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Explore the Score- Brahms Symphony no. 4 in E minor

by Kenneth Woods | Apr 28, 2013 | A view from the podium

This is a slightly expanded version of an essay on Brahms’s last symphony commissioned by The Bridgewater Hall for last week’s Budapest Festival Orchestra concert. “But in dark, dramatic outbursts such as those in the first and last movements of his Fourth...

CD Review- American Record Guide on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios

by Kenneth Woods | Apr 27, 2013 | News and Reviews

From the November/December issue of American Record Guide Buy here from MDT UK Buy here from Arkiv USA Buy here from Amazon UK Buy here from Amazon USA   “Ensemble Epomeo play with finesse and sensitivity, nicely capturing Krasa’s manic grotesqueries as well as...

CD Review- Joshua Kosman/SF Chronicle on Gal/Krasa Complete Trios

by Kenneth Woods | Apr 27, 2013 | A view from the podium

A new review of our debut CD from critic Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle. Kosman describes the Gal Serenade as “a witty, sardonic and often beautiful score, which adopts the mannerisms of the Classical style while simultaneously sending them up with love...

CD Review- Fanfare Magazine, Jerry Dubbins of Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios

by Kenneth Woods | Apr 27, 2013 | A view from the podium

A new review of the Complete String Trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa from Fanfare Magazine   GÁL Serenade in D, op. 41. Trio in fT, op. 104. KRÁSA Tanec (Dance). Passacaglia and Fugue Ÿ Ens Epomeo Ÿ AVIE 2259 (67:08)     Buy here from MDT UK Buy here...

CD Review- Martin Anderson, Klassik Magazine, on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios

by Kenneth Woods | Apr 27, 2013 | A view from the podium

Gál  Serenade D dur, op. 41; Trio in F sharp major, op. 104; Krása Tanec; Passacaglia og Fuge Ensemble Epomeo Avie AV2259 (67 minutter) 1 2 3 4 5 6     “This disc of string trios presents two highly contrasted victims of Hitler. The music of Hans Gál...
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