CD, Bolcom (composer)
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most of the time Hamelin inhabits the spirit of the music, which has more variety than you might expect: there’s not a dud among the 27 tracks…A clear picture of an essential chapter in American... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th June 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Piano
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After Hamelin's fantastic virtuosity in the outrageously difficult Godowsky Studies on Chopin'sEtudes (for which he won the Gramophone Instrumental Award 2000) these two works for piano and... —
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Special offer. American Classics - William Bolcom
RecommendedMeasha Brueggergosman, Ilona Davidson (soprano), Joan Morris (mezzo-soprano), Nathan Lee Graham (baritone), Thomas Young (tenor), Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Peter Ruth (harmonica, vocals)
University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra & Musical Society, Leonard Slatkin
This is a magnum opus that occupied Bolcom for 25 years, starting as early as 1956. He's drawn on a wide range of musical styles to parallel Blake's method of moving from sophisticated to almost... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Classical Album of the Year
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Much of it is beautifully done. Charvet has a warm, appealing mezzo, with a tangy lower register and fine dynamic control at the top. She’s at her best in jazz-inflected or declamatory numbers...Manoff,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Brings the house down —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Special offer. American Classics - William Bolcom
Complete Works for Cello
Norman Fischer (cello), Jeanne Kierman (piano) & Andrea Moore (timpani)
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Sure on this shining night
The romantic song in America
Robert White (tenor), Samuel Sanders (piano)
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Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Recording of the Month
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