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Karolina Strassmayer and Drori Mondlak: Of Mystery and Beauty
by Hrayr Attarian
Over the past decade and a half Austrian saxophonist Karolina Strassmayer has established herself as a superbly consummate musician. Her multifaceted compositions are always subtly, engagingly inventive and brim with brilliant wit and lyricism. As an improviser she plays with a reserved intensity and a captivating and suave spontaneity. Her seventh release Of Mystery and Beauty showcases again her unique style that has matured and ripened without losing any of its vibrant energy. Like all of Strassmayer's previous ...
Continue ReadingChor Des Bayerichen Rundfunks / Muchner Rundfunkorchestra, Peter Dijkstra: Arvo Pärt: Te Deum
by C. Michael Bailey
With the death of British choral composer John Tavener in 2013, we are left with a single living composer of similar distinction: Arvo Pärt. Estonian by birth (b. 1935), Pärt emigrated from the Communist East with his wife and two sons, initially living in Vienna and eventually relocating to Berlin in 1981. After the fall of Communism, Pärt began to divide his time between Berlin and Tallinn (near his birthplace of Paide). Like Tavener, Pärt converted to Orthodox Christianity, a ...
Continue ReadingGustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7
by AAJ Staff
Mariss Jansons / Bavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraGustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7BR Klassik 2010 Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, first performed in 1908 under the baton of the composer in Prague, is felt by many to be a colorful vision of a night-time journey. The symphony (or at least the first movement) could equally give the impression of the entry to and exploring of a new city, or some kind of adventure, and so ...
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