Pièces de Clavecin 14. / Italian Vacation 16.

Frammenti del discorso amoroso is especially, practically perfectly, rich with fluid tempos and expression.

Ramble with Hair Dryers, Crumbs and Puccini’s Rifle

In Lanza and Valle’s four-part opus, toys, kitchen gadgets and broken machines combine with non-standard instrumental sounds.

String Theory 32: Quartets, plus or minus

Electricity and fire pervade this release.

String Theory 19: Mostly Cello

Pieces requiring retuning or scordatura have a modest foothold in the literature. It is very unusual to encounter works where strings are adjusted while playing, but several specimens fill out Ballon’s bold recital.

Eight Beacons

My enthusiasm for the new in music has faded in recent years… I therefore take this opportunity to give some attention to eight composers 40 and under.

Graceful Illusionist: Gérard Pesson

It would be cruel to call Gérard Pesson the Französisch Lachenmann (or the francese Sciarrino).