Piano Factory 35.

A compelling slice of Slovak music, forcing open a window onto an unfamiliar vista.

Piano Factory 35.

A compelling slice of Slovak music, forcing open a window onto an unfamiliar vista.

Candles, Laurels, Tunnels

Hungary, with less than 10 million people and its unrelated language, remains outsized and singular in its artistic heft.

Candles, Laurels, Tunnels

Hungary, with less than 10 million people and its unrelated language, remains outsized and singular in its artistic heft.

Used Bin Troll Tweets CCCC.

Gorini lovingly shows that this summa of Bach is one of the most emotionally powerful works ever.

Used Bin Troll Tweets CCCC.

Gorini lovingly shows that this summa of Bach is one of the most emotionally powerful works ever.

(Dis)Arrangements 20.

The best arrangements enhance and reveal, and this is one such rarity.

(Dis)Arrangements 20.

The best arrangements enhance and reveal, and this is one such rarity.

Piano Factory 34.

Castiglioni attended to current trends as it suited him, creating a body of work that tended towards clarity, ofttimes with melody.

Piano Factory 34.

Castiglioni attended to current trends as it suited him, creating a body of work that tended towards clarity, ofttimes with melody.

Ramble on Doubles with Ceilidh and Ondiola

I am astonished that I haven’t encountered Connolly’s emphatic music before.

Ramble on Doubles with Ceilidh and Ondiola

I am astonished that I haven’t encountered Connolly’s emphatic music before.

Used Bin Troll Tweets BBBB.

Twenty separate tracks of indigenous Filipino sounds mixed onto CD.

Used Bin Troll Tweets BBBB.

Twenty separate tracks of indigenous Filipino sounds mixed onto CD.

(Dis)Arrangements 19: Sciarrino’s Dreams

I could write volumes on Sciarrino’s approach towards other music.

(Dis)Arrangements 19: Sciarrino’s Dreams

I could write volumes on Sciarrino’s approach towards other music.

Mostly Symphonies 46.

Early works from an obscure Mexican composer and not in his later experimental style.

Mostly Symphonies 46.

Early works from an obscure Mexican composer and not in his later experimental style.

Chronological Deviations

Concerts can, when programmed with imagination instead of autopilot, reveal and relish paradoxes and parallels of time and place. The Turning Point Ensemble brought one such occurrence to Vancouver.

Chronological Deviations

Concerts can, when programmed with imagination instead of autopilot, reveal and relish paradoxes and parallels of time and place. The Turning Point Ensemble brought one such occurrence to Vancouver.

EA Bucket 36. / Italian Vacation 17: Studio di Fonologia Musicale di Radio Milano

If the equipment still functions, all that’s missing is power and, presumably, the thick tang of cigarettes.

EA Bucket 36. / Italian Vacation 17: Studio di Fonologia Musicale di Radio Milano

If the equipment still functions, all that’s missing is power and, presumably, the thick tang of cigarettes.

Alex McCartney’s Veterum Musica

Where do we spend our days? With music that soothes, or urged forward by sounds that rouse us? McCartney’s approach to capturing his own instrument warrants attention and admiration.

Alex McCartney’s Veterum Musica

Where do we spend our days? With music that soothes, or urged forward by sounds that rouse us? McCartney’s approach to capturing his own instrument warrants attention and admiration.