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What Classical Music Are You Listening To?


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A very interesting program, imo.

Contents here:https://www.dramonline.org/albums/piano-music-by-african-american-composers/notes

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Greeted with shock and amazement upon its original release in 1970, this two-CD collection featuring virtuoso Natalie Hinderas on piano is one of the best collections of music by African American composers of the 20th century. Hinderas's catholic approach to the century's music allows her to delight the Chopin-Ravel-Joplin continuum (wide though it is) of listeners with R. Nathaniel Dett's impressionistic, ragtimey "In the Bottoms." The nuanced jumpiness, replete with dissonant shades, of William Grant Still's "Three Visions" recalls Ives here and Ellington there. What's most challenging here is the works from 1953 to 1969, featuring Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker's study of harmonic intervals in his Sonata No. 1 and Talib Rasul-Hakim's shimmering "Sound-Gone." There are tone-row studies (Arthur Cunningham) and Stockhausen-esque electronics (Olly Wilson), but what stands out most is Hinderas's unflappable perfection regardless of the musical elements. Whether razor-sharp or dancingly playful, Hinderas executes with a largely vibrato-free touch, forcing the ear to focus on her solid chordal touch. --Andrew Bartlett

I love the notion of a "Chopin-Ravel-Joplin continuum"!

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1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

The Kodaly are a bit more to my taste. The Kocian play very well, but seem to play some of the quartets a bit too fast.

The Pro Arte?

https://www.amazon.com/Haydn-Quartets-Pro-Arte-Quartet/dp/B071FL96LX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37OIT4U7RAKOR&keywords=pro+arte+haydn&qid=1552235959&s=music&sprefix=pro+arte%2Caps%2C148&sr=1-1

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11 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

I don't know the Pro Arte, but do like the Amadeus in all the Haydn String Quartets they recorded.

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