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American musicologist and composer
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2024-04-04 03:30:00
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Respighi: Toccata for Piano and Orchestra; Casella: Partita for Piano and Orchestra (CD Review)
by Ryan RossJoshua Pierce, piano; Anton Nanüt, conductor; RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. MSR 1839 This disc’s program notes by Eric Salzman state that all the works on it are “modernist pieces with strong connections to tradition,” and “can be regarded as neo-classical.” While he qualifies the latter label for each in turn, these claims seem variably strained to me. Despite the fact that two of the pieces are by Italian contemporaries, it would be truer to acknowledge the heterogeneity of the music here and gladly stick to that. (As an aside, I am thoroughly exasperated by the looseness with which the term “modernism” is thrown around these days.) What really strikes me about this offering is not only how much each work should be considered on its own terms, but also how easily the familiarity and accessibility of the Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody can impede fair […]
2020-04-05 01:00:00
Brahms - Chamber Music
Brahms: String Sextet No. 2Schoenberg: Verklärte NächtWiener StreichsextettEMI 1990flac, cue. log. scans Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 Grieg: Cello Sonata R. Strauss: Cello Sonata Ludwig Hoelscher cello Hans Richter-Hasse piano DG Mono 1957 digital download, cover BrahmsClarinet QuintetString Quintet No. 2Michel Portal clarinetGerard Caussé violaMelos QuartettHarmonia Mundi 1991flac, cue, log, scans Brahms Clarinet Trio op. 114 Clarinet Sonatas op. 120 Yona Ettlinger clarinet Uzi Wiesel cello Pnina Salzman piano Doremi 1975 digital download, cover BrahmsClarinet QuintetKrehlClarinet QuintetQuintette StadlerK617 1998flac, cue, log, scans Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 Plus works by Doppler, Debussy and Scriabin Mlitslav Rostropovich cello Alexander Dedyukhin piano Warner […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2017-11-14 16:28:05
Sad news: Death of an important US composer
Friends are reporting the death last night of Eric Salzman, a formidable presence in US music for 60 years. He co-founded the American Music Theater Festival and the Center for Contemporary Opera. An influential music critic and well-known broadcaster, he produced major recordings for Nonesuch, was editor of Musical Quarterly and wrote several books. His scores […]
2016-09-08 16:39:57
Honky Tonk Angel
Born on this day in 1932 singer Patsy Cline. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG-8uZg2uV0 Born on this day in 1841 composer Antonín Dvorak. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ieTEaXXxro Born on this day in 1863 composer Gustavo E Campa. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDw-ZRVMxX0 Born on this day in 1921 composer Hans Ulrich Engelmann. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBd1chCPow Happy 87th birthday conductor Christoph von Dohnányi. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1pTc2bV0LY Happy 82nd birthday composer and festival director Eric Salzman. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=DizfEtqODtg Born on this day in 1934 composer Peter Maxwell Davies. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFlF7dVyN_I Happy 68th birthday soprano Veronika Kincses. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBoWdk5TO7c
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