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Wolff: Long Piano (Peace March 11) / Thomas Schultze

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-11-10


The melodic and, in the case of the solo piano music, timbral materials from which Christian Wolff's (b. 1934) music is made are rarely unusual;...continue...
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NWR 80699
Let Others Name You / Tenzer, Christ-Kato, Ossia Ensemble

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Michael Tenzer: Unstable Center; Invention and Etude; Underleaf; Resolution
Performers: Aiken, Malcom; Christ-Kato, Naoko; Colin MacDonald; Coope, A.K.; Hamm, Corey; Houle, Francois; I Wayan Sudirana; Kuntz, Kristan; Levesque, Francois; Lowry, Rachel; Murray, Rod; Tenzer, Michael
Ensemble: Genta Buana Sari; Ossia Ensemble; Sanggar Çudamani

This collection of five pieces firmly situates composer and ethnomusicologist Michael Tenzer (b. 1957) in the forefront of a group of contemporary composers creating cross-cultural...continue...
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NWR 80697
Links Series of Vibraphone Essays - Smith, Kunimoto, Sehman, Sallak, Schick

2 CD / New World Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Stuart Saunders Smith: Links no 1 for Vibraphone and Piano; Links no 2 for Vibraphone and Piano; Links no 3 for Vibraphone and Piano; Links no 4 for Vibraphone and Piano "Monk"; Links no 5 for Vibrap...
Performers: Apanius, Matthew; DeHart, Justin; Huang, Aiyun; Kataoka, Ayano; Kunimoto, Masako; Leonard, Chris; Lukacs, Katalin; Mashayekhi-Beer, Gisela; Oliveira, Fabio; Sallak, Bill; Schick, Steven; Sehman, Stev...

The Links Series of Vibraphone Essays is scored for vibraphone in various settings, from unaccompanied solos to duos with flute, piano and off-stage orchestra bells....continue...
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NWR 80690
Byrne: White Bone Country, etc / Gosling, Shively

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-08-11

Works: Andrew Byrne: White Bone Country; Tracks; Fata Morgana
Performers: Gosling, Stephen; Shively, David

Andrew Byrne has lived and worked mostly in New York since the early 1990s. This tripartite CD has a mobile-like character, working entirely with a...continue...
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NWR 80696
Samuel - Scott Fields / Schubert, Roller, et al

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-07-14

Works: Scott Fields: Not I; Ghost Trio; Eh Joe
Performers: Fields, Scott; Hollenbeck, John; Roller, Scott; Schubert, Matthias
Ensemble: Scott Fields Ensemble

Scott Fields' 'Samuel', the second album of compositions based on Beckett's plays, follows 2007's highly acclaimed 'Beckett'. The Chicago-born guitarist and composer actually derives his...continue...
Recording information: Topaz Studios, Cologne, Germany (01/23/2009-01/24/2009)....continue...
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NWR 80695
J. Diamond: Music for Javanese Gamelan / Jody Diamond

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Jody Diamond: In That Bright World; Hard Times; Kenong; Sabbath Bride; Lou Harrison: Gending Chelsea; Bubaran Bill
Performers: Astono, Sigit; Darsano; Diamond, Jody; Kuwat; Rusdiyantoro; Sarno; Suraji; Suskamso; Waluyo

Jody Diamond (b. 1953) is a composer, performer, and scholar who has specialized in music for Indonesian gamelan for close to 40 years. Her compositions...continue...
Personnel: Jody Diamond (vocals).

Recording information: Studio 19, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Kurakarta, (07/24/2001-07/25/2001)....continue...
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NWR 80698
Music for Flute - Beyer, Vierk, Tenney, Polansky, La Barbara / Margaret Lancaster

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Beyer: Have Faith!; Lois V. Vierk: Io; Joan La Barbara: Atmos; James Tenney: Seegersong no 2; Larry Polansky: Piker
Performers: Gold, Matthew; Griffith, Beth; Lancaster, Margaret; Polansky, Larry

This gathering of music by five composers spanning more than 70 years demonstrates the richness and possibility of the stylistic freedom that is sometimes called...continue...
Recording information: 2nd Story Sound, New York City (02/06/2009)....continue...
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NWR 80665
Sound Of The Five

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-03-10

Works: Chen Yi: Sound Of The Five; Yangko; Sprout
Performers: Blessinger, Ron; Cheifetz, Hamilton; DePonte, Niel; Esbensen, Adam; Ewer, Greg; Frajola, Peter; Quincey, Brian; Rencher, Gordon; Third Angle New Music Ensemble
Ensemble: Third Angle New Music Ensemble

Chen Yi (b. 1953) is part of a distinguished cohort of Chinese composers who have immigrated to the United States over the past several decades....continue...
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NWR 80691
Drew: Animating Degree Zero, etc / Barton Workshop

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-02-10

Works: James Drew: Animating Degree Zero; Bonaroo Breaks; 12 Centers Preathing; The Lute in the Attic; Solemn Acts in the Rain; In Memoriam J. C. Higgenbotham
Ensemble: Barton Workshop

Nicolas Slonimsky has described James Mulcro Drew as an "authentic member of the American Experimental tradition." Drew, like another member of that tradition, Harry Partch,...continue...
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NWR 80687
The Theory of Impossible Melody - Polansky: B'rey'sheet [In the beginning], Psaltery, Simple Actions&Rules of Compossibility, etc

1 CD / New World Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Larry Polansky: Four-Voice Canons; Psaltery; Epitaph

Amongst the lineages of knowledge that Larry Polansky (b. 1954) has woven together in his creative work, as both a composer and theorist, have been...continue...
REVIEWS:

Signal To Noise (magazine) (p.61) - "Larry Polansky's compositions are driven by intelligence and sheer curiosity. In applying science to art, he creates works that are sometimes far r...continue...
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NWR 80684
Musica Elettronica Viva - 1967-2007 / Curran, Rzewski, et al

4 CD / New World Records / 2008-12-09


Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV) began one evening in the spring of 1966 as Alan Bryant, Alvin Curran, Jon Phetteplace, Carol Plantamura, Frederic Rzweski, Richard Teitelbaum...continue...
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NWR 80675
Dramm: The stroke that kills; Beglarian, Curran, Friday, Matamoros, etc / Seth Josel

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-12-09

Works: Eve Beglarian: Until it blazes; Alvin Curran: Strum City; Michael Friday: Slapback; David Dramm: The stroke that kills; Gustavo Matamoros: Stoned guitar/TIG welder; Tom Johnson: Canon for 6 Guitars
Performers: Josel, Seth

Over the past twenty-plus years, Seth Josel has established himself as a leader in helping to shape the electric guitar's burgeoning future as a "classical"...continue...
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NWR 80661
Ives: The Light That is Felt, Songs of Charles Ives / Narucki, Berman

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Charles Ives: Songs my mother taught me; Tom Sails Away; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; The Greatest Man; West London; Incantation; Du bist wie eine Blume; Down East; The Children's Hour; Where the e...
Performers: Berman, Donald; Narucki, Susan

Charles Ives composed nearly 200 songs throughout his life. Wiley Hitchcock, in the thorough introduction to his 2004 critical edition 129 Songs, described the Ives...continue...
REVIEWS:

The Wire (p.68) - "[H]is songs gloriously and tenderly evoke New World nostalgia, yearning and religiosity, showing a characteristic reverence for folk and popular culture....There's p...continue...
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NWR 80680
Erickson: Auroras, Night Music, East of the Beach / Rose, Boston Modern Orchestra Project

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Robert Erickson: Night Music; East of the Beach; Auroras
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Born in Michigan but for most of his life a true Californian, Robert Erickson had a reputation as a maverick. He was a profound and...continue...
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NWR 80682
Davis: Amistad / Davies, Young, Doss, West, Quivar, Baker, et al

2 CD / New World Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Anthony Davis: Amistad
Performers: Baker, Mark [Classical]; Doss, Mark S.; Quivar, Florence; Young, Thomas
Ensemble: Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Anthony Davis (b. 1951) has always straddled the worlds of classical music and jazz and his music has consistently sought to integrate the two in...continue...
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NWR 80627
Gordon Mumma: Music for Solo Piano 1960-2001 / Daan Vanderwalle

2 CD / New World Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Gordon Mumma: Jardin; Song Without Words; Suite for Piano; Graftings; Four Pack Ponies; Basket of Strays; From the Sushibox; Sixpac Sonatas; Threesome; Eleven Note Pieves & Decimal Passacaglia; Large...
Performers: Vanderwalle, Daan

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...continue...
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NWR 80686
Byron: Dreamers of Pearl / Joseph Kubera

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Michael Byron: Enchanting the Stars
Performers: Byron, Michael; Kubera, Joseph

Michael Byron (b. 1953) has often been described as an "early minimalist." However, his work in that direction was relatively short-lived. In fact, by 1973,...continue...
Personnel: Joseph Kubera (piano).

Recording information: The American Academy Of Arts And Letters, New York City (2007)....continue...
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NWR 80679
Karen Tanaka: Invisible Curve, etc; Chen Yi / Azure Ensemble

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-06-10

Works: Chen Yi: Wu Yu; Night Thoughts; ...as like a raging fire...; Karen Tanaka: Frozen Horizon; Water and Stone; Invisible Curve
Performers: Glaser, Susan; Gold, Matthew; Goldberg, Marc; Gordon, Ingrid; Harris, Conrad; Kruvand, Gail; Lamneck, Esther; Lipsey, Michael; Oldfather, Christopher; Ritscher, Karen; Shin, Pitnarry; Vinnitsky, Pave...
Ensemble: Azure Ensemble

"The lively and discordant opening of Chen's "...as like a raging fire..." might well jolt the listener right out of his/her seat, given the somnolent...continue...
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HBDirect Recommended Recording NWR 80683
Sticky Melodies - Johanna Beyer / Goode, Quaife, Dumsday, McCaughey, Astra Choir, et al

2 CD / New World Records / 2008-05-01

Works: Johanna M. Beyer: Suite for Clarinet no 1; Quartet for Strings no 1; Songs (3) for Soprano and Clarinet; Songs(3) for Soprano and Clarinet; Piano-Book; The Federal Music Project; Movement for Two Pia...
Performers: Abe, Miwako; Barnden, Aaron; Bastin, Kim; Dumsday, Peter; Goode, Daniel; Hill, Craig [clarinet]; Hunt, Rosanne; Quaife, Merlyn; Synot, Nicholas; Veltheim, Erkki
Ensemble: Astra Choir

Johanna Magdalena Beyer (1888–1944) was born in Leipzig and moved to the United States sometime around 1924. After studying at various schools in New York,...continue...
REVIEWS:

The Wire (pp.43-45) - "Further listening discloses real subtlety and wit in Beyer's displacement of the lumber of tradition. This body of vintage work has preserved its freshness..."...continue...
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NWR 80678
Joe Hill: 16 Actions For Orchestra, Voices, And Soloist

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-04-01

Works: Wayne Horvitz: Action 1
Performers: Holcomb, Robin; Horovitz, Wayne

"The orchestral part is significant; far from being just an accompaniment to the singers, it provides a strong, colorful commentary on the dramatic situations. It...continue...
REVIEWS:

The Wire - "Songs of protest, some written by Hill, are woven together with sweeping strings that often hark back harmonically to Aaron Copland."...continue...
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HBDirect Recommended Recording NWR 80672
Arthur Levering: Still Raining, Still Dreaming

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-03-01

Works: Arthur Levering: Still Raining, Still Dreaming; Echoi; Sppooo; Tesserae; Catena
Performers: Berman, Donald; Kitchen, Nicholas; McDonald, John [piano]; Nunoya, Fumito; Woolweaver, Scott
Ensemble: Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble

"It's never trivial, but it's fun music, and it's fun to listen to... Any listener jaded by the grayness that can characterize late twentieth century...continue...
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HBDirect Recommended Recording NWR 80662
Persichetti: Complete Piano Sonatas / Burleson

2 CD / New World Records / 2008-02-01

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Sonata for Piano no 1, Op. 3; Sonata for Piano no 2, Op. 6; Sonata for Piano no 3, Op. 22; Sonata for Piano no 4, Op. 36; Sonata for Piano no 5, Op. 37; Sonata for Piano no 6, Op...
Performers: Burleson, Geoffrey

Vincent Persichetti’s twelve piano sonatas were written over a forty-three-year period. The first nine sonatas, written between 1939 and 1950, are strong, integral and varied...continue...
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NWR 80677
Malcolm Goldstein: Sounding of Sources / Goldstein, et al

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-01-01

Works: Malcolm Goldstein: Configurations in Darkness
Performers: Goldstein, Malcolm; Malfatti, Radu; Micol, Philippe; Racine, Philippe; Schneider, Beat

Malcolm Goldstein has been labeled as an "improviser" and a "composer-violinist" (or merely a violinist). What this CD once and for all shows is that...continue...
REVIEWS:

The Wire (p.55) - :Singular music by a persistent explorer, an American original audibly in touch with the lived world."

Includes work(s) by Malcolm Goldstein....continue...
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NWR 80676
All the Noises - Music of Hyo-Shin Na

1 CD / New World Records / 2008-01-01

Works: Hyo-Shin Na: Ocean/Shore 2; All the noises in the world; Walking, walking; Ten thousand ugly ink blots
Performers: Anderson, John [Classical]; Chun, Jae-Hyun; Freier, Susan; Harrison, Stephen [Cello]; Hitz, Nina; Keser, Marieke; Lee, Hyang-Hee; Lee, Seung-Hee; Levitz, Jodi; Mussumeli, Bettina; Schultze, Thomas; S...
Ensemble: Ives String Quartet; JeongGaAkHoe

"I am no longer trying to write Korean music; nor am I trying not to write Korean music." - Hyo-shin Na. After studying piano and...continue...
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NWR 80674
Lebaron: Pope Joan, Transfiguration/ Menzies, Steiger, et al

2 CD / New World Records / 2007-11-01

Works: Anne LeBaron: Pope Joan; Transfiguration
Performers: Clark, Eric; Duke-Kirkpatrick, Erika; Eder, Lorna; Han, June; Hoitenga, Camilla; McIntosh, Andrew; Norderval, Kristin; Shelton, Lucy; Stone, Dorothy; Sullivan, Jim; Terry, Nicholas; Trigg, William; W...

Anne LeBaron (b.1953) is one of the most vital composers of the post-war generation. Her overall aesthetic is steeped in the sound world of the...continue...
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NWR 80663
 
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