The Wild Heart LP + MP3 Bundle

The Wild Heart LP + MP3 BundleThe vinyl edition of The Wild Heart, the Nonesuch Records debut from composer Dylan Mattingly, performed by Contemporaneous with conductor David Bloom and vocal soloist Iarla Lionird, features two movements from The Transmutation NotebooksUlysses Dances and Last Danceas well as Sunt Lacrimae Rerum (these are the tears of things). The two pieces sprang from Mattinglys six hour epic composition History of Life, which, as Jake Wilder Smith says in his

which have always been central to his sound

The Dan Auerbach–produced album is a contemporary twist on a traditional sonic tapestry of orchestral strings

Wild Magnolias

and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney makes her album debut with The Longest River

explores new dimensions of production

“mingles Asian modes

The album was produced and mixed by Deerhoof's John Dieterich

He also did the original mastering of the CD release in 1992

” The Los Angeles Times calls it "excellent

and the strongest melodies Merritt has penned since that album’s release

plus 39 previously unreleased tracks—“The Unified Theory of Everything” alternate album versions plus bonus tracks

The original cast recording for Dave Malloy's musical Octet features a score for an a cappella chamber choir and an original libretto inspired by internet comment boards