The idea of late style in creative works has long fascinated critics. Commentators have noted that for many artists and thinkers — from Beethoven to Einstein — the most groundbreaking, innovative, and ...
In 1994, Philip Glass wrote six seemingly ordinary piano etudes for conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Glass also wrote them for himself. Etudes are ...
These two piano etudes are both intellectually challenging and technically demanding. Both compositions are atonal. With a five-notes cluster in the left hand that reaches the lowest key and another ...
Vermont-born composer David Rakowski, 45, studied at the New England Conservatory, Princeton and Tanglewood. He teaches composition at Brandeis University. This disc includes just less than half of ...
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For some listeners, three hours of music by Philip Glass — at least the sound that springs to mind when they hear the words “Philip Glass” — is like one hour of regular music recycled for six hours.
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Written in 1916, Twelve Etudes for piano Op. 33 are one of the first products of Szymanowski's post-1915 interest in absolute music and in rigorous forms. Like in Fryderyk Chopin's etudes, each piece ...
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