Articles tagged 'Feldman'
Armchair Operas 8.
A week spent in Stockholm put me near the Raoul Wallenberg memorial, sited within view of the capitol’s water and synagogue. Easy to miss at first, the granite sphere soon becomes a landmark.
Armchair Operas 8.
A week spent in Stockholm put me near the Raoul Wallenberg memorial, sited within view of the capitol’s water and synagogue. Easy to miss at first, the granite sphere soon becomes a landmark.
Taking Random for a Walk
My too-early listening – at a low volume setting so as not to disturb Best Beloved – includes late-Feldman anything and, these days especially, Haydn’s string quartets most handsomely performed on the Tacet label by Auryn Quartet.
Taking Random for a Walk
My too-early listening – at a low volume setting so as not to disturb Best Beloved – includes late-Feldman anything and, these days especially, Haydn’s string quartets most handsomely performed on the Tacet label by Auryn Quartet.
Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry
Perhaps I’m reading into what I hear: a trace of melancholy sentiment in a flawless execution…
Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry
Perhaps I’m reading into what I hear: a trace of melancholy sentiment in a flawless execution…
Mostly Symphonies 20.
Exuberant performances propel charming, uncomplicated music. Look beyond the Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture and hear why later compatriots heralded Glinka as Russian music’s father.
Mostly Symphonies 20.
Exuberant performances propel charming, uncomplicated music. Look beyond the Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture and hear why later compatriots heralded Glinka as Russian music’s father.
String Theory 3: Viols and Violas
What are the odds that we’d have two shakes at one Aperghis opus?
String Theory 3: Viols and Violas
What are the odds that we’d have two shakes at one Aperghis opus?
Piano Trios
Compared with the string quartet, contemporary piano trios are in short supply. After Ravel, Ives, Shostakovich and perhaps Schnittke, few 20th-century works have become staples.
Piano Trios
Compared with the string quartet, contemporary piano trios are in short supply. After Ravel, Ives, Shostakovich and perhaps Schnittke, few 20th-century works have become staples.
String Theory 2: Violoncellos and Basses with Support
Canonici produces vivid playing, a wonder to behold. However, these modernist solos with their brutal snap pizzicatos, soaring harmonics, low growling and frenetic tremolos tend to blur together.
String Theory 2: Violoncellos and Basses with Support
Canonici produces vivid playing, a wonder to behold. However, these modernist solos with their brutal snap pizzicatos, soaring harmonics, low growling and frenetic tremolos tend to blur together.
Piano Factory 2.
Debussy and Messiaen live on in the filigree and chords of Murail’s poetic piano compositions.
Piano Factory 2.
Debussy and Messiaen live on in the filigree and chords of Murail’s poetic piano compositions.
Artur Schnabel’s “Love Affair”
We learn, perhaps to our surprise, that Artur Schnabel, the venerated Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert specialist, preferred composing to performing.
Artur Schnabel’s “Love Affair”
We learn, perhaps to our surprise, that Artur Schnabel, the venerated Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert specialist, preferred composing to performing.
Naxos Bowl 3: Some American Classics
Easily matching the Arditti’s premiere recording (Montaigne MO 782091), the Pacificas seem to delight in the Fifth’s halting momentum and casual recollection of the previous four.
Naxos Bowl 3: Some American Classics
Easily matching the Arditti’s premiere recording (Montaigne MO 782091), the Pacificas seem to delight in the Fifth’s halting momentum and casual recollection of the previous four.
Non-Trivial Simplicity
Neophyte composers love their materials to death. Been there, done that: repeating the same damned progressions simply because the suspension pleased me, unaware that neighbors were arranging for my untimely demise.
Non-Trivial Simplicity
Neophyte composers love their materials to death. Been there, done that: repeating the same damned progressions simply because the suspension pleased me, unaware that neighbors were arranging for my untimely demise.
You There! Yes, You! Why Are You an Audiophile?
As for challenging sensibilities with brash provocations — musical modernism’s once-vibrant subtext — Feldman’s subversions take the least assaultive route.
You There! Yes, You! Why Are You an Audiophile?
As for challenging sensibilities with brash provocations — musical modernism’s once-vibrant subtext — Feldman’s subversions take the least assaultive route.