I have written reviews of CDs, live events and books on new music since 2003 for this blog and a number of print and online publications.
2013
musikFabrik: Liz Lima: Tongue of the Invisible (Wergo 6859 2), The Rambler, June 2013
‘Just what London needs’, The London Ear Festival of Contemporary Music, The Rambler, April 2013
ELISION in Huddersfield, The Rambler, February 2013
Birmingham Opera Company: Stockhausen: Mittwoch, Tempo, no.263 (2013), 69–70
2012
Arvo Pärt in Conversation (Dalkey Archive, 2012), The Rambler, November 2012
Tom Johnson: Correct Music (populist records, PR002), The Rambler, October 2012
Loré Lixenberg, Gregory Rose, Robert Worby: Cage: Song Books (sub rosa, SR344), The Rambler, September 2012
Carla Rees, Scott Miller: Devices and Desires (rarescale, rr004), The Rambler, September 2012
Birmingham Opera Company: MITTWOCH aus LICHT, The Rambler, August 2012
James Saunders and John Lely: Word Events (Continuum, 2012), The Rambler, July 2012
JACK Quartet: Wigmore Hall Live (WHLive0053), The Rambler, May 2012
2011
ELISION: City of London Festival, Music We’d Like to Hear, The Rambler, September 2011
Simon Cummings: Simulated Music (CD, i05), The Rambler, June 2011
Chaya Czernowin: Shifting Gravity (Wergo 6726-2), The Rambler, May 2011
Music from Stanford, vol.4 (innova 733), and Mark Applebaum: The Metaphysics of Notation (innova 787), The Rambler, May 2011
The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music (innova 233), The Rambler, May 2011
ELISION: Brian Ferneyhough solo, The Rambler, March 2011
Brian Ferneyhough: Total Immersion, Musical Pointers, February 2011
2010
Radius, Purcell Room, Musical Opinion, no.1474 (2010), 38 only
Alkan, Grand Sonate ‘Les quatre ages’, Musical Pointers, January 2010
Leon Michener and group, King’s Place, The Rambler, January 2010
Nadia Sirota: First Things First (New Amsterdam), The Rambler, January 2010
Björn Heile, ed.: The Modernist Legacy (Cambridge, 2009), Tempo, no.251 (2010), 62–5
Ian Wilson: Sullen earth (Riverrun RVRCD80), Tempo, no.251 (2010), 88 only
Borealis Festival Launch, Kings Place, The Rambler, February 2010
ELISION: Invisibility, Kings Place, Musical Pointers, February 2010
Roman Maciejewski: Missa pro defunctis, Westminster Cathedral, Musical Criticism, February 2010
Christopher Fox: Catalogue irraisoné (Métier MSVCD 92103), Musical Pointers, February 2010
Mark Knoop, Sound Studio, City University, Musical Pointers, February 2010
Peter Ablinger: 33-127 (Mode 206), The Rambler, March 2010
Brian Ferneyhough: Terrain, etc. (Kairos 0013072KAI), Musical Pointers, March 2010
ELISION: Terrain, Kings Place, Musical Pointers, March 2010
ELISION: Codex, Kings Place, Musical Pointers, June 2010
Amy X. Neuburg and the Cello Chixtet: The Secret Language of Subways (Starkland CD MM 017)), The Rambler, June 2010
Cornelius Dufallo: Dream Streets (Innova 735), The Rambler, June 2010
Beat Furrer: String Quartet no.3 (Kairos 0013132KAI), The Rambler, July 2010
Three CDs from the American Festival of Microtonal Music (Pitch P-200213, P-200214, P-200215), Musical Pointers, July 2010
ENO/Punchdrunk/Torsten Rasch: The Duchess of Malfi, Musical Criticism, July 2010
David Gorton: Trajectories (Métier MSVCD 92103), Musical Pointers, July 2010
Bayan Northcott: The Way We Listen Now (Woodbridge, 2009) and Roger Scruton: Understanding Music (London), 2009), Tempo, no.253 (2010), 59
Toca Loca: P*P (Centrediscs CMCCD 15009), The Rambler, August 2010
Anti-Social Music: Fracture: The Music of Pat Muchmore (innova 760), The Rambler, August 2010
Johnny Parry/Partial Gathering: _DRIFT Part 3: Death, Old Vic Tunnels, The Rambler, August 2010
2009
Park Lane Group Young Artists, Musical Pointers, January 2009
Stockhausen: Total Immersion, Musical Pointers, January 2009
Elliott Carter and John Woolrich, Musical Pointers, January 2009
Chris Dench: Ik(s)land[s] (NMC D089); Richard Barrett: transmission (NMC D117), Musical Pointers, February 2009
Ian Pace: Musical Pointers, February 2009
Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea, Musical Pointers, February 2009
Fidelio Trio, Musical Pointers, February 2009
Vladimir Martynov: Vita nuova, Musical Pointers, February 2009
Barry Schrader: Monkey King (Innova); Paul Abbott: Three Left Legacies (idiam); Svet Stoyanov: Percussive Counterpoint (Concert Artists Guild), The Rambler, February 2009
Paul Whitty: thirty-nine pages (Metier MSV28509), Musical Pointers, March 2009
Morton Feldman: For Christian Wolff (BRIDGE 9279A/C), Musical Pointers, March 2009
ELISION, Musical Pointers, April 2009
Richard Haynes, The Rambler, May 2009
New Amsterdam Records: William Brittelle: Mohair Time Warp; QQQ: Unpacking the Trailer; Corey Dargel: Other People’s Love Songs, The Rambler, May 2009
Mark Knoop: David Lumsdaine: Complete Music for Solo Piano (Tall Poppies TP198), The Rambler, June 2009
Radius, Musical Pointers, June 2009
Phil Kline: Around the World in a Daze; John The Revelator, The Rambler, June 2009
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Helix; Piano Concerto; Dichotomie (Deutsche Grammophon 477 8103), Musical Pointers, July 2009
David Matthews: Orchestral Works (Chandos CHAN 10487), Musical Pointers, July 2009
Krzysztof Penderecki: St Luke Passion, Canterbury Cathedral, Musical Opinion, no. (2009), p.
Richard Barrett: Opening of the Mouth (ABC Classics 476 3174), Tempo, no.250 (2009), 78–9
Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea / Paul Whitty: thirty-nine pages, Schott’s and Co., Musical Opinion, no.1473 (2009), p.45; also Musical Pointers, September 2009
new music::new ireland 1 (Morgan/Dullea), Musical Pointers, October 2009
EXAUDI, Musical Pointers, November 2009
Carl Rosman and Richard Haynes, Musical Pointers, November 2009
Enikő Magyar, The Rambler, December 2009
Liza Lim: The Navigator, MusicalCriticism.com, December 2009
2008
Radius, The Rambler, January 2008
New Noise, Musical Pointers, April/May 2008
Luigi Nono: Promoteo, Musical Pointers, April/May 2008 [live]
Tony Conrad, The Rambler, June 2008
EXAUDI, Musical Pointers, June/July 2008
Fidelio Trio, Musical Pointers, June/July 2008
Luigi Nono: Promoteo (Col legno SACD 20605), Musical Pointers, September 2008
Dave Smith, The Rambler, September 2008
Thomas Larcher and Toru Takemitsu, Musical Pointers, September 2008
Tom Heasley and Toss Panos: Passages (Full Bleed); Joan Jeanrenaud: Strange Toys (Talking House); Paul Bailey Ensemble: Retrace Our Steps (Creative Commons), The Rambler, September 2008
Danielle Fosler-Lussier: Music Divided: Bartók’s Legacy in Cold War Culture (University of California Press, 2007) and Rachel Beckles Willson: Ligeti, Kurtág and Hungarian Music during the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Tempo, no.243 (2008), 70–72
Michael van der Aa, Musical Pointers, October/November 2008
Lasse Thoresen: AbUno; Thus; Yr; Qudrat (AURORA ACD4968) and Som bølger på ett hav (NMH 9308), Musical Pointers, October/November 2008
Xenakis, Messiaen, Ligeti, Benjamin, Musical Pointers, October/November 2008
Gérard Grisey: Les espaces acoustiques, Musical Pointers, October/November 2008
Libra Duo, Musical Pointers, October/November 2008
Asamisamasa Duo, Musical Pointers, October/November 2008
Dumitrescu/Avram, Musical Pointers, October/November 2008
2007
TJ Norris: triMix (Innova), The Rambler, January 2007
Various artists: The Art of the Virtual Rhythmicon (Innova), The Rambler, January 2007
Tin Hat: The Sad Machinery of Spring (Rykodisc), The Rambler, January 2007
Underground Contemporary Music Ensemble, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], February 2007
Paul Griffiths: A Concise History of Western Music (Cambridge University Press, 2006), The Rambler, February 2007
Gobsmack, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], March 2007
Tansy Davies: neon, Stuart MacRae: Interact (London Sinfonietta), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], April 2007
Cross-Atlantic Composers Partnership, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], April 2007
BBC Singers, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], May 2007
Philip Bimstein: Larkin Gifford’s Harmonica (Starkland), The Rambler, May 2007
Uroboros Ensemble, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], June 2007
Ute Wassermann, Richard Barrett: Pollen (Creative Sources), The Rambler, June 2007
John Morton: Solo Traveller (Innova), The Rambler, June 2007
Loré Lixenberg and David Alberman, Spitalfields Festival, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], June 2007
RAM Soloists, Spitalfields Festival, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], June 2007
Martin Butler: American Rounds (NMC), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], June 2007
Philip Thomas: Comprovisation (Bruce’s Fingers), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], June 2007
Cattral (Mats Scheidegger, guitar, Rico Gubler, sax), The Rambler, July 2007
Tim Parkinson, Music We’d Like to Hear, The Rambler, July 2007
Erdem Helvacıoğlu: Altered Realities (New Albion), The Rambler, August 2007
Contemporary Music from Ireland, vol.6 (CMC), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], September 2007
Peter Eötvös: Chinese Opera, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], October 2007
Roland Dahinden: flying white (mode), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], November 2007
Aleksander Szram: Into the 21st Century (Fonorum), The Rambler, November 2007
Sarah Nicolls: Hyper-Piano, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], December 2007
Enno Poppe, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], December 2007
2006
The Holst Singers, The Rambler, January 2006
Corey Dargel: Less Famous Than You (Use Your Teeth), The Rambler, March 2006
Derek Bermel, The Rambler, April 2006
The Holst Singers, The Rambler, April 2006
Corey Dargel, The Rambler, May 2006
Juice, The Rambler, June 2006
Rich Woodson’s Ellipsis: The Nail That Stands Up Gets Pounded Down, The Rambler, August 2006
Polar Bear/Elysian Quartet/Princess and the Pervert, The Rambler, August 2006
Mark Applebaum: Asylum; Judy Dunaway: Mother of Balloon Music; Alexandra Gardner: Luminoso (all Innova), The Rambler, August 2006
Tigran Mansurian: Ars poetica (ECM), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], September 2006
Yoav Gal and Yael Kanarek: Bit by bit, cell by cell; Harry Partch: Enclosure 7 (both Innova), The Rambler, September 2006
Colmore Consort: Moments of Vision (Colmore Consort), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], September 2006
Apartment House/Parkinson-Saunders, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], October 2006
IXION, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], October 2006
vintage 909: Scanning (7hings), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], October 2006
György and Martá Kurtág, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], November 2006
Canticum: In the Gloom of Whiteness (Craft Music), New Notes online [subscriber-only access], November 2006
Helmut Lachenmann: Ausklang, Kontrakadenz, New Notes online [subscriber-only access], November 2006
2005
‘First Performances: Warsaw Autumn Festival 2004′, Tempo, no.232 (2005), 75–7
Jonny Greenwood/London Sinfonietta, The Rambler, March 2005
London Sinfonietta, The Rambler, May 2005
2004
John Cage Uncaged, The Rambler, January 2004
Murail, Grisey, Dufourt, The Rambler, February 2004
Elysian Quartet, The Rambler, March 2004
Ian Wilson: from the Book of Longing (Riverrun RVRCD65), Tempo, no.230 (2004), 85–6
2003
Radiohead, Earl’s Court, The Rambler, November 2003
