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, December 23, 2021

Benedict Sheehan, Vespers, Eastern Orthodox Choral Music, The St. Tikhon Choir

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This time of year always seems right for choral music--for obvious reasons. And so I am listening to something nicely turned and somewhat ...

Monday, December 20, 2021

Dave Flynn, Irish Minimalism

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On some level the Minimalist turn at times has been consonant with hypnotic repetitions in Folk music the world round. With composer Dave ...

Sunday, December 19, 2021

John Harbison, Diotima, Dawn Upshaw, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose

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I was happy to discover the music of John Harbison at the very beginning of my serious interest in New Music, thanks to some of the more a...

Richard Carr, Over the Ridge, String Quartet Music Out of the Pandemic and Beyond

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, With no doubt a certain amount of determination we face each week nowadays and look to the good things as we come across them. Today th...

Jeanne Golan, It Takes One to Tango, Works of Contemporary and Recovered Voices Composers, Solo Piano

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The most valuable musicians and music people to me these days are those with the courage and insightful instincts when it comes to music w...

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Amaro Dubois, Adoration, Music of the Americas, Viola-Piano Works by Price, Clarke, Coleridge-Taylor, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Guerra-Peixe, Fanny Mendelssohn, with Tingting Yao

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I cannot always tell day-to-day what new musical treasures will await my ears, but there are ever good things. Today there is a fine and a...

Gyorgy Kurtag, Six moments musicaux, Officium breve, Antonin Dvorak, String Quintet, Parker Quartet, Kim Kashkashian

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Some of the best recordings in the New Music world combine brilliant compositions with special performances, vivid readings. Such things a...

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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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