
In the grand tradition of “Christmas in Darmstadt,” Tinnitus Classics is proud to offer this, the world’s first and only completely dodecaphonic Christmas album. Words
Almost all new-music pianists with a predilection for extended and experimental techniques eventually must reckon with John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes. As it happens, most
Lera Auerbach’s four-movement Third Sonata alternates between slow and fast sections. The slow music evokes late Shostakovich, but with more pronounced register extremes and plenty
In its eight years of existence from 1948 to 1956,
Issued for the first time on CD courtesy of Arkivmusic.com and Sony/BMG, the 1967 release Extended Voices features works for chorus and for voices altered
This adventurous program features Yolanda Kondonassis in seven surprisingly substantial works for harp by American composers. There’s remarkably little fluff; even the lightest pieces here—John
Joshua Pierce’s longtime advocacy of and affinity for John Cage’s piano music has resulted in numerous recordings and reissues on various labels, including the present
There’s really no way to “review” John Cage’s “number” pieces, since they leave so much open to chance and it’s impossible to say what they
Just about every recording of John Cage’s landmark Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano is excellent, and most are well engineered. That, plus the fact
Paul Hillier takes a global–or at least Western European/North American–view of Thanksgiving in this eclectic program of primarily vocal music from medieval to modern times.