review: Nico Muhly "Mother Tongue" (Brassland)

Nico Muhly has had his name as a compsoer and piano player whispered since he was around fifteen. A slew of commissions and performances, from operas and musicals to choral works at cathedrals and museums, to sit-ins with everyone from the American Symphony Orchestra to Will Oldham have followed, making him both hip and wanted, a rare mix. Yet his mix of high and low brow influences is always grounded in choral music.

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