Q2 Music Featured Album
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Tyshawn Sorey Composes Chaos in 'The Inner Spectrum of Variables'
Tyshawn Sorey's vision extends far beyond the horizon, toward a distant point where varying styles invisibly converge. Stream his latest album, 'Inner Spectrum of Variables,' all week. Aug 15, 2016
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Seattle Symphony Concludes Indispensable Cycle of Late French Master Henri Dutilleux
Ludovic Morlot's Seattle Symphony has once again proved itself one of the most essential symphony orchestras in the country with its third and final disc of Dutilleux orchestral music. Aug 8, 2016
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Cellist Maya Beiser Spans Imogen Heap to Michael Gordon in 'TranceClassical'
Amid the haze of glamour and processed signals enveloping the music of cellist Maya Beiser's latest album, 'TranceClassical,' her unadorned voice stands out in potent relief. Listen now. Aug 1, 2016
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Lesley Flanigan Sculpts Sound into Ecstatic Space on 'Hedera'
On 'Hedera', Lesley Flanigan layers extremely simple elements — worldless oohs and ahs, a stuttering tape recorder — to construct a profoundly sculptural and emotive space. Jul 25, 2016
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Lewis Pesacov, The Industry and wild Up Offer Doomsday Delirium
Los Angeles-based chamber opera rebels from The Industry pair up with new-music daredevils in wild Up for Lewis Pesacov’s portentous "The Edge of Forever." Stream the album all week. Jul 19, 2016
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Cello Ensemble's Collective Virtuosity Shines in 'shadow, echo, memory'
'shadow, echo, memory' moves the cello choir into new territory. Stream the Northwestern University Cello Ensemble's latest — with tracks by Kernis, Ligeti and Fauré — all week. Jul 11, 2016
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Francesca Anderegg Takes to the Open Road with 'Wild Cities'
Francesca Anderegg’s "Wild Cities" is haunted by the American dream, a dream of perpetual travel on an endless open road. The album takes on the music of five young American composers. Jul 5, 2016
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Ensemble Signal's Delightfully Manic Steve Reich
Ensemble Signal’s new recording of "Double Sextet" is a delightfully manic whirl, so on point as to always seem microns away from spinning out of control. Listen all this week. Jun 27, 2016
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David Lang's Patchwork Patriotism in 'the national anthems'
All together, David Lang's 'the national anthems' has the feeling of clutching hands. Whether you believe in patriotism or not, it reminds us that everyone holds onto something. Jun 20, 2016
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Mivos Quartet's Full Course 'Garden of Diverging Paths'
Music eats literature and literature dines on music, and Mivos Quartet’s "Garden of Diverging Paths" is an album of beautiful cannibalism. Stream the full album all this week. Jun 13, 2016