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, May 23, 2022

Carl Vine, Complete Piano Sonatas, Xiaoya Liu

There are those who insist that there is nothing new under the sun. They are reassured in this thought, no doubt, but they are wrong. Toda...

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Marti Epstein, Nebraska Impromptu, Chamber Music for Clarinet, Rane Moore, Windsor Music

There is something new under the sun with Marti Epstein and her Nebraska Impromptu (New Focus Recordings FCR 324). It is an album of musi...

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Matthew Aucoin, Orphic Moments, American Modern Opera Company, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose

Composers new to us open up unexpected musical autobiographical worlds, when things are right, that we never would hear otherwise. And i...

Peter Tomasz, Bach, Goldberg Variations

When it comes to Johann Sebastian Bach, a lifetime can be devoted to hearing it all and not seem enough. The keyboard/harpsichord works al...

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Max Richter, Exiles, Works for Orchestra

Sometimes lately I do some internet work in the morning and just keep playing the featured selection while I am doing that. By the time I ...

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Tyler Kline, Orchard, A Collection of 50 Short Piano Pieces

Tyler Kline is a composer of Modern-Tonal and Post-Tonal imagination. I cannot say I've had much exposure to his music--that is, until...

Yevgeny Kutik, The Death of Juliet and Other Tales, Music of Prokofiev, with Anna Polonsky

Prokofiev, when I was a young listener, specifically as it was in the USA, was distinctly not as popular as Stravinsky, at least in genera...

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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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