New Classical
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The man who said: “Music is too important to burden it with emotions,” celebrates his 85th birthday with a concert and record-release celebration this evening in Berlin. Ernstalbrecht Stiebler – born Mar. 29, 1934 to be precise – will be among the performers. Stiebler’s latest features four works, all of them in keeping with his…
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Lorenzo Bracaloni records ambient music under the name Fallen and folk and psychedelia as The Child of A Creek. He was born in the Italian province of Livorno in Italy’s famed Tuscany Region. It is a part of the world with centuries of history, and not surprisingly, its share of ghost stories. In nearby Siena,…
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Kaan Bulak’s piano opens this debut from the Berlin duo with a searching, tender solo. It is so engaging in fact that the entrée of Robert Lippok’s electronics go unnoticed at first. He drifts in like a fog, disregarded right up until the point it is difficult to focus on anything else. As the 13…
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What do we mean when we describe something as a major work? Is it a comparison with other releases in the same genre, or is it a more singular evaluation? Is it simply a measure of the release’s inherent value? By either measure, Christian Winther Christensen’s Almost in G is a considerable accomplishment. There is…
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Described as “a meditation on the transitory and fragile nature of existence,” this new disc from cellist Julia Kent is wall-to-wall luxury. Her playing has been described enthusiastically since her 2007 solo debut. Her fifth long-player Temporal delivers more of her patented mix of advanced classical technique and avant-garde spirit. These seven new works include…
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The roots of minimalism date back to the early years of the 20th century. Somewhat counterintuitively, the less-is-more movement came about as a result of the addition (rather than subtraction) of new construction materials: glass, steel and concrete. In December 1915, Kasimir Malevich premiered his Black Square at The Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0,10…
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