Alliance
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Augusta Read Thomas: Selected Works for Orchestra
Christine Brandes (soprano), Baird Dodge (violin)
DePaul University Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble, Cliff Colnot, Pierre Boulez, Oliver Knussen, Jack Delaney
The performances are as persuasive as expected given the involvement of such as Pierre Boulez and Oliver Knussen...One can only await Vol. 2 of this series with impatience. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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[Grand Rapids] stands up as a remarkable achievement for a student composer of barely 21. There's some Shostakovich in there too, and, like his models, Sawyer's discourse is well paced and logical,... — More…
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Feltsman's imaginative and creative ornaments and embellishments consistently delight and surprise...You may not get painstaking dynamic gradations or micro-managed contouring of lines...but... — More…
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…Carreño is very much her own woman: try the extended Ballade (7'22"), the two touching Elegies, Un rêve en mer and le sommeil de l'enfant. Such music needs an empathetic spirit to show it... — More…
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Augusta Read Thomas: Of Being is a Bird
Nathan Giem (violin), Claire Booth (soprano), Nathan Cole (violin), Nicola Melville (piano)
Parker Quartet, Third Coast Percussion & Spektral Quartet, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Irresistible forward drive, pausing only for moments of radiant beauty. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, Chamber Choice
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Constantin Silvestri: A Bournemouth Love Affair
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri
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Feltsman seems to me to be a pianist without mannerisms: his touch is buoyant and his articulation clean but he does not play mechanically: he is unafraid to make tiny rallentandos without wallowing.... — More…
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Beautifully engineered, these disarmingly antural and eloquent performances bring out the music's inherent drama with a deft touch while indulging Brahms's lyrical instincts to the full. — More…
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Augusta Read Thomas: Music For Strings
Stefan Hersh (solo violin), Scott Kluksdahl (cello), Marc Rovetti (violin), Leah Gastler (viola) & Christopher Janwong McKiggan (piano) of Vicennium Void, Stefan Hersh (violin) & Julian Hersh (cello), Southern Methodist University Student Wind Ensemble
Network for New Music, Student...
Performances underline the virtuosity and skill with which Thomas writes for musicians...with the sound and annotations fully comparable to previous discs in this valuable series. — More…
