Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.FCR173

By Andrew Kozar, Carlos Cordeiro, David Smooke, Gemma, Gleb Kanasevich, Harlan Parker, Jeffrey Gavett, John Wilson, Karl Larsen, Lisa Perry, Lunar Ensemble, Michael Parker Harley, Peter Kibbe, Stephanie Ray, The Peabody Wind Ensemble, William Lang, and loadbang. By David Smooke. Country of Origin: United States. Classical. Listening CD (1 disc). Published by Naxos (NX.FCR173).

UPC: 600116687326.

Composer David Smooke (Peabody Conservatory of Music faculty member) is a sonic tour guide, taking the listener on a journey that explores, in his own words, "alien topographies" and "unreal landscapes." Smooke employs a wide range of compositional techniques to paint his individually unreal soundworld, including microtonality, a deft timbral and orchestrational brush stroke, and extended performance techniques. This release features his works across the instrumental spectrum, from the title track which is a toy piano concerto with wind ensemble to the eerie piano solo, Transgenic Fields, to the multi-track composition of layered bassoons, 21 Miles to Coolville.

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