A central fixture in the world of string quartets for the past thirty years, the Zehetmair Quartett’s ECM recordings of Schumann, Hindemith, Bartók and Hartmann have received luminous praise — Gramophone lauded their Schumann as “Record of the Year”, while The Sunday Times described their Hindemith and Bartók performances as “playing of huge finesse in both pieces,” calling them “a real benchmark”.
For this this newest entry to their New Series catalogue, the quartet turns to Johannes Brahms’s first two string quartets, Op. 51 Nos. 1 and 2 — works of mature reflection and dramatic urgency that reveal Brahms’s mastery of form. The composer had after all written over 20 quartets prior two these two, as he confided to…
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“Cooperation, interdependence and kindness” are the qualities that Meredith Monk emphasizes in Cellular Songs, “as an antidote to the values that are being propagated right now.” Of the work’s premiere performance the New York Times wrote, “Ms. Monk spun together divergent elements so fluidly that it created an unmistakable sense of hope. It’s much easier to conceive of bridging public divides — or even containing multitudes, as an individual — when you witness a synthesis like the one created in Cellular Songs.”
‘Trouble in Paradise’ (Expanded Edition) features a newly remastered version of the original, a rare live recording making its U.S. debut, and 13 previously unreleased demos for tracks like “Christmas In Cape Town” and “My Life Is Good.”
With her full-length 
…feature three new tracks, including “Tie You Down” in collaboration with Bon Iver, ‘The Story 0f Us’ and ‘Even The Bad Times’.
Ostensibly, this is a set of blues standards performed by the Grateful Dead at various times in their extensive career, covered by veteran roots musician 
The newest album from 
The moment Brittney Parks got an iPad and an electric violin, her world shifted. It was then that she started making the innovative vocal and string loops that she would later become known for as 
It’s seven years since the Belgian brothers Dewaele unleashed their fine, largely instrumental and foot-stomping 
For much of their career, 
…The new edition was remastered at Abbey Road Studios.
…20th Anniversary Edition of the album includes multiple B-sides from the same time as ‘Feels’, such as crowd favorites from the time like the abstract “People” and the lively, romping “Tikwid.” It also includes a handful of never-before-heard demos for songs that were fully realized on ‘Feels’, and more.
On her last solo break from 
The Greek duo of lyra player Sokratis Sinopoulos and pianist Yann Keerim’s first studio statement is a deep well of inspired musical dialogues that cross the idiomatic space between European folk tradition and chamber-jazz seamlessly.
If it had been released any other year,