Bjarnason/ Gisladottir/ Iceland Symphony Orch - Atmospheriques, Vol. 1At the risk of getting doxxed by my musician colleagues, I'm going to divulge a dark truth about classical music: it's never as captivating or molecule altering for anyone as it is for us on stage. Which is why I often find classical records, especially those of the orchestral persuasion, so underwhelming. So not immediate. Which is why I am approaching zealot status in my admiration for Sono Luminus and the way in which it submerges listeners within

who for the first time in history records and performs in a highly evocative recital performing the 20 Études for solo viola (1927)

13 episodes on 8 discs

a highly-regarded school teacher

trumpeter Walt Blanton

Romance reigns and sheets of strings surround us as we hear "Under the Influence of Love

It is sometimes refreshingly simple and sometimes intricately complex

He has produced for the likes of Joey Badass

bassist Joseph Butler and drummer Sammy Penn

On the whole the set makes a clear first choice in this repertoire" (Penguin Guide 3 stars) "She is not one of the bash and glitter school

not desolation or desperation

Mozart's friend Franz Xaver Dussek (in whose summer villa he completed Don Giovanni) was a pianist

György Kurtág is especially well-known for his compositions in short forms