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ECM releases “Meredith Monk: The Recordings”

Meredith Monk turns 80 and ECM pays tribute to her by releasing a box set of all 13 CDs the artist recorded for the German label. In tribute to Meredith Monk’s eightieth birthday, celebrated today, 20 November, ECM-New Series has released Meredith Monk: The Recordings, a box set that brings…

Erato Records reissues its Xenakis recordings

The Erato Records label reissues its historic recordings of pieces by Iannis Xenakis. The centenary of the birth of Iannis Xenakis is one of the main musical celebrations of 2022, and the French record label Erato Records, founded in 1953 to promote French classical music (and since 1992 owned by…

Terry Riley tribute to late Stefano Scodanibbio

i dischi di angelica publishes Terry Riley’s tribute to late friend Stefano Scodanibbio. Stefano Scodanibbio (Macerata, Italy; 1956-Cuernavaca, Mexico; 2012) was an Italian double bass player and composer who died in 2012. Throughout his career he worked with several composers of the 20th century avant-garde, who considered him a unique…

The 5 ¿best? Philip Glass albums

The five best Philip Glass albums. Echoing the BBVA Foundation’s awarding of its Frontiers of Knowledge Prize in the category of Music and Opera to the American composer Philip Glass, I have published in Forbes a brief discography selected (and commented) from the very extensive catalogue of the American composer. The five selected discs…

Iosonouncane

“Ira”, by Iosonouncane. Jacopo Incani, a Sardinian composer born in 1983 in the small town of Buggerru, is one of the most interesting Italian musicians on the alternative scene. Incani made his solo debut in 2010 under the alias Iosonouncane (something like “Iamadog”) and his second album, in 2015, was…

Clara Peya

“Perifèria”, by Clara Peya. Eleven albums to her name in thirteen years… the Spanish pianist and composer Clara Peya (Palafrugell, 1986), the current leading representative of one of the currents of Spanish musical minimalism, has a torrential need to express herself. Song albums, concept albums, instrumental albums… The complete commentary…