tracks

Drones & Piano: Part I
Drones & Piano: Part II
Drones & Piano: Part III (The 8th Time)
Drones & Piano: Part IV
Drones & Piano: Part V
Drones & Viola: Part I (Material in D)
Drones & Viola: Part II (Material in a Handsome Stack)
Drones & Viola: Part III (Material with no Tricks)
Drones & Viola: Part IV (Material in a Long Cadence)
Drones & Violin: Part I (Material in Eb)
Drones & Violin: Part II (Material in Sevenths)
Drones & Violin: Part III (Material in Two Keys)
Drones & Violin: Part IV (Material with Shifting Drones)
Drones in Large Cycles

notes

I started writing the Drones and... pieces as a method of developing harmonic ideas over a static structure. The idea is something not unlike singing along with one’s vacuum cleaner, or with the subtle but constant humming found in most dwelling-places. We surround ourselves with constant noise, and the Drones and... pieces are an attempt to honor these drones and stylize them. Nico Muhly, 2012

Drones & Piano: Commissioned by the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
Drones & Violin: Commissioned by the Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven

credits

Design – Chris Bigg (2)
Drone, Composed By – Nico Muhly
Engineer [Additional] – Dan Bora
Engineer, Mixed By – Paul Evans (7)
Photography By – Luís Filipe Cunha
Piano – Bruce Brubaker
Producer, Mixed By, Mastered By – Valgeir Sigurðsson
Recorded By [Assisted By] – Jonathan Kawchuk
Recording Supervisor – Sturla Mio Þórisson,
Viola – Nadia Sirota
Violin – Pekka Kuusisto

companies

Recorded At – Greenhouse Studios Iceland
Recorded At – Downtown Music Studios
Mixed At – Greenhouse Studios Iceland
Mastered At – Greenhouse Studios Iceland

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