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"Jan Järvlepp's music is full of life, breath and expression. His pieces lure the ear with familiar tidbits: tonal centers, recognizable structures, surging rhythms. But they also have strange yet gentle ways of revealing themselves...consistently engaging, variegated, and enjoyable...opens doorways through which listeners can jump into the music."
"The opening minutes of this cd were chosen by the CBC-radio morning request show Here's to You as their theme music. The section called Pacific Suite are excerpts from various movies that Michael has scored."
Mr. Underhill writes: "I have long been fascinated by the unusual and poetic place-names for lunar features which were created by Johannes Ricciocoli in the mid-17th century. One such name is the 'Bay of Dew' or 'Sinus Roris' in Latin. The 'Bay of Dew' is in fact a crater on the moon, but in my mind, I envisaged a tiny body of water that had been entirely created by the gradual collection of precious drops of dew as they formulated in the early morning hours."
Joseph Petric began exploring electroacoustic media in the early 1980s. Gems is a compendium of some of his most performed commissions in the 1980s. The electroacoustic works included in this disc by composers Hatch and Hatzis represent a breakthrough in the marriage of computer technology and the practical exigencies of concert production.
Kevin Barrett Trio
The three pieces we have chosen for this recording all tell mythic tales. The poet, the lover, and the musician take us on a voyage through madness, darkness, joy beauty and ecstasy.Go to Top
