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Bacewicz, Ysaye, Enescu: Music for Strings
That three-dimensional sound stage really makes these works come alive. It also highlights the interplay between instruments, something key to all three works.
Top-flight recording, and top-flight performances.
David Johnson Piano Music: Unfamiliar and Appealing
This is a fascinating collection of pieces. Some are quite simple. Others sound challenging to play. Johnson writes in a primarily tonal style. But that doesn't limit him to simple harmonies.
#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 4, 2024
What continually surprises me is how much music is yet to be discovered from earlier centuries. And also how much of it was known at the time, but somehow fell into obscurity.
Amazing Miniatures by Janis Kepitis Ripe for Discovery
Nora Luse plays with sympathy and enthusiasm. These may be small pieces, but she takes them seriously. And in the process reveals some marvelous miniatures of beauty
Akadamie fur Alte Musik Berlin Performs CPE Bach
This release presents a sampling of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach symphonies. The works They span a forty-year period, starting when Bach was in Berlin, and ending when he was in Hamburg. They're in the empfindsam, or sentimental style.
#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 3, 2024
What continually surprises me is how much music is yet to be discovered from earlier centuries. And also how much of it was known at the time, but somehow fell into obscurity.
Gustov Hoyer: Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Gustav Hoyer's "Rime of the Ancient Marriner" works on two levels. And that's a remarkable feat.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Falletta Echo Success
The BSO and Falletta give the symphony a stirring reading. It's a performance I found satisfying with repeated listening.
Pal Hermann Complete Surviving Music Series Concludes with Delightful Oddities
Hermann did not survive the war, but his music did. It's take a while, but that music lives again in these Toccata Classics recordings. And to my ears, they sound as fresh and inventive as the day they were penned.
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