from bach to bonkers
"The music of Free Radicals still, years later, sounds like no other, two experimental classical composers using technology developed primarily for pop music."
Elizabeth Kerr
This album of contemporary piano music for two pianos is an entirely improvised set of pieces featuring two of Australasia’s most fearless and adventurous musicians.
Five works created specifically for the sounddome, a space that brings to life a three-dimensional sound world previously conceivable only in the imagination of the composer.
Going straight to number one on the RNZ Classical Charts on its first week of release, the debut of Lixin Zhang highlights the extraordinary talent of a remarkable young New Zealand musician.
This excellent album by Tony Chen Lin introduces a terrific musical talent to audiences here and abroad, featuring the music of Bartok, Bach, and Schumann's magnificent Humoreske.
The idea for this wonderful Gillian Whitehead album grew as a result of a concert curated by American-born pianist Patricia Goodson in the city of Prague in 2012.
Stephan Prock is a film music scholar and freelance composer of contemporary music for soloists, chamber ensembles, orchestra, and film.
The chamber music of Lyell Cresswell deserves wider attention, especially in his native country, so it is with enormous pride that we offer this excellent collection.
Rich in variety, colour, mood, and texture, beautifully performed, produced, and engineered, Jade String Quartet’s Parlour Games is set to be one of Rattle’s strongest releases of 2017.
Michael Houstoun follows his monumental Beethoven piano sonatas boxed set with a recording of what many believe to be the final word when it comes to solo piano music.
The music on Diálogos is a conversation between the precise complexities and dynamics of compositions by John Psathas and the intuitive processes of collective improvisation.
I stayed a minute was conceived by Eve de Castro-Robinson as a limited edition vinyl release. Featuring the work of photographer, Harvey Benge.
Originally curated by Jack Body for the commemorative concert ‘Remembering David’, Ring Round the Moon is an album of chamber music celebrating the artistry and memory of New Zealand composer, David Farquhar.
Since they started playing together in 200e, NZTrio has actively promoted the music of fellow Kiwi composers, and no album does that with more enthusiastic fervour as Lightbox.
Commissioned by pianist Stephen De Pledge, the complete set of Landscape Preludes had yet to be recorded for CD release — until Henry Wong Doe turned his attention to them.
The Brad Dutz Quartet is an acoustic ensemble comprised of oboe, cello, clarinets, and percussion. Their music combines 20th century classical chamber music with elements of improvisation and jazz.
The music on THE GAIA THEORY brims with vitality and optimism, beautifully composed tapestries of sonic and textural colours that have been recorded and produced with great precision and taste, and performed with enormous skill, dexterity and enthusiasm.
A concentrated and passionate recording featuring two exceptional musicians, cellist Inbal Megiddo and pianist Jian Liu are more than equal to the task of bringing this glorious music to life.
Big, bold, and ballsy, this set of works are not for the faint of heart. Guided by producer Dave Lisik and flanked by the electronic wizardry of Jorge Sosa, Inbal Megiddo takes to the cello with fearless abandon.
The variation is at the foundation of many forms of music. From the cantus firmus of the 13th century, to the ground bass of the passacaglia, through jazz and blues, it is an integral component of musical expression.
From diverse traditions, the contemporary artists who contribute to Different Tracks are moving beyond the conventional: developing new techniques, mapping new territories, making new tracks in the search for inventive, technically rigorous, and emotionally engaging music.
Phil Dadson and From Scratch are heroes on the New Zealand cultural landscape, visionary artists who imbue their creative practice with deep personal and political conviction.