With THE BROKEN VESSEL, Andreas Barth, Geir Hjorthol, and Magnar Åm take the concept of “industrial music” to a whole new level. The recording took place in an abandoned Norwegian factory, “The Propeller Hall,” utilizing everything from the acoustics in the building to the muffled sounds of traffic outside its walls. In this way, the building became a partner in concrete as well as a metaphorical way in creating the music of this ten-track album. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www....
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 14Ep. 202
315 ENSEMBLE, the self-titled debut album of composer/electric guitarist/sound artist Chris Cresswell’s sextet, recorded live at Birmingham Conservatoire in England. Cresswell’s 315 Ensemble is dedicated to exploring possibilities in electroacoustic music as well as commissioning works from outstanding composers worldwide. This album premieres two compositions by Creswell exclusively. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p658/315_Ensemble.html Your purchase...
Jan 04, 2021•25 min•Season 14Ep. 201
Exuberant and exciting is the debut of big band pianist and composer Ron Paley. This is not “just another pops album.” Paley’s work is cool, clever, and ridiculously fun. Seven of the ten tracks on THE MORE YOU KNOW are completely composed, arranged, and performed by Ron Paley. “Theme” is energetic, exploring elements of upbeat jazz and classic boogie-woogie. Fast-paced, too, is “U of M” where the artist/composer delves into the genres of gospel and rock as well—surprising the listener at the en...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 14Ep. 200
Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p654/Bello_Son_-_Trovas_Modernas.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Ple...
Jan 04, 2021•35 min•Season 14Ep. 199
David Tanner announces the re-release of his 1988 album THE ELOQUENT SAXOPHONE. Tanner is no stranger to the music world; his compositions and arrangements can be heard on two other releases: Of Birds and Lemons (2012) and Dashing (2016). This was his first album, featuring him as a performer. It includes two unaccompanied pieces and two sax quartets recorded by multi-tracking, as well as a rich variety of works with accompaniment admirably rendered by pianist Marc Widner. The music ranges from ...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 14Ep. 197
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Jan 04, 2021•3 min•Season 14Ep. 196
Richard Brooks’ PLACES IN TIME travels through the acclaimed composer’s personal history with each piece representing a different period in the composer’s life. Many of these recordings were originally released by Brooks’ label, Capstone Records. Each piece gains new life as Brooks and Navona Records team up to share this fascinating work in tonality, soundscapes, and emotional sway with a new generation of music lovers. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 14Ep. 195
On WHISPERING FRAGRANCE, his first solo album, composer Stephen Yip merges serenity with agitation, earthiness with sophistication, and the mundane with the sublime. The result is an original creation that is unapologetically post-modern, yet deeply rooted in Chinese traditionalism. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p650/Whispering_Fragrance.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International ...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 14Ep. 194
Wittgraf is releasing his debut album MANIFOLD, an expansive effort with numerous layers hidden in the composition. Choosing texture over melody, the visceral compositions of MANIFOLD draw the listener into the arresting music, and sound as if it would take lifetimes to unpack the complex layers building to Wittgraf’s stellar debut. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p649/Manifold.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries i...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr•Season 14Ep. 193
In many ways, Walter Steffens' TWO CELLS IN SEVILLA is a work of polar opposites. Quasi-tonal but modern, traditional but minimalist, the German composer has created an opera uniting two historical protagonists as multi-faceted as the music itself. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p648/Two_Cells_in_Sevilla.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @k...
Jan 04, 2021•58 min•Season 14Ep. 192
Composer/Performer John Alan Rose presents INEFFABLE TALES, an album of four of his ensemble compositions, recorded at Reduta Hall in Olomouc, Czech Republic. In addition to renowned soloists Jungwon Choi (cello), Moni Simeonov (violin), the recording features the composer’s wife Sing Rose (soprano), and the composer himself (piano). The album also features the Moravian Philharmonic, under the direction of Miran Vaupotić. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/stor...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 14Ep. 191
This podcast features a selection of piano solos, all composed and performed by Jane Leslie. The first piece, “Shorebirds” was released as a "single" recording during 2020. An original music video of “Shorebirds” was created by Jane Leslie, and can be viewed on her YouTube channel which is called “Jane Leslie Music.” “Shorebirds" has a distinctive, sweet melody. The music was inspired by memories of watching beautiful, peaceful water birds. Website https://www.janelesliemusic.comYouTube channel ...
Jan 03, 2021•15 min•Season 17Ep. 29
We proudly present Flare, recordings by members of the Society of Composers, Inc. Now in its 32nd installment, it offers a veritable cross-section of some of the most original voices in composition today. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p644/Flare.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAli...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 14Ep. 189
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E major (WAB 107) is one of his best-known symphonies. It was written between 1881 and 1883 and was revised in 1885. It is dedicated to Ludwig II of Bavaria. The premiere, given under Arthur Nikisch and the Gewandhaus Orchestra in the opera house at Leipzig on 30 December 1884, brought Bruckner the greatest success he had known in his life. The symphony is sometimes referred to as the "Lyric", though the appellation is not the composer's own, and is seldom used...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 14Ep. 188
SONGS OF LAKE VOLTA, Joe Sheehan’s debut, finds the composer and pianist fusing his passion for the music of West Africa, particularly that of Ghana, with his background in both classical chamber music and contemporary jazz. SONGS OF LAKE VOLTA features nine traditional Ghanian songs surrounded by original music composed by Sheehan, performed by two critically acclaimed groups: Kinetic and Kassia Ensemble. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p643/Songs_of_...
Jan 03, 2021•59 min•Season 14Ep. 187
The four works on UNEXPLORED, offer an expansive variety of musical genres while introducing listeners to previously unrecorded cello repertoire. Premiere recordings of works by Tchaikovsky, Cassadó, Rudnytsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov are presented by cellist Nada Radulovich and pianist Cullan Bryant. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1196/UNEXPLORED.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica Internat...
Jan 03, 2021•58 min•Season 14Ep. 186
MIND & MACHINE is the first of two electro-acoustic compilations to be released on RAVELLO RECORDS. Featuring the work of seven composers on six tracks, MIND & MACHINE explores the incredible range of works that can be categorized as electro-acoustic, a music in which styles are dictated by the technology that is at the heart of its performance. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p640/Mind_and_Machine_-_Volume_1.html Your purchase helps to support...
Jan 03, 2021•56 min•Season 14Ep. 185
It should be no secret that Miami-based composer Ferdinando De Sena is a tour de force amongst electroacoustic composers. Just listening to SECRETS FOR FREE is all the proof you need. The EP boasts adventurous yet accessible compositions that balance real instruments with computer-generated sound. SECRETS FOR FREE is a testament to fans of either subgenre that the two approaches to classical music do not have to be mutually exclusive. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsav...
Jan 03, 2021•36 min•Season 14Ep. 184
On 3: THE MUSIC OF GINA BIVER, her debut recording, composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer Gina Biver presents five selections featuring the concept-based new music/new media performing collective Fuse Ensemble, a group in which she has played an integral part for the past decade. Not only did Biver compose the five tracks on the album, she either performed on, produced, mixed, and/or engineered many of them. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p638/3...
Jan 03, 2021•52 min•Season 14Ep. 183
Long time PARMA composer Doug Anderson is showcasing his legacy with ONE AT A TIME. As the name implies, Anderson’s solo compositions act as milestones to the artist’s musical development through the intimacy of solo instruments. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p637/One_at_a_Time.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicD...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 14Ep. 182
Scott Barton, the contemporary composer and Assistant Professor of Music at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, engages in a rather unusual hobby: He designs and builds musical robots. Hardly unexpected then, that Barton's first release STYLISTIC ALCHEMIES is an electroacoustic box of surprises. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.store Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival an...
Jan 03, 2021•56 min•Season 14Ep. 181
WAKING THE SPARROWS, the premiere recording from classical and baroque guitarist Robert Nathanson and soprano Nancy King, performing as Duo Soreño, is the result of a twenty-year-long journey exploring the grandeur of the human voice blended with the vibrancy of the guitar. Interpreting the work of five notable modern composers who were, in turn, inspired by the words of poets throughout the ages, Nathanson and King deliver a stunning performance that is rich in its variety and impressive in sco...
Jan 02, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 14Ep. 179
German philosopher Immanuel Kant defined the Sublime as "beauty accompanied by awe" – a thought which perfectly encapsulates the spirit of Cappella Clausura's second release, BIRDS OF THE PSALMS. Evocatively conducted by Amelia LeClair, the ensemble interprets a magnificent choral repertoire spanning six centuries. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p634/Birds_of_the_Psalms.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is spons...
Jan 02, 2021•59 min•Season 14Ep. 178
Concert pianist and composer Michael Arnowitt, assisted by ImproVisions Jazz, makes his debut with SWEET SPONTANEOUS, the title drawn from a poem by e.e.cummings. This two-disc jazz album features 14 of Arnowitt’s own compositions with the composer himself at the piano, joined by a dozen jazz notables including Yosvany Terry on alto sax, Lucas Pino on tenor sax, Dave Smith on trumpet, and Colin Stranahan on drums. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1193/...
Jan 02, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Season 14Ep. 177
Since composer, conductor, and musicologist Alicia Terzian founded Grupos Encuentros in 1978, the six-person group has garnered international acclaim for its success at bringing the music of avant-garde Argentinian and Latin American composers to the world. On 40 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, their debut recording, the group combines compositions from such well-known Latin American composers as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Alberto Ginaslera, and Terzian herself with works by an international array of comp...
Jan 02, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 14Ep. 175
A warm, tropical breeze blows across the palm trees while you stroll Havana’s famous Malecón. There’s a good chance you hear the music from DASH. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p630/Dash.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParis...
Jan 02, 2021•32 min•Season 14Ep. 174
THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS is composer Ingrid Stölzel’s first full album, although she has also been featured on three compilation albums released by various labels. Haunting and lyrical throughout, the album explores themes of beauty, being, journey, and transformation. The album’s eleven tracks, some inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and some created by Stölzel’s own native curiosity, engage the listener intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Purchase the music (with...
Jan 02, 2021•1 hr•Season 14Ep. 173
On HYMNUS, the world-renowned Jitro Czech Girls Choir under the direction of Jiří Skopal once again delivers refined, dazzling interpretations of the music that is so much a part of Czech culture. The album, which is the Choir’s third release on Navona Records, includes 24 selections that range from Moravian and Silesian folk songs on which the Choir interprets the subtle call and response between bucolic lovers, to a series of compositions inspired by Latin proverbs on which intricate, multidim...
Jan 02, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 14Ep. 172
Symphony No. 6 in A major (WAB 106) by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) is a work in four movements composed between September 24, 1879, and September 3, 1881, and dedicated to his landlord, Dr. Anton van Ölzelt-Newin. Though it possesses many characteristic features of a Bruckner symphony, it differs the most from the rest of his symphonic repertory. Redlich went so far as to cite the lack of hallmarks of Bruckner's symphonic compositional style in the Sixth Symphony for the somewha...
Jan 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 14Ep. 171
Deeply committed to a beauteous aesthetic, composer John Robertson's second album SYMPHONY NO.1 once more delivers a neoclassical triumph with tremendous potential for repeated listening. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1189/Robertson%3A_Symphony_No._1.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMu...
Jan 02, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 14Ep. 170
