Claire Edwardes has forged a formidable international career as a virtuoso percussionist. She is also Artistic Director of Ensemble Offspring, and both are committed to the performance of ‘music of our time.’ This sixth solo album, Clairaudient, feaures almost entirely 21st-century percussion works: the exception is her arrangement of Steve Reich’s Vermont Counterpoint (1982), reconfigured here for vibraphone and xylophone.

In addition to the obvious pun, this album is named for the ability to hear sounds from the spirit world that are not audible to the human ear. It’s appropriate, as much of this extraordinary recording is quite otherworldly. Since many of the works were written specifically for Edwardes, she was able to work closely with the composers, making the collaborative process that...