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This third instalment from Donaueschinger is a wonderful disc. Combining world class period performers with a contemporary music ensemble, DJ and electro-acoustic artists is a fascinating idea that is seldom attempted with such radical ideas or played with such verve. The period performers are ... more |
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For the last of the Neos' offerings taken from Donaueschinger Mustiktage 2006, we encounter some world class artists in this field (as in their opening volume but on a larger scale).
The two works on offer here couldn't be more different: Mauricio Kagel's "Divertimento? (Farce for ensemble)" and ... more |
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Willem Tanke has here written and performed, as the title suggests, a meditative work for organ. This composition has a large influence from Indian music tonally, if not rhythmically. At times, the organist is required to strike a wooden stick (either against the instrument or a bell) which brings ... more |
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Written as a 3 part work (which may be performed independently), Magnum Mysterium is a curious blend of the avant garde and completely conventional church music. The participants are a speaker, a mixed chorus, 12 voices (of any persuasion) that also play bells, an organist, a wind ensemble of 8, a ... more |
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A disk of Czech 'Sturm und Drang' chamber music: three piano trios to add to the seminal ones by Dvorak and Martinu.
Smetana, father of Bohemian musical nationalism, wrote mainly for piano and orchestra, and his G minor piano trio Op. 15 (1855) is one of only a few chamber works from the master. It ... more |
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