Marilyn Nonken

Music by:

Tristan Murail
Morton Feldman
Milton Babbitt
Michael Finnissy
Jeff Nichols
Jason Eckardt
William Albright
Chris Dench
Louis Karchin
Charles Wuorinen
David Rakowski
Alvin Lucier
Salvatore Martirano

Forthcoming Recordings

Roger Reynolds: The Angel of Death
David Rakowski: Piano Concerto
Brian Ferneyhough (with Ensemble Elision)
David Laganella: The Persistence of Light

Recordings

Solo Recordings

Tristan Murail: The Complete Piano Music

Comme un oeil suspendu et poli par le songe
Estuaire
Territoires de l'oubli
Cloches d'adieu, et un sourire... (in memoriam Olivier Messiaen)
La Mandragore
Les travaux et les jours

Metier MSV CD9209
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Marilyn Nonken plays throughout with peerless authority and resplendent technique, her exceptional range of touch and dynamics marvellously caught in this fine recording.

Arnold Whittall, Tempo #80

The playing of 34 year old pianist Marilyn Nonken is luminous, showing delicacy, drama, and passion and seeming to capture every nuance of this beautiful music.... an ideal introduction to the work of one of the finest contemporary composers.

Andy Hamilton, The Wire

Morton Feldman: Triadic Memories

CD and DVD formats
96kHz/24-bit high-definition digital audio

Mode 136 (Feldman Edition 8)
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This is, without a doubt, the most beautiful sounding TRIADIC MEMORIES I've heard.

Brian Marley, The Wire

Nonken's TRIADIC MEMORIES could make the piace more open to the uninitiated...The clarity of her textures and her ease of movement through the labyrinthine structure has much to recommend it. The recorded sound is quite outstanding, too, and the disc is also available on a DVD including Nonken's 20-minute discussion of the piece.

Phillip Clark, International Piano

American Spiritual

Milton Babbitt: Allegro Penseroso [ mp3 ]
Michael Finnissy: North American Spirituals [ mp3 ]
Jeff Nichols: Chelsea Square [ mp3 ]
Jason Eckardt: Echoes' White Veil [ mp3 ]

New World/CRI 877
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Appearances On Compilations

William Albright: Pit Band

Music for Saxophones by William Albright
Prism Quartet with Marilyn Nonken, Michael Lowenstern, and Matthew Herskowitz

Innova 687
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Chris Dench: Beyond Status Geometry

Music of Chris Dench
Passing Bells:Night

Tzadik B000ZLOAI2
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Matrix

Music of Louis Karchin
Fanfare for Marty
Voyages (with Taimur Sullivan, saxophone)

Albany/Troy 895
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On Matrix, Louis Karchin and the listener are blessed with precise, vibrant performances by fully committed, excellent players dedicated to new music.

American Record Guide, May/June 2007

Adapting to the Times

Music of Charles Wuorinen
Adapting to the Times(with Fred Sherry, 'cello)

Albany/Troy 871
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American composer Charles Wuorinen (b.1938) has spent much of his career exploring a post-tonal style combining carefully balanced formal designs with vibrant and virtuosic musical surfaces. He's been blessed with an array of ardent interpreters who relish the challenges posed by his works. Several of Wuorinen's best advocates appear on ADAPTING TO THE TIMES, the latest CD in Albany Records's Charles Wuorinen Series. A wideranging survey of chamber pieces dating from 1961-1995, ADAPTING the recording is an engaging collection of contemporary concert fare....."Adapting to the Times" features long-time Wuorinen ally cellist Fred Sherry and superlative new music pianist Marilyn Nonken in an exciting, tightly coordinated performance."

Christian Carey, Signal To Noise #45

...As with so many "difficult" composers, these are often the kinds of pieces that make for the best listening--and the recorded format allows you to listen over and over again, making them all the more rewarding. Thanks to Wuorinen's connections and his credibility as a pianist, the performers here are of the highest quality--many of them were members of Wuorinen's Group for Contemporary music, and all of them are worthy successors to that manyle. They give his music the careful, passionate performances that it deserves.

Ian Quinn, American Record Guide

Martian Counterpoint

David Rakowski Etudes
Sliding Scales [ real audio ]
12-Step Program [ real audio ]
Roll Your Own [ real audio ]
Fists of Fury [ real audio ]
The Third, Man [ real audio ]
Fourth of Habit

Albany/Troy 681
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