Another recording of Arnold Rosner’s music is always welcome (in my opinion). Rosner was something of a musical outsider, much like Alan Hovhaness. Rosner wrote Hovhaness’ entry in Groves and was an acknowledged authority on his music. Like Hovhaness, Rosner wrote in an unapologetically tonal language, unconcerned with the conventions of traditional harmony. Hovhaness used Eastern modes, […]
Curtis Macomber
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Morton Feldman – Suspended in Time
Late in his career Morton Feldman became fascinated with the extremes of duration. This 1987 work, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello comes from that period and clocks in at 75;13. It’s not his longest work, the 6-hour 2nd String Quartet holds that honor. But its length does make some demands — and has some effect — […]