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Cold Blue Music

COLD BLUE TWO

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Details

Composer
ADAMS BRYARS COX FINK FOX
Artist
Ethel, Schneider, Klucevsek, Marshall, Cahill, Newman, Walker, Walsh, Smith, Schr
Format
CD
Label
Cold Blue Music
Released
Oct 01, 2012
Catalog #
CB0036
UPC
800413003625

About

Cold Blue Two is an anthology of fourteen new, previously unrecorded works—many of them written just for this CD. Enthralling music by John Luther Adams, Gavin Bryars, Rick Cox, Michael Jon Fink, Jim Fox, Peter Garland, Daniel Lentz, Ingram Marshall, Larry Polansky, David Rosenboom, Phillip Schroeder, Chas Smith, and James Tenney. Performers include Sarah Cahill, Guy Klucevsek, ETHEL, Formalist Quartet, John Schneider, and other fine musicians, including many of the composers themselves. It was a WQXR Q2 Music “Album of the Week” in 2012. “Darkly lyrical, evocative.... Whether plaintive, hypnotic, or enigmatic, this is music that is cool but not unemotional—and always a rich, twilit blue.” [John Schaefer, host of WNYC’s New Sounds] “This record pretty much kicks ass—an alluring, arresting document from a brilliant cast of composers.” [composer-performer Glenn Kotche] “The music by Daniel Lentz that opens this anthology, a solo cello line harmonically enriched through overdubbing, is graceful, understated and tinged with melancholy. The closing piece, Jim Fox’s filmic Colorless sky became fog, shares those qualities. They seem to define a Cold Blue soundworld, although these 14 previously unissued tracks, some specially commissioned, accommodate diverse and individualistic composers…. This is a post-experimental label, presenting work that subtly channels lessons learnt from radical sources into music that is unapologetically attractive and accessible.” [Julian Cowley, The Wire] “Superb…music that exemplifies refinement without at the same time being overly burdened by formality and convention.” [Textura (Cold Blue Two was on Textura’s “Best of 2012” list.)] “Listen closely: there is almost always a sharp edge hidden among these glistening surfaces…. The most casual listen to this haunted music-box, as often eerie or melancholy as it is soothing, is an unsettling experience, a quiet disquiet. Cold Blue the label and Cold Blue the anthologies are aptly named: cold and like a glacier or a clear winter sky, this music is as shiver-inducing as it is lovely.” [Daniel Stephen Johnson, Q2 Music, WQXR] “A sampler that confirms the tradition of American experimental music to be alive, well and in safe hands.” [Int’l Record Review] “A panoramic view of Cold Blue’s offerings, which are quite varied and yet make a powerful unified statement. These works could be described as beautiful oddities—some even devastatingly gorgeous, but always with a twist. Even if unapologetic beauty is not your cup of tea, worry not—upon close listen each one of these works sports frayed edges, chipped corners, or other subtle disturbances that turn it into a highly personal proclamation…. Each work contains treasures to be discovered within, and the heart-on-sleeve honesty of the works is not something one hears often.” [Alexandra Gardner, NewMusicBox]

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Celli 04:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Celli
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Daniel Lentz
    Performer
    Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick
  2. 2 Son of Soe-pa 04:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Son of Soe-pa
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Ingram Marshall
    Performer
    Clement Marshall, Ingram Marshall
  3. 3 Another Shore 04:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    Another Shore
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Phillip Schroeder
    Performer
    Phillip Schroeder
  4. 4 Later 03:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Later
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Rick Cox
    Performer
    Marty Walker, Phil O'Connor, Thomas Newman, Rick Cox
  5. 5 Sometimes the Sword of Seven 04:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sometimes the Sword of Seven
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Chas Smith
    Performer
    Chas Smith
  6. 6 Sky with Four Suns 04:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sky with Four Suns
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    John Luther Adams
    Ensemble
    ETHEL
  7. 7 Come Out, Sit Awhile, Break the Bottle, And You is Lost 03:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    Come Out, Sit Awhile, Break the Bottle, And You is Lost
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Read Miller
    Performer
    Sarah Cahill
  8. 8 It Never Rains 04:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    It Never Rains
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    Rick Cox, Alma Lisa Fernandez, Erika Duke Kirkpatrick, James Bergman
  9. 9 Prelude to Alone 03:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    Prelude to Alone
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Michael Jon Fink
    Performer
    Brian Walsh, Alex Iles, Michael Jon Fink
  10. 10 Mallets in the Air 04:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    Mallets in the Air
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    James Tenney
    Performer
    Eric Lane Barnes
    Ensemble
    Formalist Quartet
  11. 11 Eskimo Lullaby 03:59
    Track
    11
    Title
    Eskimo Lullaby
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Larry Polansky
    Performer
    John Schneider
  12. 12 Nights in the Gardesn of Maine 05:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    Nights in the Gardesn of Maine
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Peter Garland
    Performer
    Guy Klucevsek
  13. 13 Hymn of Change 03:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    Hymn of Change
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    David Rosenboom
    Ensemble
    Formalist Quartet
  14. 14 Colorless Sky Became Fog 02:59
    Track
    14
    Title
    Colorless Sky Became Fog
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Jim Fox
    Performer
    Theresa Dimond, Alma Lisa Fernandez, Erika Duke Kirkpatrick, Jessica Catron, James Bergman, Bryan Pezzone