Amy Beach's Piano Concerto in C sharp minor and her Symphony in E minor "Gaelic" are markedly different in purpose and character, but they complement each other rather well on this disc. Dark chromaticism and restless modulations mark the Piano Concerto as a work of late-Romantic turbulence and angst, yet Beach's rigorous control of her themes and ...
The pairing of horn trios by Brahms and Ligeti seems risky because admirers of the former may look askance at the latter, or else feel the gulf between these composers is too great to bring them together on one disc. It may be argued that Ligeti's Trio, "Hommage à Brahms" is a suitable companion piece for Brahms' Trio in E flat major, not only ...
Since minimalism is well-established as a major movement of the late twentieth century and widely practiced today, it may be surprising to find that John Adams' Grand Pianola (1982) ever provoked controversy. Yet its premiere riled the academic and avant-garde establishment, perhaps less for its explicit adoption of repetitive and additive ...
Charles Ives' songs played a pivotal role in his thinking, serving not only as material for many of his instrumental works but also as necessary focal points for his experimentation. What different ideas and techniques he might have developed without them is open to debate, though it is possible that Ives' inventive phrasings and aphoristic wit ...
There is a note on the back of this CD of Charles Wuorinen's Six Trios that may be misleading, so it warrants a caveat at the outset: it states, "...his musical career has more in common with Brahms and Beethoven than with any contemporary model," but this is not to say that his music sounds even remotely like them or any of his predecessors. To ...
Overlapping textures and soft, shifting timbres are the most recognizable features of Morton Feldman's music, and his attractive sonorities draw listeners in ways other avant-garde sound structures may not. This music's appeal is also attributable to its gentle ambience, a static, meditative style that Feldman pioneered long before trance music ...
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