The music of Zwilich, Pärt, Kirchner, and Silverman has little in common from a compositional standpoint. What unites these four composers is the fact that each of them composed a piano trio that was either commissioned by or dedicated to the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Each of these living composers has enjoyed remarkable success, and ...
A prominent figure in American modernist circles through most of the twentieth century, Leon Kirchner is a highly regarded composer, though his music is perhaps more often discussed than performed, due to its dense chromaticism, angular lines, and generally dark and introspective expressions. This 2007 release from Albany brings together Kirchner ...
Covering the most fertile decades of the avant-garde movement in the United States, American String Quartets, 1950-1970 is a comprehensive survey of the most influential works in this concentrated genre. Broadly divided, these quartets represent either the full-flowering of post-Webern serialism or the more esoteric, philosophical conceptions of ...
Sequitur is a New York-based contemporary music ensemble that mixes up its bill of fare between conventional concerts, programs incorporating elements of dance and theater, and cabaret. Reviews on the New York concert circuit are generally laudatory, and Sequitur has instituted a label, Sequitur Recordings, to propagate the work of both the ...
Arnold Schoenberg is not typically thought of as an American composer despite having lived, taught, and composed in the United States for almost the last two decades of his life. His impact on American music, however, is most evident in the output of his many students. This album of violinist Hasse Borup and pianist Mary Kathleen Ernst showcases ...
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