Library Recommendation
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Released: 2020 Label: Another Timbre Genre: Contemporary Hamann often favours the lower frequencies of her instrument and plays long, lingering notes which practically ooze introspection and melancholy, but are nonetheless moving and stunningly beautiful. While the pieces were not scored, they have obviously been constructed with care, purpose and attention to detail. The end results…
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Released: 2023 Label: Nettwerk As artificial light continues to drench both daytime and evening eyes, the stars seem further away than ever. On this release, Deupree reminds us that they are just as close and bright, beckoning us to wish, to sleep, perchance to dream. A Closer Listen
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Released: 2022 Label: Independent Genre: Contemporary If there is a voice in the world that marries new classical and pop music more beautifully than David Åhlén’s, we’ve yet to hear it. The Moderns
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Released: 2020 Label: Room40 Genre: Contemporary Australian master percussionist Eugene Ughetti teams up with composers Anthony Pateras, Liza Lim, Robin Fox and others to create a series of deeply textured and intensely executed solo percussion works. Exploding out the ideas of his chosen instruments, Ughetti’s work is relentless in its search for new articulations and extended…
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Released: 1992 Label: Nonesuch Genre: New Classical “After the sessions, I thought: ‘This is better than I anticipated,’” [Robert] Hurwitz recalls. “‘I think it could be a success; we might even sell 25,000 copies.’” That the album went on to sell 40 times that number was way beyond the dreams of anyone involved. The then new…
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Released: 2017 Label: Editions Mego Genre: Contemporary There isn’t a single sound on Simon Fisher Turner’s extraordinary Giraffe that doesn’t trigger either a crisp mental image or a chill down your spine. It is a sophisticated, thoroughly engaging listen. Exclaim!
The Moderns 