DIGITAL MEMORY and the ARCHIVE
a cycle of six words for one and two cellos
recorded by Neil Heyde and Rohan de Saram
released on New Focus Recordings, New York
ANOTHER WOMAN
OF ANOTHER KIND
seven stories for flute and eight voices on texts by Paul Griffiths
for Claire Chase and Roomful of Teeth
released on Claire Chase: Density 2036, part iv
Corbett vs. Dempsey Records, Chicago
download the complete score
and purchase recording here
ABOUT THE RECORDING — After premièring Another Woman of Another Kind (seven stories for flute and eight voices on texts by Paul Griffiths), Claire Chase and Roomful of Teeth gathered together in August 2018 with producer Matias Tarnopolsky to record the work at at Meyer Sound Laboratories in Berkeley. The recording was released on 18 December 2020 on the Corbett vs. Dempsey label; tracks are also available to stream. Complete details can be found here.
ABOUT DENSITY 2036 — In 2013, Claire Chase instigated a project designed to cultivate an entirely new body of work for flute. A MacArthur Fellow, Harvard professor, and indomitable musical force who co-founded the International Contemporary Ensemble, Chase began commissioning work, with the idea of doing so until the centennial of Edgard Varése's seminal flute solo "Density 21.5," in 2036. This deluxe 4-CD set is the first fruit of these commissions, realized in the first three years of the project, featuring 17 works by 15 composers, including the multi-part album-long composition "Pan" by Brazilian-born Marcos Balter. Composers wrote for all members of Chase's flute family, from piccolo to "Big Bertha" (her contrabass flute), as well as electronics, voice, and a handful of other instruments. Tyshawn Sorey performed percussion on his contribution and Suzanne Farrin played Ondes Martenot on hers; Roomful of Teeth collaborate with Chase on one piece, and sound designer Levy Lorenzo handles the electronics throughout. Participants come from a wide range of creative contemporary music circles; they include Richard Beaudoin, Nathan Davis, Jason Eckardt, Dai Fujikura, Vijay Iyer, Felipe Lara, Mario Diaz de Leon, George Lewis, Pauline Oliveros, Pauchi Sasaki, Francesca Verunelli, and Du Yun. The exquisitely detailed recordings of Density 2036 were made at the Meyer Sound Laboratories in Berkeley and produced by Matias Tarnopolsky over the course of four years, with no overdubbing or corrections, presenting Chase's incredible musicality in all its glory. This monumental program comes packaged as two double-CDs, sporting cover art by German artist Jorinde Voigt and liner note essays by Suzannah Clark, John Corbett, Jennifer Judge, and Steven Schick.
RHYTHM & THE BORROWED PAST
Includes In höchster Not, a three movement duo for violin and piano
recorded by Daniel Kurganov and Constantine Finehouse
released on Orchid Classics (2021)
MICROTIMINGS
This 2-CD set, recorded in England, includes the first recordings of music based on microtiming.
Microtimings presents eleven of the earliest works, based on micro-temporal measurements of Martha Argerich playing Chopin, Alfred Cortot playing Debussy, and Maurizio Pollini playing Webern.
Disc One includes six piano works performed by Mark Knoop. Disc Two includes five string quartet works performed by the Kreutzer Quartet. The accompanying full-color, 20-page booklet includes photographs, an essay on the pieces, and miniature reproductions of pages from the scores.
Released on by New Focus Recordings in New York, and distributed by Naxos of America. Available internationally, including at Amazon (US), Amazon (UK), Amazon (Germany), Amazon (France), Amazon (Japan), Archiv, iTunes, New Focus Recordings.
cover image: Glenn Brown, The Real Thing, 2000, Oil on panel, 82 x 66.5 cm, © 2012 Glenn Brown
Constantine Finehouse records two of Mr Beaudoin's early piano works — Qui Tollis [2004] and Les signes de ma faiblesse [2006] — alongside two works by Johannes Brahms. The accompanying booklet includes an essay and images from the scores.
Includes full scores of all six compositions in the series The Artist and his Model 2010–2012 as well as a reproduction of Glenn Brown’s Drawing No 9 (Greuze-Rubens) 2013
Limited edition
Handbound by Daniel Kelm and his assistants Erin Clay Nelson and Elias Sideris in Easthampton, Massachusetts using the sewn boards binding; 92 pages; open dimensions: 21.6 x 55.9 cm (8.5 x 22 in)
cover image: GLENN BROWN Drawing No 9 (Greuze–Rubens)
ink on paper and polypropylene, 28 x 19 cm, ©2013 by Glenn Brown