“AM I BORN” is a meditation on impermanence, using Brooklyn’s past—specifically a neighborhood that was largely demolished to make way for the Brooklyn Bridge—as a means of reflecting on the rapidly changing present.”
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“Not only executed with stunning prowess, Gookin’s dedication to each composer’s voice channels the direct, hard-hitting messages of the compositions, her virtuosity powerfully propelling them even further…”
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“In addition to Gookin's stunning cello playing, the tracks may feature spoken word, singing, electronics, or bass drum, creating a variety of compelling textures.”
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"This song features many lyrics pulled from the memoir of the legendary cellist, Pablo Casals, called 'Joys and Sorrows'.
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“The music is stylistically varied, including stretches of skillfully constructed atonality, effectively creating a mood of turmoil and disease”
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“The work’s therapeutic intentions are underlined by the sensitive, judiciously paced playing of the San Francisco-based Del Sol Quartet who helped develop it in Zoom collaborations with Ruo”
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“Apart from the album's seasonal uses, there are genuinely original ideas here, and those looking for a Christmas release with the side benefit of exploring new ideas will be especially enthusiastic.”
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“Huang intends the work as a meditation on the virus and the vast stretches of time against which it will come to seem insignificant: it is a dust in time.”
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“This features both excellent performances of wonderful 21st-century music and too-necessary commentary about the state of our country”
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“An exceedingly clever case for the continued relevance of Orwellian fables.”
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“Gordon conveys profound and personal truths about the human experience.”
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“Blythe Gaissert became an essential interpreter of contemporary music on The Four Seasons, Looking at You, and her debut solo album”
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"...Finkelmeier and Laurenz create an eerie musical backdrop to explore Hearn’s world, complete with recitations from his writings. It’s ethereal, strange, and hard to get out of your head once you hear it."
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“Their Christmas album is no exception…there’s plenty of variety and the arrangements are all highly original
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“This is fun, an eclectic seasonal smorgasbord from an enterprising New York chamber orchestra. The arrangements, by orchestra members, are witty and tasteful and nothing outstays its welcome.”
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“We can hear Block’s urgency to connect with others, while allowing space and time to be a fourth element in the room.”
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“The dark side of Danny Elfman meets David Lynch with a hint of voodoo”
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“Listening to this recording in the relative quiet of my home I have to imagine the Cage-ian ambience of that experience, but the arc of the music is immersive and compelling, and indeed cathartic”
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“Goodyear takes judicious tempi much closer to Mussorgsky’s originally intended ones, bringing out the clarity of the work and the humor inherent in many of the sardonically descriptive episodes”
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“The score’s eloquence is conveyed to rich effect by the Del Sol players, who merge motifs and phrases with striking control and nuance.”
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