Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Messiaen Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps, Christina Astrand, Johnny Teyssier, Henrik Dam Thomsen, and Per Salo

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  We all know by now that "war is hell," but then some wars are better than others. No doubt most of us I hope are still very glad...

Astor Piazzolla, Album for Astor, Bjarke Mogensen, The Danish Chamber Players, Johan Bridger, Mathias Heise

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Like Villa-Lobos did for the Brazilian Choros only even more so, Argentinian Astor Piazzolla has taken the local Tango form and made from it...
Thursday, March 16, 2023

Cappella Romana, Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation, John Tavener, Ikon of Light

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  Eastern Orthodox Chant and Liturgical Music is one of the sometimes neglected Wonders of the Musical World and a form that has seen import...
Friday, March 10, 2023

Thomas Ades, Marchentanze

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  It can easily be argued that Thomas Ades is at the very top of the English crop of Modernist composers active today. The recent M archenta...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Nicholas Chase, Tiny Thunder

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  Composer Nicholas Chase gives to us a new EP of mesmerizing solo piano music entitled Tiny Thunder (Cold Blue CB 0064). Pianist Bryon Pezz...
Monday, March 6, 2023

Howard Hersh, A Crown of Feathers, Music for Soloists

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  I've appreciated Howard Hersch's compositions for quite a while now. Type his name in the search box above for previous reviews. T...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Catalyst Quartet, Uncovered, Volume 3, Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, George Walker

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  The Catalyst Quartet shows itself to be a first class, ultra-musical outfit with their third volume of Uncovered (Azica ACD-71357 download...