Classical CD Review: DAVID SANFORD: Black Noise
March 1, 2019 American composer David Sanford (b. Pittsburgh 1963) came from a highly musical family. He always had a keen interest in jazz, big and music, and played the […]
March 1, 2019 American composer David Sanford (b. Pittsburgh 1963) came from a highly musical family. He always had a keen interest in jazz, big and music, and played the […]
March 23, 2019 SUNRISE ISN’T THE ONLY THING THAT’S FALLING;IT SOUNDS LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD This is my first time hearing the music of Isang Yun, the South […]
February 27, 2019 2018 marks the 100th birth anniversary of Korea’s best known composer, Isang Yun (1918-1995). His work has received many performances and recordings but he is not exactly […]
February 20, 2019
February 19, 2019 “Haimovitz’ performance of the monologues is utterly convincing, bringing the morose darkness of the composer’s writing to life … Enthusiasts of mid-century avant-garde music will enjoy adding […]
February 12, 2019 Soloist Matt Haimovitz played with great devotion at the Westdeutschen Sinfonia concert in the Forum
February 7, 2019 Isang YUN (1917-1995)Sunrise FallingCello Concerto (1976) [30:32]Interludium A for solo piano (1982) [11:28]Glissées for solo cello (1970) [16:05]Fanfare and Memorial (1979) for orchestra [16:33}Violin Concerto No 1 (1981) [40:15]Kontraste. Two […]
January 17, 2019 Isang Yun (1917-1995), His High Modernist music was increasingly ubiquitous in the sixties on the New Music scene and then somehow the music seemed to vanish in […]
January 15, 2019 Under the title ‘Sunrise Falling’ PENTATONE recently released a double CD, with an extensive book, with the music of the Korean composer Ysang Yun. Beautiful performances by […]
January 13, 2019 CD ISANG YUN: „SUNRISE FALLING“ mit Matt Haimovitz, dem Bruckner Orchester Linz unter Dennis Russell Davies – PENTATONE Oxingale Series “A fascinating and important approach, especially in […]
December 13, 2018 Music: ★★★★ Sound: ★★★★ The dominance of chamber music in the 20th century is an ideological fiction. It is largely explained by an imbalance in performance practice, which persistently ignores […]
November 4, 2018 Catching up with Catch of the Day What we played on October 7, October 28, and November 4 Listed below are the tracks we played on October […]
November 2, 2018 Other classical picks this week Sunrise Falling, Pentatone’s two-disc collection of works by Isang Yun, played by the Bruckner Orchestra of Linz conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, provides belated recognition of […]
July 3, 2018 In the gorgeous General Theological Seminary in Chelsea, cellist Matt Haimovitz paired classic works by J.S. Bach with those of living composers Philip Glass, Du Yun, David Sanford, and Vijay Iver. […]
June 27, 2018 CD DAYDREAMS: Tippet Rise OPUS 2017, PENTATONE Oxingale Series Musikalische Traumreise zum einzigartigen Kammermusik-Festival in Montana, USA Falls ich vor der Wahl stünde, in diesem Sommer ein […]
May 31, 2018 This review appears in the June-July-August 2018 issue of the German classical music magazine crescendo. The reviewer writes that Jonathan Crow, Douglas McNabney, and Matt Haimovitz interpret […]