Travessia
*2026 stock* It is an unusually bright afternoon in early March when I am writing these lines, while listening to the debut album by Oksana Shymanska. Joan Arnau Pàmies from Protomaterial Records just sent it to me; it was recorded not long ago at the Auditori Municipal Enric Granados in Lleida. I celebrate it because it represents the culmination of a process that began when Oksana arrived in Catalonia from her native Ukraine. It is also the result of a professional wish: to record an album tha…
Heaven Shines Like Silver
*2026 stock* Stefan Lovin's new album "Heaven Shines Like Silver" is set to showcase his unique ability to merge Romanian folk traditions with jazz, fusion, and free-flowing improvisation. With his distinctive piano work and intricate compositions, Lovin brings a fresh perspective to both the folk melodies of his homeland and the spontaneous nature of jazz. "Heaven Shines Like Silver" captures the complexity and beauty of a sound world where folk music is both grounded in tradition and open to e…
Music With Changing Parts
* First-time vinyl reissue, gatefold sleeve * Philip Glass, the great American composer, was already in his mid-30s before his first album appeared, and then only because he produced the double LP himself. Music With Changing Parts was the inaugural release on his own Chatham Square imprint in 1971. At this point, Einstein on the Beach, Glass' first opera, was still five years away. Yet in Changing Parts, one can already hear much of his vocabulary in full bloom: the buoyant arpeggios, the meldi…
In Memoriam (LP)
A superb trascendental symphonic work by the Russian composer backed with two beautiful and evocative ensemble pieces, all composed in the 1980's and released on Russian Disc in 1991. Includes poster (unrelated to the record).
Concerto Lugubre / Four Love Sonnets / Goethe-Briefe (LP)
A powerful 1975 concerto for viola and orchestra by the Polish composer, plus two more Romantic compositions for voice and orchestra from 1969/1970, released by Muza in 1978.
Sonata Pentru Vioară Solo / Cvartetul De Coarde Nr. 6 (LP)
Two mid-1960's works by the Romanian composer, resepctively for solo violin and for string quartet, released on Electrocord in 1966.
Simfonia Nr.5 Muzică Solemnă / Concert Pentru Vioară Și Orchestră (LP)
Two mid-1960's orchestral works by the Romanian composer, released on Electrocord in 1970.
Spring Coming / Requiem (LP)
Two major orchestral works blending traditional elements with modern textures composed by the Russian avant-garde composer in the 1980's and released on Melodiya in 1990.
Bogdan Gagić (LP)
1978 LP on Jugoton's Contemporary Croatian Composers Series with excellent avant-garde compositions for piano, orchestra, piano and orchestra, and ensemble.
Epitafium / Scontri / Genesis II / Refrain (LP)
Great 1969 LP on Philips' "Modern Music Series" with four compositions by the Polish experimental composer spanning from 1958 to 1965, including two beautiful and powerful orchestral pieces and two ensemble pieces.
180 (LP)
Great 1983 LP by Szemző's ensemble with highly-acclaimed (especially by Steve Reich) performances of two American classic minimalist compositions as well as two by Hungarian minimalists, released by Hungaroton.
Group 180 II (LP)
Excellent second LP by Szemző's ensemble with highly-acclaimed (especially by Steve Reich) performances of one American classic minimalist composition as well as two by Hungarian minimalists, released by Hungaroton in 1986.
Seekers of the Truth Vol.1 (2LP)
A 1987 2LP set on Celestial Harmonies with the two philosophers' complete piano music performed by Cecil Lytle.
The Mother (2LP box)
Definitive 1965 recording of the avant-garde quarter-tone opera by the Czech composer composed in 1929, released as a 2LP box set by Supraphon in 1974. With insert.
Příběh Fléten / Musica Da Camera (LP)
Two compositions by the two Czech composers from the 1960's and 50's respectively, for orchestra and ensemble, released by Supraphon in 1971.
Trois Poèmes D'Henri Michaux / Postludium / Streichquartett (LP)
Three compositions from the early 1960's, respectively for for choir and orchestra, orchestra, and string quartet, by the eminent Polish composer, released on Wergo's great Studio Reihe Neuer Musik avat-garde music series in the early 1970's.
Zpěvy o Vysočině (2LP)
A cycle of cantatas composed in the late 1950's by the Czech composer and released as a 2LP set with spiral-bound book sleeve by Supraphon in 1968.
Sonatiny pro Klavír (2LP box)
The six sonatinas for piano composed in 1919/20 by the early modernist Czeck composer and released as a 2LP box set by Supraphon in 1970. With insert.
Universal Prayer (LP)
The Polish composer's 1969 cantata for 4 solo voices, mixed chorus, 3 harps and organ conducted by Leopold Stokowski and released by Unicorn in 1971.
Tabula Rasa (LP)
Original German edition of the 1984 ECM album that introduced the amazing work of the Estonian composer to the Westen world, with three pieces composed in the 1970's and performed by Keith Jarrett, Alfred Schnittke and Gidon Kremer among others.