Spark/ Various - SparkNot quite a school, a movement, or a tribe, the composers that decided to form the Common Sense Composers' Collective in 1993 nevertheless share musical and professional dreams and values that find strength together. As critic Kyle Gann once put it: "Like aliens in a sci fi movie scouring one planet after another for resources, Common Sense approaches an ensemble, raises money to commission all eight members, plays and maybe records the pieces, then

and then more radically by Ravel in the lazy

The 2 piano trios at the center of this production are works that were very much heard in Paris at the time

and expert collaborator

because I continue to grow as a person

The instruments of the large orchestra are used sparingly but very effectively

"but for this we wanted something that's falling apart

the interchange of slow movement and scherzo is striking

featuring Allen Ginsberg and Leonardo DiCaprio)

Vivaldi/ Pehrsson/ Drottningholm Baroque Ens - Recorder Concerti / Suite

they are solid

but also as an editor and alchemist

This is a recording of songs and duets by Danish father and son composers Henrik Rung (1807-1871) and Frederik Rung (1854-1914)