Nico Muhly Essentials

Apple Music Classical

A wunderkind composer who’s worked with modern indie rockers like Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Grizzly Bear and The National, Nico Muhly is even more revered as a songsmith of visceral, pensive film scores, chamber pieces and piano works. The chromaticism and expressionist currents of his Cycles LP (with James McVinnie) threaten to lead one astray, while the whimsical interplay between voice and electronics on “Mothertongue: I. Archive”, yields kaleidoscopes of shimmering sound. His post-minimalist “Four Studies: II. Fast Canons” and “Four Studies: III. Slow Canons” take on an angular, crunchy hue when played by Angela and Jennifer Chun.

Hudson Cycle

Vanessa Wagner

3:02

I. Archive

Nico Muhly, Abigail Fischer

5:49

II. Shower

Nico Muhly, Abigail Fischer

4:18

III. Hress

Nico Muhly, Abigail Fischer

3:53

IV. Monster

Nico Muhly

4:43

You Don't Matter

Nico Muhly

2:41

Go Back to Your Friends

Nico Muhly

5:21

I. Amicabilis Concordia (Live)

Stephen Cleobury, The King's Singers, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:29

II. The Door of this House (Live)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The King's Singers, Stephen Cleobury

3:04

III. In Later Life (Live)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The King's Singers

3:54

IV. A Finer Music (Live)

Stephen Cleobury, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The King's Singers

3:48

Clear Music

Nico Muhly

9:29

Etude 1

Nadia Sirota

3:34

Dominic

Thomas Bartlett, Nico Muhly

3:43

Festina

Thomas Bartlett, Nico Muhly

4:04

Eusebius

Nico Muhly, Thomas Bartlett

4:53

II. Fast Canons

Angela Chun, Nico Muhly, Jennifer Chun

3:51

III. Slow Canons

Nico Muhly, Angela Chun, Jennifer Chun

3:52

Part I (Fast)

Edwin Outwater, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony

10:09

Part II (Slow)

Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Edwin Outwater

6:34

Part III (Fast)

Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Edwin Outwater