Tyler Duncan & Erika Switzer – A Left Coast (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tyler Duncan & Erika Switzer – A Left Coast (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:48 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Classical, Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bridge Records

“A Left Coast” is baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer’s tribute to British Columbia and its music. Seven composers with birthdates ranging from 1908 to 1985 are featured on the disk. BC is a young country as far as western classical music is concerned though, of course, it has rich artistic traditions stretching far back into the mists of the north west.

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Robin Richardson, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Erika Switzer – Reddened by Hammer: Earthquakes & Islands Remixed (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Robin Richardson, Tyler Duncan, Martha Guth, Erika Switzer – Reddened by Hammer: Earthquakes & Islands Remixed (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 41:47 minutes | 410 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Centrediscs

Andrew Staniland (b. 1977) has established himself as one of Canada’s most important and innovative musical voices. His music is performed and broadcast internationally and has been described by Alex Ross in The New Yorker magazine as “alternately beautiful and terrifying.” Important accolades include 3 Juno nominations, an ECMA award, the 2016 Terra Nova Young Innovators Award , the National Grand Prize winner of EVOLUTION (presented in 2009 by CBC Radio 2/Espace Musique and The Banff Centre), and was the recipient of the Karen Keiser Prize in Canadian Music in 2004. As a leading composer of his generation, Andrew has been recognized by election to the Inaugural Cohort of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists Royal Society of Canada. Andrew was an Affiliate Composer to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2006-09) and the National Arts Centre Orchestra (2002–04), and has also been in residence at the Centre du Creation Musicale Iannis Xenakis (Paris, 2005). Recent commissioners include the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Brooklyn Art Song Society, cellist Frances-Marie Uitti, and Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Andrew also performs as a guitarist and with new media (computers and electronics). Andrew is currently on faculty at Memorial University in St John’s Newfoundland, where he founded MEARL (Memorial ElectroAcoustic Research Lab).

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