Johnny Reinhard, Raven - 55m 11s

Tracks & Durations

1. Atlantis	11:40
2. Trio on the Cuff 6	1:45
3. Chaco Canyon	7:35
4. Trio on the Cuff 1	2:34
5. Dune	8:19
6. Trio on the Cuff 2	2:46
7. Raven	10:03
8. Trio on the Cuff 9	3:06
9. Circle	7:15

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Review

Johnny Reinhard has pursued a distinctive course in microtonal performance and composition. This album of his own compositions features the cream of New York's progressive downtown instrumentalists playing an extraordinary collection of instruments and arrangements from conch shells to tuba to upright bass to gong. Raven features microtonally-composed pieces that follow a programmatic idea, such as Dune, for solo bassoon (after the Frank Herbert novel), Atlantis, for five shell players, tuba and chimes (after the lost city), and Chaco Canyon, for solo flutes (after a feature of the Navajo homeland). In stark contrast, Raven, the title track, envelops the listener in a gothic setting of Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale The Raven.

Of course, the point of microtonal music is the music, not the microtonality, and Raven makes some interesting musical points in his evocation of mythical antiquity (the shells and chimes) in contrast with modernity. As Johnny Reinhard puts it, "When you've seen everything that's being done, material that's rarely reviewed or spoken about (let alone taught), then you have a good basis to create your own."

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