Alcune recenti incisioni di riferimento per chitarra classica
La Naxos ha pubblicato il mese scorso una raccolta completa di brani per chitarra classica composti dall’italiano Bruno Bettinelli, figura ritenuta importante nello sviluppo della musicalità della chitarra classica in quel processo di mediazione...
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...
Kamran Ince e la musica turca
La Naxos pubblica in questo mese tre cd solo in download diretto del compositore turco Kamran Ince (1960) che arrichiscono il catalogo discografico finora, a dire il vero, un po’ scarno: l’artista nettamente sbilanciato...
Christos Hatzis: Flute concertos
In "Overscript" Hatzis uses the technique of "sound slices", that is the technique in which the original theme music is joined to the composer's derivate composition, as in different slides that go back and...
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5
The fifth string quartet by Philip Glass, which he wrote in 1991, has a more varied configuration than the previous quartets; with a fatalistic impression, typical of post-modern music, "String Quartet No. 5" flies...
Paul Moravec: Violin concerto
In Moravec's violin concerto the score given to the violinist Maria Bachmann is long and essential, and much of the pathos of the concert is determined by her skills; revised in 2013, the Violin...
Lei Liang: Verge – Tremors of a memory chord
L'approccio di Lei Liang alla musica contemporanea è strabiliante: chiarita una volta per tutte la sua non appartenenza a quella categoria di compositori che fa uso della tradizione in maniera troppo semplicistica (così...
Sofia Gubaidulina: Complete Guitar Works
The first collection in cd of compositions by Sofia Gubaidulina devoted entirely to works for guitar contains older and solo compositions for the acoustic guitar plus new compositions that unfold in combination with other...
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no. 48
Hovhaness gave to his symphonies a face perpetually fresh, where the tradition of post-romantic Western music (with his best weapon, the melody) was violated by the intrusion of Byzantine polyphony, the modality of classical...
Askell Masson: Music for clarinet
One of the particularities highlighted by Askell Masson has been to combine modern techniques for the clarinet with impressionistic writing. Naxos Records is releasing an exciting and almost complete volume of recordings in which...
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Umlaut Festival 2024
Sempre intelligente e creativo è l'Umlaut Festival. Per l'imminente edizione 2024 che si svolgerà tra il 26 e il 28 aprile, sono stati programmati...
