Canadian Chamber Music – Sounds of our time, Music for cello and piano
"The Canadian Classics series is enriched by another interesting chapter devoted to writing for cello and piano, with compositions by Canadian young composers. The performers are the duo Rachel Mercer (cello) and Angela Park...
Katrin Zenz: Cage’s Works for flute vol. 1
Katrin Zenz is enamored of the pragmatism of sounds. She teaches and plays flute in Greece and after many experiences with the Greek classical tradition and the Wandelweiser group she realized that it was...
Vincent Persichetti: Harpsichord sonatas
Molti appassionati di musica classica castrano la conoscenza del periodo delle composizioni interessanti al clavicembalo subito dopo la sua sostituzione con il pianoforte. Il lasso temporale che caratterizza il vuoto compositivo dell'Ottocento viene praticamente...
Katrin Zenz: Cage – Complete works for flute vol. 2
In the second volume of works for flute dedicated to Cage, flutist Katrin Zenz confronts solo themes and especially those for the dynamics of the flute with three or more elements. Dealing with the...
Ana Sokolovic: Folklore imaginaire
A challenging stylistic structure is found in the music of Ana Sokolovic. The idiosyncrasies of Berio or Cage live alongside the Balkan popular tradition and give us the perspective of a reversal of the...
Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concertos nos. 5 and 6
"......From the musical point of view, in Strathclyde n. 5 the classical influences are mixed without slavishly provide those ancient models, the feeling evocated in the three movements of piece is the instrumental "strangeness"...
Xu Shuya: Nirvana & other compositions
The noble attempt to work out difficult textures and conceptual music is the aim of Xu Shuya. He takes advantage of the musical proximity between Western contemporary orchestras and Eastern orchestras, which allows the...
David Robert Coleman: Starry Night
Coleman's Zwiegespräch, for solo viola, with an excellent performance by Felix Schwartz, provides a musical "habitat" that suggests the Dorian Gray's dialogues in front of his bad image embodied in the painting: a perfect...
Joan Tower: String quartets nos.3-5
Joan Tower's string quartets claim a special versatility within 20th century chamber music: homages and the tributes to friends, artists or specific events are developed with a new centre of gravity and the score...
Andrew Staniland: Talking down the tiger and other compositions
Andrew Staniland is among the heirs of the best Canadian electroacoustic music. He is a composer particularly stimulated by developments of the old classical composition, as well as by the new doctrines of electronics....
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Calvino, le città invisibili, l’Istantanea Ensemble
Continuano le celebrazioni del centenario di Italo Calvino. Il 19 aprile prossimo l’ulteriore omaggio al grande autore arriverà dal Teatro Comunale di Ferrara grazie all’Istantanea Ensemble,...
