Ross Harris: Symphony n. 5/Violin Concerto
Ross Harris' fifth symphony is probably his masterpiece, a very different piece from the previous ones (almost a dramaturgy) and written as a tribute to the Hungarian poet Panni Palásti, a refugee from the...
Cindy McTee: Circuits • Symphony No 1: Ballet for Orchestra • Einstein’s Dream •...
"..... the elements of musical character and the style of Cindy McTee are perfectly represented in this compilation made by Naxos: we listen to compositions as Symphony no. 1, where the moods of Beethoven (of the Fifth Symphony) become...
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...
Toshio Hosokawa: Orchestral works vol. 1
"In the paranatural world of Hosokawa we find the suspensive instinct of a part of the artistic personality of Ligeti and Xenasis combined with Eastern religious sense and a distorted lens of the classicism...
Carter Pann: The piano’s 12 sides/The bills/The cheese grater/Piano concerto n.1
"Pann, which received a Grammy nomination in 2000 for his first piano concerto, is a sensitive composer, in search of a musical impressionism built without compromise and rhetoric, with constant changes of style: the...
Elements Eternal: Gryphon Trio plays Canadian composers
Even if today it is truly difficult to scandalize with certain methods, it is also true that the process of renovation of classical music might know no pause: the compositions given by Canadian composers...
Gao Ping: Piano Quintet “Mei Lan Zhu Ju” / The Mountain / 12-Hour Bridge
".....The musical style of Ping and of his composition "The Mountain" are hidden in the filosofy of the travels of Xingjian, reflecting meetings and habits of a people......it is a musical spirit that is...
Armenian piano music
Mikael Ayrapetyan is an Armenian pianist with a specific goal: to deliver hidden gems of the Armenian classical repertoire. In this collection, he plays a series of beautiful compositions for solo piano, in chronological...
John McCabe: Composer, Pianist, Conductor
"John McCabe: Composer, pianist, conductor" is Naxos' attempt to make a synthetic exploration of the music of one of the most respected composer of England, a kind of brief collection divided between his three...
Ursula Mamlok: String quartet No.1/Polyphony I/Confluences and others
Naxos will publish the first monographic cd of Ursula Mamlok in the American Classics' series, that focuses on a beautiful concert at Kammermusicsalle Berlin in February 2013, in which almost all of the best...
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MMI Free Impro Festival
Sin dalla sua prima edizione nel 2016 l'MMI Festival ha costituito una bella piattaforma d'incontro per gli improvvisatori liberi provenienti da differenti città europee....
