Managing Editor Grant Chu Covell works in the Boston area. He once worked for a global technology company that made hardware which Xenakis and Babbitt used to good effect. He was the publisher of the brilliant but forgotten The Periodic Journal of Bibliography (1990-95), and his music reviews have appeared in EAR Magazine and InMusic. His instrumental and electroacoustic music has been performed in the U.S. and abroad, and he has shared many CDs of his music with family and friends (one piece was recorded in a refrigerator). A short article about a composition he wrote for piano and tape can be found in the Csound Magazine. Two electroacoustic works have appeared in commercial compilations: Presence III and The Door Project. A recent CD can be found here, and another is in preparation. A long departed family dog’s name was taken from a character in Wagner’s Ring.
Grant Chu Covell
A Late Last-But-Not-Least List
The Kagel fan who doesn’t already own this must be in a coma. Anyone who cares about 20th-century music absolutely has to have it.
A Late Last-But-Not-Least List
The Kagel fan who doesn’t already own this must be in a coma. Anyone who cares about 20th-century music absolutely has to have it.
Haydn, Carter and Mahler at the BSO
When Elliott Carter ambled towards Symphony Hall’s proscenium to acknowledge the ovation for his Horn Concerto’s performance, it was hard to separate praise from encouragement.
Haydn, Carter and Mahler at the BSO
When Elliott Carter ambled towards Symphony Hall’s proscenium to acknowledge the ovation for his Horn Concerto’s performance, it was hard to separate praise from encouragement.
Italian Vacation 5.
Always-reliable mode’s charming portrait of two influential and beloved mid-century Italian composers begins with Petrassi’s spry Stravinsky centenary offering, scored for mandolin, guitar, viola, cello, double-bass and percussion.
Italian Vacation 5.
Always-reliable mode’s charming portrait of two influential and beloved mid-century Italian composers begins with Petrassi’s spry Stravinsky centenary offering, scored for mandolin, guitar, viola, cello, double-bass and percussion.
Armchair Operas 1.
Dacapo describes Langgaard’s bizarre Antikrist as a “religious mystery opera,” “magnificent doomsday vision” and “full length nightmare.”
Armchair Operas 1.
Dacapo describes Langgaard’s bizarre Antikrist as a “religious mystery opera,” “magnificent doomsday vision” and “full length nightmare.”
Mostly Symphonies 5.
This auspicious recording, the first on the CSO’s own label, is a keeper to shelve near Horenstein’s beloved Third.
Mostly Symphonies 5.
This auspicious recording, the first on the CSO’s own label, is a keeper to shelve near Horenstein’s beloved Third.
EA Bucket 7: Working Masters
The middle release in a Sub Rosa trio contains three Ferrari works defying simple explanation.
EA Bucket 7: Working Masters
The middle release in a Sub Rosa trio contains three Ferrari works defying simple explanation.
EA Bucket 6: Historic Releases
From the mid-1960s onward, Lilburn’s output was predominantly electro-acoustic. He became fascinated with the medium, characterizing his work with it as akin to painting.
EA Bucket 6: Historic Releases
From the mid-1960s onward, Lilburn’s output was predominantly electro-acoustic. He became fascinated with the medium, characterizing his work with it as akin to painting.
Pièces de Clavecin 2: Jean-Philippe Rameau
The composer, rumored to have been gaunt and short-tempered, earned greater attention for his 1722 Treatise on Harmony than his music or organ playing had by then achieved.
Pièces de Clavecin 2: Jean-Philippe Rameau
The composer, rumored to have been gaunt and short-tempered, earned greater attention for his 1722 Treatise on Harmony than his music or organ playing had by then achieved.
EA Bucket 5.
In our post-everything era, we seem to be awash in historical electroacoustic music in large measure created in pre-digital days, with and without instruments, and again in large measure, reflecting chaos and sweat.
EA Bucket 5.
In our post-everything era, we seem to be awash in historical electroacoustic music in large measure created in pre-digital days, with and without instruments, and again in large measure, reflecting chaos and sweat.
Pièces de Clavecin 1: Francois Couperin
The first musical Couperin was a farmer, but his progeny, male and female, taught French royalty and kept an organ post in the family for 173 years at the Church of Saint-Gervais in Paris.
Pièces de Clavecin 1: Francois Couperin
The first musical Couperin was a farmer, but his progeny, male and female, taught French royalty and kept an organ post in the family for 173 years at the Church of Saint-Gervais in Paris.
Ferneyhough & Stockhausen: Grubby and Gruppen
Compared to his previous compositions, Ferneyhough’s Shadowtime is easy going. It’s almost as if his California tenure exposed him too thoroughly to Desperate Housewives and American Idol.
Ferneyhough & Stockhausen: Grubby and Gruppen
Compared to his previous compositions, Ferneyhough’s Shadowtime is easy going. It’s almost as if his California tenure exposed him too thoroughly to Desperate Housewives and American Idol.
Mozart and Tan Dun at the Met (with a Detour to China)
Presumably change comes slowly to venerable institutions, especially when art, tradition and money collide.
Mozart and Tan Dun at the Met (with a Detour to China)
Presumably change comes slowly to venerable institutions, especially when art, tradition and money collide.