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...
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...
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"...
Canadian Chamber Music – Sounds of our time, Music for cello and piano
"The Canadian Classics series is enriched by another interesting chapter devoted to writing for cello and piano, with compositions by Canadian young composers. The performers are the duo Rachel Mercer (cello) and Angela Park...
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...
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...
Spanish guitar music
In relazione al carattere espresso dalla musica del suo paese, Albeniz dicharava: "... la musica è un pò infantile, semplice, vivace, ma alla fine, la gente, il nostro popolo spagnolo è qualcosa che si...
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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...
