Q2 Music Featured Album
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Cellist Jeffrey Zeigler's Debut Solo Album Embraces the Fierce and Everyday
"Something of Life" is cellist Jeffrey Zeigler’s debut solo album, recorded after his departure from the Kronos Quartet last year. Stream the entire album all this week. Nov 10, 2014
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Erkki-Sven Tüür Brandishes His Rock Chops in Fifth Symphony
Erkki-Sven Tüür has gained a reputation as one of Estonia's most exciting and fascinating composers. His new album illustrates that he also knows how to cut loose... and rock. Nov 3, 2014
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John Supko and Bill Seaman's 's_traits' Spellbinding Headphone Music
The new collaboration between John Supko and Bill Seaman excavates over 110 hours of field recordings and samples into an expansive, computer-generated album. Oct 27, 2014
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Tristan Perich and Vicky Chow Rebuild the Piano Concerto with 'Surface Image'
With "Surface Image," composer Tristan Perich has created his most emotionally affective work to date, balancing 1-bit electronics with large-scale form and virtuosic human performance. Oct 20, 2014
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Composer-Soprano Agata Zubel Renders Nervousness and Doubt
On her new recording on the Kairos label, composer and vocalist Agata Zubel brings forward a fascinating exploration of her settings of three Nobel Prize winning poets. Oct 13, 2014
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Mamoru Fujieda Derives Miniatures from Electrical Activity of Plants
Composed between 1996 and 2011, Japanese post-minimal innovator Mamoru Fujieda’s Patterns of Plants is a set of works based on the readings of the electrical activity in living plants. Oct 6, 2014
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Klezmer, Tango and Arabic Sounds Swirl in 'Dreams and Prayers'
It’s always a treat to listen to clarinetist David Krakauer do his thing, but he seems especially in his element in “Dreams and Prayers,” the newest album from Boston-based A Far Cry. Sep 29, 2014
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JACK Quartet Spotlights South American-born 'áltaVoz Composers'
The JACK Quartet's latest release, "áltaVoz Composers," zeroes in on an under-represented cache of ferocious talent: that of the young, South American-born composer. Sep 22, 2014
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New Record Label Debuts with Auspicious, Witty 'Violin'
The most surprising thing about the debut of VIA Records, the label whose arrival is heralded by the release of Anna Clyne's "The Violin," is that it didn't happen long ago. Sep 16, 2014
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Cincinnati Symphony Mines the Terror of the Sublime in 'Hallowed Ground'
Issued on Cincinnati Symphony's own label, "Hallowed Ground" finds unexpected connections between David Lang's hard, bitter pieces and those by Aaron Copland and Nico Muhly. Sep 8, 2014