VA - The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music [5CD Box Set] (2010)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Innova Recordings [innova 233]
Genre: Modern Classical, Electronic, Avant-garde Jazz, Experimental
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,,d.booklet)
Total Time: 6:00:43
Total Size: 821 mb / 1.74 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Innova Recordings [innova 233]
Genre: Modern Classical, Electronic, Avant-garde Jazz, Experimental
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,,d.booklet)
Total Time: 6:00:43
Total Size: 821 mb / 1.74 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
“New York was incredibly rich, although I felt that everything was very centered,” said composer John Morton in an interview with American Mavericks. “There was a certain school here and a certain school there and you could expect this here and could expect this there and because it’s so big and there’s so much music maybe that’s the way it has to be.” The composer was speaking about the city itself; his words, however, have a nice resonance in relation to a collection in which he appears featuring New York New Music.
The NYFA Collection marks twenty-five years of fellowships that the New York Foundation for the Arts has granted to composers and musicians. These tracks are not necessarily the works that grew out of the funding, some being new; but all the artists and their fifty-two tracks come under the NYFA umbrella. There are jazzy pieces, new-music pieces, lighter tonal music, and electroacoustic works. The collection’s curators, Cristian Amigo and Philip Blackburn, do a good job making such a disparate group of styles into a cohesive collection. Each of the five discs has an accompanying booklet with text on the artists and their works. Unfortunately, these write-ups are uneven and often provide poor context for the artist or work. Gee, thanks for telling me everyone who David van Tieghem has worked with. It’s very cool that he’s played with both Arthur Russell and Duran Duran. But what of his song “Waiting for the Gizmo?” I’m guessing the title is a reference to the mogwai in Gremlins. This collection is more valuable as an introduction to New York’s new-music scene for the new listener, rather than something for those who are after a new Pauline Oliveros or Monteith McCollum joint. As such, the notes are lacking.
But the music . . . The standouts include Morton’s The Parting, composed for music box and electronics. Aside from any real or imagined Gremlins reference, Teighem’s minimalist percussive track is great. Jose Halac’s BLOWN 2 is full of frantic instrumental mutterings with dubby rumblings. Raphael Mostel’s Dawn beautifully captures the mood of its eponymous time of day. As with the city that acts as the focal point for these works and the forty-eight others on this compilation, there is lots to go back to.
The NYFA Collection marks twenty-five years of fellowships that the New York Foundation for the Arts has granted to composers and musicians. These tracks are not necessarily the works that grew out of the funding, some being new; but all the artists and their fifty-two tracks come under the NYFA umbrella. There are jazzy pieces, new-music pieces, lighter tonal music, and electroacoustic works. The collection’s curators, Cristian Amigo and Philip Blackburn, do a good job making such a disparate group of styles into a cohesive collection. Each of the five discs has an accompanying booklet with text on the artists and their works. Unfortunately, these write-ups are uneven and often provide poor context for the artist or work. Gee, thanks for telling me everyone who David van Tieghem has worked with. It’s very cool that he’s played with both Arthur Russell and Duran Duran. But what of his song “Waiting for the Gizmo?” I’m guessing the title is a reference to the mogwai in Gremlins. This collection is more valuable as an introduction to New York’s new-music scene for the new listener, rather than something for those who are after a new Pauline Oliveros or Monteith McCollum joint. As such, the notes are lacking.
But the music . . . The standouts include Morton’s The Parting, composed for music box and electronics. Aside from any real or imagined Gremlins reference, Teighem’s minimalist percussive track is great. Jose Halac’s BLOWN 2 is full of frantic instrumental mutterings with dubby rumblings. Raphael Mostel’s Dawn beautifully captures the mood of its eponymous time of day. As with the city that acts as the focal point for these works and the forty-eight others on this compilation, there is lots to go back to.
:: TRACKLIST ::
Disc 1
1. Annie Gosfield – Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds Back (03:24)
2. David Van Tieghem – Waiting For The Gizmo - No.1 (03:32)
3. Joseph Bertolozzi – "Meltdown" From Bridge Music (05:47)
4. Lois V. Vierk & Anita Feldman – Hexa (11:42)
5. Bruce Gremo – ScascadeHo (11:44)
6. Lukas Ligeti – Triangulation (06:08)
7. Joel Chadabe – Solo (10:03)
8. Jose Halac – Blown 2 (09:14)
9. Samuel Claiborne – Viola Breath (05:09)
10. Iconoclast – Accidental Touching (01:59)
11. Elliot Sharp – Cryptid Fragments (03:16)
12. Stefan Tcherepnin – Ouvretorture (03:19)
Disc 2
1. Meredith Monk – Urban March (Shadow) (02:46)
2. Annea Lockwood – RCSC (02:45)
3. John Morton – The Parting (05:06)
4. Robert Dick – Eyewitness Movement 2 (06:00)
5. Sorrel Hays – On The Wind (04:21)
6. Elizabeth Brown – "Loons" From Isle Royale Shakuhachi Duets (04:43)
7. Daniel Goode – Tuba Thrush (14:52)
8. David Simons – Cipher (10:53)
9. J.G. Thirlwell – 10 Ton Shadow (04:06)
10. Anne LeBaron, Wadada Leo Smith & Peter van Bergen – An Even Loan (11:51)
11. Eric John Eigner – Music For Faucet (02:16)
12. Monteith McCollum – Flight (From The Film "Hybrid") (03:56)
Disc 3
1. Iconoclast – No Wave Bitte (01:50)
2. Rudresh Mahanthappa – Are There Clouds In India? (From The "Black Water Suite") (06:56)
3. Fred Ho – I Wor Kuen (03:00)
4. Fred Ho – No Home To Return To (11:11)
5. Blob – Robust Bog (01:44)
6. Sidiki Conde – Moriba Djassa (04:12)
7. John Lindberg – Skip (08:13)
8. Howard Prince – Pipe Dream (05:12)
9. Newman Taylor Baker – Bosom Of Abraham (07:45)
10. Laura Kahle – Daize (05:17)
11. Blob – Mire (03:25)
12. Augusta Read Thomas – Love Twitters (03:07)
Disc 4
1. Andy Teirstein – Rhapsody For Boy Soprano And Strings (13:21)
2. Bora Yoon – G i f t (Live At Brooklyn Academy Of Music) (04:31)
3. Mary Jane Leach – Night Blossoms (02:02)
4. Pauline Oliveros – Sound Patterns And Tropes (For Mixed Chorus And Percussion) (13:07)
5. Aaron Jay Kernis – Ecstatic Meditation 4 (05:34)
6. Paul Motian – It Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago (05:22)
7. Judith Sainte Croix – Los Pajaros Blancos De La Noche Profunda (The White Birds Of The Deep Night) (08:11)
8. Ray Leslee – Nocturne For Violin And Piano (04:28)
9. Roberto Sierra – Cronicas Del Discubrimiento: Tercera Cronica: 1: Cancion (02:53)
10. Jeff Raheb – Zu Twa Szi, Part 4 (07:09)
11. Eve Beglarian – We Two (04:38)
Disc 5
1. Raphael Mostel – Night (05:52)
2. Raphael Mostel – Dawn (02:46)
3. George Tsontakis – Gymnopedies: Magical (03:08)
4. George Tsontakis – Gymnopedies: Cascades (03:22)
5. George Tsontakis – Gymnopedies: Glistening (02:30)
6. George Tsontakis – Gymnopedies: Bratty (04:49)
7. Randall Woolf – Franz Schubert (11:55)
8. Jay Anthony Gach – La Vita Autunnale (1st Movement From "Trio Grande") (08:54)
9. Peter Golub – Less Than A Week Before Christmas (For Chorus And Orchestra) (04:44)
10. Neil Rolnick – The Gathering (Movement 5 From "Extended Family") (04:41)
11. Lisa Bielawa – Trojan Women: Hecuba (04:42)
12. Lisa Bielawa – Trojan Women: Cassandra (01:54)
13. Lisa Bielawa – Trojan Women: Andromache (05:25)
14. Joan Tower – Tambor (13:58)
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