Occam Ocean Vol. 4
Eliane Radigue returns with 'Occam Ocean 4', her fourth installment of the incredible, evolving work that she began in 2011. Issued by Shiin Records as a beautifully produced CD, featuring the three leading lights of contemporary experimental music - Bertrand Gauguet, Yannick Guédon and Carol Robinson - all of whom worked closely with the composer in its development, each of its works soar to remarkable heights and quietly redefine the boundaries of drone and minimal music in ways that only Rad…
Organic Music Tapes Vol. 1
As its almost tradition now we start the year with a meditative album from Portuguese pianist and composer Tiago Sousa. Using the piano as its primary tool of expression, Tiago has been slowly cementing his place as one of the most distinct voices to emerge out of the modern wellspring of piano driven minimalism. After last years Angst (CREP81, Discrepant) and 2015’s Um Piano nas Barricadas (CREP23, Discrepant), Tiago returns with a deeply meditative album of synesthetic organic musical patterns…
Mind Is Moving (IX)
Mind is moving (IX) is a composition for guitar by Michael Pisaro-Liu, affiliated with the avant-garde composers group The Wandelweiser Composers Ensemble. Pisaro's work can be characterized as experimental minimalism, often utilizing silence, a minimum of musical material, and extended composition durations. This version is executed by Slovenian guitarist Primož Sukič.
Occam Ocean Vol. 3
Occam Ocean 3 is an exceptional project, the result of collaboration between Eliane Radigue, French composer, pioneer of the exclusive use of continuous sounds, and three string instrumentalists, Julia Eckhardt, Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker. Composed in Paris, the 3 pieces of this record were recorded in September 2019 at the Abbazia di Santa Maria Assunta, Monteveglio (Bologna) in Italy
Éliane Radigue stopped producing electronic music and began creating collaborative works with instrument…
Musica Selecta
As the title and subtitle imply, this is a kind of greatest-hits album, with music selected by ECM label producer Manfred Eicher from the 12 albums on the label devoted to the music of Arvo Pärt. Pärt's music is so malleable that people tend to make their own versions of it rather than collect it, but if you wanted an anthology as a starter box, this would be the one to choose. Eicher has worked closely with Pärt since the 1980s, and he has indeed made a sensible "sequence" out of works that do …
Sextet | Clapping Music | Music For Pieces Of Wood
* 2021 Stock * LSO Live explore the music of America’s most influential living composer with performances of three of his most iconic works: Sextet, Clapping Music and Music for Pieces of Wood. Employing Steve Reich’s universally recognisable sound-world, Sextet uses hypnotic repetitions of a sequence of harmonies, which gradually overlap and interweave, resulting in a complex yet utterly compelling musical landscape. Introducing more dissonance and aggressive rhythms than previous compositions…
Music For 18 Musicians
* 2021 stock * Steve Reich's landmark Music for 18 Musicians is perhaps Steve Reich’s most popular, if not most important, piece of music. Defining characteristics of Music for 18 Musicians piece include an ethereal, trance vibe, pulsating bass clarinets, a consistent beat, and slowly developing chord progressions unfolding over the length of approximately one hour. Steve Reich’s genre-defining minimalist compositional tool, phasing, is demonstrated in full force here. We will dive deeper into …
Octet • Music For A Large Ensemble • Violin Phase
*Includes 24-page booklet with photos and liner notes* Steve Reich's commercial success had ballooned after his prior release on ECM, Music for 18 Musicians, and this collection of three compositions, two new and one from 1967, was the follow-up. Music for a Large Ensemble is very much of a piece with the prior work, using extended melodic lines, a larger palette of sound colors, and key changes every several minutes. It's charming and pleasantly busy in an industrious way but really covers litt…
In Memoriam Paul Zukofsky
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents In Memoriam Paul Zukofsky. This album presents the last music program designed by the late violinist/conductor Paul Zukofsky. Both Monkeys At Play and Josef Hauer’s Zwölftonspiel are first recordings. The program served as his New York memorial concert in 2017 played by pianists Aaron Likness and Andrew Zhou. All recordings were made at Oktaven Audio in Mount Vernon, NY on August 22-24, 2019, recorded and edited by Ryan Streber, mastered by Ian Turner.
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Syzygia, Snow's Falling / Pine Cones Fall
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Syzygia and Snow's Falling by Jo Kondo; Pine Cones Fall by Craig Pepples. Performed by Ensemble Nomad; Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Satoko Inoue, piano; Paul Zukofsky, conductor. All recordings were made at Avaco Creative Studio, Tokyo, Japan; 'Syzygia' and 'Pine Cones Fall' were recorded on June 9, 2016 and 'Snow's Falling' on June 15, 2016. Recording Engineer: Yukio Kojima; Mastering Engineer and Editing: Jun Kawanami.
Mulberry / In the Woods / In Summer / Under the Umbrella
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Mulberry / In the Woods / In Summer / Under the Umbrella by Jo Kondo. Performed by Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Paul Zukofsky, conductor; Nexus. Mulberry, In the Woods, and In Summer are edited versions (also including some rehearsal takes) of the "Jo Kondo Composer's Portrait Concert" of October 7, 2004, held in Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Recording Engineer: Yukio Kojima. Edited and mastered by Paul Zinman at SoundByte Productions, Inc., NYC. …
Aus Aller Welt Stammende / Transfiguration Of The Moon / Hymnkus
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Zygmunt Krauze: Aus Aller Welt Stammende, Toshi Ichiyanagi: Transfiguration Of The Moon, John Cage: (1912 - 1992) Hymnkus (version for violin). The Krauze was recorded at Hip Pocket Studios, N.Y.C., on Dec. 10 1993. It was mixed in 2005 at SoundByte Productions, Inc., N.Y.C. Produced & Engineered by Paul Zinman. Assistant Engineer: Gerry Volkerz. The Ichiyanagi was recorded at Master Sound, Astoria, N.Y.C., on Feb. 26, 1995. Produced & Engineered by Paul …
String Quartets 1 & 4, Sonata for Cello
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Artur Schnabel: String Quartets 1 & 4; Sonata for Cello. Performed by The Whitman String Quartet, A Freelance String Quartet, Joel Krosnick, Cello. All recordings were made at the Clinton Recording Studios, Inc., Studio A, in New York City. Produced and engineered by Paul Zinman. Edited, mixed and mastered by Paul Zinman at SoundByte Productions, Inc., NYC. All edit choices: Paul Zukofsky. Pre and Post-production supervision: Paul Zukofsky.
Shapey - Riegger - Piston - Crumb - Sollberger - Berger
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Shapey - Riegger - Piston - Crumb - Sollberger - Berger. Ralph Shapey: (1921-2002) Evocation For Violin, Piano, And Percussion; with Raymond Desroches, percussion; Publisher: Theodore Presser Co. Wallingford Riegger: (1885-1961) Sonatina; Publisher: E. B. Marks Music Corporation. Walter Piston: (1894-1976) Sonatina; Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes, Inc. George Crumb: (1929-) Night Music Ii; Publisher: C.F. Peters, Inc. Harvey Sollberger: (1938-) Solos; with …
Duo for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Violin / Sonata Concertante / Second Sonata
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Roger Sessions: Duo for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Violin; Peter Mennin: Sonata Concertante; Easley Blackwood: Second Sonata. Performed by Paul Zukofsky, violin; Gilbert Kalish, Easley Blackwood, pianos. The Sessions Duo for Violin and Piano and the Mennin Sonata Concertante were both recorded at Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, NY in 1971. They were engineered by Horace W. Grenell and originally released as part of the Desto set "Music for a 20th Centu…
Hagoromo
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Jo Kondo: Hagoromo. Performed By Teresa Shaw, Mezzo-soprano; Tomoko Shiota, Narrator; London Sinfonietta; Paul Zukofsky, Conductor. Written under commission from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and premiered there June 13, 1994. Publisher: University of York Music Press (U.K.) Recorded March 25, 2002 at Abbey Road Studio 2, London, England. Produced and engineered by Paul Zinman. Assistant engineers: Roland Heap, Chris Clark. Edited, mixed and mastered by…
16 Dances / Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents John Cage: 16 Dances; Armin Loos: Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano. Performed by New Music Concerts, Paul Zukofsky, Conductor; Paul Zukofsky, Violin, Michael Torre, Piano. This recording was originally released as an LP (CP2/15) and was a co-production with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Sociètè Radio-Canada and New Music Concerts, Toronto. The original release was supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. The g…
Septet But Equal & Fourplay / Instruments 1 & Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Milton Babbitt: Septet But Equal; Fourplay; Morton Feldman: Instruments 1; Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano. Perfomed by b, conductor; Composers Ensemble. All works recorded at Studio 2, BBC Maida Vale, Delaware Rd., London, W9, July 20-21, 1997.
Dance and Secret & Joy and Peace
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Artur Schnabel: Dance and Secret & Joy and Peace; Sonata for Solo Violin performed by Paul Zukofsky, Conductor and Violinist; The Gregg Smith Singers. Dance and Secret & Joy and Peace by Artur Schnabel were recorded February, 1993 at BMG (originally RCA) Studio A, New York City. Producer: Joanna Nickrenz. Sound Engineer: Jay Newland. Montage: PZ, with Elite Recordings, New York City. Mastering: Soundbyte Productions, New York City. Sonata for Solo Violin…
Symphonies 1 & 3
** 2021 Stock ** CP² Recordings presents Artur Schnabel: Symphonies 1 & 3. Performed by The Bbc Symphony Orchestra; The Prague Symphony Orchestra; Paul Zukofsky, Conductor. Symphony No. 1 by Artur Schnabel was recorded April 26-28, 1994 at Maida Vale, BBC Studios, London, England. Producer: Joanna Nickrenz. Engineering: Neil Pemberton, with Chris Muir, and Graham Petrie-Brown, Assistants. Montage: PZ, with Elite Recordings, NYC. Mastering: Soundbyte Productions, NYC. Symphony No. 3 by Artur Schn…