At first blush, the music of greatest interest on this disc might appear to be Rainbow Body by Christopher Theofanidis and blue cathedral by Jennifer Higdon. Theofanidis demonstrates that orchestration is his strength, and he makes good use of his skills. Yet in spite of the sumptuous sonorities he produces, Theofanidis seems caught up in late ...
Jennifer Higdon is not only one of the most acclaimed of contemporary women composers, but one of the most widely performed and appreciated of contemporary American composers in general. Anyone unfamiliar with her work should check out at least one of her albums.Though not claiming to have synesthesia like Scriabin, color and visual imagery play ...
Jennifer Higdon is a forty-something composer who teaches at Curtis and has garnered a lot of attention and interest where it counts -- commissions from major performers and orchestras, Guggenheim fellowships, residencies with major ensembles and festivals, and acclaim from critics and audiences alike. With the Telarc CD City Scape, Higdon has ...
At first glance, the album Strange Imaginary Animals may look like a whimsical musical menagerie, perhaps an avant-garde update on Carnival of the Animals; but this 2006 release from Çedille is more intellectually demanding and esoterically puzzling than its improbable title and cover art may suggest. These six colorful works for chamber ensemble ...
This CD presents ten interesting works, in diverse styles, by as many composers. Pauline Oliveros' Poem of Change (1992) is a powerful and thoughtful piece for evocative sound effects, voice and accordion. Nurit Tilles' Raw Silk (A Rag) (1994), is an alternatively sultry and light-hearted virtuosic piano work. Linda Montano's mysterious Portrait ...
Jennifer Higdon is a 40-something composer who teaches at Curtis and has garnered a lot of attention and interest where it counts -- commissions from major performers and orchestras, Guggenheim fellowships, residencies with major ensembles and festivals, and acclaim from critics and audiences alike. With the Telarc CD City Scape, Higdon has ...
String Poetic -- American Works: A 21st Century Perspective is the fifth album violinist Jennifer Koh has made for Çedille Records; here pianist Reiko Uchida, who is a member of Columbia University's Moebius Ensemble, joins Koh in a recital of four works. A highly interesting program puts a challenge to received notions as to what shakes out in ...
Marin Alsop's recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra features three stylistically diverse contemporary works. James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, written in 1990, was his breakthrough piece, and remains one of his most frequently performed works. Thomas Adès' Chamber Symphony, written in the same year, likewise brought him ...
Before becoming one of the most successful orchestral composers of the early twenty first century, Jennifer Higdon studied as a flutist and found an audience through her compositions for that instrument. It's not surprising, then, to find that it is central to this 2008 album from Koch of Higdon's chamber music, and that her work from over two ...
The Ying Quartet's "LifeMusic" project is a set of commissions for new works from top American composers, each "drawn from some aspect of life in America." The series offers a good way for a buyer to get acquainted with the styles of composers whose names may turn up in blogs or articles about awards, but whom most listeners will have heard only ...
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