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Stravinsky: Music for Four Hands
William Bolcom, Aaron Copland, ...

Arbiter, 2008

2 reviews
Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, ...

Postcards, 2001

Unusual - I love it!
As a piano fan and record collector, I always look for new concepts and presentations. This is a marvelous collection of seldom-heard works that deserve more attention. Miss Downes is a big talent. Bravo!

Fred

2 reviews
Frederic Rzewski, eighth blackbird

Cedille, 2005

disarming,and serious creations for the human condition
this is a nice tribute to Rzewski,the "Hanns Eisler" of the USA,(even though he has lived in Europe most of his life)for imparting throughout his career the sense of the political in his work;and he has never flinched from offering a work consistent with the causes of the Left and the issues facing the populace unpretenciously;as he choral "Stop the War" and although he is known as an incredible ...

Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated

6 reviews
Sergio Ortega, Frederic Rzewski, ...

New Albion Records, 1994

A triumph of musical architecture and intensity
This is one of the true masterpieces of piano literature from the latter half of the 20th century. Some have called "el pueblo unido..." the Diabelli-variations of the 20th century. The piece is a caleidoscope of musical styles, ranging from romanticism to minimalism and to percussive mechanical bursts, all these elements follow a compelling emotional and architectural logic. I have heard the ...

OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

25 reviews
Brian Eno, Maryanne Amacher, ...

Ellipsis Arts, 2000

Not your grandson's electronic music
For those who are unacquainted, this set is the gateway into an entirely new experience of sound. Few listeners, and likely not many practitioners, for that matter, of dance, techno, and trance fully appreciate the extent to which "electronic music," as we know it, was borne from the world of avant-garde classical music... ...and don't expect a killer drum and bass rhythm section on any of ...

Drumming

1 review
Evelyn Glennie

Catalyst / BMG Classics, 1996

GREAT DRUMMING GALORE FROM GLENNIE.
Evelyn Glennie is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest percussionist alive today and this c.d is my favorite of her works. Most percussionist specialise in certain instruments but Glennie seems to be able to play most of them, on this album Glennie plays the drumkit,flowerpots,bongos,snare drum,shakers,cymbals,mbwata,woodblock, all kinds of shakers and small instruments and new percussion ...

A Game of Go
Norman Dello Joio, John Corigliano, ...

Klavier, 2000

Rzewski Plays Rzewski: Piano Works 1975-1999

3 reviews
Frederic Rzewski

Nonesuch, 2002

incredible playing of works with mixed content/concept
Rzewski said he never developed a style or musical language,but if you work your way through all seven disks here there is actually a musical language which emerges and a static dimension as well to Rzewski's creativity. His music demands a strong subject, an inflammatory one if possible to get his improvisatory creative imagination in gear, as his celebrated solidarity exhibited in the "36 ...

Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

9 reviews
Frederic Rzewski, Marc-André Hamelin

Hyperion UK, 1999

Superb performance of a masterpiece
During the 1970s, the inspiring pianist Ursula Oppens commissioned Rzewski to write a set of variations that she would perform at Carnegie Hall together with Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. The result was a masterpiece of 20th century Romanticism, continuing the clear line from Beethoven through Brahms that faltered with the deaths of McDowell, Medtner, and Rachmaninov in the first half of the ...

Rzewski plays Rzewski [DVD Video]

1 review

Video Artists Int'l, 2008

In a class by itself !!!
This is an extraordinary recital of a monumental piano work, pure mastery and amazing pianism from the first to the last note, truly a magical and spellbinding performance not to be missed by anyone interested in piano and classical music. An outstanding interpretation of this extremely brilliant and demanding composition played by the composer himself who gives us an amazing performance, a ...

Corigliano & Rzewski: Ballads & Fantasies

2 reviews
John Corigliano, Frederic Rzewski, ...

Endeavour Classics, 2003

Two forever glowing Americana creators
Curious how pitting these two composers together makes one listen differently. Corigliano seems to have the Midas Touch,he goes directly for whatever is the point of least resistance,his music draws you in immediately like passing a bakery and the smell of fresh bread just baked,or in Chicago here just north of the Loop Downtown is a chocolate factory, the aromas permeate miles and ...

Donaueschinger Musiktage 1997
Peter Ablinger, Antoine Beuger, ...

Col Legno, 1998

Insomnimania
William Bolcom, Michael [composer] Byron, ...

Koch Int'L Classics, 2008

From the the earliest work on this recording (Raymond Scott), to the most recent (Cornelius Dufallo), this recording is suffused with music inspired by the nighttime, in one way or another. Think dreams and nightmares; periods of insomnia; sleeping children; lullabies to induce sleep. Some of the works on this recording were even written during that illusive phase somewhere between consciousness and sleep, which some claim to be an extremely ...

Which Side Are You On?

1 review
Frederic Rzewski, Lisa Moore

Cantaloupe, 2003

Rzewski's masterpiece in a stunning new interpretation
"De Profundis," for speaking pianist, is a tour-de-force -- 45 minutes of portions of Oscar Wilde's text written from prison, coupled with an intricate and often harrowing piano part. Originally written for the superb Anthony de Mare, Rzewski's complex score requires a special type of performer to succeed, and while there are a number of excellent accounts available (including one by the ...

Bang on a Can - Cheating, Lying, Stealing

3 reviews
Maya Beiser, Evan Ziporyn, ...

Sony, 1996

Strong!
Seems a lot of folks find Golijov shallow and it's easy to qualify. One example: he goes to that ululated falling second degree business so often when he wants pathos that it becomes a cliche. That's calculation. On the other hand, accusations of phoniness and pretension can hardly be qualified. It's just name-calling, like right-wing talk radio.

An Hour for Piano

2 reviews
Tom Johnson, Frederic Rzewski

Lovely Music, 2001

neglected minimalist,Do you use that term still?
You many know Tom Johnson as writer at the Village Voice,New York in the Seventies and Eighties until he moved to Paris. He has alsways been fascinated by the "numbers" dimension to minimalist gestures, citing Pascal, numeric schmes, triangles that promuligate, that sequence intervals forward. His "One-Note Opera" perhaps is his most widely known work,played countless times in Europe, a few times ...

Packet
Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi & Frederic Rzewski

New Albion Records, 1995

David Taylor: Bass Trombone

1 review
Dennis L. Godburn, Bill Blount, ...

New World Records, 1996

Jaw-dropping skill meets terrifying musical ability
David Taylor is known as one of the best bass trombonists out there, and this CD definitely confirms that. But what this CD also reflects is the immense musical skill that Mr. Taylor possesses, as well. Starting off with the Rzewski piece, Taylor creates a musical image that sets the mood for the rest of the album. Following the sinewy, flowing music of "Moonrise of Memories" is the Dave ...

We Sing For The Future!

1 review
Cornelius Cardew, Frederic Rzewski

New Albion Records, 2001

magnificent piano power in solidarity with a fallen comrade
While returning to his home on Leighton Park Road,London in December 1981 Cornelius Cardew was struck by a hit 'n run driver. The circumstances surrounding his death,indeed murder, are rather opaque in that the driver of the auto has never been apprehended.And there was no witnesses, at least not any who have provided usefull clues. Cardew had layed in the cold, in the street for hours before he ...

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