Thursday, June 30 2011
Jefferson Friedman: Quartets
The mood of Friedman's two quartets, which combine romantic emotion with an absence of forgiving softness, gives the strings a chance to try out two things they do especially well.
Friday, May 20 2011
Todd Reynolds: Outerborough
"Daredevil" composer Todd Reynolds has offered up a huge album, plentiful in every possible that way music can be. It's worth the trouble.
Tuesday, May 17 2011
Toby Twining: Eurydice
Taken on its own, Toby Twining's Eurydice is a prime slab of modern, wordless vocal music.
Friday, May 13 2011
Kronos Quartet / Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen: Uniko
Did you know that if you threw an accordion, percussion, electronics, and an accordion into a blender that you might end up with one of the best albums of the year?
Wednesday, April 27 2011
Dakota Suite & Emanuele Errante: The North Green Down
Chris Hooson and Emanuele Errante craft an extended work in memory of Hooson's sister-in-law.
Monday, April 25 2011
Sentieri Selvaggi: Sentieri Selvagi Plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass
Sentieri Selvaggi reveres these two elder statesmen of minimalism. And that's about all there is to it.
