Il corale a planare di Tigran Hamasyan
La buona riuscita di una registrazione corale in larga scala sta spesso nei dettagli di come viene costruita: il posizionamento acustico degli elementi del coro, la scelta produttiva di far risaltare le voci in...
Eleanor Cory: Things Are, String quartet n. 3 and other compositions
An invitation to rediscover the compositions of Eleanor Cory arises from the consideration of the beauty of her musical interlockings: she emphasizes the essential role of the instruments used in the composition, she builds...
Jia Daqun: Chamber works
Jia Daqun's music provides a delicate pleasure of listening. It shows a search for common paths between the classical Western music and traditional Chinese music: harmony, timbre and melodies can be shared in a...
Julia Wolfe: Anthracite fields
E' una verità piuttosto evidente quella che vede le commissioni giudicatrici del Pulitzer Prize del settore musicale tendenti alla premiazione di composizioni divise tra il post-moderno e il post-romantico: nel 2015 uno dei più...
An Alternative Modernism: David Diamond’s String Quartets Nos. 2, 9 & 10
The American composer David Diamond would seem to have been something of a master of unfortunate timing. Holding to the indispensability of melody and traditional compositional techniques when both were thought to be in...
Christopher Rouse: Seeing/Kabir Padavali
“Seeing” is probably the best piece by Christopher Rouse that refers to one area of his artistic personality that has not been fully exploited, i.e. his interest in the quotation. Rouse’s composition constantly alerts...
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5
The fifth string quartet by Philip Glass, which he wrote in 1991, has a more varied configuration than the previous quartets; with a fatalistic impression, typical of post-modern music, "String Quartet No. 5" flies...
Yael Manor’s debut recording at the American Composers Alliance
L'ACA (American Composers Alliance) è un organismo di promozione dell'attività compositiva americana nato nel 1937 grazie all'opera di Aaron Copland ed altri compositori per porre in essere la materialità delle pratiche compositive ed esecutive...
Askell Masson: Music for clarinet
One of the particularities highlighted by Askell Masson has been to combine modern techniques for the clarinet with impressionistic writing. Naxos Records is releasing an exciting and almost complete volume of recordings in which...
Andrew Staniland: Talking down the tiger and other compositions
Andrew Staniland is among the heirs of the best Canadian electroacoustic music. He is a composer particularly stimulated by developments of the old classical composition, as well as by the new doctrines of electronics....
Notizie
La stagione 2024 del Syntax Ensemble
BETWEEN è la titolazione dell'imminente stagione di concerti autunnali del Syntax Ensemble. Dal "tra" inglese si desume una condizione di 'esistenza', modalità di presenze...
