All on Album reviews
Pure sine tones
Ever wondered how prime numbers would sound? Greg Davis’ New Primes might give an answer.
Murmansk sonically portraited
Sonic Acts’ two new Inversia releases study the sounds of the Arctic city.
Holmboe’s chamber symphonies
Vagn Holmboe was a prolific composer who is remembered for his symphonies
A blooming desert
SUPERBLOOM is a collaborative debut between cellist Maarten Vos and pianist Nils Davidse.
Perfect balance
Peter Bjørnild & Frans de Rond have recorded albumful of jazzy music challenging the possibilities of current recording technology. A fabulous one-mic recording.
In the footsteps of Prometheus
Prague/CZ based independent record label Animal Music is offering a new release of Nikol Bokova.
The virus hit the microphone
Chesky Records’ new release presents the music of Led Zeppelin played by Obed Calvaire, Bob Franceschini, Kevin Hays, & Orlando le Fleming.
Aho or Enescu?
A symphony written for a chamber orchestra makes an interesting type of composition that inspired composers from the early to late 20th century, Kalevi Aho and George Enescu among others.
South America meets the Baltics
Two modern musical pioneers, Robert Jürjendal and Miguel Noya, combine their ethnic background and musical forces in their new album The Power of Distance.
Northen sounds
The nature itself as the main artist, humans merely accompanying as featuring artists.
Haydn String Quartets Op. 64
The Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet’s mono LP is wonderful both in terms of performance and sound quality.
Opus 3 goes Blues
The Swedish record label Opus 3 is widely known for its audiophile grade recordings. In early days it was more jazz and classical music, nowadays increasingly blues.
Scott Walker
The eminent British singer-songwriter, composer and record producer Scott Walker passed away on March 22. Walker’s final studio album Bish Bosch (2012) sends a clear message to the ‘unlistening’: Tilt, Drift, Bish Bosh!
Instrumation
The British pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock performing with the City of London Sinfonia.