Chamber, Cage (composer)
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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming. —
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you can’t but be stunned by the fearless skill of Sigvards Klava’s choir as they navigate the most jagged, fragmented notes and pitches – the musical equivalent of climbing Mount Everest just... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Choral
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Rothko Chapel: Morton Feldman, Erik Satie, John Cage
Kim Kashkashian (viola), Sarah Rothenberg (piano/celeste), Steven Schick (percussion), Sonja Bruzauskas (mezzo-soprano), Lauren Snouffer (soprano)
Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
[Rothko Chapel is] a passionate, reverent piece with elegiac playing here from violist Kim Kashkashian – she paints bolder strokes than many dare in Feldman, which is refreshing. The Houston... —
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All We Get is Life
Jean-Christophe Groffe, Ziv Braha, thélème, Leonardo Borlotto, Alexandra Polin, Liz Rumsey, Ryosuke Sakamoto, Nikki Buzzi, Sting
their imaginative and perceptive new album, All we get is life, explores the works’ shared sense of intimacy and contained emotional expression. The results are enjoyably surprising and, while... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Cage: Works for Two Keyboards, Vol. 2
Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo: Xenia Pestova (piano) & Pascal Meyer (piano)
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An attractive programme of 20th-century American music, moments of choral weight and exposed fragility alike approached with great individuality. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Fuelled by a trip to Tunis, the two inner movements are imbued with ‘all the strangeness of Africa’ according to Antheil, and Kopatchinskaja is in thrall to their mercurial fantasy. She’s also... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Special offer. Cage, Ginastera, Harrison, Varèse: Percurama - American Percussion Works
Percurama Percussion Ensemble, Jean Thorel
Signe Asmussen is the dramatic soprano in Ginastera’s Cantata para América mágica — treatments, often tumultuous, of pre-Columbian texts. By contrast, Cage’s First Construction (in Metal) is... —
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Intégrales proves an energetic opener for this survey of the city from the eminent, Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain, lucidly conducted by their music director, Matthias Pintscher. Likewise... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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…Saariaho's combination of instruments with live electronics comes up as fresh as ever… it's… the vibrant quality of the playing from Norway's premiere new music quartet - never ugly, even... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Chamber Choice
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