Daniel Lentz (1942-)
Celli (2008)
Ingram Marshall (1942-2022)
Son of Soe-pa (2007)
Phillip Schroeder (1956-)
Another Shore (2007)
Rick Cox (1952-)
Later (2007)
Chas Smith (1948-2024)
Sometimes the Sword of Seven (2008)
John Luther Adams (1953-)
Sky With Four Suns (2010)
Read Miller: Come out, sit awhile; break the bottle, and you is lost (1982)
Gavin Bryars (1943-)
It Never Rains (2010)
Michael Jon Fink (1954-)
Prelude to Alone (2010)
James Tenney (1934-2006)
Mallets in the Air (2002)
Larry Polansky (1954-2024)
Eskimo Lullaby (2006)
Peter Garland (1953-)
Nights in the Gardens of Maine (2010)
David Rosenboom (1947-)
Hymn of Change (2010)
Jim Fox (1953-)
Colorless sky became fog (2005/2010)

Sarah Cahill, Guy Klucevsek, John Schneider, ETHEL, Formalist Quartet, Erica Duke-Kirkpatrick, Chas Smith, Rick Cox, Marty Walker, Thomas Newman, Andrew McIntosh, Andrew Tholl, Brian Walsh, Alex Iles, Michael Jon Fink, Ingram Marshall, et al

Cold Blue Two is an eclectic anthology of 14 previously unrecorded works—many of them written specifically for this CD—by a diverse collection of composers whose personal musical visions usually blend intuition with process. The composers include both the well-known and the not-so-well-known, most with longtime associations with Cold Blue: John Luther Adams, Gavin Bryars, Rick Cox, Michael Jon Fink, Jim Fox, Peter Garland, Daniel Lentz, Ingram Marshall, Read Miller, Larry Polansky, David Rosenboom, Phillip Schroeder, Chas Smith, and James Tenney. Sometimes stark, sometimes lush, this is music in which subtle emotions lurk just below cool surfaces. Among the tracks are dramatic pieces, drifting pieces, and pieces that simply defy easy categorization. From a dozen cellos to a solo just-intonation National steel guitar, from a Harry Partch diamond marimba with strings to a solo accordion, from music featuring celesta or hammered dulcimer or densely layered tracks of steel guitar and Hammond organ or classical guitar with electronics to string quartets, solo piano, and a variety of small chamber ensembles, this collection contains something to surprise (and delight) just about everyone. Like most of the music on this West Coast label, this album’s pieces tend to focus on the various aspects of music’s inherent sensuality, which some critics have suggested is a uniting aesthetic interest among the composers whose work appears on the label. [CD and folder in jewel case]