Home The Press Nu Releases Nuscope Nus 1011 to 1020 1001 to 1010 Biographies Distributors Contact
|
|
nuscope recordings news Nuscope Downloads Now Available on HD Tracks Russell Summers' Top 10 of 2009 Below is a release schedule for recordings on the nuscope label. These dates and catalog numbers are subject to change.
In October of 2010, nuscope will reissue Hornets Collage by guitarist Scott Fields, clarinetist François Houle, and bassist Jason Roebke as a download only on HDTracks. The trio's music comes out of the Jimmy Guiffre late 50's tradition of reeds, guitar, and double-bass, but extends upon that tradition with challenging compositions and tastefully integrated extended techniques. According to Glenn Astarita in the All About Jazz web site, "Overall, Hornets Collage is lyrical, enduring, spacious yet subtly captivating as the trio pursue layered themes and sweet-tempered choruses while the music breathes life and conjures up vivid imagery proportionate to an impressionist painter of landscapes or dreams." Since its original CD release in late 1999, Scott Fields has released a string of invigoratingly innovative CDs, François Houle has continued to be a strong force in both improvised and composed chamber music settings, and Jason Roebke has built on his reputation and become a highly-respected first call bassist in Chicago. This newly remastered download will be available through HDTracks with a new 12-page booklet which includes additional pictures and liner notes. The original compact disc issue will continue to be available as a CD with its original mastering and graphics.
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." John Tilbury's commanding version of For Bunita Marcus is currently the standard by which all other versions are compared, but chances are that Goldstein's version will garner the attention it will deserves as nuscope releases it. This also marks the first through-composed music on the nuscope label. Special thanks goes to Warner Brothers/Helicon Music for their 11th hour assistance with licensing. Nuscope Downloads Now Available on HD Tracks As of very recently, 7 of nuscope's 24 recordings are 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 and even surpass SACD sound quality. David and Norman Chesky of the audiophile-record label Chesky Records founded HDtracks, which is a high-quality music download service offering a diverse catalog of independent music from around the world. As a result, HDtracks lets users download unencrypted files that play on any computer or portable device. HDtracks is the premiere online music store for audiophiles who demand the best sounding music possible. As consumers are left with fewer options to purchase high quality recordings, the Cheskys started HDtracks to fill the void. Therefore, nuscope recordings is proud to have many of its recordings soon available on HD Tracks. Stay tuned to this site for further developments. For samples of recent releases and additional information from nuscope recordings, go to:
Austin, Texas-based large ensemble leader/singer Tina Marsh passed away after a long struggle with breast cancer at the age of 55. Marsh's ensemble, the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, created many opportunities for concerts and stellar musical moments in the past 29 years. Guest artists who performed with the Creop included Roscoe Mitchell, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Billy Hart, and Kenny Wheeler. One of Marsh's frequent collaborators was trumpet player/composer Dennis Gonzalez. One four-movement suite that Gonzalez wrote, "The Earth and the Heart," appeared as the title track (in three movements) of Gonzalez's CD of the same name, which also included Ken Filiano, a long time guest double-bassist with the Creop. In fact, the CD (available on the Konnex and Music and Arts labels) was the first production by nuscope recordings owner/producer Russell Summers.
Here is what Dennis Gonzalez had
to say about Tina Marsh: "It's
difficult to speak of Tina Marsh in the past tense. Even now, I feel that
anytime I want, I could pick up the phone and call her, and she'd greet me
with her nickname for me, "So what's up, Dentiste?" And then she'd
assure me that everything is fabulotic. Except that now she's really
gone for good. Russell Summers' Top 10 of 2009 Nuscope recordings producer Russell Summers deemed these 10 discs his personal favorites of 2009 (in no particular order):
|
On November 25, 2009, pianist Louis Goldstein
recorded Morton Feldman's For Bunita Marcus, one of Feldman's most
beautiful piano works.
Frank
Martin of Media Production Associates, who also engineered Goldstein's
acclaimed recording of Feldman's Triadic Memories,
remained behind the desk as Goldstein performed
For Bunita
Marcus
on a recently-acquired Steinway D at Brendle Recital Hall on the
campus of Wake Forest University.
