Strings
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Tambour – Constellations (ou comment arrêter le temps) Review
Celestial classical compositions
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Introducing… Afenginn
Mystical Norse classical symphonies
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Cellist Resina returns with haunting new EP
Cello. Triggered.
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Introducing… Erland Cooper
Symphonic Scottish Seas
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ô lake – Refuge Review
Uplifting intimacy for ivory
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Inon Zur returns with dramatic new single
Back with a bang with his own story to tell
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Snorri Hallgrimsson – Orbit Reworked Review
Electrifying classics Snorri Hallgrimsson released his latest album ‘Orbit’ earlier this year which Higher Plain Music gave a super 8.5/10 in our review. As with…
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Winifred Phillips – SCRAPER First Strike VR Soundtrack Review
The battlefield has no need for subtly Winifred Phillips has never been one to shy away from epic orchestral scores that evoke a sense of…
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Joe Hisaishi – Symphonic Castle in the Sky Review
Transforming a magical anime soundtrack into a 30 minute symphony Joe Hisaishi’s compositions for Studio Ghibli have always been remarkable and rich with their orchestrations…
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Jochen Tiberius Koch – Walden Review
Contemporary classical composers have quietly been growing in my music collection over the last three years and the latest one to make it into the…
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Introducing… Resina
Cello on a mission
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Introducing… Danny Mulhern
Creepy classical music to keep you awake at night
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Video Vault – Eliza Rickman
Chamber folk of the most gruesome kind
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Abi Wade – “Beautifully Astray” Review
Armed to the cello
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Agnes Obel placing three new tracks on “Late Night Tales” guest compilation
A new compilation headed from the singer songwriter
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Video Vault – Luca D’Alberto
Eerie prepared piano for the chills
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Introducing… Niklas Paschburg
Piano whirling
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Introducing… Abi Wade
Cello folktronica to push your buttons
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Slow Meadow – “Costero” Review
Music in slow motion
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Jessica Curry – “So Let Us Melt” Review
Classical and game soundtrack of the year contender
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Introducing… Niklas Paschburg
Genre melding compositions
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Dmitry Evgrafov – “Comprehension of Light” Review
Charting the audio journey from dark to light
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Introducing… Cameron Blake
Timeless folk and a timeless voice
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Matt Emery – “Empire” Review
Simple melodies for quiet nights in
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Introducing… Angèle David-Guillou
Epic classical musings from a lady with layers of knowledge
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Video Vault – Stefano Guzzetti and Lisa Gerrard
An understated movement from string and voice.
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Manos Milonakis – “Festen” Review
Moody textures from the cutting room floor
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Agnes Obel – “Citizen of Glass” Review
When classical meets synth in a hypnotic dream
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Live Vault – Agnes Obel plays new album in entirity
A bridge between beauty and creepy
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Stefano Guzzetti – “Escape” Review
A sci-fi ballet of piano and string
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Higher Plain Music’s Top 25 Albums of 2016
My 25 best albums of 2016. Happy New Year!
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Olafur Arnalds – “Island Songs” Review
A sentimental love letter to Iceland and home
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James Halloran – “HIM” Review
Drama and theatre collide for a fantastic debut
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Live Vault – Miracles of Modern Science
A fabulous double bill of string rock perfection
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Josh Barron – “The ETHEReal String Project” Review
Arrangements. Bottled to perfection.
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Completions – “Completions” Review
A one man band of strings
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Manos Milonakis – “Sólfar” Review
A modern classical masterpiece
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Top 30 Albums of 2015
30 albums I hope you love - I do!
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Bjork – “Vulnicura Strings” Review
Decluttering the heart for a string and vocal arrangement
