Musicworks #68 : Tearing Down Borders

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: 1997
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Avant-Garde

Review

A wide variety of recent vocal and acoustic works including: a solo vocal improvisation (1996) by Sainkho Namtchylak; Ned Rothenberg (shakuhachi) and Sainkho Namtchylak (vocal) in "Ancient Garden" (1995); excerpts from "De puro amor" (On pure love) (1991) and "En amor duro" (In untiring love) (1991) by Maria de Alvear, performed by Eve Egoyan on piano; John Beckwith's "After images, after Webern" (1995) for guitar and cello; "Cage d'oiseau" (a pun on "birdcage" and "Cage for the birds" and John Cage's book For the birds) (1962) by Serge Garant for soprano and piano; David Demnitz's "Graffiti Removal" (1983) and "Second Hand" (1985) both performed by the renowned group Gamelan Son of Lion. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny, All Music Guide

Credits

Gamelan Son of Lion (Group), Sainkho Namtchylak (Performer), Gamelan Son of Lion (Performer), Sainkho Namtchylak (Vocals), Ned Rothenberg (Shakuhachi), John Beckwith (Composer)