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Goldstein's interpretation of Feldman's Triadic Memories is considered one of the best of all of the currently available versions. According to Grant Chu Covell at the La Folia website, "This has got to be 2000’s best piano recording. These two discs (Triadic Memories coupled with John Cage's One5) had better garner prizes and commendations throughout the industry or else Western Civilization is coming to an end. Everything comes together in this phenomenally well-recorded 2 CD set. The piano is rich and closely miked, and the piano’s tuning is superb. Louis Goldstein plays with control and delicacy." This version of For Bunita Marcus, which will soon be available on HDTracks as a download and audiophile (44.1/24 FLAC) download, includes an 8-page booklet with liner notes from Dallas-based musicologist Laurie Shulman and abstract expressionist artwork from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth by the controversial Philip Guston, one of Morton Feldman's long-time friends.
Saxophonist John Butcher and pianist Claudia Ulla Binder recorded Under the Roof (CD 1023) on August 21 and 22 2008 at DRS2 Studios in Zurich, Switzerland with engineer Martin Pearson, perhaps best known as Keith Jarrett's current engineer. As a result, this disc likely captures Butcher's finely-detailed sound as it has never been captured before. According to journalist Thomas Meyer, “Under the Roof suggests coherence (the last piece, sonically, returns to the first one), but above all, also suggests protection. Whether rapidly skittering or thoughtfully placed, the organic and discreetly balanced sounds in this manifold cycle of fifteen exceedingly transparent images appear fresh and new.” According to Mike Silverton in Stereo Times, "Under the Roof is the sounding equivalent of a superb visual abstraction. It coheres as it enlightens. Hovering somewhere between music and noise, its novel turns, incongruities and what-the-hell-was-that moments – the whole ball of sparkling wax – leave an indelible and perhaps challenging impression. To listen profitably, I suggest trying to create a mental passageway from the visual abstractions the music suggests to the music on its own, entirely sonic terms. Few such improvisational sessions I’ve heard facilitate the shift quite as well as this." This recording, which will soon be available on HDTracks as a download, was recorded and mixed in the 24 bit domain. This CD also features an 8-page booklet with liner notes from Zurich-based journalist Thomas Meyer and beautiful minimalist cover art from German artist Michael Eul. Nuscope downloads now available on HD Tracks 7 of nuscope's 24 recordings are now available as high resolution MP3s, AIFF, and FLAC files on the HD Tracks website at http://www.hdtracks.com. Alberto Braida's Talus is also available as an 88.2 kHz/24 bit download for those who have the capacity to download music files that approach SACD sound quality. Facebook and MySpace For samples of recent releases and additional information from nuscope recordings, go to:
Producer Russell Summers started nuscope recordings in 1998 to document daring and life-affirming music with roots in jazz, free jazz, free improvisation, and modern avant-garde classical composition. The musicians who perform this music have the ability to stimulate, mystify, and move; they also have the gift to shatter preconceived perceptions of music and sound. With sound artists such as Fred Van Hove, Georg Graewe, and others, nuscope recordings hopes to bring about fresh perspectives of improvised and related music. Although the music on the nuscope recordings label will vary—one thing remains consistent. That is, all of these musicians present their music, regardless of label, with added artistic value.
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