Works for Orchestra – Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra / Petr Vronský Navona Records NV6166 (6/8/2018) ****: What a refreshingly good listen this disc from Navona is. The album starts splendidly with Christopher Keyes’ An Inescapable Entanglement. It has […]
Hints On Shooting a Classical Video – (From a Grammy-award-winning producer: Choose the piece but film the moment; Set the scenes & shoot it lean; Keep it real; Tell a story; Get intimate. “If the viewer wants to focus purely on the music they’re welcome to shut their eyes. But if they want to watch […]
THORESEN: Sea of Names – Music by LASSE THORESEN – Maiken Mathisen Schau, flute/Trond Schau, p. – 2L
THORESEN: Sea of Names – Music by LASSE THORESEN – Maiken Mathisen Schau, flute/Trond Schau, p. – 2L multichannel SACD 2l-127 (11/18/16) *** 1/2: Contemporary chamber music from Norway, well-played and recorded. Lasse Thoresen is a well-known composer of contemporary Scandinavian music, inspired by a culture rich in a tradition of experimentation. His chamber music […]
JOHN ADAMS: The Dharma at Big Sur; My Father Knew Charles Ives – BBC Sym. Orch./ John Adams /with Tracy Silverman, electric violin – Nonesuch (2 CDs)
JOHN ADAMS: The Dharma at Big Sur; My Father Knew Charles Ives – BBC Sym. Orch./ John Adams /with Tracy Silverman, electric violin – Nonesuch 2-CD disc set 79857-2, 52:00 (9/26/06) ****: John Adams at his best with an East Coast and West Coast-themed musical offering. This is not a new disc, as it was […]
Tribute to Hans Rosbaud – Works of BERG, WEBERN, SIBELIUS, BARTOK – Rosbaud cond. – Praga Digitals
Praga presents a cross-section of Hans Rosbaud, a conductor who explores and experiments with all music. Tribute to Hans Rosbaud – BERG: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6; WEBERN: Six Pieces for Large Orch., Op. 6; SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, Op. 44; Tapiola, Op. 112; BARTOK: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion – Maria Bergman & […]
PART: Peace upon you; Morning Star; The Woman With The Alabaster Box; The Deer’s Cry; Virgencita; Solfeggio; Zwei Beter; Tribute to Caesar; Summa; Memento; Alleluja-Tropus; Da pacem, Domine – Polyphony/ Stephen Layton – Hyperion
Simply one of the best Part albums ever made.
“Horizon 5 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra” = Anonymous/JAMES MACMILLAN: Hodie puer nascitur; DETLEV GLANERT: Insomnium; KLAAS DE VRIES: Providence; RICHARD RIJNVOS: Antarctique; KAIJA SAARIAHO: Circle Map – various conductors/Royal Concertgebouw – RCO Live
This really intriguing series may make you like modern music!
MARTY REGAN: Scattering Light, Scattering Flowers; Selected Works for Japanese Instruments, Vol. 3 (TrackList follows) – Aura J Japanese Musical Ensemble – Navona
An interesting musical journey with Japanese instruments in modern compositions.
“McDuo: Works for Flute and Percussion” – Kim McCormick, flute/ Robert McCormick, percussion – Ravello
A musical Odd Couple that makes some really interesting sonic statements.
LISA BIELAWA: In Media Res = Roam; Double Violin Concerto; Unfinish’d, Sent; In Media Res (Concerto for Orchestra); Synopses #1-15 – Carla Kihlstedt, v. & voice /Colin Jacobsen, v./ Lisa Bielawa, sop./ Boston Modern Orch. Project/Gil Rose – BMPO Sound (2)
A two-disc compilation of the vibrant, brilliantly orchestrated and imaginatively creative music of contemporary American composer Lisa Bielawa.
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Cembal d’amour
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