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Angels and Watermarks

Music Feature: Notable Classical Recordings of 2014

Feel free to disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc. Above all, enjoy!

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: “The Brooklyn Rider Almanac”, “The Law of Mosaics” (Crier Records), All Set, Angels and Watermarks, Anna Clyne, Ballet Mécanique (BMOP/Sound), Become Ocean (Cantaloupe), Beethoven Odyssey vol. 1-3, Carl Nielsen, City Noir/Saxophone Concerto (Nonesuch), George Antheil, Howard Hersh, James Brawn, John Coolidge Adams, John Harbison, John Luther Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Mason Bates, Masterpieces in Miniature, Milton Babbitt, Riccardo Muti, String Trio, Symphonies nos. 1 and 4, The Gospel According to the Other Mary (Deutsche Grammophon), West Side Story (SFS Media)

Classical CD Reviews: John Adams’ “City Noir” and Saxophone Concerto (Nonesuch) and Howard Hersh’s “Angels and Watermarks”

Howard Hersh hails from northern California, and, as in John Adams’ “City Noir,” the music on Hersh’s album, “Angels and Watermarks,” embraces polyglot West Coast culture in various ways.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Absolute Jest, Angels and Watermarks, City Noir, Concerto for Piano and Ten Instruments, Howard Hersh, John Adams, Nonesuch, Saxophone Concerto

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