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Nico Muhly: Drones

Nico Muhly
Release Date: 11/20/2012 
Label:  Bedroom Community   Catalog #: 16  
Composer:  Nico Muhly
Performer:  Pekka Kuusisto,  Bruce Brubaker,  Nadia Sirota,  Nico Muhly
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Drones consists of the Nico Muhly’s three EP’s Drones & Piano, Drones & Viola and Drones & Violin, with a special bonus composition. Performing the pieces are Bruce Brubaker, Nadia Sirota and Pekka Kuusisto along with Muhly himself. Drones was recorded and produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson in the Greenhouse studios in Iceland.

"I started writing the Drones pieces as a method of developing harmonic ideas over a static structure. The idea is something not unlike singing along with one’s vacuum cleaner, or with the subtle but constant humming found in most dwelling-places. We surround ourselves with constant noise, and the Drones pieces are an attempt to honor these drones and stylize them." -Nico Muhly Read more />
Review Quotes:

These are drones with an intellect. -The Atlantic

...expressive, enchanting, moving skein. -The Telegraph

...a lilting, sometimes arch set of modern classical composition – by no means intimidating to neophytes, and encoded with delightful little motifs. -FACT Magazine

... the bedrock of these pieces becomes highly charged; stuck within a confined space they so desperately want to break free of. -Drowned In Sound

...the results are captivating and continue to strengthen the case for Nico Muhly as one of the world’s consistently brilliant young composers. -Boomkat


Nico Muhly: Drones
1. Part I 03:20
2. Part II 03:01
3. Part III (The 8th Tune) 01:01
4. Part IV 03:30
5. Part V 02:44
6. Part I Material in D 03:50
7. Part II Material in a Handsome Stack 02:53
8. Part III Material with no Tricks 01:55
9. Part IV Material in a Long Cadence 04:46
10. Part I Material in Eb 03:26
11. Part II Material in Sevenths 02:19
12. Part III Material in Two Keys 02:19
13. Part IV Material with Shifting Drones
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Works on This Recording

1. Drones by Nico Muhly
Performer:  Pekka Kuusisto (Violin), Bruce Brubaker (Piano), Nadia Sirota (Viola),
Nico Muhly (Keyboards)
Period: 21st Century 
Written: USA 

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