It becomes apparent that pianist Loretta Goldberg knows exactly what she is doing. Echoing the sounds and souls of poignant poets in the first three tracks, the piano enters "Quietly, and with a cruel reverberation."  The words of Pinsky and e.e. cummings then blast beautifully to life "...a perhaps hand (which comes carefully out of nowhere)." "A Cry of the Peacocks" concludes the first movement on this artfully crafted CD which, even if coming from "out of nowhere" certainly begins to lead you to somewhere magical.

"Zygotones" takes you on a meandering journey of sense, sound and rhythm, urging you energetically through the music of Copland (with whom Goldberg had the thrill of working with personally) and jousting you jauntily through songs with names like "Music Box" and "Na na."  One of the later scores is even artfully titled "Noise Practice," confirming my earlier assertion.

Goldberg is such a well-known talent, an award winner in her native Australia and internationally known for her interpretations of new music, that two of the pieces were written especially for her.  "Windy Gestures" gusts you gently through the channels of sound as "A Book of Symmetries" proves to erupt into everything it promises, including a "Celebration" and "Polyrhythmic Heaven."

A unique, multi-dimensional work, "Zygotones" proves note after note this is not your ordinary music.  Although it does follow suit since, if you really think about it, even ordinary music is technically noise.  But all music is surely not as passionately adept as Loretta Goldberg's piano.