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.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Harrison Birtwhistle, Chamber Music

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Composer Harrison Birtwhistle (b. 1934) has been creating high modernist music for many decades, yet for some reason I have not paid him s...

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Bright Sheng, The Blazing Mirage, Hong Kong Philharmonic

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We all know something of the story of how classical music, jazz, blues, rock and (for better-or-worse) pop styles have diffused out of Eur...

Monday, April 28, 2014

Sergei Prokofiev, Semyon Kotko, Complete Opera

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Prokofiev's opera Semyon Kotko (Melodiya CD 10 02120 3-CD) is the least known of all he wrote. Part of that has to do with the politi...

Friday, April 25, 2014

Sean Hickey, Cursive, Piano and Chamber Works

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Sean Hickey composes like a "natural", meaning that his music strikes one as a kind of inevitable expression of a personal music...

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Samuel Zyman, 3 Concertos, Marisa Canales, Mercedes Gomez

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Some music doesn't particularly belong to a camp yet stands on its own so well it forms its own category of one. Samuel Zyman's mu...

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Reinhold Moritsevich Glière, Symphony No. 3, JoAnn Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

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Reinhold Moritsevich Glière (1875-1956) may not be at the tip of your tongue when it comes to naming Russian composers of the 20th centur...

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Witold Lutoslawski, Opera Omnia Vol. 4, Sym. No 1, Concerto for Orchestra

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As we pass the 100th anniversary of the birth of Polish composer Witold Lutowslawski (1913-1994), we are happily seeing a good deal of his...

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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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