Aldo Ciccolini at the piano. Back in the 1960s, composer Erik Satie’s limpid, odd, but wonderful solo piano music became known largely through the recordings of the late Aldo Ciccolini, who very ...

The shō is a Japanese wind instrument long associated with traditional court music. Looking like a bundle of sticks, its 17 pipes each plays a distinct pitch. Its sound is something else, the shō’s ...

This is starting to look like the year of Erik Satie. How else could there be two magnificent albums dedicated to his music? The first was Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen's The Satie Project (Daywood ...

The splendidly monikered Nimrod Borenstein’s Suspended opus 69 deserves our attention for being the soundtrack to a juggling performance, namely Gandini Juggling’s 4x4 Ephemeral Architectures ...

With elegance and sensitivity, pianist Alexandre Tharaud leads listeners on a tour through Erik Satie's piano music. The organization is ingenious: one disc devoted to solo piano works; a second to ...

Phil Kline is a composer who makes music in many genres and contexts, from experimental electronics and sound installations to songs, choral, theater, chamber and orchestral music. Part of Q2 Music.

If you forgot to celebrate Erik Satie’s 150th birthday on May 17, he forgives you. Really, he does. What’s that, you speak of a legacy worth honoring? A sesquicentenary? One imagines the urbane French ...

Fête donnée par les Chevaliers Normands en l'h Cristina Ariagno, Piano Erik Satie, Composer (4) Ogives Cristina Ariagno, Piano Erik Satie, Composer Première pensée Rose + Croix Cristina Ariagno, Piano ...

New York-based vocalist Tessa Souter is deservedly treasured among jazz fans, critics and musicians alike. Equally effective performing live and on her several fine recordings, she is a jazz singer ...

REVIEW BY Richard Amey ...