In 2008, the Diamond Opera Theatre of Hudson performed his one-act opera "Red Carnations." He writes deceptively simple yet inherently beautiful music, as displayed in the new collection "Journeys" (MSR Classics). The performances are by Annette Heim, flute, and Bret Heim, guitar, two artists from Alabama who've taken an obvious shine to Baksa's music. The series of three sonatas has a fluent grace in the writing and a pitch-perfect ease in the performances. In the disc's finale, "Celestials," everything comes together into something more evocative, with movements that depict scenes of weather. Even Baksa's depictions of wind and rain storms are inviting.