Rima Tawil - Set Me As a Seal Upon Your Heart: Chamber Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Violin and viola duo andPlay (Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola) their debut recording featuring music by Ashkan Behzadi, Clara Iannotta, and David Bird. The duo's fluency with contemporary performance techniques and aesthetics is grounded in their symbiotic ensemble performances, bringing their finely tuned interpretive instincts to music that exists across a wide expressive range. Described by I Care If You Listen as Inchenthusiastic champions for new music and collaborationInch and performing Inchwith a welcoming and dynamic spirit,Inch andPlay is committed to expanding the existing violin/viola duo repertoire through performing rarely heard works and commissioning emerging composers. The New York City-based duo of Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola, first played to an eager crowd on Fire Island in the summer of 2012 and has since commissioned over thirty works.

World premiere recordings are brought together on this new GENUIN album featuring works by the composer Christian Ridil Renowned musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others, play in formations ranging from brass quintet to flute and percussion to the exquisite combination of (chromatic) harmonica and harpsichord. The works of the Goethe University Frankfurt's former university music director are characterized by stylistic diversity, wit, charm, and virtuosity and yet bear Ridil's clear signature. Absolutely worth discovering!

Danny Cohen - Self-Indulgent Music - Lunatic Fringe Series [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/21/1998