Works from composers from Easter Europe (Ligeti, Haas, Szervansky, Farkas). Although the title is “Turbulent Winds”, these pieces are lyrical and expressive. The title refers to the socio-political history of the region. Play all!
File: Classical collections: Prairie Winds
Quebec harpist Valerie Milot performs works both modern and contemporary, lyrical, delicate, mysterious, yet with tension. Play all! Composers from different eras–Ravel, Britten, Hindemith, Godefroid and Ginastera, to name a few.
File: Classical collections: Milot
These are beautiful pieces! Undine Smith Moore’s “Afro-American Suite for flute, cello and piano” has that bittersweet quality of music from the turn of the last century. William Banfield’s “Soul Gone Home” with text by Langston Hughes, is decidely jazzy and Anthony Keller’s “Grist for the Mill” is abstract. Play all!
File: Classical collections: African American
The composer defines his style as “New Classicism”–minimalism with Romantic elements, but with fewer notes. Interesting. These pieces written from 1979 forward.
Try trks 9-19
File: Classical composer: Raichkovich
Six composers of the New England Conservatory provide examples of their contemporary, abstract and in some cases, jazzy works (Gunther Schuller). Play any!
Try trks 4, 5, 21-23
File: Classical/avant-garde collections: Ibis Camerata
Newly discovered and/or transcribed works by Beethoven, for violin or oboe, first performed in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2006 by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Play any!
File: Classical composer: Beethoven
Venezuelan composer Paul Desenne incorporates Latin American rhythms and imitations of other instruments (especially percussive elements) to give a modern push to cello music. Interesting!
Try 2, 3, 5-7, 9
File: Classical composer: Desenne
The British ensemble Endymion has been performing and encouraging new music for 30 years. This CD is a celebration, with 20 young (mostly) British composers’ dedicated pieces. Very interesting works.
On CD 1 try: 3, 6-9, 12, 13
On CD 2 try: 3, 5, 6, 8, 9
File: Classical/avant-garde collections: Endymion
Pianist Lust has self-released these 4 tracks, impressionistic, abstract and varying in mood and tone. Trks 3 + 4 more abstract. Play any!
File: Classical composer: Lust
Percussionist/pianist/composer Livingstone’s pieces on this CD are highly diverse in mood and temperament, and all very interesting. Some abstract, trks 5 and 8 are jazzy, trk 9 has Far Eastern qualities and trk 10 is electronic. Play any!
File: Classical composer: Livingstone