Tuesday, September 27, 2022

John Wilson, Upon Further Reflection, Piano Works by Michael Tilson Thomas, George Gershwin-Earl Wild, Aaron Copland

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  Americana is a term applied to mostly North American composers, mostly in the 20th century, with music that has a pronounced vernacular ti...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Beethoven: The Symphonies, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nezet-Seguin

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  When I was coming of age as a serious follower of things Classical I naturally found my way to Beethoven's glorious symphonies, at fir...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Volume 4, Light Dances (Chamber Concerto No. 2), etc.

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  All across the musical planet we live on today, in the world of Classical music there are living composers galore, lots of them and not su...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Miniature Symphonies, Contemporary Examples by Milhaud, Mason, Benton, Nakatani, Scott, The Lowell Chamber Orchestra, Orlando Cela

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  A reaction to the potential bloat of gigantism and sprawling, lengthy symphonies, we have the counterthrust of the chamber miniature. A ti...
Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Lisa Batiashvili, Secret Love Letters, Franck, Szymanowski, Chausson, Debussy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin

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  In the realm of the development of Classical Music history over time of course we know how music in the Romantic phase paid new and more f...
Friday, September 16, 2022

Monica Pearce, Textile Fantasies

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  Monica Pearce writes music new to me, yet I feel close to it in temperament.   If you do not yet know of her, count her as a significant C...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

James Romig, The Complexity of Distance, Mike Scheidt, Solo Electric Guitar

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  , Over the years, there has been a gradual realization by some that the fully electric guitar, perhaps akin to the hurdy-gurdy or the vari...
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