Cedille
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Ambient, often Glass-influenced, this music has a hypnotic appeal. This disc is absolutely beautiful; the recording itself is one of the finest to come my way, the music revelatory. —
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical 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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Surprising, beautiful and occasionally bonkers, the mix of styles and latin rhythms is an unlikely winner. —
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
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Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers
RecommendedWill Liverman (baritone), Paul Sánchez (piano)
A true passion project, 'Dreams of a New Day' gives voice to the remarkable creative contributions of African-American composers from the twentieth century to the present day…Performed with... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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This phenomenally interesting music is performed to the very highest standards and recorded in fine sound. —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Standard Stoppages
RecommendedZakir Hussain (percussion), Musekiwa Chingodza, Third Coast Percussion
Percussive vocals (‘ bols’) and tabla here emphasised this immersive, deeply co-operative journey, resulting in music that was simultaneously spiritual, yet full of human energ y. This energy... —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Engineered Classical Album
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Mostly premiere recordings, expertly engineered that presents music of wide-ranging proclivities whose enchanting inventiveness can’t quite dispel a sense of stylistic déjà vu. —
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Show Me The Way
RecommendedWill Liverman, Jonathan King, Nicole Cabell (soprano), Lady Jess, Tahirah Whittington, Terry Liverman
Liverman’s voice is dazzling and King handles the often-dense accompaniments with architectural awareness, in a well-balanced recording. —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Affectionately and adroitly played, theirs is a very impressive performance [of Dvořák's 'American' Quartet] indeed, with buoyantly-sprung rhythms underscoring the folkish elements of this much... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Chamber Choice
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