The choral works on this release were all composed or revised within the last four years of Stephen Paulus’ life. Their originality, quality, and expressiveness show just how great a loss the classical music world suffered with Paulus’ early death. “Prayers and Remembrance” is the largest work on the album, written to commemorate 9/11. According […]
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Nadia Shpachenko – Woman at the New Piano
Pianist Nadia Shpachenko commissioned four composers to write music for her. But they weren’t just any four composers, and it wasn’t just for any reason. To usher in the new era (according to the Mayan calendar), Shpachenko asked four close friends to write works that would represent a new look at piano literature. Although the […]