French composer and trombonist Vinko Globokar (*1934) is an icon of contem-porary music. Having studied with Leibowitz and Berio, he has not only ad-vanced the playing technique of his own instrument significantly, but can also look at a substantial oeuvre as a com-poser. This exciting release presents the Norwegian group BIT20 with premiere recordings of two major ensemble works, conducted by Globokar himself, in what can be called “definitive record-ings”, and performance artist Alwynne Pritchard contributes a small piece writ-ten for her. This recording is one of the most important releases of this year, if not of the decade.

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Recording: Grieghallen, Klokkeklang, Bergen/Norway, 10 – 12 September 2018