Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde concertos n .7 e n.8/A spell for green corn
"...The Strathclyde concerto n. 7 is dedicated to the double bass and looks like a test in progress, constantly addressed to probable events, in which the instrument plays solitary scores that are widely expressive....
....the...
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...
Roberto Sierra: Sinfonia n. 4/Fandangos/Carnaval
"...the skill of Sierra lies in the fact that his stylistic formula is a attractive condensation of music, not rhetorical, tending to the exaltation of some timbral colors (the usual good combinations of sounds...
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...
Peteris Vasks: Flute Concerto
Flute Concerto proves that Vasks not only is one of the most prominent figures in the field of choral music, but also in the other classical segments (from instrumental concerts to chamber music and...
Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concertos nos. 5 and 6
"......From the musical point of view, in Strathclyde n. 5 the classical influences are mixed without slavishly provide those ancient models, the feeling evocated in the three movements of piece is the instrumental "strangeness"...
John Corigliano: Conjurer/Vocalise
"....in "Conjurer" we feel alternately mysterious marimbas (the movement Wood), insightful bells, resonating gongs and telepathic drums (the movements Cadence), vibraphones that swallow the time (the movement of metal), compelling mix of membranes and...
Jennifer Higdon: Early Chamber Works
"...with a path addressed toward a personal way to hear the scores, the composer has revitalized authors like Copland, Bartok or Hindemith without being in any way a replica, especially with the string instruments...
Luis Tinoco: Round Time
Luìs Tinoco (1969) è un compositore portoghese di cui si conoscevano discograficamente alcuni lavori da camera, sparsi tra raccolte compilative sui compositori portoghesi tra cui dei quintetti ai fiati (soprattutto "Light - distance, "O...
Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto no.2 e altre nuove composizioni
E' noto che il compositore britannico Peter Maxwell Davies abbia affrontato in maniera piuttosto completa la materia del concerto dividendola per singolo strumento e di come la Naxos abbia oramai ristampato buona parte del...
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Il Music Unlimited festival a Wels
Prende il via domani uno dei principali e storici festival europei di improvvisazione. A Wels, città austriaca situata nella zona bavarese del paese, per...
