The title of the Red Violin Concerto by John Corigliano may suggest to some listeners that they're getting an expanded version of the composer's music from the successful film, which grew from a recurring motif in the film soundtrack itself to the closely related The Red Violin: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra. This is not exactly true; the last ...
A prominent figure in American modernist circles through most of the twentieth century, Leon Kirchner is a highly regarded composer, though his music is perhaps more often discussed than performed, due to its dense chromaticism, angular lines, and generally dark and introspective expressions. This 2007 release from Albany brings together Kirchner ...
Featuring lovely transcriptions of Dvorák's monumental Op. 81, Piano Quintet; his melancholy String Quartet, Op. 51; and his soulful Romance, Op. 11, this disc will be at once familiar and surprising to Dvorák fans. It is also on the short list of the most beautiful recordings of Dvorák's chamber music for winds since the Ma'alot Quintet released ...
Composer Justin Dello Joio is the seventh generation of composers in his family, and this recording of his works is sure to bring pride to his family name. Every aspect of this album is well thought out, from his intellectual and structured approach to composition, his wise selection of musicians chosen to premiere his works, to the insightful and ...
Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg lived through some of the worst years of the twentieth century and his music sometimes sounds that way. Five of the six works on this 2008 Naxos disc were written between 1942 and 1950, the years after Schoenberg had left Nazi Europe for Los Angeles and converted back to his natal Judaism. The spirit of ...
Composer and pianist Marc Neikrug wrote Through Roses in 1979 and 1980. The piece could technically be classified as a melodrama, a work in which spoken word, usually poetry, is accompanied by music, but Through Roses transcends that definition and defies easy categorization. It might also be considered music theater, or a monodrama, since the ...
American violinist Soovin Kim has chosen for the program of his fifth album two works from the French repertoire for his instrument. The first is Ernest Chausson's Concert in D major for violin, piano, and string quartet, a composition with which many listeners may be completely unfamiliar. While the piece is pleasant enough, it's also easy to see ...
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