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20th Century

A collection of 79 posts

Sing like a Nightingale: Vagn Holmboe and the string quartet

Sing like a Nightingale: Vagn Holmboe and the string quartet

The virtuosity demonstrated by the Nightingale Quartet is astonishing. Recommended.

My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Music of John Adams

My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Music of John Adams

Those champions of new American music, the Nashville Symphony and Giancarlo Guerrero, turn their attention to the music of John Adams (born 1947; not to be confused with the composer John Luther Adams). Regular readers of Classical Explorer might wish to see this post as a logical extension of our

More than an Iron Foundry: the music of Alexander Mosolov

More than an Iron Foundry: the music of Alexander Mosolov

If you were expecting gritty dissonances with this disc, you'll be disappointed: it is full of fascination and, yes, joy

Plaisirs illuminés: Camerata Bern delivers a sensational programme

Plaisirs illuminés: Camerata Bern delivers a sensational programme

Fans of the music of Bartók who wonder what to listen to next need look no further than fellow Hungarian Sándor Veress' Musica concertante per 12 archi (Concertante music for twelve strings). Veress (1907-1992) was a student of both Bartók and Kodály; he taught the major Hungarian composers Ligeti