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Ethan Iverson Curates Sono Fest; Han Chen’s Ligeti

June 2, 2023 Christian Carey

Ethan Iverson Curates Sono Fest; Han Chen’s Ligeti Like many listeners, I first became acquainted with pianist Ethan Iverson via The Bad Plus recording These are the Vistas, which contained…

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This Island: Susan Narucki and Donald Berman on Avie (CD Review)

April 18, 2023 Christian Carey

This Island Susan Narucki, soprano; Donald Berman, piano Avie Records Soprano Susan Narucki has long been known as an advocate for contemporary music, as has collaborative pianist Donald Berman. On…

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Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Recomposed (CD Review)

March 7, 2023 Christian Carey

Recomposed, Volumes 1-3 Bernd Alois Zimmermann WDR Sinfonieorchester, Heinz Holliger: conductor Sarah Wegener: soprano; Marcus Weiss: saxophone; Ueli Wiget: piano Wergo 3xCD boxed set Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970) lived in…

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The Parker Quartet premieres Jeremy Gill’s “Motherwhere”

May 12, 2022 Adam Sherkin

April the First proved a propitious date for the New York Classical Players’ much anticipated program featuring a new collaboration – and premiere – with the Parker Quartet. In the…

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Michael Gielen Edition Vol. 10 (CD Review)

January 25, 2022 Christian Carey

Michael Gielen Edition Volume 10: Music After 1945 SWR Sinfonieorchester, Michael Gielen conductor SWR 6xCD boxed set The tenth and final boxed set in SWR’s Michael Gielen Edition spotlights his…

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Best of 2021 – Piano Music

December 16, 2021 Christian Carey

William Byrd and John Bull The Visionaries of Piano Music Kit Armstrong, piano Deutsche Grammophon CD In The Visionaries of Piano Music, Kit Armstrong plays two of the greatest English…

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Best of 2021: Messiaen on Kairos (CD Review)

October 22, 2021 Christian Carey

Sequenza 21 – Best of 2021 Olivier Messiaen Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus Alfonso Gómez, piano Kairos CD In 1944, Olivier Messiaen wrote a recital length work (about 2 hours in…

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Penderecki’s Passion: a new recording

October 19, 2020 Christian Carey

Krzysztof Penderecki St. Luke Passion BIS Records Sarah Wegener, soprano; Lucas Meachem, baritone; Matthew Rose, bass Sławomir Holland, speaker Warsaw Boys’ Choir; Kraków Philharmonic Choir Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent…

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Urban Playground Gives New York Premiere of Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 2 (Concert Preview)

May 6, 2019 Christian Carey

On Wednesday May 8th, Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra presents the New York premiere of Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2, music by Harry T. Burleigh, and a rarely heard oratorio,…

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Anna Webber: Clockwise

February 26, 2019 Christian Carey

Anna Webber Clockwise Pi Recordings (2019) Saxophonist/flutist/composerAnna Webber, a thirty-five-year-old who has already won a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous other plaudits, makes her Pi Recordings debut with Clockwise.Joined by an…