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May 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Caroline Shaw, Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion: Narrow Sea

Caroline Shaw: Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion Narrow Sea Nonesuch Violinist, producer, vocalist and contemporary classical composer Caroline Shaw is the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for music (2013’s Partita For 8 Voices, awarded when she was just 30). Her works have been performed around the world and include pieces composed for […]
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March 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sophie Hutchings: Scattered On The Wind

Sophie Hutchings Scattered On The Wind Mercury KX Sometimes a record finds you at just the right time. It’s been there – waiting. You’ve been where you are – searching. And then you connect. And it’s instantly like you’ve always been aware of this and always been listening to it. It’s also a yearning, you […]
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March 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars

Tyshawn Sorey  Pillars  Firehouse Records  Tyshawn Sorey is the type of multi-instrumentalist and all-around musical force (composer, arranger, conductor, sideman and leader) that it’s nearly impossible for us mere mortals to wrap our thinking-gear around it really. There he is behind the kit making strange, alluring shapes with an improv legend like Roscoe Mitchell or re-inventing post-bop yet again as part […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3CD, Album Review, Classical, Composition, Contemporary Classical, Drone, Drummer, Drums, Firehouse Records, Impro, Jazz, Joe Morris, Max Richter's Sleep, Minimalism, Modern, Percussion, Piano, Pillars, Pillars I, Pillars II, Pillars III, Roscoe Mitchell, Skjold/Højensgård Project, That / Not, Trombone, Tyshawn Sorey, Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars, Vijay Iyer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée

Jóhann Jóhannsson Orphée Deutsche Grammophon Billed as Jóhannsson’s return to the studio for a solo album, his first in a half-dozen years, Orphée (loosely based on Ovid’s version of the myth of Orpheus) arrives on the back of extensive studio work, Jóhannsson now one of the go-to names for Hollywood movie soundtracks. Prior to his […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Classical, Contemporary Classical, Hildur Gudnadottir, Iceland, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée, Meditation, Mindfulness, Movie Soundtracks, Orphée, Score, Soundtrack, Spiritual ·

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June 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Milos Karadaglic: Blackbird – The Beatles Album

Milos Karadaglic Blackbird: The Beatles Album Mercury Classics Wait! Wait! This is a contemporary classical guitar album covering The Beatles. But this is the work of Milos Karadaglic – most often referred to as simply Milos. And he can sure play. Though some of the treatments might be a bit watery, a bit John Williams-esque […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2016), Album Review, Anoushka Shankar, Blackbird, Blackbird: The Beatles Album, Classical, Classical Guitar, Contemporary Classical, Gregory Porter, Guitar, Instrumental, Milos, Milos Karadaglic, Steven Isserlis, The Beatles, Tori Amos ·

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November 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

A Winged Victory For The Sullen: Atomos

A Winged Victory For The Sullen Atomos kranky/Erased Tapes Dance choreographer Wayne McGregor has unusually wonderful taste when it comes to picking music to work with and musicians to work for. Here he has commissioned A Winged Victory For The Sullen to score his latest dance project and the result is an album that stands […]
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July 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Kraken Quartet: Music For Kraken

The Kraken Quartet Music For Kraken (Independent/Bandcamp) Here’s a four-tracker that’s almost album-length, certainly album quality – but it might be best to consider it still an EP. At any rate you can name your price, all donations will pay the band back for the recordings/be channelled into future recordings. Ah, music for the right […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Contemporary Classical, Drums, EP, Music For Kraken, Percussion, The Kraken Quartet ·

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