Charles Wuorinen’s Eighth Symphony and Fourth Piano Concerto are hard music to perform, and hard music to listen to. But they’re worth the investment of time and energy both for performers, and listeners. Wourinen’s music is complex, multi-faceted, and original in construction and sound. There’s a lot to unpack in these works, and I certainly […]
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Gil Shaham’s Snapshot of a Decade
Tags: 2oth Century Classical Music, Alban Berg, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Canary Classics, CD Review, Concerto, David Robinson, Gil Shaham, Igor Stravinsky, Juanjo Mena, Karl Hartmann, New York Philharmonic, Samuel Barber, Sejong Soloists, Staatskapelle DresdenThere’s an advantage to running your own record label — it’s easier to do the projects that you really believe in. In this case, Gil Shaham is the owner/operator of Canary Classics, and the project is a survey of violin concertos of the 1930’s. Just the lineup of composers for this first volume show how […]