Philip Glass and Steve Reich (OMM022)
Philip Glass' Orange Mountain Music label presents music for two pianos by himself - six scenes from his acclaimed Les Enfants Terribles - and fellow minimalist Steve Reich's Piano Phase. Japanese musician Maki Namekawa and American Dennis Russell Davies perform Reich's piece with unfaltering precision and poise, driving the work on with relentless energy.
Nuove Musiche: Rolf Lislevand (ECM 476 3049)
Baroque is given a new twist in this sensuous album which blends the old and new with daring originality. Rolf Lislevand is joined by his talented ensemble in injecting the scores with an improvisational spirit which is at the heart of the music.
The Hilliard Ensemble: Nicolas Gombert (ECM 981 8792)
Six of Gombert's motets and his Media Vita mass form an illuminating introduction to the work of one of the foremost 16th century masters of vocal polyphony.
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