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New Sounds

Thursday, July 31, 2008
  • John Schaefer
    John Schaefer (wowe - www.wowe.it)

    New Releases July 2008

    It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. Now that the dust has cleared from the move, John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks, and boatloads of new CDs which have actually reached his desk over the past month to present some of the finest new releases. What we can see from here includes the new release from Nico Muhly, "Mothertongue," an opera from John Adams, based on a south Indian fairy tale, "A Flowering Tree," and a beautiful collection of choral music by Tarik O'Regan. All this and much more.

PROGRAM # 2830, New Approaches to Orchestral and Chamber Music (First aired on Thursday, July 31, 2008)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Max Richter

24 Postcards in Full Colour

H Thinks A Journey [1:00]

Fat Cat CD - CD13-07 www.fat-cat.co.uk
More info and tour dates: www.myspace.com/maxrichtermusic

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

The Dark Knight

I’m Not a Hero [6:00]

Warner Bros #49860** www.warnerbrosrecords.com*

Nico Muhly

Mothertongue

Hress [3:30] Monster [4:30]

Brassland #018** www.nicomuhly.com

Tarik O’Regan

Threshold of Night

The Ecstasies Above [17:00]

Harmonia Mundi #807490** www.harmoniamundi.com*

John Adams

A Flowering Tree

The Bride Sunk Her Face [5:00]

Nonesuch 327100, due out in September 2008. www.nonesuch.com

David Pritchard

Vertical Eden

Garden of Time [5:00]

Morphic Resonance #10016 www.morphicresonancemusic.com *

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