Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Blue Record - VINYL LP

Album Tracks 1. Tree Song 2. I'll Make You Cry 3. Interlude #1 4. Nanny 5. Wish You Were Here 6. Cold Reading Gently Stroke 7. Interlude #2 8. Lullaby 9. And She's All Alone in Heaven 10. Interlude #3 11. Mental Proposal 12. Interlude #4 13. Ballistic Talent 14. Talk to Me

The passing away of Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016), one of the most performed Finnish composers after Sibelius, left a deep void in the field of Finnish contemporary music. This new album by cellist Tanja Tetzlaff and pianist Gunilla Süssmann includes Rautavaara's rarely heard works written for cello and piano. The cornerstone of Rautavaara's cello chamber music are the three sonatas. The earliest of the sonatas was written in 1969 and contains Baroque influences. Prior to this, the composer had already written Two Preludes and Fugues for cello and piano in 1955 firmly rooted in the Neo-Classical tradition as a young student. Soon after completing his solo cello sonata, the composer started writing his Neo-Romantic Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1. However, the work was left unfinished and completed almost 30 years later, in 2001. Cello Sonata No. 2, completed in 1991, is much different in style, more modern and edgy, but based on a work written for a cello music competition in 1975. Polska (1977) for two cellos and piano is based on a folk tune from Rantasalmi. The origin of this work is connected to the genesis of Rautavaara's first published opus, Fiddlers (Pelimannit) from the early 1950s. Song of My Heart (Sydämeni laulu) is the composer's transcription from an aria included in his opera Aleksis Kivi (1995-96). In 2000, Rautavaara arranged the piece for cello, and fittingly for this funereal piece dedicated it to the memory of Estonian composer Lepo Sumera. Album Tracks 1. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 - Tanja Tetzlaff/Gunilla Süssmann 2. On the Name Einar Englund - Tanja Tetzlaff/Gunilla Süssmann 3. Epitaph for Béla Bartók - Tanja Tetzlaff/Gunilla Süssmann 4. I. Libero E Poetico - Tanja Tetzlaff 5. II. Allegretto - Tanja Tetzlaff 6. III. Tranquillo - Tanja Tetzlaff 7. IV. Molto Allegro - Tanja Tetzlaff 8. Song of My Heart - Tanja Tetzla

After a storied first year as a band releasing and touring behind their critically acclaimed debut album Today, Galaxie 500 closed out 1988 with a quintessential performance at New York City's famed CBGB with every bit of their signature intimacy and autumnal bombast on display. The unusual bill which also included Sonic Youth, B.A.L.L. and Unsane was a benefit show for the zine shop See Hear.Captured here in a raw but inspired board mix by Kramer and restored and mastered from the analog source by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, CBGB 12.13.88 is a live snapshot of a Galaxie fully formed, punctuating the end of their first chapter while poised to step into their next with On Fire the following year. Album Tracks 1. A1 Tugboat 2. A2 Oblivious 3. A3 Parking Lot 4. A4 Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste 5. B5 Pictures 6. B6 Flowers 7. B7 It's Getting Late 8. B8 Temperature's Rising