{"id":5021,"date":"2013-04-27T21:19:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T21:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=5021"},"modified":"2013-04-27T21:19:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T21:19:53","slug":"cd-review-joshua-kosmansf-chronicle-on-galkrasa-complete-trios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2013\/04\/27\/cd-review-joshua-kosmansf-chronicle-on-galkrasa-complete-trios\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Review- Joshua Kosman\/SF Chronicle on Gal\/Krasa Complete Trios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new review of our debut CD from critic Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>Kosman describes the Gal Serenade as \u201ca witty, sardonic and often beautiful score, which adopts the mannerisms of the Classical style while simultaneously sending them up with love and zest,\u201d and hails Gal\u2019s opus 104 for \u201cG\u00e1l\u2019s undeniable mastery of resources.\u201d Most enthusiastic of all, is Kosman\u2019s endorsement of Krasa\u2019s Passacaglia and Fugue, which ends the CD: \u201cKr\u00e1sa\u2019s Passacaglia and Fugue is a brilliant revelation, a savage takedown of artistic ideals in which order and luxuriance devolve into chaos. It\u2019s a compact, unforgettable masterpiece, and the Ensemble Epomeo \u2013 which includes Woods along with violinist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/?controllerName=search&amp;action=search&amp;channel=music&amp;search=1&amp;inlineLink=1&amp;query=%22Caroline+Chin%22\">Caroline Chin<\/a>\u00a0and violist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/?controllerName=search&amp;action=search&amp;channel=music&amp;search=1&amp;inlineLink=1&amp;query=%22David+Yang%22\">David Yang<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; gives it a superb\u00a0performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/music\/article\/Album-review-Ensemble-Epomeo-String-Trios-3899635.php\" target=\"_blank\">Read the whole thing here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdt.co.uk\/gal-hans-and-hans-krasa-string-trios-ensemble-epomeo-avie.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buy here from MDT UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkivmusic.com\/classical\/album.jsp?album_id=785957\" target=\"_blank\">Buy here from Arkiv USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Hans-Gal-Krasa-Complete-String\/dp\/B008CWR7UO\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buy here from Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Comp-String-Trios-Tanec-Passacaglia\/dp\/B008CWR7UO\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buy here from Amazon USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ensemble-epomeo.net\/brokenthirds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Epomeo Play Krasa and Gal\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ensemble-epomeo.net\/brokenthirds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2013\/04\/27\/cd-review-joshua-kosmansf-chronicle-on-galkrasa-complete-trios\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new review of our debut CD from critic Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle. Kosman describes the Gal Serenade as \u201ca witty, sardonic and often beautiful score, which adopts the mannerisms of the Classical style while simultaneously sending them up with love and zest,\u201d and hails Gal\u2019s opus 104 for \u201cG\u00e1l\u2019s undeniable mastery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-opion-life-as-a-performing-musician"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5022,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021\/revisions\/5022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}