If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
LEBRECHT LISTENS | Making A Case For Dutilleux
By Norman Lebrecht on July 10, 2020
Quart de nuit (Deux-Elles) by the Ruysdael Quartet is a fine album that leaves me wanting more, more Dutilleux, especially.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Caught Between Late-Romanticism And Atonality With Alexander Zemlinsky
By Norman Lebrecht on July 3, 2020
Like others of his generation, Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942) was torn between late-romanticism and atonality — Lebrecht reviews The Mermaid.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Shostakovich: ‘An Essential Record, Five Star From Start To Finish’
By Norman Lebrecht on June 26, 2020
Anglo-Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova's playing of the two Shostakovich concertos gives a wholly new dimension to appreciation of the works.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Gustavo Gimeno’s César Franck Is ‘As Red-Blooded As Steak Tartare’
By Norman Lebrecht on June 19, 2020
Gustavo Gimeno’s release with the Luxembourg Philharmonic is as red-blooded as steak tartare and as rich as mousse au chocolat with extra chippings on top.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Feldman & Cage: Two For Uncharted Eternity
By Norman Lebrecht on June 12, 2020
As part of his COVID-19 weekly dip into less-heard modern composers, Norman Lebrecht reviews Feldman and Cage.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Penderecki’s ‘St Luke Passion’ Is A Reminder How The World Sounded Before COVID-19
By Norman Lebrecht on June 5, 2020
A recording of Penderecki full of dignity and drama; we will not hear its like again in the next few years for reasons no one had foreseen.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Peak-Period Berio Before He Lost His Mojo
By Norman Lebrecht on May 29, 2020
Wonderfully challenging and frequently beautiful beyond words, Norman Lebrecht reviews this recording of peak-period Berio.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Uri Caine’s ‘The Passion Of Octavius Catto’ Is Reviving Eclecticism
By Norman Lebrecht on May 22, 2020
Philadelphia composer Uri Caine's The Passion of Octavius Catto revives eclecticism in a convincing performance by the Catto Freedom Orchestra and the Philadelphia Choral Ensemble.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | A Bauhaus Inspired Piano Album To Tweak The Ear
By Norman Lebrecht on May 15, 2020
Formed by an original idea and a lot of unfamiliar sounds to tweak the ear, there, are 27 tracks on this album and not one of them is dull.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Please Don’t Tell Me You’ve Never Heard Of Otto Zykan
By Norman Lebrecht on May 8, 2020
The magnificent Heinrich Schiff premieres Viennese composer Otto M. Zykan's work for a musical conversation at a level we just don’t hear anymore.
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