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Is it classical, jazz, metal, grunge or folk? Mackey's roots are spread across a fascinatingly wide spectrum of available musical styles. A classical composer of substance (his recently commissioned work for the Chicago Symphony received glowing notices), Mackey is also...
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This exceptionally beautiful recording presents Paul Lansky's complete music for solo marimba, performed by the young marimba virtuoso, Gwendolyn Dease. The composer writes: "One of the highlights of my life as a composer occurred when I got an email from Gwendolyn Burgett Dease...
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This disc presents premiere recordings of new duo-piano works, composed for the stellar Quattro Mani (Susan Grace & Alice Rybak, duo-pianists). John Novacek's Three Rags for Two Pianos opens the disc with a bang, offering a virtuoso updated-take on the...
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All of the works on this disc were composed for the trio, Crazy Jane, and all receive their premiere recordings. Paul Lansky's Songs of Parting is an intricate elaboration of the folk song variously known as 'Ten Thousand Miles' 'The...
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Grammy-nominated guitarist David Starobin's latest CD includes five recent works composed by close colleagues of the guitarist, including music for guitar and percussion, written for the guitarist and his daughter to play. The music on this disc ranges broadly from...
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My Cinema for the Ears is a 59 minute film by Uli Aumüller. An impressionistic, wryly humorous look at nature and the creative process, the film features two composers, Francis Dhomont and Paul Lansky – and follows their search for...
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David Starobin continues his award-winning New Music with Guitar series after a six year hiatus. Volume 8 includes two solo works and two chamber pieces in their premiere recordings. Starobin's own composition, Variations on a Theme by Carl Nielsen, takes...
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Since its founding in 2006, the Meehan/Perkins Duo (Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins) has redefined the American percussion duo through its diverse commissions and engaging performances. Dedicated to creating a new body of work for the percussion duo genre, the...
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David Starobin's series of “New Music with Guitar” began in 1981 with the issue of an LP of premieres by Henze, Kolb, Bland and Wuorinen. The present volume, issued 34 years later, contains a recent chamber work, a concerto for...
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This wild compilation of hip-hop influenced 'speech' pieces shows the blurring lines of serious and popular art. Curated by Mendi + Keith Obadike, one of 'Crosstalk's goals was to consider how our ways of listening to American speech music across...
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