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Wang Lu: An Atlas of Time
New Focus Recordings (fcr277)
November 20, 2020
Composer Wang Lu releases An Atlas of Time, her second recording on New Focus, featuring two large ensemble works performed by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). The album title, also the title of the opening work, provides an apt metaphor for Wang Lu's work; her integration of Eastern and Western influences into her compositional style is less about a fusion of styles as it is about tapping into a cartography of her own personal memory and experiences. In this sense, Wang Lu works with "found sounds" that resonate within her own psyche but obliquely reference larger cultural touchstones.
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Wang Lu: Urban Inventory
New Focus Recordings (fcr197)
March 16, 2018
Composer Wang Lu brings a wide range of influences to her work, ranging from her background growing up and studying in China to the prism of contemporary instrumental techniques and new sonic possibilities. Throughout this debut portrait recording, featuring performances by Ensemble Intercontemporain, International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Third Sound Ensemble, and Ensemble Nouvel Moderne, Wang Lu's openness, curiosity, and joie de vivre is balanced with her deft craft and command over orchestration, harmonic color, and gesture.
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Density 2036: Parts VI - VIII (2019 - 2021) Compact Disc
New Focus Recordings ( fcr353), May 12, 2023
Virtuoso flutist Claire Chase continues her laudable documentation of her multi-year commissioning project, Density 2036, with a 3 CD set of the works from the 2019, 2020, and 2021 iterations.
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Claire Chase: Density 2036: Part VIII (2021)
New Focus Recordings ( fcr352), May 12, 2023
Virtuoso flutist Claire Chase continues her laudable documentation of her multi-year commissioning project, Density 2036, with digital release of newly premiered works from 2021.
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Living Language
Jacob Greenberg
January 20, 2023
Unconstrained musical tendrils flow separately and converge, arriving at moments of distillation. Streams sprawl, quiver, pulsate, and flourish. Constellations are held apart at a distance, yet are intimately and tenderly connected through their shared material. The temporal and timbral fluidity from ancient qin improvisation inspired the confluence of gestures and harmonic colors, making this piece both contemplative and a spontaneous exploration. This commission is dedicated to Jacob Greenberg with admiration. —Wang Lu
Shai Wosner: Variations on a Theme by FDR
New Focus Recordings ( fcr359), December 2, 2022
Wosner's humanistic approach to curation shines through in his expressive playing in these works that engage with one of the most divisive issues of our time, and hearkens back to a leader whose legacy is profoundly enduring. All proceeds from this recording will be donated to Team TLC NYC - a volunteer organization supporting asylum seekers and immigrants. ttlcnyc.org
Quaking Aspen | Stephanie Lamprea
New Focus Recordings (fcr313), January 7, 2022
Quaking Aspen is the debut solo album of Colombian-American soprano Stephanie Lamprea. An architect of new sounds and expressions as a performer specializing in contemporary-classical repertoire, Lamprea uses her coloratura voice as a mechanism of avant-garde performance art, creating “maniacal shifts of vocal production and character… like an icepick through the skull” (Jason Eckardt).
Alone Together | Jennifer Koh
Cedille Records, August 27, 2021
The sound of distant sirens breaking through the peaceful night has been a constant reminder of the pandemic. I took that alternating two-note motive and transformed it into a soaring melody for the violin. This piece is dedicated to Jennifer Koh, whose masterful playing and fierce character continue to inspire me.
Ning Yu: Of Being
New Focus Recordings (fcr242), May 8, 2020
Ben Melsky | Ensemble Dal Niente
New Focus Recordings (fcr236), September 13, 2019
Jennifer Koh: Limitless
Cedille Records, September 13, 2019