Articles tagged 'Schnittke'
Used Bin Troll Tweets WW.
Gesualdo murdered his first wife. Here’s the lugubrious story scored by a descendant as a grand music drama.
Used Bin Troll Tweets WW.
Gesualdo murdered his first wife. Here’s the lugubrious story scored by a descendant as a grand music drama.
Narrow-Minded Opinionism 2.
It’s like a cable series that improves at midpoint.
Beethoven and Schnittke in Boston with the Danish String Quartet
At Jordan Hall in Boston this past Saturday, the Danish String Quartet offered spotless performances of two Beethoven quartets. There’s not much that can stand up to Beethoven, but the group made a persuasive and unflustered case for Schnittke.
Beethoven and Schnittke in Boston with the Danish String Quartet
At Jordan Hall in Boston this past Saturday, the Danish String Quartet offered spotless performances of two Beethoven quartets. There’s not much that can stand up to Beethoven, but the group made a persuasive and unflustered case for Schnittke.
Mostly Symphonies 28: Untangling Schnittke
For a full 48 minutes, there’s nothing ambiguous here, nothing that suggests its composer could command many styles and would with apparent frivolity combine them in the same work.
Mostly Symphonies 28: Untangling Schnittke
For a full 48 minutes, there’s nothing ambiguous here, nothing that suggests its composer could command many styles and would with apparent frivolity combine them in the same work.
String Theory 20: Mostly Violin (with Piano Accompaniment)
With coarse harmonies and a rhythmic engine requiring a few cranks before it hums, the two-movement Sonata emerges brooding and severe, wonderfully modern and unfamiliar.
String Theory 20: Mostly Violin (with Piano Accompaniment)
With coarse harmonies and a rhythmic engine requiring a few cranks before it hums, the two-movement Sonata emerges brooding and severe, wonderfully modern and unfamiliar.
String Theory 18: Bundled Quartets and a few Trios
I imagine that Gorton enjoys a good joke. In Fosdyke Wash, a sighing cello part is marked “like distant agricultural machinery.” At that point, the cello sounds like a mewling chainsaw at a far remove.
String Theory 18: Bundled Quartets and a few Trios
I imagine that Gorton enjoys a good joke. In Fosdyke Wash, a sighing cello part is marked “like distant agricultural machinery.” At that point, the cello sounds like a mewling chainsaw at a far remove.
Used Bin Troll Tweets N.
Powerful, unpredictable but engaging melodic contours tell forgotten stories, like reshuffled Copland pages molded into Sibelian peaks.
Used Bin Troll Tweets N.
Powerful, unpredictable but engaging melodic contours tell forgotten stories, like reshuffled Copland pages molded into Sibelian peaks.
Used Bin Troll Tweets M.
This wobbly No. 2 wouldn’t make any top-10 Mahler list, but the Twilight Zone composer’s Varèsian vignettes demand far more attention.
Used Bin Troll Tweets M.
This wobbly No. 2 wouldn’t make any top-10 Mahler list, but the Twilight Zone composer’s Varèsian vignettes demand far more attention.
(Dis)Arrangements 5.
In a mood to recycle, Sciarrino generally prefers to rummage through his own material. However, this disc presents a few pieces which adapt and twist others.
(Dis)Arrangements 5.
In a mood to recycle, Sciarrino generally prefers to rummage through his own material. However, this disc presents a few pieces which adapt and twist others.
Armchair Operas and Amusements 10.
The 89-minute documentary coalesces around the work that Barshai considered his most important: completing Bach’s Art of Fugue and producing a performing edition of Mahler’s Tenth.
Armchair Operas and Amusements 10.
The 89-minute documentary coalesces around the work that Barshai considered his most important: completing Bach’s Art of Fugue and producing a performing edition of Mahler’s Tenth.
Mostly Symphonies 24: Schnittke’s Ten
BIS rebundles a most idiosyncratic and essential symphonic cycle.
Mostly Symphonies 24: Schnittke’s Ten
BIS rebundles a most idiosyncratic and essential symphonic cycle.
Used Bin Troll Tweets A.
Sparked in part by Record Store Day… Here are notes from recent field trips…
Used Bin Troll Tweets A.
Sparked in part by Record Store Day… Here are notes from recent field trips…