Kevin Stalheim Discography of CDs

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Kevin Stalheim CD discography The third installment in Innova's The Henry Brant Collection, The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 3 is the finest in the series thus far. Wind, Water, Clouds & Fire is described as an "extraplanetary, environmental oratorio" for three totally independent women's choruses, a children's chorus, and various instruments that are spatially "attached" to each chorus. This is performed by the Milwaukee-based ensemble Present Music under the direction of Kevin Stalheim. It is a very good performance and not a bad recording, and Brant's music is not solely interesting due to its skewed spatial arrangement, but to its modularity within the ears of the hearer. One person who heard it commented that it was reminiscent of Louis Andriessen, another Gustav Holst -- whatever or whoever it sounds like, Wind, Water, Clouds & Fire is very appealing, at times eccentric and rather cranky, but also with a diaphanous element in the writing for the women and children's voices that's also quite pleasant. Litany of Tides is a sort of concerto for violinist Daniel Kobialka, although the ripieno is scattered all over the place; the strings, low brass, and two pianos are located on-stage and conducted by George Cleve. Most of the others, conducted by Brant, are scattered throughout the balcony, and that includes many of the winds -- the percussionists were underneath the balcony, and four singers performed from "behind grilled openings in the walls 30 feet up from the floor." It is an ...