Lang, D
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There’s no doubting that [Shibe] is an artist blessed with grace to spare, and a roar that is fearsome – witness the opening section of Julia Wolfe’s LAD which screams into anguished life before... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Concept Album
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David Lang: Composition as Explanation
Recommended[complete staged edition]
Eighth Blackbird, Gertrude Stein
Here is a work probably best-served on stage, but this bristling premiere live recording, made at the University of Chicago in 2023, is a worthy stop gap. —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Lang’s music is subtle yet affecting in its unsentimental exploration of the human condition, and is met here with a performance of sensitivity and poise. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2022
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Sonic Wires
Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano), David Chalmin (guitar), Bryce Dessner (guitar)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Innovative Listening Experience
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Edvard Grieg Kor sings Grieg
Audun Iversen (baritone)
Edvard Grieg Kor, Paul Robinson, Håkon Matti Skrede
Lang’s Last Spring is a beautiful, distilled and resonant work after Grieg and is nobly sung by the Bergen-based Edvard Grieg Choir here, as is the Norwegian composer’s own choral arrangement... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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David Lang - The Little Match Girl Passion
RecommendedRecording dates: October 29-November 1, 2008 Venue: Stavnsholt Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ars Nova Copenhagen, Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier
Lang's artistic voice and diction are very individual, but his writing is rich in subtle echoes… All the pieces haunt you long after the CD has ended. —
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Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Rising w/ The Crossing (Live)
RecommendedJohn Grecia, Kelly Ann Bixby, Elisa Sutherland, Dimitri German, James Reese, Rebecca Myers, Rebecca Siler, Shari Wilson, Steven Bradshaw, Daniel Schwartz, Edward Babcock, The Crossing, Quicksilver, International Contemporary Ensemble, Donald Nally
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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There's no doubting Hahn's commitment and technical assurance...and she projects the warmth of Valentin Silvestrov and David del Tredici with as much strength as the extended techniques of Richard... —
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Grammy Awards, 57th Awards (2014), Best Chamber Music Recording
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