Contreras/ Shank-Hagedorn Duo - At Home & AbroadIf "home" is Minnesota, and "abroad" is transcontinental, reaching across historical eras, then At Home and Abroad is aptly named. A captivating and varied (not to say ravishing and sprightly) collection of music for violin viola and guitar, the album features works dedicated to the Shank Hagedorn Duo by Alf Houkom, Javier Contreras, and David Lang; first time recordings of works by Ian Krouse and David Hahn; and the Duo's own arrangements of music by

Throughout the duration of the album

the album features the rare non-album b-side 'Always Love You So'

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Dominique Visse - Vinum Et Musica

& heartbreaking

The published works of Semyon Alexeyevich Barmotin (1877-1939) date from a particularly rich flowering of Russian culture that preceded the Revolution of 1917

Electronic Sound has called Sharp's work "mesmerizing

Cassietta George

vågsång explores the idea of resistance in the instruments

The second of two albums Cocteau Twins released via Fontana / Capitol Records after their long association with 4AD ended in 1990 with Heaven or Las Vegas

which are very well realized through the stage setting

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