Release Date: 19 May 2023
Label: New World
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093228083924
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
James Moore (1979) is a composer with an eye toward the world of games and experimental theater. He's an electric guitarist who's willing and eager to treat his instrument as a playground, not a reverent, static tradition. He's a tinkerer, a charmer, and a fella who's always up for another round at the bar of wacky ideas and intellectual questioning. He's excited for new and unexpected opportunities for collaboration, but always maintains a voice that seems to stay recognizably his own throughout the myriad projects he takes on as his life's work.
The beautiful pieces on this album--Lowlands (2017) for accordion and voices; Clair-Obscur (2018) for triple harp; Desolation Pops (2016-18) for piano and string quartet--reflect those playful and curious penchants of this music-maker extraordinaire. You'll hear comforting clarity, choreographed awkwardness, sudden synchronies, and inexplicable noises on this record. Put on your coziest vintage sweater, grab a classy cocktail in a quirky heirloom glass and get ready to give your ears a treat as you tour the stringed and unstringed sounds of Desolation Pops.
--Lainie Fefferman (from the liner notes)
Tracklisting
Present Music, Ariadne Greif, David Bloom
Sofia Burgos, Sofia Jernberg, Zwerm
Ghost Ensemble: Margaret Lancaster, Sky Macklay, Ben Richter, Chris Nappi, Lucia Helen Stavros, Mar
Sarah Hennies
Ostrava New Orchestra, Owen Underhill, Ostravska Banda, Petr Kotik, Elision Ensemble, Arditti Quart
James Martin, Lynn Raley
Peter Gena
New World
Peter Pichler, Melanie Dreher, Harald Genzmer, Paul Hindemith, Paul Dessau, Henry Purcell
Uli Fussenegger, Klangforum Wien, Johannes Kalitzke, Sofia Jernberg, Holger Falk, ORF Radio-Symphon
Elena Ruehr; Stephen Salters; Donald Berman; David Zobel
Peter Ruzicka, Nils Monkemeyer, Carolin Widmann, Albrecht Mayer, Kris Garfitt, NDR Elbphilharmonie
Adam Berenson
Present Music, Ariadne Greif, David Bloom
Bilayer & Sarah-Jane Summers
Adam Baldych; Ensemble Peregrina
