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, October 30, 2017

Dutka, Prepared Piano, Whale's Teeth

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John Cage is rightly given the credit for inventing the prepared piano, the practice of placing tone-altering objects between or on top o...

Friday, October 27, 2017

Georgy Sviridov, Russia Adrift, Snow is Falling, Music for Chamber Orchestra, Choirs, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra

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Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)? The back cover blurb to the release at hand tells me he is one of Russia's most celebrated modern figures...

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Ellen Nisbeth, Bengt Forsberg, Let Beauty Awake, Vaughan Williams, Clarke, Britten

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Let Beauty Awake (BIS 2183 SACD). As the title suggests, violist Ellen Nisbeth and pianist Bengt Forsberg treat us to some five modern 20...

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Igor Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress, Fritz Reiner

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To be honest, Stravinsky's final opera The Rake's Progress has been a work where I tend to run hot and cold. Ever since I found an...

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Patrizio Esposito, Resonating Body, Ensemble Interface

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What sounds right in a modern zone can come through invariably if you have a composer and ensemble that knows what they are about. Ensemb...

Monday, October 23, 2017

Thomas Ades, Asyla, Tevot, Polaris, London Symphony Orchestra

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For present-day modernist contemporary orchestral music, one does not find a more talented and sure handed exponent than the English compo...

Friday, October 20, 2017

Chevere, Cuban-American New Music Collaborations

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Ansonica Records continues to create situations of Cuban-American confluence, collaborative projects that bring together US composers and ...

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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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