The death of Robert Kurka in 1957 ended a promising career on the verge of success, which came posthumously with his acclaimed opera The Good Soldier Schweik. Kurka's music abounds with muscular counterpoint and dissonant but tonal harmonies, transparently orchestrated with a strong emphasis on brass and martial percussion. His style often ...
Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore has gathered four attractive works for soprano and orchestra, three related to tragic queens, and one romantically exotic. Barber wrote Andromache's Farewell for Martina Arroyo just before he turned to Antony and Cleopatra, and the concert aria sounds in some ways like a study for the opera. Its dramatic tone ...
Chicago's Cedille Records, which draws on the talent and scenes of the City of Neighborhoods, may offer an ideal blueprint for classical music's revival. Releases like this document music-making that has succeeded with audiences in a specific time and place, and the label has highlighted performers who have a knack for finding contemporary music ...
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