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Lou Harrison’s music, delightful as it often is, can sound monotonous in large quantities. He’s at his best when using characteristic instruments such as tack
This disc contains two hits and a miss, drawn from excellently recorded live performances with the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel. The first piece
Our listening habits have changed so much since the creation of these pioneering electronic works, spanning 1960 to 1970, that the static harmonies and synthesized
A personal note: I met Julius Eastman (1940-1990) only once, in 1980, when a friend and I bumped into him after a concert in New
As with his previous Unknown Ives release on CRI (no longer in print), pianist Donald Berman offers a superbly curated and wide ranging recital interspersing
A Season’s Promise is not your typical stocking-stuffer Christmas disc–it’s a musical exploration of contemporary views on the holiday. The liner notes even offer an
If you think Morton Feldman is the king of spacious, painfully sparse textures, you haven’t met Alvin Lucier (b. 1931). His slowly unfolding soundscapes make
Chinary Ung, born in 1942 in Cambodia, is now one of the most respected living American composers. These four compositions are typical of his work,
Gems and curios comprise Volume 3 of CRI’s Harry Partch collection (reissued by New World). First the gems. The Dreamer that Remains was the composer/instrument
Subtitled “The Vision of Francis Goelet”, this excellent collection serves as a tribute to one of the great arts patrons of the 20th century. Goelet
