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Schnittke String Quartets Modern Classics
These were recordings I found myself returning to several times. Highly recommended.
Shuffle.Play.Listen
One could enjoy Shuffle.Play.Listen as a well-curated (and superbly executed) recital of different genres of music being incorporated into a concert hall experience.
Letter from Salzburg
No praise is too high for the stupendous playing of the Vienna Philharmonic and inspired conducting of Christian Thielemann in Richard Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten,
Cincinnati Symphony Presents American Portraits
American Portraits makes the case that music in this country is not just alive, but full of life as well. Highly recommended.
Cello Concertos by Mid-Century Masters
Recommended to anyone interested in unusual repertoire. And if you *hate* 20th Century music, you really should get a copy of this disc!
Robert Moran - Trinity Requiem for 9/11
The Trinity Requiem is a marvelous and moving work
Off the Deep End? That Depends.
Yesterday, while I was hosting "Gamut" I received a call from an unhappy listener who sternly told me that I had finally gone off the deep end, and he wanted his comment on record. OK, here it is.
Gaga About the Fugue
Italian composer Giovanni Dettori has composed a fugue based on a motif found in Lady Gaga's song, "Bad Romance." Composers have been using popular music for contrapuntal fodder for centuries -- sometimes to the disapproval of their audiences (or patrons).
Contemporary Classical Worth Contemplating
Not all the composers are dead. They're not all European, and they're not even all male.
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