Twentieth Century Composer

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CD Review CDs Contemporary Classical Experimental Music File Under? London Twentieth Century Composer

Music for Trumpets, Bass Clarinets, and Saxophones (CD Review)

January 6, 2025 Christian Carey

Music for Trumpets, Bass Clarinets, and Saxophones Aural Terrains Rebecca Toal, Katie Lodge, Bradley Jones, trumpets Raymond Brien, Michelle Hromin, Eb and bass clarinets Chris Cundy, Yoni Silver, bass clarinets…

CD Review Concert review File Under? Piano Twentieth Century Composer

Jeremy Denk at 92nd Street Y (Concert Review

December 16, 2024 Christian Carey

92nd Street Y Thursday, December 2024 Photos courtesy of Joseph Sinnott NEW YORK – When devising a recital program, pianist Jeremy Denk always provides thematic interest to abet the musical…

CD Review Chamber Music Classical Music File Under? Twentieth Century Composer

Neave Trio – Rooted (CD Review)

August 9, 2024 Christian Carey

Neave Trio Rooted Chandos Records (2024) Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has recently made several imaginative recordings for Chandos. Rooted is…

CD Review File Under? Piano Twentieth Century Composer

Donald Berman plays Ives (CD Review)

July 29, 2024 Christian Carey

Donald Berman Ives Avie, 2024 Pianist and scholar Donald Berman has made a special inquiry into the music of American hyper-modernist composers, Charles Ives chief among them. This year marks…

CD Review File Under? Piano Twentieth Century Composer Violin Vocals

Hannigan and Chamayou Perform Messiaen (CD Review)

July 19, 2024 Christian Carey

Messiaen Barbara Hannigan, soprano Bertrand Chamayou, piano Charles Sy, tenor; Vilde Frang, violin Alpha (ALPHA1033, 2024) Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an extraordinarily talented and versatile performer. Bertrand Chamayou…

CD Review File Under? Orchestras Twentieth Century Composer

Falletta Conducts Foss on Naxos (CD review)

July 10, 2024 Christian Carey

Lukas Foss – Symphony 1 Amy Porter, Flute; Nikki Chooi, Violin Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor Naxos American Classics Lukas Foss (1922-2009) was an omnivorous composer who, over the…

Concert review File Under? Opera Orchestras Twentieth Century Composer

The Met Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (Concert Review)

June 20, 2024 Christian Carey

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director Carnegie Hall June 14, 2024 By Christian Carey for Sequenza 21 NEW YORK – In their last concert appearance this season at…

CD Review Chamber Music Classical Music File Under? Twentieth Century Composer

Euclid Quartet – Breve (Recording Review)

March 15, 2024 Christian Carey

Breve Euclid Quartet Afinat The Breve Quartet has been in residence at Indiana University South Bend for sixteen years. During that time they have recorded a wide range of repertoire.…

Concert review Conductors File Under? Orchestras Twentieth Century Composer

Concert Review: NY Philharmonic performs Ligeti

November 12, 2023 Christian Carey

New York Philharmonic, Susanna Mälkki, conductor Jenõ Lisztes, Cimbalom David Geffen Hall November 4, 2023 NEW YORK – Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1851) is such a challenging barnstormer…

CD Review Choral Music File Under? Twentieth Century Composer

Every Living Creature (CD Review)

August 21, 2023 Christian Carey

Every Living Creature Choral music by Kenneth Leighton Rebecca Lea, Nina Bennet, soprano; Ciara Hendrick, mezzo-soprano; Nick Pritchard, tenor Finchley Children’s Music Group, Grace Rossiter, music director Londinium, Andrew Griffiths,…