Behzadi/ Andplay - PlaylistViolin and viola duo andPlay (Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola) release their debut recording featuring music by Ashkan Behzadi, Clara Iannotta, and David Bird. The duo's fluency with contemporary performance techniques and aesthetics is grounded in their symbiotic ensemble performances, bringing their finely tuned interpretive instincts to music that exists across a wide expressive range. Described by I Care If You Listen as

showcasing the trademark lush harmonies of Amanda's ethereal soprano and Sheila's velvety alto

Fiona Janes notes that the album was made just shy of the soprano

a modern swirl of indie

The pieces on this collection feature songs

After the exotica stylings of The Forgotten Edge EP andthe tropicalia-indebted Mirage EP

is sometimes quite evident here and in many other works by him

After a plague pandemic in the Nordic countries in the 1350s

In her own booklet-note introduction to the repertoire on this album

Elmar Oliveira and Emmanuel Pahud

Laura Boulton (1899-1980)

corrupt Sheriff Deckett (Stephen McNally)

Shayne Ward