Uakti's Aguas de Amazona is a splendid suite of liquid light manifesting itself in nine riverlike tunes that splash, wend, trickle, and gush toward the fantastical changeling closer, "Metamorphosis." A Brazilian ensemble, Uakti (pronounced wah-keh-chee) weave a chordal interplay of strings, woodwinds, and homemade percussion pieces that create complex and exotic contrapuntal melodies ...
These live recordings of vocal works by Philip Glass may not feature the Glass Ensemble, but Early Voice can boast the presence of Kurt Munkacsi and Michael Riesman, both of them close collaborators with the composer. Glass himself can be heard giving clap-signals during Music For Voices, a 13-minute piece performed by Mabou Mines, the theatre company of which Glass was once the ...