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.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Lara Downes, 13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg: Bach Reimagined

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The idea that there is nothing new under the sun is an old one. But even the sun changes. We have been reminded of that recently by periods...

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Anders Jormin, Ad Lucem

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Anders Jormin, composer and contrabassist, has put together a most distinctive album, Ad Lucem (ECM 2232 2786145). Though it's not what...

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Zack Browning, Secret Pulse

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In our digital age we are increasingly exposed to "rapid-cut" visual editing in music videos, advertisements, television shows an...

Monday, March 26, 2012

Divergence: Modern Concerti for Strings--Nicholas Sackman, Scott Michal, William Thomas McKinley

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There is no shortage of new music out there to hear if you look for it. Divergence (Navona 5858), for example, presents three concerti for...

Friday, March 23, 2012

Higdon - Clearfield - Primosch, Metamorphosis, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

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The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, a venerable choral organization, has been concertizing for 138 years. Only in the current tenure of a...

Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Eleanor Hovda Collection

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If like me, you have somehow managed largely to miss the music of Eleanor Hovda (1940-2009) you are in for a nice surprise. Innova has amass...

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Alexander Melnikov: Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concertos

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For whatever reason, it took me a while to appreciate the music of Shostakovich in my early listening days. He seemed overshadowed by Strav...

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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 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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