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Twenty-eight composers, from seven countries, have participated in this double CD project, bringing to the international audience a compilation with a diversity of electroacoustic works not usually found in single-artist projects.Présence II is an appropriate title for the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC)/Productions Electro Productions (PeP) latest two compact disc set of electroacoustic compositions.A Second Compilation of Works from the Members of the CECTwenty-three composers from around the world, most of whom have never met face to face, have joined together through the good graces of the CEC to prepare a self-funded compilation CD. This like-minded, aesthetically variant group share the historical desire to distribute the fruits of their labors.Canadian composer Daniel Janke plays kora, a west African harp/lute and piano.The album not too Dark is a retrospective of selected music performed by the ensemble and is accompanied by a printed collection of short stories featured in the past five years of Longest Night performances.Nik Beeson's Howlings is comprised of three electronic works using divergent compositional techniques and technologies, and yet all sharing a common lineage of expression of minimalism and ambient music.Golden Fire, a recording of three works of sublime listening pleasure, by Timothy Sullivan.Stringtime is more than another technically skilled CD - it's sonically lovely, the performances are energetic and accomplished, and the compositions are beautifully balanced in time and style.Kevin Barrett Trio
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Xiii Pan American Games
All selections on this CD are for The Pan Am GamesA virtuoso concerto (*originally intended for amplified or electric violin) combining elements of jazz, rock, Broadway, and Hollywood in the form of a classical concerto. Commissioned by Arthur Polson and CBC Radio.Legend of the First Rabbit with Robert Cram, flutist, and Julian Armour, cello and Elaine Keillor, piano.Lynn Harting-Ware (guitar) plays so well that the colorful, poetical new pieces blend imperceptibly with standards such as Tárrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Adelita. -The Tribune (Oakland)This is an interesting collection of some real forward-thinking music....a highly adventurous and strangely beautiful recording. - The North Jersey Herald and NewsGo to Top