Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki Conductus funebris, etc., The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan

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The early music and baroque composers of Poland generally have not gotten the attention they merit in our modern era. Part of that has to ...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Zhou Long, Chen Yi, Symphony "Humen 1839," New Zealand Symphony, Darrell Ang

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There are a number of Chinese composers active today who are talented and original. A good example is Zhou Long (b. 1953), who is featured...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Penderecki, Magnificat, Kadisz, Warsaw Philharmonic, Antoni Wit

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Krzysztof Penderecki electrified the high-modernist new music world in the '60s with his highly dynamic orchestral and choral music. H...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Quatuor Danel, New Sounds from Manchester, Music for String Quartet

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From Manchester, England we have the Quatuor Danel playing five very modernist string quartets on New Sounds from Manchester (Metier 2854...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Joan Tower, Violin Concerto, Stroke, Chamber Dance, Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero

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American composer Joan Tower (b. 1938) has rapidly become one of the prevailing composers of our era. A childhood partly spent in South Am...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Arvo Part, Te Deum, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Peter Dijkstra

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Anybody reading this blog regularly no doubt knows Arvo Part as one of the leading composers of our times. He has had a huge influence on ...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Gian Francesco Malipiero, Sinfonia degli eroi, Amaury du Closel

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In the Italian rebirth of instrumental music during the last century, Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) played a central role, yet does...