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- Summary: The sophomore album for the New York composer is divided into three suites of music.
- Record Label: Brassland
- Genre(s): Classical
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An exciting release that deepens with further listens, Mothertongue is a great step forward from Muhly.
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It's a gorgeous performance that anchors Mothertongue with its strength and solemnity.
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It's searching, quizzical, and filled with alternately fleeting and sustained passages of astonishing beauty.
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This is decidedly Muhly's vision, and though he plays only keyboards and a few other instruments here, he composed the entire album, which will go down in history as a cult classic for especially adventurous listeners.
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These three suites get under your skin in a good way, none more so than the final track, a haunting gothic tale of sororicide sung by fellow Vermonter Sam Amidon.
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Muhly makes more pastiche-y compositions, whose power comes from the incongruity of the comparators.
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Muhly has talent and an eager curiosity; the problem is, this inquisitive intelligence often finds more meaningful expression in his interviews (or on his gabby, regularly updated blog) than in his music.
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JohnSSep 15, 2008This album is wonderful. Each section carries it's own emotion. I can not recommend this highly enough.
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