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, November 9, 2015

McCormick Percussion Group, Plot: Music for Unspecified Instruments

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Works for percussion ensemble have evolved over the years, so that at times the idiomatic sorts of music like "Ionization" by Va...

Friday, November 6, 2015

Richard Wagner, Wesendonck-Lieder, Edward Elgar, Sea Pictures, etc. Sarah Rose Taylor, Nigel Potts

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When you listen to music over a lifetime, some of it becomes like "old friends," ever-generating of significant time spent, ever...

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Christopher Rouse, Seeing, Kabir Padavali, Albany Symphony, David Alan Miller

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Perhaps an excellent test for a recording of works of modern complexity is if on a few listens it remains vividly etched in the mind in sp...

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Accentus, Bruno Mantovani, Voices

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Accentus is a crack choral ensemble directed by Laurence Equilbey and Pieter-Jelle de Boer. They embark on an exploration of the works of ...

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Grazyna Bacewicz, Complete String Quartets 2, Lutoslawski Quartet

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Here we are in the middle of the second decade of the new millennium. We've finally gotten comfortable with the spelling of the word m...

Monday, November 2, 2015

Niels Lyhne Lokkegaard, Sound X Sound, Music for 30 Chromatic Tuners

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Another 45 RPM "Single," as it were, is now available from composer Niels Lyhne Lokkegaard, namely Sound X Sound Music for 30 Ch...

Philip Glass, Glassworlds 2, Complete Etudes Nos. 1-20, Nicolas Horvath

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There is a point where performance can make or break a work. I've certainly come to that with many pieces, but for some of the minimal...

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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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