#2812: New Music from Europe

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Hear Arvo Part's most recorded work, "Fratres," performed by the Icelandic chamber group Isafold. There's also music for piano, looping, and strings by the Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi. Plus, selections from the film score "The Merchant of Venice" by English composer Jocelyn Pook, and much more.

PROGRAM # 2812, New “Orchestral” Music from Europe (First aired on Wednesday 6/11/08)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Ludovico Einaudi	Divenire	Divenire [6:30]	Ponderosa #475 8102 ** www.ludovicoeinaudi.com*
Jocelyn Pook	The Merchant of Venice	Blessing of the Boat [2:00] How Sweet the Moonlight [4:30] Ghetto [2:00] Synagogue Cantors [1:30]	Decca #475 6367** www.deccaclassics.com*
Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson & Sigur Ros	Angels of the Universe	Approach / Dream [3:00] Memory [2:00]	Fat-Cat # FATOST-CD01 www.fat-cat.co.uk
Isafold	All Sounds To Silence Come	A. Part: Fratres [11:30]	12 Tonar #003 www.isafold.net*

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