Rambles
Meat, Potatoes, Parsley: Eötvös, Kagel, Leifs, Pritchard, Stäbler, B.A. Zimmermann
Listen to a sandbox. BMC opens a fascinating view onto an original creator’s work with “Electrochronicle,” wherein Eötvös revisits 1970s electroacoustic work and improvisations.
Meat, Potatoes, Parsley: Eötvös, Kagel, Leifs, Pritchard, Stäbler, B.A. Zimmermann
Listen to a sandbox. BMC opens a fascinating view onto an original creator’s work with “Electrochronicle,” wherein Eötvös revisits 1970s electroacoustic work and improvisations.
Things That Are Not Quite What They Seem
Humor in music is a delicate business. Everybody involved — composer, performer and audience — must be familiar with a library’s worth of background in order to savor a moment-long gag.
Things That Are Not Quite What They Seem
Humor in music is a delicate business. Everybody involved — composer, performer and audience — must be familiar with a library’s worth of background in order to savor a moment-long gag.
An Eclectic Stringed Ramble
The Trio Voronezh can play anything, as this live performance recording from New Orleans will confirm.
An Eclectic Stringed Ramble
The Trio Voronezh can play anything, as this live performance recording from New Orleans will confirm.
December Ramble: NMC and Edition Wandelweiser Records
The Hoxton Thirteen is a collection of new pieces by 13 of the young composers represented at the Hoxton New Music Days of 2000, a summer festival in England. What’s most surprising — even alarming — is how similar some of these 13 efforts sound.
December Ramble: NMC and Edition Wandelweiser Records
The Hoxton Thirteen is a collection of new pieces by 13 of the young composers represented at the Hoxton New Music Days of 2000, a summer festival in England. What’s most surprising — even alarming — is how similar some of these 13 efforts sound.
November Ramble
This is a recording of a man reading philosophy. But the speaker says only single-syllable words and spaces them about eight seconds apart.
November Ramble
This is a recording of a man reading philosophy. But the speaker says only single-syllable words and spaces them about eight seconds apart.
An Assorted Ramble
I had never heard of Swiss composer Hermann Meier before this disc, and now I am eager for more.
An Assorted Ramble
I had never heard of Swiss composer Hermann Meier before this disc, and now I am eager for more.
An Eclectic Piano Ramble
This handful of discs features the piano in all sorts of forms and genres. We examine works intended to be played at the keyboard and inside the piano, others that alter the piano’s tuning, and those that require a synthesized instrument.
An Eclectic Piano Ramble
This handful of discs features the piano in all sorts of forms and genres. We examine works intended to be played at the keyboard and inside the piano, others that alter the piano’s tuning, and those that require a synthesized instrument.
A Personalized Ramble
Some readers will notice I haven’t lived up to my promises. The excuses aren’t worth mentioning, except that you should visit our newly reorganized archives, and be prepared to spend at least 12 hours a day there.
A Personalized Ramble
Some readers will notice I haven’t lived up to my promises. The excuses aren’t worth mentioning, except that you should visit our newly reorganized archives, and be prepared to spend at least 12 hours a day there.
Text into Music
Text into music is the worse of two evils.