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Carol of the Bronx 00:54
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Edgecombe C.M.D. 01:00
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3.
Embryons Desséchés - I 02:42
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Embryons Desséchés - II 02:18
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Embryons Desséchés - III 01:43
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Les Sylphides - Waltz 04:45
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Natural Interference 06:06
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8.
Un bel di vedremo from Madama Butterfly 04:18
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 03:05
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Wurli's debut album looks back at music of the last 4 centuries, updating it with a post-modern sensibility. The pas de deux from the ballet Les Sylphides was the spark for this project. He was asked to adapt the music for a dance featuring one performer interacting with a video projection of herself. A recent collector of vintage keyboards, he was intrigued by the juxtaposition of children's instruments (electric chord organ, toy piano) with woodwinds (recorders, saxophones, clarinets). The warm, nostalgic sound gives the music a patina that evokes the aural landscape of the '60s and '70s without sounding dated.

The works by contemporary composers (Eddie Rubeiz and Douglas Laustsen) demonstrate the diversity of contemporary Classical music. Rubeiz's music is a modern take on hymn tunes and Renaissance polyphony, while Laustsen's work for toy piano and tape uses found sounds to explore the feeling of a cloud that passes over a sunny summer day.

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released June 21, 2014

Mark Zelesky: producer, arranger, saxophones, recorders, clarinets, electric piano, electric reed organ, harpsichord, toy pianos, piano, bed; Eddie Rubeiz: composer (tracks 1-2); Erik Satie: composer (tracks 3-5); Frédéric Chopin: composer (track 6); Alexander Glazunov: composer (track 6); Douglas Laustsen: composer, tape (track 7); Giacomo Puccini: composer (track 8); Johann Sebastian Bach: composer (track 9); Camera Bobscura: art design, photography

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Wurli and His Ragtag Vintage Orchestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wurli performs classical, pop, and jazz music on an array of woodwinds alongside vintage keyboard instruments, furniture, glasses, and whatever else he finds. He has aligned himself with performance artists and dancers to push the boundaries of music and culture. ... more

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