Chamber, Thomas, Augusta (composer)
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Of Being is a Bird
Nathan Giem (violin), Claire Booth (soprano), Nathan Cole (violin), Nicola Melville (piano)
Parker Quartet, Third Coast Percussion & Spektral Quartet, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Irresistible forward drive, pausing only for moments of radiant beauty. —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, Chamber Choice
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The music scene is clearly exciting in Chicago, if this disc is anything to go by; with impeccable presentation, this is a disc that will both stimulate and, beyond doubt, move any listener. —
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Music For Strings
Stefan Hersh (solo violin), Scott Kluksdahl (cello), Marc Rovetti (violin), Leah Gastler (viola) & Christopher Janwong McKiggan (piano) of Vicennium Void, Stefan Hersh (violin) & Julian Hersh (cello), Southern Methodist University Student Wind Ensemble
Network for New Music, Student...
Performances underline the virtuosity and skill with which Thomas writes for musicians...with the sound and annotations fully comparable to previous discs in this valuable series. —
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Sonic Apricity: New Music for Violin & Viola Duo
Erik Rohde (violin), Jacob Tews (viola), Clare Longendyke (piano)
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Chamber & Piano Works
Amy Briggs (piano), Janet Sung and Yuan-Qing Yu (violins), Robert Walters (english horn) & Stefan Hersh and Steve Rose (violins), Makiko Hirata (piano), Charles Morey (violin) & Frank Huang (piano), Daniel Schlosberg (piano)
The Walden Chamber Players, Southern Methodist University...
Throughout this programme, the performances (mostly by the dedicatees or those who gave the premiere) are unfailingly responsive to Thomas's finely wrought and bracingly immediate language,... —
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A Portrait of Augusta Read Thomas
Tony Arnold (soprano) & Jennifer Hoult (harp), Fred Hemke (alto saxophone), Katie Hyun (violin) & Mihai Marica (cello)
New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Elm City Girls' Choir, The New York Virtuoso Singers, William Boughton, Rebecca Rosenbaum, Harold Rosenbaum
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Don't be put off by the title. This intriguing disc, beautifully played, offers a quick survey of six living US composers who happen to be female...If you can tell this music is by women, you're... —
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The two make a wonderful team, and are further blessed by the warm acoustic afforded by Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Kirk...With musicmaking as succulent as this, who needs jollification anyway? —
