专辑介绍：

两次获得格莱美奖提名的作曲家和表演者Derek Bermel曾师从Henri Dutilleux、荷兰先锋派艺术家Louis Andriessen和拉格泰姆复兴者William Bolcom。在他的音乐中，看似对立的品质–古典和白话，喜剧和严肃–不可预测地相互融合和转化，其灵感来自于戏剧（《Ritornello》）、格式塔心理学（《Figure and Ground》）和宇宙学的冥想（《宇宙简史》）。探索并重新想象保加利亚的民间音乐，而《小提琴练习曲》则将Bermel的智力创造力提炼成最纯粹的形式。

专辑曲目：

	歌曲名称	艺术家
1	Intonations: I. Harmonica	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
2	Intonations: II. Hymn/Homily	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
3	Intonations: III. Hustle	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
4	Ritornello (Version for Electric Guitar & String Quartet)	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
5	Thracian Sketches	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
6	Violin Etudes: No. 1, Twenty Questions	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
7	Violin Etudes: No. 2, Gravity	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
8	Violin Etudes: No. 3, Figure and Ground	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
9	Violin Etudes: No. 4, Multiverse/Sketch	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
10	Violin Etudes: No. 5, Chôros	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
11	A Short History of the Universe (As Related by Nima Arkani-Hamed): I. Multiverse	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
12	A Short History of the Universe (As Related by Nima Arkani-Hamed): II. Heart of Space	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto
13	A Short History of the Universe (As Related by Nima Arkani-Hamed): III. Twistor Scattering	JACK Quartet,Wiek Hijmans,Derek Bermel,Christopher Otto