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2023-09-25 05:55:13
The young Danish pianist Kristoffer Hyldig first came to my attention by way of his recording of Messiaen’s large-scale song cycle Harawi featuring mezzo-soprano Hetna Regitze Bruun, with whom he regularly performs. The pianist’s instinctive feeling for and total command of the composer’s colorfully intricate piano writing impressed the hell out of me. I imagined […]
2022-04-21 05:10:00
Recent Releases, No. 28
By Karl W. NehringJóhannsson: Drone Mass. One Is True; Two Is Apocryphal; Triptych in Mass; To Fold & Remain Dormant; Diving Objects; The Low Drone of Circulating Blood, Diminishes with Time; Moral Vacuums; Take the Night Air; The Mountain View, The Majesty of the Snow-clad Peaks, From a Place of Contemplation And Reflection. Paul Hiller, conductor; American Contemporary Music Ensemble (Clarice Jensen, artistic director and cello; Ben Russell, violin; Laura Lutzke, violin; Caleb Burhans, viola); Theatre of Voices (Else Torp, Kate Macoboy, Signe Asmussen, Iris Oja, Paul Bentley-Angell, Jakob Skjoldborg, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Steffen Bruun). Deutsche Grammophon 483 7418.Here we have another recording of music from the late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannson (1987-2018), whose compositions have been reviewed several times before in Classical Candor. Jóhannson was a composer with a rich imagination who was fascinated with sounds, so you never quite knew what he might come up with next. As the […]
2021-02-08 01:23:00
Seattle Symphony: Thomas Dausgaard And The Seattle Symphony Release George Walker's Sinfonia No. 5, "Visions"
[…] Washington. George Walker’s Sinfonia No. 5, “Visions” was recorded live in concert April 11 and 13, 2019. The performances of George Walker’s Sinfonia No. 5, “Visions,” were presented as part of the 2018-2019 Delta Air Lines Masterworks Season. Thomas Dausgaard’s performances were generously underwritten by Ilene and Elwood Hertzog through the Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle. Thomas Dausgaard’s performances received additional support from the Scan|Design Foundation by Inger and Jens Bruun. Digital downloads are available through iTunes, Amazon, Acoustic Sounds and HD Tracks. Recordings can be streamed through Apple Music, Spotify and Primephonic. THOMAS DAUSGAARD MUSIC DIRECTOR Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard is esteemed for his creativity and innovative programming, the excitement of his live performances and his extensive catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings. A renowned recording artist with over 70 […]
2018-12-20 17:51:55
Danish singer Amalie Bruun’s voice transformed the music
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