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DARRETT ADKINS ‘91 Hypersuite 2: Music for Solo Cello Oberlin Music Released in March, the latest album from the Oberlin associate professor of cello is part of a multiyear recording project that explores the connections and influences of Bach’s cello suites with the music of our time. The recordings are being issued as separate CDs corresponding to the six Bach cello suites. Adkins is currently scheduling eveninglength concerts, each featuring one suite and fusing together major works of contemporary masters as well as lesser known composers.
Richard Hawkins and the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, conductor A place toward other places Oberlin Music The Oberlin associate professor of clarinet joined forces with the Contemporary Music Ensemble to release their debut recording for Oberlin Music at their DiMenna Center concert in New York City, part of Oberlin’s January 2013 Illumination Tour. Titled A place toward other places, the album brings together four American works written during the last quartercentury by four generations of composers.
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eighth blackbird trembling air Bridge Records
Steven Doane ‘73 Rachmaninoff Bridge Records
Josh Rzepka ‘06 Into the Night CDBY
The latest from Oberlin’s Grammywinning ensemble was made in conjunction with composer Benjamin Broening. Employing extended techniques such as bowed cymbals and sul ponticello bowing, the acoustic sextet is colored with hazy electronics for a set of texturally driven music that in some cases reflects changing processes of the natural world and in others acts as a response to older musical forms and compositions. The CD is available on Amazon and bridgerecords. com.
Rachmaninoff features “highly detailed and passionate performances by cellist Steven Doane and pianist Barry Snyder, two under-hyped yet excellent stalwarts of the national chambermusic scene,” according to Time Out New York. The album presents the composer’s rarely programmed chamber music, including his Cello Sonata in G Minor and the Étudestableaux, Op. 39 for solo piano. It’s available on Amazon.
Rzepka’s second album of original jazz compositions features the talents of pianist Jack Warren, faculty jazz bassist Peter Dominguez, drummer Ron Godale, and trombonist Andy Hunter ’01. Recorded in Clonick Hall, Into the Night has received significant national radio exposure, reaching No. 9 on the Jazzweek chart and No. 5 on CMJ Jazz, with airplay in every major market in the country. It’s available on Amazon and CD Baby.
Rebel Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonate à Cinque & Quattro, Quintets & Quartets for Strings, Flute & Continuo Dorian Sono Luminus Hailed as “sophisticated and beguiling” by the New York Times, Rebel features Oberlin alumni Risa Browder ‘85 and John Moran ‘85. The New York-based baroque ensemble is led by director/ violinist Jörg-Michael Schwarz. Rebel’s fifth release with Dorian Sono Luminus, Georg Philipp Telemann is available on presto classical.co.uk.
Jennifer Koh ‘97 Bach & Beyond, Part 1 Cedille Koh’s new album is a demonstration of “the violinist’s ability to tackle the most technically difficult and melodically tangled music with clarity and ease,” according to The Contrapuntist. It’s the first of a three-part series presenting a historical journey of three solo violin recitals, beginning with the Six Sonatas and Partitas by Bach, and linking them to contemporary composers by the commissioning of new works. The CD is available on iTunes and Amazon.
Caitlin Marie Bell ‘10 Blood and the Water Caitlin Marie Bell Released on May 3, Bell’s debut album consists of original music and arrangements of traditional folk songs, and features fellow Oberlin alums Daniel Stein ’11 on double bass and Austin Vaughn ’11 on percussion. The album came out shortly after a tour of the Irish countryside, where Bell was invited to perform at the Gealach Gorm Singer/ Songwriter Festival. Blood and the Water is available on iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon, and can be previewed on Bandcamp and Spotify.
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