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, August 28, 2023

Steve Reich, The String Quartets, Mivos Quartet

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  The music, the performances and the meaningful musical synergy present on this revelatory recording of Steve Reich's  The String Quart...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Georgina Isabel Rossi and Silvie Cheng, Chorinho for Viola and Piano

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  The last post on these pages was for viola and piano and it was a good one (with Amaro Duboise and TingTing Tao in full command). Today we...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Amaro Dubois, TingTing Yao, Luz for Viola and Piano

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Viola tonemaster Amaro Dubois teams with ultra-sensitive accompanist- pianist TingTing Yao for a intoxicating  mélange  of  heady but balanc...
Thursday, August 3, 2023

Taylor Joshua Rankin, Sun, Will Grow, New Music of an Unexpected Sort

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  Here is music that a filmmaker who is brilliantly musical might make, as I am discovering also recently from the opposite end in a survey ...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Jenny Beck, Up to the Surface, New and Very Personal Electronic Music

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  In an era that culminated perhaps in the interjection of electronics into every avenue of Pop music, we see a continued, healthful respons...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Sirius Quartet, Playing On the Edge 3, New Music for String Quartet

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  The string quartet continues today in a wealth of compositions that epitomize at times the state-of-the-art of serious music as practiced ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Lei Liang, Six Seasons, Mivos Quartet

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  Lei Liang gives us a most unusual work for a string quartet as a part of the source and inspiration for the boldly  sprawling soundscape S...
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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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