Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review

Modern classical and avant garde concert music of the 20th and 21st centuries forms the primary focus of this blog. It is hoped that through the discussions a picture will emerge of modern music, its heritage, and what it means for us.

Monday, September 20, 2021

Inna Faliks, Reimagine: Beethoven and Ravel

The world of music has many facets of course and if you are like me the whole everloving Pop scene seems ever more vast and mysterious. I&...

Monday, September 13, 2021

Nomi Epstein, Sounds

US composer Nomi Epstein appears before us on a CD album with six compositions for solo piano and a few for small chamber configurations. ...

Friday, September 10, 2021

Jan Lisiecki, Frederic Chopin, Complete Nocturnes

A good case could be made that Chopin's "Nocturnes" and Satie's "Gymnopedies" make for some of the most striki...

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Joan Tower, Strike Zones and Other Works, Evelyn Glennie, Blair McMillen, Albany Symphony, David Alan Miller

Sometimes when it is a matter of New Music an anthology of various composers and works can be quite illuminating, but as far as any given ...

Prisma, Vol. 5, Contemporary Works for Orchestra, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Petrolik, Stanislav Vavrinek

For each and every newly recorded composer-composition there does not necessarily exist an awakened lifestyle of success and continuation....

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Reed Tetzloff, Schumann, Carnaval, Sonata op.11

If "September Song" is in my head, it is partly because I write these lines early in September of the current year, and too beca...

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Sonidos Cubanos 2, An Anthology of Modern Works by Cuban Composers

One way you might gauge how the Contemporary music world is changing is to contemplate the contents of a recent anthology of Contemporary ...

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About Me

Grego Applegate Edwards: Cape May, New Jersey, United States; I am a life-long writer, musician, composer and editor. I wrote for Cadence for many years, a periodical covering jazz and improv music. My combined Blogspot blogs (as listed in the links) now cover well over 3,000 recordings in review. It's been a labor of love. The music is chosen because I like it, for the most part, so you won't find a great deal of nastiness here. I have no affiliations and gain nothing from liking what I do, so that makes me somewhat impartial. I do happen to like a set of certain musics done well, so it's not everything released that gets coverage on these blogs. I have thirteen volumes of compositions available on amazon.com. Just type in "Grego Applegate Edwards" to find them. (But one is under "Gregory Applegate Edwards.") I went to music and higher education schools and got degrees. It changed my life and gave me the ability to think and write better. I've studied with master musicians, too. The benefits I gained from them are invaluable. I appreciate my readers. You are why I write these reviews. I hope the joy of music enriches your life like it does mine. Thank you. And thank you to all the artists that make it possible.

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