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Johanna Beyer: Restless, Endless, Tactless
Johanna Beyer and the Birth of American Percussion Music Meehan/Perkins Duo & the Baylor Percussion Group The radical changes in Western music in the 20th century took many forms. While tonality was recast in the 1920s, it was in the 1930s that a pivotal step in the “liberation of sound”...
Arnold Schoenberg: Erwartung/Stefan Wolpe: Symphony
Orchestra of the 20th Century Arthur Weisberg, conductor; Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) composed Erwartung in seventeen days, between August 27 and September 12, 1909. It took another twenty-two days to complete the orchestration and another fifteen years before it was premiered.The libretto, written by Marie von Pappenheim...
Ensemble Dal Niente; Michael Lewanski, conductor George Lewis (b 1952) combines an astonishing level of creativity with trenchant critiques of many traditional conceptions about experimental music. The four compositions on this album reference a wide range of ideas, from rhetoric in Ancient Rome to actor network theory, and the album's...
ensemble 0: Stéphane & Julien Garin, percussion; Talea Ensemble: James Baker, conductor; Ensemble Dedalus: Didier Aschour, guitar and artistic direction I’m just so happy that this album is coming out. I wouldn’t say it’s the best thing I’m ever going to make, but it certainly is the best thing I’ve...
The New Music Consort The genesis of the independent percussion ensemble may be linked to the desire of twentieth- century composers to extend the world of timbral resources, as well as to an interest in the music and philosophy of non-Western cultures, whose sophisticated rhythms are often expressed by percussion...
Joey Baron - Raised Pleasure Dot
Joey Baron, drums; Ellery Eskelin, tenor sax; Steve Swell, trombone Drummer Joey Baron has played with such unorthodox types as John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, and Tim Berne, so it's not surprising that his own sessions are equally diverse and ambitious. This date presents an unusual instrumental lineup and a freewheeling,...
As seen (somewhere in background) but not heard on Netflix's "Archive 81” Excerpt from Earle Brown’s notes from the 2000 CRI Reissue: "It is obviously a great pleasure for me that CRI is re-releasing its 1974 recording of my work, and an even greater pleasure that I am able to...
Martin Christ, piano Larry Polansky (b 1954), though known primarily for his work in the field of computer music, has produced a major addition to the keyboard literature, this massive theme-and-variations on Ruth Crawford Seeger's arrangement of the folk song "Lonesome Road." Inspired by his deep engagement with her music,...
Stuart Saunders Smith: The Links Series of Vibraphone Essays
Masako Kunimoto, Steve Sehman, Bill Sallak, Steven Schick, Aiyun Huang, Fabio Oliveira, Justin DeHart, Jude Traxler, Berndt Thurner, Ayano Kataoka, Chris Leonard, Dale Speicher, Matt Apanius, vibraphone; Katalin Lukacs, piano; Gisela Mashayekhi-Beer, flute "The Links Series of Vibraphone Essays is scored for vibraphone in various settings, from unaccompanied solos to...
Gordon Mumma: Music for Solo Piano (1960-2001)
Daan Vandewalle, piano Gordon Mumma (b 1935) is best known for his pioneering role in the development and evolution of electronic and live-electronic music. The piano has played a significant if underestimated role in his career. With a few notable exceptions, this collection by pianist Daan Vandewalle marks the first...