Composers: Nico Muhly, Philip Glass 
Compositions: Unexpected News, No Uncertain TermsBy All Means, Sonata No 1 for Violin and Piano
Performers: Brett Brown bar, Alexandra Osborne v,
Sally Whitwell
p, Omega Ensemble/Hamilton
Catalogue Number: ABC Classic 4818617

New York minimalist Nico Muhly has been racking up frequent flyer points with visits here in the past year or so when his newly commissioned works have been featured by three diverse Australian groups. Among them is the Sydney-based Omega Ensemble, founded and directed by clarinet whizz David Rowden, for whom Muhly set the sensual poem Unexpected...