Ensemble Dissonanzen - Chamber Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Brook,T. / Mivos Quartet / Soper,Kate - Garden Of Diverging Paths [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/10/2016

Sofia Gubaidulina has found a soulfulness and freedom in the guitar that speaks to her musical language of expressive mood and often mysterious but precise sonorities. In both Repentance and Sotto Voce she combines guitars with lower stringed instruments, creating a virtuosic, multi-dimensional and deeply poetic role for each voice. Fascinating new sounds from the guitar are produced, from the most eloquent chorales to remarkable effects using a drinking glass. The earlier Serenade is 'music for pleasure', while this première recording of the Toccata reveals a work with a driving momentum that hardly stops. The works for guitar presented on this Naxos - Ms. Gubaidulina's complete works for the instrument written between 1960-2010/13 - feature four distinguished guitarists David Tanenbaum, Thomas Viloteau, Paul Psarras and Marc Teicholz, as well as a number of additional supporting string players on viola, cello and bass.

Donna Simpson and Vikki Thorn harmonize in heavenly fashion on the 2011 album by this ever-evolving Australian folk-rock band. The melodies are exquisite, even as the confessions are delivered with pain and regret on InchTemptation,Inch InchI Learn the Hard Way,Inch InchJust Like Me,Inch InchMoses and the Lamb,Inch InchDay DreamerInch and more intriguing journeys from folk and gospel to rock and pop and back! Compass.