Samuel Adler: Cantos
In queste pagine si è più volte sottolineato come la prospettiva musicale contemporanea proveniente dagli Stati Uniti sia ancora piuttosto distante da quella europea: mentre la prima abbraccia e gioca con i fantasmi del...
Cindy McTee: Circuits • Symphony No 1: Ballet for Orchestra • Einstein’s Dream •...
"..... the elements of musical character and the style of Cindy McTee are perfectly represented in this compilation made by Naxos: we listen to compositions as Symphony no. 1, where the moods of Beethoven (of the Fifth Symphony) become...
Vincent Persichetti: Harpsichord sonatas
Molti appassionati di musica classica castrano la conoscenza del periodo delle composizioni interessanti al clavicembalo subito dopo la sua sostituzione con il pianoforte. Il lasso temporale che caratterizza il vuoto compositivo dell'Ottocento viene praticamente...
Jack Gallagher: Symphony n. 2 “Ascendant”/Quiet Reflections
The "American" musical structures of Jack Gallagher's compositions seem to show the influence of his mentor Siegmeister's orchestral composition, his mentor, but really they have many reflexive features of a special national identity; they...
Paul Moravec: Violin concerto
In Moravec's violin concerto the score given to the violinist Maria Bachmann is long and essential, and much of the pathos of the concert is determined by her skills; revised in 2013, the Violin...
Ned Rorem: Piano album I/Six Friends
".....Between calculated joy and realism of lived experience, with a natural musical depth without any mysticism, the thumbnails of "The Piano Album I/ Six Friends", played by the talented Carolyn Enger, run precious, making...
Osias Wilenski: Oboe Concerto
In Wilenski's composition for oboe you can discern an excellent composition; we have tension, and a direction towards impressionistic melody that shows the beauty of the use of an oboe in an orchestra and...
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...
Leonard Bernstein/Tan Dun: Touches and traces
Warren Lee's piano recital highlights a common matrix between the music of Leonard Bernstein and Tan Dun: the French music legacy of Chopin and Debussy. But the color and the moods of this music...
Nils Vigeland: Piano Music (Life sketches)
"Piano Music (Life Sketches)" contains many souls of American modern music, but Vigeland also shows different paths: by listening to the recent compositions for piano one has the feeling of being distant from those...
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Zakir Hussain
A chi non è in grado di cogliere le sfumature importanti della tabla opporrei di approfondire sull'antefatto e la lecture di Zakir Hussein ad...
