Getting Personal
2024 was for me the year to look inwards and address in my work a couple of personal, somewhat uncomfortable subjects, something I wanted to do for a long time. This double-album is the result of this process. My deep gratitude goes to Benedikt Müller, Hans Martin Müller, Thomas Baerens, Csaba Kézér, Hermann-Christoph Müller, Stefan Deistler, Pavel Borodin, Erhard Hirt, Alex Minkin, Maciej Karlowski, Semafor and all the musicians who made it possible.
The fate of my grandfather was shared by cou…
Something to Remember
"Something to Remember" marks a significant new chapter for pianist and composer Juan J. Ochoa, exploring the intimate territories between acoustic and electronic sound worlds. Through prepared piano, traditional piano, and subtle electronic processing, Ochoa crafts a deeply personal sonic meditation that bridges experimental technique with emotional immediacy. The album showcases his distinctive approach to the instrument—treating the piano not just as a melodic or harmonic device, but as a com…
Incommunicable
*2026 stock* "I had in mind recording a monographic disc of Yair Klartag’s music many years ago. After a long period of artistic and practical anticipation, I am pleased to present the recording as the final result of our collective work. In my personal artistic universe, contemporary music represents a moment of aggregation of artists. I believe that this album is the concrete result of this desire and vision of mine: collective energies combined for a single artistic purpose. Not even a minute…
Travessia
*2026 stock* It is an unusually bright afternoon in early March when I am writing these lines, while listening to the debut album by Oksana Shymanska. Joan Arnau Pàmies from Protomaterial Records just sent it to me; it was recorded not long ago at the Auditori Municipal Enric Granados in Lleida. I celebrate it because it represents the culmination of a process that began when Oksana arrived in Catalonia from her native Ukraine. It is also the result of a professional wish: to record an album tha…
Heaven Shines Like Silver
*2026 stock* Stefan Lovin's new album "Heaven Shines Like Silver" is set to showcase his unique ability to merge Romanian folk traditions with jazz, fusion, and free-flowing improvisation. With his distinctive piano work and intricate compositions, Lovin brings a fresh perspective to both the folk melodies of his homeland and the spontaneous nature of jazz. "Heaven Shines Like Silver" captures the complexity and beauty of a sound world where folk music is both grounded in tradition and open to e…
Music With Changing Parts
Philip Glass, the great American composer, was already in his mid-30s before his first album appeared, and then only because he produced the double LP himself. Music With Changing Parts was the inaugural release on his own Chatham Square imprint in 1971. At this point, Einstein on the Beach, Glass' first opera, was still five years away. Yet in Changing Parts, one can already hear much of his vocabulary in full bloom: the buoyant arpeggios, the melding of electronic and acoustic instruments, the…
In Memoriam (LP)
A superb trascendental symphonic work by the Russian composer backed with two beautiful and evocative ensemble pieces, all composed in the 1980's and released on Russian Disc in 1991. Includes poster (unrelated to the record).
Concerto Lugubre / Four Love Sonnets / Goethe-Briefe (LP)
A powerful 1975 concerto for viola and orchestra by the Polish composer, plus two more Romantic compositions for voice and orchestra from 1969/1970, released by Muza in 1978.
Sonata Pentru Vioară Solo / Cvartetul De Coarde Nr. 6 (LP)
Two mid-1960's works by the Romanian composer, resepctively for solo violin and for string quartet, released on Electrocord in 1966.
Simfonia Nr.5 Muzică Solemnă / Concert Pentru Vioară Și Orchestră (LP)
Two mid-1960's orchestral works by the Romanian composer, released on Electrocord in 1970.
Spring Coming / Requiem (LP)
Two major orchestral works blending traditional elements with modern textures composed by the Russian avant-garde composer in the 1980's and released on Melodiya in 1990.
Bogdan Gagić (LP)
1978 LP on Jugoton's Contemporary Croatian Composers Series with excellent avant-garde compositions for piano, orchestra, piano and orchestra, and ensemble.
Epitafium / Scontri / Genesis II / Refrain (LP)
Great 1969 LP on Philips' "Modern Music Series" with four compositions by the Polish experimental composer spanning from 1958 to 1965, including two beautiful and powerful orchestral pieces and two ensemble pieces.
180 (LP)
Great 1983 LP by Szemző's ensemble with highly-acclaimed (especially by Steve Reich) performances of two American classic minimalist compositions as well as two by Hungarian minimalists, released by Hungaroton.
Group 180 II (LP)
Excellent second LP by Szemző's ensemble with highly-acclaimed (especially by Steve Reich) performances of one American classic minimalist composition as well as two by Hungarian minimalists, released by Hungaroton in 1986.
Seekers of the Truth Vol.1 (2LP)
A 1987 2LP set on Celestial Harmonies with the two philosophers' complete piano music performed by Cecil Lytle.
The Mother (2LP box)
Definitive 1965 recording of the avant-garde quarter-tone opera by the Czech composer composed in 1929, released as a 2LP box set by Supraphon in 1974. With insert.
Příběh Fléten / Musica Da Camera (LP)
Two compositions by the two Czech composers from the 1960's and 50's respectively, for orchestra and ensemble, released by Supraphon in 1971.
Trois Poèmes D'Henri Michaux / Postludium / Streichquartett (LP)
Three compositions from the early 1960's, respectively for for choir and orchestra, orchestra, and string quartet, by the eminent Polish composer, released on Wergo's great Studio Reihe Neuer Musik avat-garde music series in the early 1970's.
Zpěvy o Vysočině (2LP)
A cycle of cantatas composed in the late 1950's by the Czech composer and released as a 2LP set with spiral-bound book sleeve by Supraphon in 1968.