In common parlance, the word “sublime” is an adjective meaning awe-inspiringly grand, excellent or impressive,” like the best chocolate fudge sundae you have ever had. Perhaps, more relevant to the task at hand you might use the word to describe a spine-tingly piece of music as “a work of sublime beauty.” Replace that indefinite article […] The post Inna Faliks: The Art of the Sublime appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

There can be no doubt that Joe Brent – expectantly – threw down the immense gauntlet to the three co-conspirators that together [with him] make up a mathematically remarkable 9 Horses, that probably went something like this: Let’s see how far we can get when we pry open – then push – the envelope on […] The post 9 Horses: Strum appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

How do you characterise a recording that is glorious in aspects both musical and non-musical? You could begin almost anywhere. However, how about with the extraordinary Ellen Taaffe Zwilich [b. 1939] and the fact that while she wears her prodigious gift lightly – but she dispenses it most generously. For her, for instance, the proverbial […] The post Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Symphony Nº 5 appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

With every disc they release there always seems to be something new to admire about the Euclid Quartet – South Bend, Indiana’s celebrated string ensemble. There’s the intelligence of their approach to anything they touch, the refreshing interpretation they bring to repertoire, a result of the fact that it almost always speaks to the ensemble […] The post Euclid Quartet: Breve appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

On the glorious repertoire of this celebração, Senzala e Favela, it isn’t the proverbial ghost of Banquo that graces an altogether festa para os ouvidos – a feast of samba music really – but the blithe spirit of the legendary Brasilian composer, vocalist drummer and vocalist Wilson das Neves. And rightfully so, for he belongs […] The post Wilson das Neves: Senzala y Favela appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

Even if Sheila Chandra never sings another note again [and she probably never will], she has certainly achieved artistic supremacy, the like of which lesser mortals can only aspire to, in the vocal realm based solely on three recordings she made in the 1990s. The trilogy began with Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices [1992], The Zen […] The post From Sound to Silence: The Hapless Journey of Sheila Chandra appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

Having already produced six other recordings in the series Music in Exile, Toronto’s celebrated ARC Ensemble [Artists of The Royal Conservatory] helmed by its intrepid Artistic Director Simon Wynberg, turn their attention to the all-but-lost music of Robert Müller-Hartmann. The timing of this production ought not to be lost on ardent followers of the ARC, […] The post Chamber Works by Robert Müller-Hartmann: ARC Ensemble appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

One-of-a-kind Collections from Keith Richards, Jonathan Demme and Millions More Currently at Risk. Anonymous donor gives One Million dollars towards finding a permanent home In a release dated October 23, 2023 Sacks & Co., publicists for the ARChive of Contemporary Music [ARC] had this to say: Currently in its 39th year of operation, beloved non-profit […] The post ARChive of Contemporary Music Launches Urgent Campaign to Find Permanent Home appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

There is something about listening to the music of Jarak Qaribak by Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood against the backdrop of a monumentally destructive war in Israel that is not simply bittersweet, but ironic and even downright eerie. Here is exquisite repertoire, co-produced by Mr Tassa, a prodigious Israeli artist – of Mizrahi Jewish background […] The post Dudu Tassa | Jonny Greenwood: Jarak Qaribak appeared first on World Music Report ..read more

Not all the mythical tales of leprechauns and the ‘croc of gold at the end of the rainbow’ can disguise the often terrible, nearly 153-year guerilla war of Independence that the great – and proud – nation of Ireland has fought against British Home Rule. History – true history – will [mostly] absolve the Irish […] The post The Genius of Pól Brennan and his soundtrack for “The Irish Revolution” appeared first on World Music Report ..read more