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Additional Samples of Scholarly Work:
Recordings (2012-2020)

Solo and Concerto
Sample #10: Miguel Chuaqui, “Blues en el Corazón” (2016)
Sample #11: Jason Eckardt, “Trespass” (2015)
Sample #12: Paul Nauert, “Episodes & Elegies” (2015)
Sample #13: “Voix Voilées: Spectral Music for Piano” (2012)
 
Chamber Music
Sample #14: Morton Feldman, “Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano” (2020)
Sample #15: Akemi Naito, “Emily Brontë – Through Life and Death, A Chainless Soul” (2019)
 
Duo Piano
Sample #16: Michael Byron, “The Ultraviolet of Many Parallel Paths” (2018)
Sample #17: Lou Bunk, “A Shadow Upon the White” (2018)

Recordings -- Solo and Concerto

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Nonken - Additional Recording #10
“Blues en el Corazón: Blues Claro, Blues Ronco, Blues Mágico.”
Miguel Chuaqui: Confabulario. [Tracks 1-3]. Ravello RR7939 2016.

Ravello Records is a contemporary classical label imprint dedicated to highlighting forward-thinking composers and musicians from around the world. The New England-based label's eclectic catalog offers listeners a cross-section of up-and-coming innovators in orchestral, chamber, and experimental music. Ravello is internationally distributed by Naxos, the leading classical  music distributor in North America.
Chuaqui: Blues Claro Sound Files on YouTube
Chuaqui: Blues Ronco Sound Files on YouTube
Chuaqui: Blues Mágico Sound Files on YouTube
 

Miguel Chuaqui's notes on "Blues en el Corazón"

Confabulario at Ravello
 
Miguel Chuaqui: Composer Website

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Nonken – Additional Recording #11
“Trespass.”
Jason Eckardt: Subject [Track 3]. Tzadik 9006, 2015.
Marilyn Nonken with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble; Tim Weiss, conductor.

Tzadik Records is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995, who is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Distributed by Koch, a subsidiary of Deutsche Grammophon, Tzadik has released over 400 albums by artists with diverse musical backgrounds, including free improvisation, jazz, noise, klezmer, rock, and experimental composition.

CD Booklet for Subject


Trespass at Tzadik Records
 
Trespass Sound File on YouTube

Jason Eckardt's notes on "Trespass"
 
Jason Eckardt: Composer Website


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Nonken – Additional Recording #12
“Episodes & Elegies.”
Paul Nauert: A Distant Music [Tracks 1-8]. New World 80769, 2015.

Sound file

A Distant Music CD Booklet

  • Burwasser, Peter. Review of Paul Nauert: A Distant Music. Fanfare. May-June 2016.


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Nonken – Additional Recording #13
“Voix Voilées: Spectral Piano Music.” Metier MSV-CD 28524, 2012.

Voix Voilées at Metier

Voix Voilées: Liner Notes
 
Reviews at Metier web site

Individual Reviews

  • Burwasser, Peter. “Top 5 CDs of 2015.” Fanfare. Nov-Dec 2015.
  • Burwasser, Peter. Review of Marilyn Nonken: Voix Voileés. Fanfare. July-Aug 2015.
  • Clarke, Colin. Review of Marilyn Nonken: Voix Voileés. Fanfare. July-Aug 2015.
  • Deboor-Canfield, David. Review of Marilyn Nonken: Voix Voileés. Fanfare. May-June 2015.
  • Medwin, Marc. Review of Marilyn Nonken: Voix Voileés. Piano. Fanfare. May-June 2015.
  • Lock, Graham. Review of Marilyn Nonken: Voix Voileés. International Piano. March-Apr 20.
 
Hugues Dufourt: Composer Website at Editions Henry Lemoine
 
Joshua Fineberg: Composer Website


 Recordings -- Chamber Music

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Nonken – Additional Recording #14
“Durations 2” & “Two Pieces”
from Morton Feldman: Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano.
Marilyn Nonken with Stephen Marotto, violoncello.
Mode Records. Projected Release September 2020.
Recorded Dec 2018, EMPAC, Troy.

Mode Records, founded by Brian Brandt in 1984 , is dedicated to releasing modern music in excellent performances by authoritative interpreters, recorded to the highest standards and with informative liner notes.  Mode’s catalogue includes internationally renowned editions of music by Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Giacinto Sclesi, and Christian Wolff.

Sound file: Durations 2

Sound file: Two Pieces (for Danny Stern)

 
Feldman Edition at Mode Records
 
Marilyn Nonken at Mode Records (Morton Feldman: Triadic Memories, Mode 136)

Broduer, Michael Andor. "As Time Loses its Meaning, the Music of Morton Feldman Gains New Resonance." Washington Post. May 13, 2020


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Nonken – Additional Recording #15
“Emily Brontë – Through Life and Death, A Chainless Soul.”
Akemi Naito: Within My Soul. [Tracks 1-7] Ravello Records RR8022, 2019.
Marilyn Nonken with Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano
Recorded Jan 2018, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York.

Ravello Records is the contemporary classical label imprint of audio production house PARMA Recordings. Dedicated to highlighting forward thinking composers and musicians from around the world, the New England-based label's eclectic catalog offers listeners a cross-section of today's up-and-coming innovators in orchestral, chamber, and experimental music. Ravello is internationally distributed by Naxos, the leading classical music distributor in North America.

“Emily Brontë – Through Life and Death, A Chainless Soul” (Excerpt). Sound Files on YouTube
 
Within My Soul at Ravello Records


Within My Soul CD Booklet

Akemi Naito: Composer Website
 
Reviews
  • Revista Sonograma
  • Take Effect
  • OperaWire

Recordings -- Duo Piano

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Nonken – Additional Recording #16
 “Michael Byron: The Ultraviolet of Many Parallel Paths.” Marilyn Nonken with Joseph Kubera, pno.
Independent Release, 2018.
Recorded Nov 2017, Roulette Intermedium, New York.

“The Ultraviolet of Many Parallel Paths: Unpolished Wishes” [Track 1]
 
“The Ultraviolet of Many Parallel Paths: In This Transparency There Will Be Another Transparency” [Track 2]
 
Michael Byron: Composer Website

The Ultraviolet of Many Parallel Paths at BandCamp


Reviews
  • Sequenza 21  
  • Cowley, Julian. Review of Michael Byron: The Ultraviolet of Many Parallel Paths. The Wire. Nov 2018
  • Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review
 
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Nonken – Additional Recording #17
“Lou Bunk: A Shadow Upon the White.”
Collide-o-Scope Music: Eidos. [Track 1]. Hanging Bell Records, 2018.
Marilyn Nonken with Augustus Arnone, pno.

Bunk_A Shadow Upon the White

Bunk_Liner Notes
 
Collide-O-Scope Music: Ensemble Page
 
Eidos at CD Baby

Eidos at BandCamp

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