The label Disquiet has released the record version of “Upload”, the penultimate opera by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. Dutchman Michel van der Aa is perhaps the most prominent of the current Dutch composers. He has received almost every major award in the small central European country and the…

Dutch composer Anthony Fiumara releases “Vitreous Body”, an album for percussion inspired by the music of Philip Glass. Percussionist Fedor Teunisse, artistic director of Slagwerk Den Haag, one of the most important and long-standing percussion orchestras in the world – it was founded in The Hague in 1977 as Slagwerkgroep…

Universal has just released a new compilation album by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi, entitled “Moments of Peace”. The album features ten pieces that cover various periods of Ludovico Einaudi’s career, from compositions made in 1999 –Due tramonti, included in Eden Rock– and 2004 –DNA, included in Una mattina– together with…

Dutch pianist Xavier Boot, known as XA4, releases “Glass Gateway”, an Ep inspired by the music of Philip Glass. The Dutch pianist Xavier Boot (Bilthoven, 1989), also known by his stage name XA4, has released Glass Gateway, a four-piece EP with which he makes his debut on Orange Mountain Music,…

Dutch lutenist Jozef van Wissem releases a new soundtrack for Murnau’s film “Nosferatu. A Symphony of Horror”. Dutch lute player and composer Jozef Van Wissem released his album Nosferatu – The Call of the Deathbird a few weeks ago on the Incunabulum label. It was a commission from La Cinémathèque…

«Umsindo Omgcolile 2» es un proyecto basado en sonidos LoFi. Umsindo Omgcolile means dirty noise or filthy noise in Zulu. Remixes of musical pieces by Poliedro Kobold (mindless non-profit art collective), from tape recordings made at the end of the 20th century: Arin Dodo/Poliedro Kobold An analog 4-track Fostex portastudio has…

Alejandro Pelayo releases “Sobre la piel”, his third solo album, with collaborators such as Suso Saiz, Nur Levi, Fon Román or Guille Galván. The Spanish composer and pianist Alejandro Pelayo, founder of Marlango, the band he shares with Leonor Watling, has just released his third solo album on Altafonte, Sobre…

French pianist Vanessa Wagner releases her third album of minimalist repertoire with the likes of Glass, Muhly, Moondog or Melaine Dalibert. After Inland (2019) and Study of the Invisible (released earlier this year), French pianist Vanessa Wagner completes with Mirrored a trilogy of works from the minimalist repertoire, interpreting Philip…

Orange Mountain Music label releases “Icons: Philip Glass, John Adams, and John Corigliano”, with works for violin and piano. Orange Mountain Music, the record label owned by Philip Glass, released a few weeks ago Icons: Philip Glass, John Adams, and John Corigliano, an album of compositions for violin and piano…

The Spanish composer Joan Valent publishes “The Circle Symphony” and “Canciones Singulares” for Cristina Domínguez on Sony Classical. The Circle Symphony and Canciones singulares, by the Spanish composer Joan Valent, were given their world premieres just twenty days ago at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid. They are two different pieces,…

A Far Cry releases “The Blue Hour”, a song cycle composed by five of today’s leading American female composers. Bostonian chamber orchestra A Far Cry was, seven years ago, the driving force behind The Blue Hour, a 75-minute work premiered live on 3 November 2017 at the Historic Sixth &…