Jack Gallagher: Symphony n. 2 “Ascendant”/Quiet Reflections
The "American" musical structures of Jack Gallagher's compositions seem to show the influence of his mentor Siegmeister's orchestral composition, his mentor, but really they have many reflexive features of a special national identity; they...
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...
Argentum et aurum: Musical treasures from the Early Habsburg Renaissance
Taking as inspiration the long persistence of the influential power of the Habsburgs, the musician and conductor of the Ensemble Leones, Marc Lewon, unfolds the full potential of musical research pertaining to the Germanic...
Nils Vigeland: Piano Music (Life sketches)
"Piano Music (Life Sketches)" contains many souls of American modern music, but Vigeland also shows different paths: by listening to the recent compositions for piano one has the feeling of being distant from those...
Áskell Masson: Kammersinfónia / Elja / Ymni / Maes Howe
"....Masson is very special composer who uses the general principles of atonality and twelve-tone series by injecting into writing powerful doses of Icelandic folklore: this mixture generates an unique mosaic of sound, with powerful...
Zhou Long/Chen Yi: Symphony “Humen 1839”
The orchestral side of Zhou's composition is naturally his strong point, along with his chamber music for strings and percussion, and Zhou has repeatedly demonstrated an enviable competence in areas which discover Stravinsky in...
Jennifer Higdon: Early Chamber Works
"...with a path addressed toward a personal way to hear the scores, the composer has revitalized authors like Copland, Bartok or Hindemith without being in any way a replica, especially with the string instruments...
José Luis Greco: Geografias del silencio
Geografias del silencio contains some of José Luis Greco's finest compositions, since you can see in them that vital process that follows the composition with all its trappings and influences. Forget Cage's silence (the...
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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....
