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Constructing Absurdities and Monstrosities: Mikel Urquiza

Mikel Urquiza backs down from no challenge.

Constructing Absurdities and Monstrosities: Mikel Urquiza

Mikel Urquiza backs down from no challenge.

Chanting Iron: Volker Heyn

Among the German composers toiling away in the penumbra of the few mainstream names, Volker Heyn stands apart for his uncompromising streak, his independence from the Neue Muzak circle and his aesthetic positions.

Chanting Iron: Volker Heyn

Among the German composers toiling away in the penumbra of the few mainstream names, Volker Heyn stands apart for his uncompromising streak, his independence from the Neue Muzak circle and his aesthetic positions.

Used Bin Troll Tweets EEE.

Three inventive choral works expertly performed.

Used Bin Troll Tweets EEE.

Three inventive choral works expertly performed.

Piano Factory 30.

Situated in the high register, like a music box, a delicate irregular chiming pattern repeats in Harman’s 371 Chorales.

Piano Factory 30.

Situated in the high register, like a music box, a delicate irregular chiming pattern repeats in Harman’s 371 Chorales.

Four Poems

The clocks don’t lie
yet here am I

Four Poems

The clocks don’t lie
yet here am I

(Dis)Arrangements 13. / Scarlatti para siempre 3.

It is fascinating to see which composers and performers felt it necessary to enhance the Baroque master, and which were content to simply orchestrate.

(Dis)Arrangements 13. / Scarlatti para siempre 3.

It is fascinating to see which composers and performers felt it necessary to enhance the Baroque master, and which were content to simply orchestrate.

Concerto Concentrations 6.

Tharaud brings luminosity to three concertos.

Concerto Concentrations 6.

Tharaud brings luminosity to three concertos.

Mostly Symphonies 39. / EA Bucket 32: Pierre Henry +/- Beethoven

There’s more going on here than just a few hours of musique concrète and three orchestras navigating a collage.

Mostly Symphonies 39. / EA Bucket 32: Pierre Henry +/- Beethoven

There’s more going on here than just a few hours of musique concrète and three orchestras navigating a collage.

Used Bin Troll Tweets DDD.

PatKop’s sprechstimme may be too brazen for some, however, Pierrot should unnerve us.

Used Bin Troll Tweets DDD.

PatKop’s sprechstimme may be too brazen for some, however, Pierrot should unnerve us.

Xenakis and Stravinsky in America, Mahler too (via Copland)

Copland invited Xenakis to Tanglewood in 1963, and between 1967 and ’72, Xenakis taught at Indiana University.

Xenakis and Stravinsky in America, Mahler too (via Copland)

Copland invited Xenakis to Tanglewood in 1963, and between 1967 and ’72, Xenakis taught at Indiana University.

Used Bin Troll Tweets CCC.

The Spektral Quartet advises hitting shuffle so that Lewis may frolic amongst Crawford and Schoenberg.

Used Bin Troll Tweets CCC.

The Spektral Quartet advises hitting shuffle so that Lewis may frolic amongst Crawford and Schoenberg.

String Theory 37: Sometimes with Piano

Presumably Ives would not have thought much of Beach’s conservatism, likewise Beach would have faulted Ives’ technique.

String Theory 37: Sometimes with Piano

Presumably Ives would not have thought much of Beach’s conservatism, likewise Beach would have faulted Ives’ technique.