Although Isang Yun composed his mature chamber works in Berlin and regularly employed twelve-tone techniques and related systems of Western avant-garde music, it is fascinating to hear how the colors and lyricism of Korean folk music persisted in his soundworld and were openly refashioned in his late compositions. One may not recognize any obvious ...
The Munich Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of its new (as of the 2006-2007 season) director Alexander Liebreich, set out on a brave new mission. Their goal: to produce entire seasons of music under one unifying theme and include the music of Haydn in each of these themes. Impossible? Not if this album, entitled Farewell, on the ECM label is ...
In the Baroque era, concertos for two violins were common; Vivaldi composed a ton of them. Violin duets, too, were popular in the distant past, particularly in the Classical period. However, with the passage of time, composers have not kept up their end of the bargain in terms of writing works featuring paired violins. If you happen to be a violin ...
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