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.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Barbora Kolarova, Imp in Impulse, Solo Violin by Le Boeuf, Francaix, Slavicky

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The world of unaccompanied violin, viola or cello works might be seen as subject to some prime influences. Nowadays there is of course the...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Tesla Quartet, Alexander Fiterstein, Joy & Desolation, Chamber Works by Mozart, Finzi, Corigliano, Heredia

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Something now hundreds of years back and the date was 1789, more exactly 231 years ago now,  Mozart so admired the clarinet playing of Ant...
Monday, February 24, 2020

Mark John Mcencroe, Musical Images for Chamber Orchestra, Reflections and Recollections Vol. 2, Janacek Philharmonic, Anthony Armore

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When covering the newest of the New Music along with the more "classic" staples of Modernity and sometimes neglected works from ...
Friday, February 21, 2020

APNM, Volume One, Chamber Music, Volume Two, Computer + Electronic Music

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The APNM (Association for the Promotion of New Music) provides the New Music community out there with an invaluable boost. It came into...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Barbara Harbach, Orchestral Music V, Expressions for Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Angus

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The prolific Barbara Harbach has a good number of releases of her music on MSR Records, among other labels. Her latest, Orchestral Music V...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Heare Ensemble, Vox, Music of George Crumb, Narong Prangcharoen, Stacy Garrop, Carter Pann

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Vox (Innova 040) allows our ears to bask in Modern Chamber Music of a less abstract sort, with a nod to evocative meaning. The Heare Ensem...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Shih-Hui Chen, Silvergrass & Other Orchestral Works

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The liner notes to today's album rightly call this music "intercultural composition." And so it is. Chinese composer Shih-Hu...
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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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