Release Date: 08 October 2021
Label: Etcetera
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8711801019215
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Composer/Series: Crossroads
Description
Ugly Pug was founded in 2014 with the single objective of commissioning and performing new music.
While the trio would have been a fairly standard formation from 400 years ago, the recorder (Juho Myllyl), viola da gamba (Miron Andres) and harpsichord (Wesley Shen) are in this contemporary music context, an exception to the norm.
By treating their instruments completely detached from their past and ‘standard’ repertoire, the trio and the composers they work with have freedom to explore new sounds and possibilities not found in traditional chamber music formations of our time.
The name of the ensemble often elicits strong reactions: “What do you mean by ‘Ugly Pug’? Pugs are not ugly!” The group is named after a very special pug, Sabba, and the endless and still unresolved debates over his supposed ugliness or attractiveness.
They are based (and perform regularly) in Amsterdam and this is their debut recording.
Tracklisting
Streich/Forrester/Machwilsky
Youri Egorov
Spray
Siegfried
Romantic Music for Flute and Piano
Piano Works Vol 2
Pendulum
Ordo Virtutum
Trio O3
Duncan Honeybourne
Klangforum Wien, Schallfeld Ensemble, Arditti Quartet
Klangforum Wien
Perle: Piano Works
Decibel
Xenia Pestova-Bennett, Stephen Richardson, Claire Booth, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sian
Zoe Martlew, Ben Goldscheider, Lucy Schaufer, Huw Watkins, Mark Simpson, Alessandro Fisher, Lana Bo
