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  • The quiet beauty of Dora Bright and Ruth Gipps concertos

    Nov 6th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Charles Peebles, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Dora Bright, Murry McLachlan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Ruth Gipps, Samantha Ward, Somm

    Somm has done a real service to classical music with this release. It features piano concertos by two women — composers who deserve wider audiences. Both compositions by Dora Bright and one of the two Ruth Gipps works are world premiere recordings. All four works are beautifully constructed and enthusiastically performed. Dora Bright was born […]

  • Steve Elcock Orchestral Music – A Fresh Voice Finally Heard

    Mar 9th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Orchestral music, Paul Mann, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Steve Elcock, Toccata Clasics

    It’s an old story. Many composers write “for the drawer.” That is, they create music with no expectation of performance. And, for the most part, the drawer is where this music belongs. That’s not the case with Steve Elcock. Primarily self-taught, Elcock has been quietly writing — and storing away — his music since the […]

  • Michael Torke – Concerto for Orchestra runs true to form

    Jul 20th, 2016 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Camerata NY, CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Ecstatic Records, Mark Russell Smith, Michael Torke, Paul W. Popeil, Quad City Symphony, Richard Owen, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Universty of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Vasily Petrenko

    I’ve liked everything I’ve heard by Michael Torke. In my opinion, his musical style seems to sit a sweet spot — his language is tonal without being tied to tradition, his rhythms propulsive without the intense repetition of minimalism (some consider him post-minimalist). The Concerto for Orchestra starts with a very simple motif — C-G-C-A. […]

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