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The Canadian quintet NEXUS approaches the notion of the percussion ensemble with an ear for innovation and a discipline for virtuosity.
Rune
Nexus Plays the Music of Hawkins, Tenney and Mather
Toccata
Recorded Live
Spontaneity has always been a major part of NEXUS' approach to performing its repertoire, and improvised pieces, such as Kichari, Reunion, and Tocatta were featured in the NEXUS anniversary season programs. In these pieces, the listener will find the musical heart of NEXUS.This disc includes both studio performances on acoustic instruments and sampled sounds "performed" by a computer.Claude Vivier's Shiraz and Michel-Georges Bregen's Les Variations Paralleles.Métamorphoses 2002
2e concours biennal de composition acousmatique / 2nd biennial acousmatic composition competition.
2nd biennial acousmatic composition competition.Internationally acclaimed percussion ensemble NEXUS features the premier recordings of two major works for percussion quintet.Alogos was released by Spool Records in 2001, and was unanimously described by critics as "innovative" and "thrilling."dearness features Fred Frith, certainly one of the great contributors to adventurous new music, John Oswald, (in)famous for his landmark plunderphonics work, and Anne Bourne, who carries her sense of musical adventure along with her cello gracefully across the musical spectrum.WOWOW was recorded live on November 14 and 15, 1997, as the New Orchestra Workshop (or NOW Orchestra) was celebrating its 20th anniversary with a concert series in hometown Vancouver, Canada. Three new works were created for the occasion, all of them featured (in part) on this CD.Gathering brings together the most exceptional music and video art of Toronto duo Smash and Teeny, created live in performance, studio and site-specific outdoor locations in Canada, the U.S. and England between 2001-2003.Peggy Lee’s compositions kick, simmer and sing, and confirm her as a major talent with seamless improvisations.Shadowgraph Series
Compositions for Creative Orchestra
George Lewis compositions showcase everything from swing to avant-garde jazz and postmodern classical music.A beautiful meeting between three musicians who present us several aspects of their musical complicity. On the program, excerpts of film music, concert excerpts and studio footage.As part of the Celebrations of the 40th Anniversary of its inauguration, the Place des Arts and XXI-21 Productions present the first CD release of the September 23rd, 1963, opening concert.Wolfgang Bottenberg
Chamber Music For Strings & Piano
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