Mothertongue - Nico Muhly
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6.5 out of 10

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  1. JohnS
    Sep 15, 2008
    10
    This album is wonderful. Each section carries it's own emotion. I can not recommend this highly enough.
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  1. An exciting release that deepens with further listens, Mothertongue is a great step forward from Muhly.
  2. Mothertongue oscillates between the comfort/terror of singularities and excitement/terror of potentialities, but the possibilities this duality affords for Muhly's future work are frankly exhilarating.
  3. What makes Muhly's work particularly interesting then is not only his use of this style--comprehending the four movements of the title track is particularly vexing as bits of voices mingle and move at different velocities--but the use of the style in a dynamic way itself, reminiscent of Nyman's compositions.