Q2 Music Featured Album
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The Crossing and the International Contemporary Ensemble's 'Seven Responses'
Any record that pairs The Crossing with the International Contemporary Ensemble is virtually guaranteed to be a new-music lover's dream. Listen to their "Seven Responses" all this week. Mar 20, 2017
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Thomas Adès Blazes With Wit and Brilliance in Orchestral Album
The London Symphony Orchestra has just released a new recording of Thomas Adès' enormously ambitious "Asyla," conducted by the composer, along with a pair of meaty new orchestral works. Mar 13, 2017
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Béla Fleck and Colorado Symphony's 'Juno Concerto'
Perhaps no musician has done more to transform the image of the banjo than Béla Fleck. His second concerto for banjo is all Fleck and features the Colorado Symphony. Listen now. Mar 6, 2017
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Rothko and Americana Inspire Orchestral Works of Adam Schoenberg
Adam Schoenberg possesses a directly approachable compositional idiom, marked by a sweet-toothed tonal language, widely spaced chords and generous orchestral textures. Feb 28, 2017
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Nordic Affect's 'Raindamage'
"Raindamage," the new album from the all female quartet Nordic Affect, continues the Icelandic ethos of innovating and exploring while staying connected to the roots of the world. Feb 20, 2017
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Listen: yMusic and Son Lux's 'First'
For its third album, "First," chamber sextet yMusic worked with composer Son Lux, and the record is a dynamic testament to what’s possible with sympathetic artists. Listen all week. Feb 13, 2017
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American Contemporary Music Ensemble's 'Thrive on Routine'
The American Contemporary Music Ensemble's new album, Thrive on Routine, offers a program that reflects the aesthetic of the ensemble's star composer-performer members. Listen now. Feb 6, 2017
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Philip Glass's Violin Concerto and Leonard Bernstein's Serenade
Philip Glass's First Violin Concerto, hardly new to the discography, has just received its definitive recording, three decades after its premiere, with soloist Renaud Capuçon. Jan 30, 2017
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Ian David Rosenbaum's 'Memory Palace'
Ian David Rosenbaum’s newest album, "Memory Palace," seems dedicated to suburban American nature and the natural world we tend to overlook. Listen all week. Jan 23, 2017
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Opera Company Trades Limo Seats for Earbuds with 'Hopscotch' Disc
How can a site-specific opera – one in which audiences were shuttled around Los Angeles in limos, side-by side with performers – translate to the static medium of a recording? Jan 16, 2017