“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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“The Knights Before Christmas is a world-premiere recording of holiday music from numerous genres performed by the cutting-edge Brooklyn orchestral collective The Knights”
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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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“I love Christmas records….When Eric approached me about doing it, I was really excited, but also a little nervous. It’s like your best friend giving you the keys to the Porsche.”
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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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“Mike Block’s work is incredibly elastic and daring, full of sonorous lines and sudden right angles.”
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“Ruo has to be indebted to the group for the care with which they performed the piece and the players' meticulous attention to tempo, texture, and dynamics.”
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